collingwood (10-6) vs hawthorn (5-11) mcg friday night 740pm
collingwood kept their top 4 hopes alive with a 45 point win over hawthorn after a one sided first half. collingwood (11-6) travel to play adeliade saturday night. hawthorn (5-12) play freeantle in perth sunday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 5.4 11.9 13.14 16.17 (113)
HAWTHORN: 0.1 3.1 6.2 11.2 (68)
GOALS – Collingwood: Rocca 4, Didak 3, Buckley 2, T.Cloke 2, H.Shaw 2, Lockyer, O’Bree, Tarrant
Hawthorn: Barker 2, Crawford 2, Franklin 2, Birchall, Brown, Lewis, Mitchell, Roughead
BEST – Collingwood: T.Cloke, J.Cloke, Didak, Buckley, H.Shaw, Clement, Johnson, Fraser, Rocca
Hawthorn: Brown, Mitchell, Hodge, Crawford
st kilda (10-6) vs richmond (8-8) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
gehrig lead st kilda smashed richmoond by 103 points kicking 10 goals st kilda (11-6) host west coast friday night at telstra dome. ricmhond (8-9) host bulldogs saturday afternoon.
ST KILDA: 5.5, 14.6, 23.6, 27.12 (174)
RICHMOND: 2.2, 6.7, 8.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS – St Kilda: Gehrig 10, Gram 4, Montagna 3, Goddard 2, Riewoldt 2, Dal Santo, Ackland, Milne, Voss, Fiora, Harvey
Richmond: Richardson 4, Schulz 2, Tivendale 2, Johnson, Tambling
BEST – St Kilda: Gehrig, Gram, Montagna, Ball, Powell, Goddard, S Fisher, Harvey, Voss
Richmond: Raines, Johnson, Chaffey, Richardson, Deledio
west coast (12-4) vs adelaide (14-2) subiaco saturday afternoon 410pm
west coast kept the preasure on adelaide at the top of the ladder by 82 points. west coast (13-4) face st kilda friday night at telstra dome. adelaide (14-3) host collingwood saturday night.
WEST COAST: 6.3, 10.4, 19.6, 26.9 (165)
ADELAIDE: 1.0, 4.6, 8.6, 12.11 (83)
GOALS – West Coast: Lynch 4, Judd, Armstrong, Hansen 3, Sampi, Kerr, Cousins, Staker 2, Butler, Braun, Seaby, Morton, Stenglein
Adelaide: Burton 3, Ricciuto 2, Goodwin, Edwards, Thompson, Hentschel, McGregor, Mattner, Reilly
BEST – West Coast: Kerr, Cousins, Braun, Glass, Chick, Butler, Hansen, Lynch
Adelaide: Thompson, Edwards, Burton, Stevens
essendon (1-1-14) vs brisbane (7-9) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
a high scoring game ended essendons 15 game winless run by 37 points over brisabne 8 goals to 3 in the last set up the win. essendon (2-1-14) play sydney their other victim saturday night at the scg. brisbane (7-10) host geelong sunday aftetrnoon.
ESSENDON: 5.4, 10.6, 17.7, 25.10 (160)
BRISBANE: 6.3, 10.8, 15.11, 18.15 (123)
GOALS – Essendon: Lucas 7, Bradley 4, Hird 4, Hille 3, McVeigh 2, Dyson 2, McPhee, Johnson, Stanton
Brisbane: Bradshaw 6, Hooper 4, Drummond 2, Fixter, Moody, Black, Stiller, Sherman, Rischitelli
BEST – Essendon: Hird, Lucas, Bradley, J Johnson, Hille, Fletcher Brisbane: Black, Hooper, Bradshaw, Charman, Voss, Roe
port (7-9) vs sydney (9-7) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
sydney improved thier title defence odds by 27 points over port. port (6-11) face kanagaroos sunday afternoon. sydney (10-7) host essendon saturday night.
