bulldogs (12-9) vs essendon (3-1-17) telstra dome friday night 740pm
bulldogs are back in the finals for the first time since 2000 with a 22 point win over essendon who are fighting to avoid last for the first time since 1933. bulldogs (13-9) face collingwood in the elimination final. essendon (3-1-18) seasons over.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 8.2 13.5 18.9 22.15 (147)
ESSENDON: 2.3 10.9 14.14 18.17 (125)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Johnson 5, Giansiracusa 4, Montgomery 3, Robbins 3, Smith 2, Cooney, McMahon, Minson, Power, Wight
Essendon: Lucas 8, J.Johnson 5, Hird 2, Heffernan, Johns, Solomon
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Johnson, S.West, Cooney, Giansiracusa, Gilbee, Boyd, Montgomery
Essendon: Lucas, Peverill, J.Johnson, Dyson, Stanton, Lovett-Murray
richmond (11-10) vs west coast (16-5) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
west coast earnt the minor premership by 88 points over richmond. richmond (11-11) seasons over. while west coast (17-5) host sydney in the qualifing final.
RICHMOND: 1.1 2.6 7.8 12.13 (85)
WEST COAST: 5.8 10.12 21.13 26.17 (173)
GOALS – Richmond: Stafford 3, J.Bowden 2, Richardson 2, Howat, Hyde, Johnson, Pettifer, Tambling
West Coast: LeCras 5, Armstrong 4, Lynch 4, Butler 3, Judd 3, Banfield, Cousins, Cox, Fletcher, Hunter, Rosa, Seaby
BEST – Richmond: J.Bowden, Deledio, Raines, Roach, Stafford
West Coast: LeCras, Rosa, Stenglein, Judd, Cousins, Fletcher, Lynch, Armstrong, Butler
adelaide (15-6) vs melbourne (13-1-7) aami stadium saturday afternoon 240pm
adeliade ended melbournes top 4 hopes by 58 points. adelaide (16-6) host freemnalte in the qual final. melbourne (13-1-8) face st kilda in the elim final.
ADELAIDE: 7.3, 12.8, 17.10, 23.14 (152)
MELBOURNE: 4.3, 9.3, 13.6, 14.10 (94)
GOALS – Adelaide: Welsh 5, Thompson 3, Bock 3, Perrie 2, Stevens 2, Bode, van Berlo, Porplyzia, Reilly, Doughty, Clarke, Douglas, Edwards
Melbourne: Neitz 5, Davey 2, Sylvia 2, Robertson, McLean, Jamar, White, McDonald
BEST – Adelaide: Thompson, Goodwin, Edwards, Bassett, Welsh Johncock, Porplyzia, Bock
Melbourne: Bruce, Johnstone, Neitz, Green, Bell, McLean, Ward
brisbane (7-14) vs st kilda (13-8) gabba saturday night 710pm
st kilda earned a home final and briefly a top 4 chance with a 51 point win over brisbane. brisbane (7-15) seaosns over. st kilda (14-8) host melbourne in an elim final.
BRISBANE: 3.4, 4.7, 7.14, 7.15 (57)
ST KILDA: 4.1, 10.5, 13.6, 16.12 (108)
GOALS – Brisbane: Sherman 4, Johnson, Adcock, Bradshaw
St Kilda: Brooks 3, Harvey 3, Gehrig 3, Milne 2, Riewoldt, Goddard, Koschitzke, Gram, Fisher
BEST – Brisbane: Voss, Adcock, Sherman, Black, Merret, Harding
St Kilda: Ball, Dal Santo, Baker, Harvey, Brooks, Goddard, Gram
freemantle (14-7) vs port (8-13) subiaco saturday night 740pm
freemantle make it a club best 9 straight by 79 points over port. freemantle (15-7) play adeliade in qual final. port (8-14) are finished.
FREMANTLE: 6.6, 11.9, 18.11, 23.13 (151)
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.1, 4.7, 5.14, 9.18 (72)
GOALS – Fremantle: Farmer 6, Pavlich 5, Peake 2, Headland 2, Longmuir 2, Crowley 2, McManus, Schammer, Bell, Hayden
Port Adelaide: Thurstans 2, Pearce, Thomas, Salopek, Bentley, Ebert, Mahoney, Willits
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, Farmer, Crowley, Peake, Hayden, Cook, Bell
Port Adelaide: K Cornes, Cassisi, Salopek, S Burgoyne, Lade
sydney (13-8) vs carlton (3-1-17) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
sydney will defend their flag from 4th with a 92 point win over wooden spooners calrton. sydney (14-8) play west coast in perth in the qual final. carlton (3-1-18) are wooden spooners.
