richmond (5-2) vs adeliade (3-4) mcg friday night
adelaide suddenly love tough road trips with a 28 point upset win over richmond. adelaide (4-4) travel to play brisbane saturday night. richmond (5-3) face geelong at geelong sunday.
ADE 2.6 5.12 14.12 17.18 (120)
RICH 4.1 10.4 11.4 14.8 (92)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 5, Robran 3, Goodwin 2, McGregor 2, Bickley, Edwards, Hart, Ladhams, Ricciuto; RICH – Cameron 4, Richardson 3, Tivendale 2, Gale, Hilton, Knights, Krakouer, Ottens
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Goodwin, Burton, Smart, Ricciuto; RICH – Gaspar, Cameron, Richardson
INJURY: RICH – Richardson (hamstring)
Richardson will miss the next 3 weeks with the injury
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Kennedy, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 29,073 at MCG
carlton (4-3) vs brisbane (4-3) optus oval saturday
carlton finally go back to back with a 74 point win over brisbane. carlton (5-3) face kangaroos at the g friday night. brisbane (4-4) host adeliade saturday night.
CARL 3.4 10.8 16.10 21.16 (142)
BRIS 2.3 3.7 8.11 9.14 (68)
GOALS: CARL – Whitnall 3, Lappin 3, Fevola 3, Koutoufides 3, Silvagni 2, Houlihan 2, Ratten, Hickmott, Camporeale, Freeborn, Doering; BRIS – Black 3, Lynch 3, Voss 2, Brown
BEST: CARL – Beaumont, Koutoufides, Hickmott, Lappin, Ratten, Camporeale, McKay, Christou, Fevola; BRIS – Ashcroft, Voss, Notting
INJURY: CARL – Whitnall (back); BRIS – McRae (foot) replaced in selected side by Noble, Power (groin) replaced in selected side by M Kennedy, Akermanis (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Dore, M Avon, J Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 21,997 at Optus Oval
hawthorn (7-0) vs west coast (2-5) mcg saturday
hawthorn got an extra training session before the top of the table clash next week with an 80 point demolition of west coast. hawthorn (8-0) face essendon at colonial in the long awaited top of the table clash saturday night. west coast (2-6) host bulldogs saturday night.
HAW 5.2 10.6 16.9 21.12 (138)
WCE 0.2 3.3 4.5 8.10 (58)
GOALS: HAW – Barlow 3, Lekkas 3, Thompson 3, Crawford 2, Dixon 2, Bowyer, Chick, Clarke, Croad, Graham, Lord, O’Farrell, Rehn;
WCE – Embley 2, Cousins, Gardiner, Ph. Matera, Turnbull, Wilson, Wirrpunda
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Smith, Lekkas, Barker, Graham, Barlow, Tallis, Harford; WCE – Taylor, Wirrpunda, Cousins, Kemp
UMPIRES: McLaren, Woodcock, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 22,988 at MCG
kangaroos (2-5) vs st kilda (2-5) manaka oval saturday
north smash st kilda by 49 in their first game in canberra. north (3-5) host carlton at the g friday night. st kilda (2-6) face collingwood at the g saturday.
KANG 3.5 8.10 13.16 19.24 (138)
STK 3.3 5.7 7.10 13.11 (89)
GOALS: KANG – McKernan 4, Pickett 3, Grant 2, Harvey 2, Colbert, Sinclair, Stevens, Clayton, Rocca, King, Watt, Smith; StK – Loewe 7, Hamill 3, Burke, Voss, Powell
BEST: KANG – Harvey, Stevens, Grant, Burton, Clayton, King; StK – Loewe, Milne, Burke, Voss, Harvey, Thompson
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Morris, Kelsey
ATTENDANCE: 10,958 at Manuka Oval
port (6-1) vs collingwood (3-4) football park saturday night
collingwood are not falling away this time with a 9 point upset win over port. collingwood (4-4) host st kilda saturday. port (6-2) host melbourne sunday.
COL 3.0 11.4 14.9 18.11 (119)
PA 4.4 5.8 9.10 16.14 (110)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Lonie 3, L. Davis 2, Holland 2, N. Davis, Fraser, Licuria, Lockyer, O’Bree, Steinfort; PA – Wanganeen 5, Cockatoo-Collins 4, N. Stevens 2, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes, Dew, Schofield
BEST: COL – O’Bree, Buckley, Tarrant, Rocca, Fraser, Lonie; PA – N.Stevens, James, Wanganeen, Primus, Cockatoo-Collins, Burgoyne
INJURY: PA – Primus (knee)
Early reports are that he only strained a medial ligament and will miss 3-4 weeks.