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.0, 4.3, 5.7, 7.8 (50)
SYDNEY: 5.3, 7.11, 9.14, 10.17 (77)
GOALS – Port Adelaide: Thurstans 2, White 2, Dew, Thompson, Mahoney
Sydney: Hall 3, O’Keefe 2, Jolly 2, McVeigh, Buchanan, Schneider
BEST – Port Adelaide: Pearce, K.Cornes, Ebert, Symes, C.Cornes, Mahoney
Sydney: Goodes, Kirk, Buchanan, O’Keefe, Bevan, Jolly, Kennelly, Hall, Barry
kangaroos (5-11) vs geelong (8-8) manaka oval sunday afternoon 110pm
kanagroos put a dent in geelongs slim hopes by 5 goals in canberra. kangaroos (6-11) host port sunday afternoon. geelong (8-9) face brisbane at the gabba sunday afternoon.
KANGAROOS: 6.1, 9.3, 11.9, 13.12 (90)
GEELONG: 2.2, 3.6, 5.7, 8.12 (60)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Thompson 4, Rawlings 2, Grant 2, Swallow, McIntosh, Watt, Harvey, Urch
Geelong: Ottens 3, Mooney 2, Enright, Hunt, Mackie
BEST – Kangaroos: Jones, Sinclair, Harvey, Grant, Petrie, Thompson, Swallow
Geelong: Bartel, D. Johnson, Enright, Mackie, Hunt, Chapman, Wojcinski
carlton (2-1-13) vs freemantle (9-7) telstra dome sunday afternon 210pm
carlton are back to last after a 3 goal loss to freemantle. carlton (2-1-14) host melborune saturday afternoon. freemanlte (10-7) host hawthorn sunday afternoon.
CARLTON: 1.2 5.6 7.10 13.11 (89)
FREMANTLE: 3.6 8.10 14.13 15.17 (107)
GOALS – Carlton:Fevola 5, Koutoufides 2, Walker, Russell, Simpson, Whitnall, Waite, Wiggins
Fremantle: Murphy 5, Pavlich 2, Farmer 2, Webster, Carr, Cook, Crowley, Sandilands, Bell
BEST – Carlton: Simpson, Walker, Fevola, Koutoufides, Scotland, Thornton
Fremantle: Bell, Johnson, Murphy, Pavlich, Mundy, McPharlin, Sandilands, Black
melbourne (11-5) vs bulldogs (10-6) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
melbourne secured 3rd with a 51 opint win over bulldogs. melbourne (12-5) face carlton saturday afternoon. bulldogs (10-7) face richmond sautrday afternoon.
MELBOURNE: 5.2 9.5 13.9 18.11 (119)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 6.3 6.7 7.12 9.14 (68)
GOALS – Melbourne: Yze 5, Neitz 3, Davey 2, McLean 2, Robertson 2 Holland, Godfrey, Bate, Bartram
Bulldogs: Cross 2, Ray, Grant, Smith, Johnson, Robbins, Eagleton, Minson
BEST – Melbourne: Bruce, Yze, Godfrey, Ward, McLean, Whelan, Neitz, Carroll
Bulldogs: Cross, Morris, Boyd, Griffen, Cooney
ladder
| AD | 17 | 56 | 155.6 |
| WC | 17 | 52 | 115.2 |
| ME | 17 | 48 | 116.2 |
| SK | 17 | 44 | 122.5 |
| CW | 17 | 44 | 118.1 |
| SY | 17 | 40 | 120.5 |
| WB | 17 | 40 | 109.3 |
| FR | 17 | 40 | 95.2 |
| GE | 17 | 32 | 101.3 |
| RI | 17 | 32 | 79.8 |
| BL | 17 | 28 | 92.5 |
| PA | 17 | 24 | 89.8 |
| KA | 17 | 24 | 84.0 |
| HW | 17 | 20 | 78.2 |
| ES | 17 | 10 | 80.9 |
| CA | 17 | 10 | 76.2 |
round 18 matches
friday
st kilda vs west coast TD (N) 740pm
saturday
carlton vs melbourne TD 210pm
richmond vs bulldogs MCG 210pm
sydney vs essendon SCG (N) 710pm
adelaide vs collingwood AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
brisbane vs geelong G 110pm
kangaroos vs port TD 210pm
freemantle vs hawthorn S 410pm
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