st kilda (2-8) vs essendon (8-2) colonial friday night
essendon smash struggling st kilda by 7 goals despite a last quarter effrot. essednon (9-2) host adeliade friday night 1 of the split round at colonial. st kilda (2-9) travel to play freo saturday night 1.
ESS 6.3 13.6 18.11 19.14 (128)
STK 2.4 6.6 9.6 13.8 (86)
GOALS: ESS – Rioli 4, Heffernan 2, Hird 2, Lloyd 2, Robran 2, Barnard, Hille, J. Johnson, Lalich, Peverill, Ramanauskas, Solomon; StK – Everitt 4, Hall 4, Callaghan, Gehrig, Hamill, Milne, Peckett
BEST: ESS – Rioli, Hird, Ramanauskas, Peverill, McGrath, Barnard, Wellman; StK – Everitt, Gehrig, Peckett, Hall, Harvey, Koschitzke
INJURY: ESS – Hardwick (calf); StK – Moyle (broken leg), Powell (hamstring), R. Harvey (calf)
Brett Moyle will miss six to eight weeks.
UMPIRES: McLaren, Woodcock, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 40,075 at Colonial Stadium
geelong (4-6) vs hawthorn (8-2) colonial saturday afternoon
geelong stun hawthorn by 3 points to keep the hawks slump going. geelong 95-6) host bulldogs saturday afternoon 1 at skilled. hawthorn (8-3) host kangaroos at the g saturday afternoon 2.
GEEL 2.5 5.5 10.8 14.9 (93)
HAW 3.2 5.4 9.8 13.12 (90)
GOALS: GEEL – Burns 4, Riccardi 2, Houlihan, Graham, Kilpatrick, Clarke, Sanderson, Hocking, Chapman, Ling; HAW – Thompson 4, Nicholls 3, O’Farrell 2, Harford, Johnson, Rawlings, Graham
BEST: GEEL – Burns, Sholl, Clarke, Murphy, McGrath, Hocking; HAW -Thompson, Smith, Harford, McCabe, Nicholls, O’Farrell
INJURY: GEEL – King (knee)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Howlett, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 37,526 at Colonial Stadium
adelaide (6-4) vs bulldogs (5-5) football park saturday night
bulldogs end the crows run by 30 points. bulldogs (6-5) face geelong at skilled saturday afternoon 1. adeliade (6-5) face essendon friday night 1 at colonial.
WB 7.4 12.8 13.12 19.13 (127)
ADE 5.3 7.4 9.8 14.13 (97)
GOALS: WB – Grant 6, Croft 3, Hudson 3, Giansiracusa 2, Brown 2, Smith 2, Contessa;
ADE – M. Stevens 3, Edwards 3, Beinke 2, Marsh 2, Welsh 2, McLeod, Vardy
BEST: WB – Grant, West, Liberatore, Darcy, Smith, Johnson; ADE – McLeod, Smart, Edwards, M. Stevens, Johnson, Bickley
INJURY: WB – Harrison (hip); ADE – Burton (ankle)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Rosebury, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 38,829 at Football Park
west coast (2-8) vs brisbane (5-5) subiaco saturday night
after 5 blowouts or 6 west coast almost beat the giant killers brisbane but a bad finish cost them in a 22 point loss. brisbane (6-5) face melbourne sunday afternoon 1 at the gabba. west coast (2-9) face collingwood friday night 2 at colonial.
BRIS 2.5 5.7 8.13 11.18 (84)
WCE 3.1 7.2 9.5 9.8 (62)
GOALS: BRIS – Akermanis 2, Lynch 2, Voss, B. Scott, Notting, Black, Copeland, Bradshaw, McDonald; WCE – Cummings 3, Gardiner, Braun, Gaspar, Jakovich, Jones, Ph. Matera
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Black, Voss, C. Scott, White, McDonald; WCE – Cousins, Wirrpunda, Jones, Taylor, Gardiner, Cummings
INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (hamstring)
Leppitsch will be sidelined again for several weeks with the injury.
UMPIRES: Coates, Jeffery, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 25,588 at Subiaco
sydney (5-5) vs port (8-2) scg sunday
sydney are back on track with a 47 point upset win over port. sydney (6-5) play richmond on saturday night 2 at colonial. port (8-3) host carlton sunday afternoon 2.
SYD 3.4 10.5 16.11 18.17 (125)
PA 2.2 5.10 6.15 10.18 (78)
GOALS: SYD – Goodes 3, Ball 2, Nicks 2, McPherson 2, Williams 2, Maxfield 2, Schwass, Lewis, N. Stevens, Saddington, Bolton; PA – Cockatoo-Collins 2, Dew 2, Montgomery, Wanganeen, Tredrea, Ackland, N. Stevens, James
BEST: SYD – Nicks, Maxfield, McPherson, Williams, Ball, Schwass; PA – N. Stevens, Kingsley, Francou, Francis, Montgomery, C. Cornes
INJURY: SYD – O’Loughlin (shoulder); PA – Wilson (knee), Burgoyne (ill replaced in selected side by B Guerra)
Wilson has a suspected ruptured ACL and could be out for the season.