SYDNEY: 5.1, 9.3, 15.9, 21.10 (136)
CARLTON: 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 6.8 (44)
GOALS – Sydney: Goodes 4, Hall 3, O’Keefe 3, Buchanan 2, O’Loughlin 2, Malceski, Davis, McVeigh, Fosdike, Richards, Mathews, Schneider
Carlton: Whitnall, Fisher, Fevola, Waite, Blackwell, French
BEST – Sydney: Goodes, Buchanan, C. Bolton, O’Loughlin, Kennelly, Barry Carlton: Scotland, Lappin, Koutoufides
collingwood (13-8) vs kangaroos (7-14) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
savario roccas last game against his old club (and overall) ended in a 68 point loss for north to collingwood. collingwood (14-8) host bulldogs in the elim final. kanagroos (7-15) are finished.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.3, 6.7, 10.13, 20.19 (139)
KANGAROOS: 3.4, 5.5, 7.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS – Collingwood: Licuria 4, Egan 3, Tarrant 3, Lockyer 2, Johnson, Lonie, Buckley, R. Shaw, Didak, Swan, Holland, A. Rocca
Kangaroos: S. Rocca 3, Jones 3, Watt, Green, B. Rawlings, Harvey
BEST – Collingwood: Licuria, Burns, Egan, O’Bree, Johnson, Lockyer, R. Shaw, Swan, Buckley, Tarrant
Kangaroos: Harris, Sinclair, Harvey, Co. Jones, B. Rawlings
hawthorn (8-13) vs geelong (10-1-10) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
mark willams lead hawks stun geelong by 61 points to finish with 4 straigth wins. hawthorn (9-13) and geelong (10-1-11) are both out of it.
HAWTHORN: 7.1, 11.2, 15.4, 21.7 (133)
GEELONG: 2.2, 6.4, 7.8, 10.12 (72)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Williams 8, Crawford 3, Sewell 2, Frankiln 2, Roughead 2, Guerra, McGlynn, Dixon, Barker
Geelong: Enright 2, Chapman 2, Johnson 2, N.Ablett, Prismall, Scarlett, G.Ablett.
BEST: Hawthorn: Williams, Mitchell, Birchall, Crawford, Bateman, Smith, Hodge, Sewell
Geelong: Chapman, G.Ablett, Enright, Prismall, Corey
final ladder
| 1 | West Coast | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2257 (324.313) | 1874 (273.236) | 173 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1W | – | 68 | 120.44 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 123.96 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2331 (340.291) | 1640 (237.218) | 188 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1W | – | 64 | 142.13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 136.45 |
| 3 | Fremantle | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2079 (303.261) | 1893 (267.291) | 151 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 9W | – | 60 | 109.83 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 100.15 |
| 4 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2098 (304.274) | 1630 (240.190) | 180 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2W | U1 | 56 | 128.71 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 116.39 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2345 (346.269) | 1965 (285.255) | 156 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3W | U1 | 56 | 119.34 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 77.69 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2074 (302.262) | 1752 (250.252) | 174 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2W | U1 | 56 | 118.38 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 56 | 133.28 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2146 (314.262) | 1957 (282.265) | 141 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1L | D3 | 54 | 109.66 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 95.81 |
| 8 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2311 (340.271) | 2173 (311.307) | 167 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1W | – | 52 | 106.35 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 101.45 |
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1934 (278.266) | 2245 (323.307) | 142 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1L | – | 44 | 86.15 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 92.33 |
| 10 | Geelong | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1982 (290.242) | 2002 (293.244) | 142 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1L | – | 42 | 99.00 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 111.96 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1834 (271.208) | 2140 (308.292) | 133 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4W | U1 | 36 | 85.70 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 20 | 82.18 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1911 (271.285) | 2151 (309.297) | 145 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1L | D1 | 32 | 88.84 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 98.16 |
| 13 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1844 (260.284) | 2239 (324.295) | 147 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6L | – | 28 | 82.36 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 98.84 |
| 14 | North Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1754 (249.260) | 2167 (317.265) | 128 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4L | – | 28 | 80.94 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 52 | 99.23 |
| 15 | Essendon | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2021 (291.275) | 2469 (367.267) | 160 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3L | – | 14 | 81.86 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 92.01 |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1791 (257.249) | 2415 (354.291) | 112 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4L | – | 14 | 74.16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 75.51 |
finals draw
friday
st kilda vs melbourne MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
adelaide vs freemantle AAMI 310pm
west coast vs sydney S (N) 740pm
sunday
collingwood vs bulldogs MCG 230pm
Harrison’s world 