kangaroos (1-2) vs geelong (3-0) colonial stadium friday night
roos scrape home against geelong by 5 points to end the cats unbeaten start. kangaroos (2-2) play sydney at the scg in a “home” game geelong (3-1) host west coast both on sunday.
carlton (2-1) vs bulldogs (2-1) colonial stadium saturday afternoon
bulldogs keep their strong start in tact with a 39 point win over carlton. bulldogs (3-1) host collingwood friday night at colonial . carlton (2-2) face an essendon side hungry for revenge for the previous prelim final saturday at the g.
WESTERN BULLDOGS 6.6 10.7 12.9 14.14 (98)
CARLTON 3.2 5. 3 7.8 8.11 (59)
Goals: Western Bulldogs: T Bartlett 5 S Garlick 3 B Johnson S West T Curley S Wynd S Cox P Dimattina. Carlton: A Hamill 2 M Allan 2 A McKay L Whitnall A Hickmott T Hotton.
Best: Western Bulldogs: T Bartlett P Dimattina S Garlick R Smith S Kretiuk L Darcy. Carlton: S Camporeale S Beaumont A McKay T Hotton.
Injuries: Western Bulldogs: C Grant (neck spasm) A Wills (concussion). Carlton: S Silvagni (groin) replaced in selected side by A Franchina, A Koutoufides (shin).
Umpires: B Sheehan, D McCauley, T Burton.
Crowd: 30,576 at Colonial Stadium.
hawthorn (1-2) vs essendon (3-0) mcg saturday afternoon
hawks poor start continues with a 47 point loss to leaders essendon. hawthorn (1-3) face port in adeliade in the first of a double road trip header sunday night. essendon (4-0) host carlton in a game for revenge saturday.
ESSENDON 6.3 10.6 15.14 20.17 (137)
HAWTHORN 3.0 7.3 11. 3 14. 6 ( 90)
Goals:Essendon: S Lucas 5 M Lloyd 4 J Hird 2 J Barnes 2 M Mercuri D Bewick M Long S Alessio G Moorcroft M Fraser J Blumfield. Hawthorn: B Dixon 4 N Holland 2 J Smith 2 C Barlow 2 S Crawford B Krummel T Croad M Graham.
Best: Essendon: J Hird S Lucas J Misiti D Solomon D Fletcher S Wellman J Johnson. Hawthorn: A Rock J Hay B Dixon C Barlow J Rawlings.
Injuries: Hawthorn: N Thompson (ankle) replaced in selected side by C Bateman. Essendon: A Ramanauskas (virus) replaced in selected side by M Fraser. M Long (hip).
Reports: D Chick (Hawthorn) reported by field umpire M James for striking M Long (Essendon) during the second quarter. D Hardwick (Essendon) reported by field umpire H Kennedy for striking C Bateman during the second quarter.
Umpires: H Kennedy, M James, M Nash.
Crowd: 46,889 at MCG.
sydney (3-0) vs collingwood (3-0) scg saturday night
collingwood have gone from last to 2nd in a year and are still unbeaten with a 5 point win over sydney. sydney (3-1) face kangaroos sunday in sydney while collingwood (4-0) face bulldogs friday night at colonial.
Collingwood 3.3 7.6 12.9 15.16 (106)
Sydney 3.2 7.6 12.9 15.11 (101)
Goals: Collingwood: C Tarrant 4 A Rocca 3 P Williams 2 B Orchard G Freeborne S O’Bree P Lane S Rocca D Adkins. Sydney: G Stafford 4 D Allison 3 J Saddington 2 J Stevens D Cresswell T Luff D Matthews A Goodes B Seymour.
Best: Collingwood: C Tarrant P Williams N Buckley D Adkins S Burns N Orchard. Sydney: G Stafford W Schwass M Nicks T Luff J Saddington D Cresswell.
Umpires: G Dore, A Coates, D Morris.
Crowd: 35,886.
At Sydney Cricket Ground.
west coast (1-1-1) vs adeliade (0-3) waca saturday night
in a ridicilous match scott cummings kicked 14 goals but west coast would have won without him in a 19 goal demolition of last place adeliade. west coast (2-1-1) face geelong on the road sunday. adelaide (0-4) play brisbane in brisbane saturday night.