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Hanley, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 28,187 at the SCG
richmond (6-4) vs carlton (7-3) mcg sunday
tigers end blues run by 27 points. richmond (7-4) host sydney at colonial saturday night 2. cartlon (7-4) travel to play port sunday 2.
RICH 2.4 5.6 8.7 13.10 (88)
CARL 1.3 4.7 6.12 8.13 (61)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 3, Tivendale 3, Rogers 2, Broderick 2, Ottens 2, Hilton; CARL – Whitnall 4, Bradley 2, Lappin, Doering.
BEST: RICH – Gale, A. Kellaway, Richardson, Campbell, Tivendale, Broderick; CARL – Bradley, Whitnall, Hulme, McKay, Silvagni
INJURY: RICH – Richardson (hamstring), Hilton (shoulder); CARL – Massie (broken leg), Fevola (knee), Houlihan (sprained wrist), Franchina (bruised shin)
Massie will miss 2 months and Fevola could miss 4-6 weeks. Hilton will miss several weeks with an AC joint injury.
REPORTS: CARL – Doering for striking Daffy
UMPIRES: Allen, Morris, Kelsey
ATTENDANCE: 71,765 at MCG.
kangaroos (4-6) vs freemantle (0-10) colonial sunday
the roos hopes of making the finals continues to get better with an 86 point win over winless freo. kangaroos (5-6) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon 2. freemantle (0-11) will they get their first win against st kiilda at home saturday night 1.
KANG 5.1 11.5 20.11 23.16 (154)
FRE 4.2 7.4 9.6 10.8 (68)
GOALS: KANG – McKernan 5, Pickett 5, Burton 2, Clayton 2, Jones 2, S. Motlop 2, Rocca 2, Colbert, Grant, Rawlings; FRE – Modra 4, Cunningham 2, Pavlich 2, Fewster, Walker
BEST: KANG – Stevens, Pickett, Archer, McKernan, Clayton, Grant, Harvey, Simpson; FRE – McManus, Prescott, Cook, Black
INJURY: FRE – J. Longmuir (concussion), Brown (concussion)
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Corcoran, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 18,023 at Colonial Stadium
melbourne (5-5) vs collingwood (5-5) mcg monday
collingwood smash melbourne by 77 points to hold their spot in the 8. collingowod (6-5) host west coast friday night 2 at colonial. melbourne (5-6) play brisbane in a “home” game at the gabba.
COL 5.4 9.9 14.15 19.20 (134)
MELB 1.2 4.5 6.7 8.9 (57)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 4, Holland 3, N. Davis 3, Molloy 2, Tarrant 2, McKee, Lockyer, Fraser, Johnson, Lane; MELB – Neitz 2, Bruce 2, Thompson, Green, Woewodin, Robertson
BEST: COL – Rocca, O’Bree, N. Davis, Fraser, Molloy, McKee; MELB – Neitz, Thompson, Bruce, Wheatley
INJURY: MELB – Schwarz (corked buttock), Collins (jarred knee), Farmer (hamstring) replaced in selected side by B Beams
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Ellis, James
ATTENDANCE: 62,761 at MCG
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1259 | 879 | 143.23% | 36 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1263 | 999 | 126.43% | 32 |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1084 | 970 | 111.75% | 32 |
| 4 | Carlton | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1108 | 881 | 125.77% | 28 |
| 5 | Richmond | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1057 | 992 | 106.55% | 28 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1111 | 957 | 116.09% | 24 |
| 7 | Sydney | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1097 | 1007 | 108.94% | 24 |
| 8 | Brisbane | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1167 | 1081 | 107.96% | 24 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1211 | 1182 | 102.45% | 24 |
| 10 | Adelaide | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 998 | 1073 | 93.01% | 24 |
| 11 | Geelong | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 959 | 989 | 96.97% | 20 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1017 | 1106 | 91.95% | 20 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 981 | 1082 | 90.67% | 20 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1034 | 1298 | 79.66% | 8 |
| 15 | West Coast | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 792 | 1298 | 61.02% | 8 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 884 | 1228 | 71.99% | 0 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 44
Tarrant (COL) 31
Richardson (RICH) 27
Hudson (WB) 26
Lynch (BRIS) 26
Grant (WB) 25
Neitz (MELB) 25
Wanganeen (PA) 25
Che C-Collins (PA) 24
Dew (PA) 24
Goodes (SYD) 23
Wilson (WCE) 23
Barker (HAW) 22
Johnson (WB) 22
Burns (GEEL) 21
round 12 matches
friday 1
essendon v adeliade CS (N)
saturday
geelong v bulldogs SS
freemantle v st kilda S (N)
sunday
melbourne v brisbane G
friday 2
collingwood v west coast CS (N)
saturday
hawthorn v kangaroos MCG
richmond v sydney CS (N)
sunday
port v carlton FP
Harrison’s world 