ATTENDANCE: 34232 at Football Park
bulldogs (3-4) vs sydney (3-4) scg sunday
sydneys erratic form continues with a 21 point loss to the bulldogs. bulldogs (4-4) play west coast in perth saturday night. sydney (3-5) host freo sunday.
WB 2.3 8.7 15.9 18.14 (122)
SYD 3.3 8.7 10.9 15.11 (101)
GOALS: WB – Hudson 5, Johnson 3, Cox 2, Garlick 2, Bartlett, Ellis, Grant, Robbins, Smith, West; SYD – O’Loughlin 5, Williams 3, Goodes 2, Fosdike, McPherson, O’Keefe, Stafford, Stevens
BEST: WB – Johnson, West, Brown, Robbins, Darcy, Garlick; SYD – Ball, O’Loughlin, Fosdike, Stevens, Williams, Warfe
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Rowe, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 20231 at the SCG
melbourne (4-3) vs essendon (6-1) mcg sunday
this would have been a better grand final than the acctual game but essendon defend their title with a 6 point win in the rematch. essendon (7-1) face this years main rival hawthorn at home saturday night. melbourne (4-4) travel to play port sunday.
ESS 2.1 5.4 9.9 12.13 (85)
MELB 3.3 3.7 7.11 11.13 (79)
GOALS: ESS – Hird 4, Lloyd 3, Rioli 2, Bolton, J. Johnson, Lucas; MELB – Green 3, Neitz 3, Yze 2, Broadbridge, Brown, Robertson
BEST: ESS – Wellman, Hird, J. Johnson, Solomon, Jacobs, Lloyd; MELB – Whelan, Yze, J. McDonald, Woewodin, Green, Neitz, Ward
IMJURY: ESS – Caracella (chest)
REPORTS: MELB – Schwarz (striking)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Coates, Mitchell
ATTENDANCE: 47452 at MCG
freemantle (0-7) vs geelong (2-5) subiaco sunday
after several weeks of running out of steam freo leave their run too late this time in a 22 point loss to geelong. geelong (3-5) host richmond sunday. freo (0-8) travel to play sydney sunday.
GEEL 6.5 11.6 13.8 14.11 (95)
FRE 0.2 2.7 7.8 10.13 (73)
GOALS: GEEL – Houlihan 5, Graham 4, Baldwin, Bizzell, Corey, Kingsley, Mensch;
FRE – Waterhouse 2, Bandy, Bootsma, Brown, Fewster, Hasleby, Kickett, Modra, Shipp
BEST: GEEL – Graham, Spriggs, McGrath, Sanderson, Scarlett, Sholl; FRE – Hasleby, Kickett, Toia, Black, Bootsma, Cook, Brown
ATTENDANCE: 20231 at Subiaco
UMPIRES: Nash, Jeffery, Corcoran
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Hawthorn | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 864 | 639 | 135.21% | 32 |
| 2 | Essendon | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 935 | 634 | 147.48% | 28 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 981 | 733 | 133.83% | 24 |
| 4 | Carlton | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 816 | 694 | 117.58% | 20 |
| 5 | Richmond | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 809 | 767 | 105.48% | 20 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 824 | 747 | 110.31% | 16 |
| 7 | Brisbane | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 859 | 818 | 105.01% | 16 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 880 | 883 | 99.66% | 16 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 748 | 771 | 97.02% | 16 |
| 10 | Adelaide | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 708 | 769 | 92.07% | 16 |
| 11 | Sydney | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 815 | 809 | 100.74% | 12 |
| 12 | Geelong | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 693 | 757 | 91.55% | 12 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 633 | 853 | 74.21% | 12 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 755 | 928 | 81.36% | 8 |
| 15 | West Coast | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 623 | 940 | 66.28% | 8 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 705 | 906 | 77.81% | 0 |
round 9 matches
friday
kangaroos vs carlton MCG (N)
saturday
collingwood v st kilda MCG
essendon v hawthorn CS (N)
brisbane v adeliade G (N)
west coast vs bulldogs S (N)
sunday
sydney v freemantle SCG
geelong v richmond SS
port v melbourne FP
Harrison’s world 