West Coast: 4.3, 13.5, 22.9, 29.13, 187.
Adelaide: 2.4, 4.6, 6.8, 10.13, 73.
Goals: West Coast: S Cummings 14, Phillip Matera, Peter Matera, D Wirrpunda 2, B Cousins R Turnbull, R Jones, C Rintoul, C Fletcher, A Williams, M Gardiner, F Gehrig, M White. Adelaide: D Jarman, P Vardy, S Welsh 3, M Robran.
Best: West Coast: S Cummings, Peter Matera, D Banfield, M Braun, B Cousins, D Wirrpunda. Adelaide: M Riccciuto, D Jarman, J Cicolella, M Bickley, T Edwards, S Goodwin.
Injuries: West Coast: M White (ankle)
Crowd: 26,037.
Umpires: C Mitchell, D Howlett, M Norden.
melbourne (1-2) vs st kilda (0-2-1) mcg sunday afternoon
melbourne smashed st kilda by 91 points at the g. melbourne (2-2) play freemanlte in perth saturday night. st kilda (0-3-1) host richmond sunday
| Melbourne | 2.4 | 9.6 | 16.11 | 25.15.165 |
| St. Kilda | 4.2 | 6.6 | 9.7 | 11.9.75 |
Melbourne win by 90 points
Goalkickers: Jeff Farmer 5, Brad Green 4, Russell Robertson 4, Brent Grgic 3, Stephen Powell 3, Adem Yze 2, James McDonald 1, David Neitz 1, David Schwarz 1, Shane Woewodin 1 st kilda goals unavaible
port (0-3) vs brisbane (1-2) football park sunday afternoon
4 weeks on the road has taken its toll on brisbane in a upset loss to port by 43 points. port (1-3) host hawthorn sunday brisbane (1-3) host adeliade saturday night.
PORT ADELAIDE 4.4 10.7 16.9 23.11 (149)
BRISBANE 3.3 8.6 9.13 15.16 (106)
Goals: Port Adelaide: P Burgoyne 5 M Harwood 3 B Montgomery 2 J Schofield 2 S Francis 2 D Morton 2 W Tredrea 2 M Primus J Francou M Wilson M Bode A Kingsley. Brisbane: C McRae 3 A Lynch 3 D Bradshaw 3 S Black 2 J Molloy M Ashcroft S Hart N Lappin.
Best: Port Adelaide: P Burgoyne M Wilson M Bishop B Montgomerie B Lyle D Mead. Brisbane: N Lappin S Black A Heuskes C Scott C McRae A Lynch.
Reports: Nil.
Injuries: Not available.
Umpires: D Goldspink S Hanley M Vozzo.
Official crowd: 24,459 at Football Park.
richmond (1-2) vs freemantle (1-2) colonial stadium sunday afternoon
freo win their 2nd game on the road stunning richmond by a point. richmond (1-3) play st kilda on sunday. freeemantle (2-2) host melbourne saturday night.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 547 | 327 | 167.28% | 16 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 366 | 139.07% | 16 |
| 3 | Wstn Bulldogs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 480 | 400 | 120.00% | 12 |
| 4 | Geelong | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 478 | 410 | 116.59% | 12 |
| 5 | Sydney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 443 | 390 | 113.59% | 12 |
| 6 | West Coast | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 527 | 382 | 137.96% | 10 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 516 | 415 | 124.34% | 8 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 408 | 427 | 95.55% | 8 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 505 | 532 | 94.92% | 8 |
| 10 | Carlton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 452 | 482 | 93.78% | 8 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 460 | 521 | 88.29% | 4 |
| 12 | Richmond | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 402 | 480 | 83.75% | 4 |
| 13 | Hawthorn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 398 | 534 | 74.53% | 4 |
| 14 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 392 | 528 | 74.24% | 4 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 390 | 554 | 70.40% | 2 |
| 16 | Adelaide | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 373 | 532 | 70.11% | 0 |
round 5 matches
friday
bulldogs vs collingwood CS (N)
saturday
essendon vs carlton MCG
brisbane vs adelaide G (N)
freemantle vs melbourne WACA (N)
sunday
geelong vs west coast SS
kangaroos vs sydney SCG
st kilda vs richmond CS
port vs hawthorn FP
Harrison’s world 