essendon (3-1) vs collingwood (2-2) mcg wenesday (anzac day)
essendon survive an anzac day scare by 8 points over collingwood. essendon (4-1) host west coast sunday at colonial. collingwood (2-3) host carlton at the g sunday.
ESS 5.4 9.6 13.8 15.13 (103)
COL 3.5 10.5 13.7 14.11 (95)
GOALS: ESS – Barnard 4, Blumfield 2, McVeigh 2, Mercuri 2, Caracella, Hird, Jacobs, Lloyd, Solomon; COL – Tarrant 5, Lockyer 3, Betheras 2, Lonie 2, Buckley, Holland
BEST: ESS – Caracella, Barnard, Hird, Ramanauskas, J. Johnson, McVeigh, Alessio, Mercuri; COL – Tarrant, Lockyer, O’Bree, N. Davis, Richardson, Buckley, Lonie, Licuria, Clement, Wakelin
Ron Barassi Medal: Chris Tarrant
INJURY: COL – Rintoul (broken leg). Rintoul will miss 4-6 weeks.
UMPIRES: Nash, McKenzie, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 83905 at the MCG
west coast (2-2) vs richmond (3-1) subiaco friday night
richmond won in perth for the first time against west coast by 39 points. richmond (4-1) face kangaroos friday night at colonial. west coast (2-3) face essendon on sunday at colonial.
RICH 6.0 10.4 12.5 17.7 (109)
WCE 1.2 4.4 10.4 11.4 (70)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 6, Rogers 5, Bowden 3, Hilton, Chaffey, Tivendale; WCE – Ph, Matera 4, Wilson 2, Morrison 2, Gardiner, Fletcher, Merenda
BEST: RICH – Bowden, Richardson, Rogers, Campbell, Ottens, Chaffey; WCE – Fletcher, Ph. Matera, Williams, Cousins, Prior, Morrison
INJURY: RICH – Fiora (shoulder); WCE – Cummings (ankle).
UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Schmitt, Kelsey
ATTENDANCE: 38,472 at Subiaco Oval
carlton (2-2) vs st kilda (1-3) optus oval saturday afternoon
poor kicking didn’t prevent carlton kicking away from st kilda by 33 points. carlton (3-2) face collingwood at the g sunday. st kilda (1-4) host sydney saturday afternoon at colonial.
CARL 4.4 7.11 10.14 17.12 (125)
STK 4.3 6.5 10.8 14.8 (92)
GOALS: CARL – Koutoufides 4, Hickmott 3, Fevola 3, Ratten 2, Freeborn, Bradley, Beaumont, Houlihan, Wiggins; StK – Hall 5, Hayes 2, Peckett, Hamill, Burke, Everitt, Voss, Gale, Milne
BEST: CARL – Porter, Ratten, Hulme, Freeborn, Koutoufides, Manton, Hickmott; StK – Beetham, Hall, Hudghton, Koschitzke, Gale
INJURY: CARL – Lappin (virus) replaced in selected side by Wiggins (debut), Camporeale (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Culpitt; StK – Harvey (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Baker, Voss (ankle), Lawrence (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Dore, Vozzo, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 24,385 at Optus Oval
bulldogs (2-2) vs hawthorn (4-0) colonial saturday night
hawks are the team to beat after a 29 point win over bulldogs to stay unbeaten. hawthorn (5-0) host adeliade in launceston sunday in the first game there ever. bulldogs (2-3) travel to play port saturday night.
HAW 6.5 14.7 17.9 24.11 (155)
WB 4.2 10.3 15.9 19.12 (126)
GOALS: HAW – Lord 6, Barker 5, Croad 4, Rawlings 3, Rehn 3, Thompson 2, Chick; WB – Hudson 4, Brown 3, Hunter 3, Johnston 2, Bartlett 2, Smith 2, Curley, Darcy, Harrison
BEST: HAW – Rawlings, Rehn, Parker, Harford, Lord, Hay; WB – Darcy, Brown, West, Hudson, Smith, Bartlett
INJURY: HAW – Lekkas (shoulder), Thompson (concussion), Barker (cork thigh), Holland (thigh) replaced in selected side by Vandenberg; WB – Croft (hamstring), Romero (medial ligament)
Croft and Romero are likely to out 2 weeks with the injuries.
REPORTS: HAW – Barker for wrestling; WB – Ellis for wrestling
UMPIRES: Nicholls, Harvey, Mitchell
ATTENDANCE: 34,400 at Colonial Stadium.
adeliade (1-3) vs kangaroos (1-3) football park saturday night
crows revive their season with back to back wins in a 15 point win over the roos. adelaide (2-3) face hawthorn in tasmania sunday. kangaroos (1-4) host richmond friday nigth at colonail.
ADE 5.4 6.7 9.15 12.18 (90)
KANG 1.4 6.7 8.10 10.15 (75)
GOALS: ADE – Beinke 3, McLeod 2, Hewitt 2, Smart, Robran, Johnson, Vardy, Ladhams; KANG – Carey 4, Grant, Sinclair, Archer, Rocca, Pickett, Harvey
BEST: ADE – Goodwin, McLeod, Edwards, Beinke, Bickley, Jarman; KANG – King, Carey, McCartney, Archer, Harvey, Pickett
INJURY: ADE – Vardy (hamstring), Johnson (cheekbone); KANG – Olarenshaw (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Ellis, Kennedy, Fox
ATTENDANCE: 37,596 at Football Park
brisbane (1-3) vs freemantle (0-4) gabba sunday
19 goals and a 21 point lead in the last quarter didn’t prevent freo from being blowed away in a 49 point loss to brisbane. brisbane (2-3) host geelong saturday night. freo (0-5) host melbourne saturday night.
BRIS 3.4 9.9 12.15 25.21 (171)
FRE 6.2 8.4 15.6 19.8 (122)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 5, Notting 4, Akermanis 3, Lappin 3, McRae 2, Power 2, C. Scott 2, Johnson, Robbins, B. Scott, Voss; FRE – Pavlich 4, Bandy 3, Hasleby 3, Dodd 2, J. Longmuir, Bell, Bootsma, Cook, McManus, Metropolis
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Notting, Power, C. Scott, Voss, Lappin; FRE – Bell, Pavlich, Carr, Bandy, J. Longmuir
INJURY: FRE – Jones (shoulder)
REPORTS: BRIS – Kennedy (kicking)
UMPIRES: James, Howlett, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 20059 at the Gabba
geelong (2-2) vs port (3-1) skilled stadium sunday
port secured a top 4 spot with a 46 point win over geelong. port (4-1) host bullddogs saturday night. geelong (2-3) face brisbane saturday night on the road.
PA 3.4 11.5 19.10 23.10 (148)
GEEL 3.5 6.7 8.8 15.12 (102)
GOALS: PA – Dew 6, Schofield 5, Tredrea 4, Che C-C 2, Wanganeen 2, Carr, Cornes, Guerra; Wilson; GEEL – Murphy 3, Burns 2, Graham 2, Hocking 2, Bizzell, Clarke, Harley, Mensch, C. Mooney, J. Mooney
BEST: Dew, Schofield, Tredrea, Wilson, Montgomery, Kingsley, Primus, Francou, Wakelin; GEEL – King, Murphy, Sanderson, Harley
REPORTS: PA – Carr for wrestling; GEEL – C. Mooney (wrestling), Scarlett (striking)
UMPIRES: Head, Morris, Hanley
ATTENDANCE: 18736 at Shell Stadium
melbourne (2-2) vs sydney (3-1) mcg sunday
melbourne beat sydney by 15 points at the g in a high scoring game. melbourne (3-2) travel to play freo saturday night. sydney (3-2) travel to play st kilda saturday afternoon at colonial.
MELB 4.3 10.7 13.9 18.11 (119)
SYD 5.4 6.9 10.12 15.14 (104)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 6, Robertson 4, Farmer 3, Wheatley 2, Yze 2, Schwarz; SYD – Goodes 2, Nicks 2, Stevens 2, AhMat, Ball, Bolton, Cresswell, Kirk, Maxfield, McPherson, O’Loughlin, Williams
BEST: MELB – White, Schwarz, Ingerson, Neitz, Nicholson, Leoncelli; SYD – Bolton, Nicks, Goodes, Crouch, Maxfield, O’Loughlin
INJURY: MELB – Farmer (hamstring), Brown (hamstring); SYD – Feast (shoulder)
Farmer will miss at least a month.
UMPIRES: Avon, Rowe, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 30168 at the MCG
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Hawthorn | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 512 | 391 | 130.95% | 20 |
| 2 | Essendon | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 572 | 411 | 139.17% | 16 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 621 | 478 | 129.92% | 16 |
| 4 | Richmond | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 514 | 449 | 114.48% | 16 |
| 5 | Sydney | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 540 | 455 | 118.68% | 12 |
| 6 | Carlton | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 471 | 455 | 103.52% | 12 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 473 | 505 | 93.66% | 12 |
| 8 | Collingwood | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 505 | 443 | 114.00% | 8 |
| 9 | Brisbane | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 563 | 535 | 105.23% | 8 |
| 10 | Geelong | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 469 | 460 | 101.96% | 8 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 565 | 576 | 98.09% | 8 |
| 12 | West Coast | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 445 | 523 | 85.09% | 8 |
| 13 | Adelaide | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 394 | 490 | 80.41% | 8 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 447 | 586 | 76.28% | 4 |
| 15 | Nth Melbourne | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 318 | 538 | 59.11% | 4 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 475 | 589 | 80.65% | 0 |
goals
Richardson (RICH) 16
Hudson (WB) 15
Lloyd (ESS) 14
Lord (HAW) 14
Barker (HAW) 13
Tarrant (COL) 13
Wilson (WCE) 13
Barnard (ESS) 12
Burns (GEEL) 12
Dew (PA) 12
Grant (WB) 12
Modra (FRE) 12
Johnson (WB) 11
Cupido (BRIS) 10
Wanganeen (PA) 10
round 6 matches
friday
kangaroos vs richmond CS (N)
saturday
st kilda vs sydney CS
freemantle vs melbourne S (N)
brisbane vs geelong G (N)
port vs bulldogs FP (N)
sunday
hawtthorn vs adeliade YP
essendon vs west coast CS
collingwood vs carlton MCG
Harrison’s world 