kangaroos (3-5) vs carlton (5-3) mcg friday night
carlton come from behind to make it 3 striaght and secure a top 4 spot by 13 points over the roos. carlton (6-3) host west coast saturday. kangaroos (3-6) face bulldogs at colonial friday night.
CARL 1.2 3.5 8.8 12.10 (82)
KANG 6.1 9.4 9.7 10. 9 (69)
GOALS: CARL – Mansfield 2, Lappin 2, Camporeale 2, Ratten, Whitnall, Fevola, Hulme, Beaumont, Houlihan; KANG – Rocca 2, McKernan 2, Sinclair, Burton, Clayton, Lange, Pickett, Cochrane
BEST: CARL – Camporeale, Mansfield, Whitnall, Koutoufides, Porter, Hulme, Houlihan;
KANG – Burton, Blakey, McKernan, Rocca, King, Simpson
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Wenn, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 43,624 at MCG
collingwood (4-4) vs st kilda (2-6) mcg saturday
a come from behind 3 goal win for collingwood over st kilda. collingwood (5-4) host sydney sunday at colonial. st kilda (2-7) host melbourne saturday night at coloinal.
COL 2.5 4. 5 8.10 14.14 (98)
STK 5.1 10.5 12. 5 12.8 (80)
GOALS: COL – Molloy 3, N. Davis 3, Tarrant 2, Richardson, Holland, Clement, Rocca, Lockyer, Lonie; StK – Voss 2, Loewe 2, Powell 2, Milne 2, Burke, Everitt, Callaghan, Harvey
BEST: COL – O’Bree, Davis, Fraser, Buckley, Clement, Licuria, Johnson; StK – Jones, Burke, Gehrig, Voss, Koschitzke
INJURY: StK – Harvey (groin), Jones (hamstring), Gehrig (groin), Capuano (knee)
UMPIRES: Head, Dore, Hanley
ATTENDANCE: 49,937 at MCG
essendon (7-1) vs hawthorn (8-0) colonial saturday night
essendon go back on top ending the hawks unbeaten start by 65 points in the top of the table clash. essendon (8-1) travel to play brisbane saturday night. hawthorn (8-1) host port in the fight for 2nd saturday.
ESS 7.4 11.9 15.10 18.14 (122)
HAW 4.1 4.4 7.7 8.9 (57)
GOALS: ESS -Lloyd 8, Barnard 2, McVeigh 2, Rioli 2, Lucas, McGrath, Peverill, Robran;
HAW -Thompson 3, Barker, Bowyer, Croad, Dixon, Harford
BEST: ESS – Lloyd, Hird, Wellman, Barnard, Hardwick, McVeigh, Rioli, Barnes; HAW – Thompson, Bowyer, Johnson
INJURY: ESS – Fletcher (leg) replaced in selected side by McGrath, Blumfield (knee);
HAW – Crawford (knee-ankle), Chick (hamstring), Rehn (calf)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, McKenzie, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 50,701 at Colonial Stadium
brisbane (4-4) vs adelaide (4-4) gabba saturday night
crows win anoter major upset on the road by 5 points over brisbane. adelaide (5-4) host geelong sunday. brisbane (4-5) host essendon saturday night.
ADE 6.4 9.8 16.9 19.13 (127)
BRIS 7.2 10.8 15.10 18.14 (122)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 4, Beinke 3, Vardy 2, Hart 2, Johnson 2, Jarman 2, Robran, Welsh, McLeod, Ricciuto; BRIS – Lynch 4, Lappin 4, Keating 3, Bradshaw 2, Voss, Akermanis, C. Scott, McDonald, B. Scott
BEST: ADE – Edwards, McLeod, Burton, Goodwin, Jarman, Hart; BRIS – Black, Ashcroft, Lappin, Akermanis, C. Scott, Johnson
INJURY: BRIS – Power (groin), Voss (ankle)
UMPIRES: Allen, Nicholls, Vozzo
ATTENDANCE: 24,122 at the Gabba.
west coast (2-6) vs bulldogs (4-4) subiaco saturday night
bulldogs make it 3 striaght with an 8 goal win over west coast. bulldogs (5-4) host roos friday night. west coast (2-7) travel to play carlton saturday.
WB 2.4 6.10 13.15 18.17 (125)
WCE 2.4 4.4 7.5 11.11 (77)
GOALS: WB – Brown 4, Johnson 3, Grant, Garlick, Hahn, Hudson, Curley, Darcy, Croft, Bartlett, Harrison, Robbins, Alvey; WCE – Cousins 2, Gardner, Kemp, Morrison, Brawn, Gaspar, Jakovich, Emily, Ph. Matera, Wilson
BEST: WB – Darcy, Brown, Johnson, West, Robbins, Eagleton; WCE – Cousins, Kemp, Kerr, Ph. Matera, Gaspar, Harding
INJURY: WB – Johnson (ankle), Hahn (ankle); WCE – Banfield (knee), Taylor (concussion)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Coats, Rosebury
ATTENDANCE: 30,063 at Subiaco Oval
sydney (3-5) vs freemantle (0-8) scg sunday
freo again unlucky with a 19 point loss to sydney leading to them sacking their coach. sydney (4-5) travel to play collingwood sunday at colonial. freo (0-9) host richmond sunday.
SYD 2.2 4.5 9.9 12.12 (84)
FRE 1.2 4.4 6.4 10.5 (65)
GOALS: SYD – Cresswell 3, Nicks 3, Stafford 3, Schwass 2, Lewis; FRE – Brown, Cook, Fletcher, Hasleby, J. Longmuir, T. Longmuir, McPhee, Schell, Shipp, Waterhouse
BEST: SYD – Cresswell, Barry, Nicks, Schwass, McPherson, Lewis; FRE – Fletcher, Cook, Black, McManus, J. Longmuir, Parker
INJURY: FRE – Brown (back)
REPORTS: SYD – Ball (tripping)
UMPIRES: Ellis, Howlett, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 20611 at the SCG
geelong (3-5) vs richmond (5-3) skilled stadium sunday
geelong claim their first non-bottom 3 scalp by 7 goals over an out of form richmond. geelong (4-5) play adelaide in adeliade sunday. richmond (5-4) travel to play freo on sunday.
GEEL 5.4 8.7 11.10 17.16 (118)
RICH 5.5 7.8 10.9 11.10 (76)
GOALS: GEEL – King 4, Bizzell 2, Chapman 2, Graham 2, Kingsley 2, Mensch 2, Spriggs 2, Murphy; RICH – Ottens 6, Cameron, Chaffey, Hilton, A. Kellaway, Tivendale
BEST: GEEL – King, Kingsley, Graham, Spriggs, Murphy, Bizzell, Sanderson; RICH – Campbell, D. Kellaway, Tivendale, Ottens
REPORTS: GEEL – Clarke (wrestling), Kilpatrick (striking); RICH – Tivendale (wrestling)
UMPIRES: Head, McBurney, James
ATTENDANCE: 7421 at Shell Stadium
port (6-2) vs melbourne (4-4) football park sunday
port rebounded with a 20 point win over melbourne. port (7-2) face hawthorn saturday at the g. melbourne (4-5) play st kilda at colonial saturday night.
PA 4.1 6.7 11.8 13.10 (88)
MELB 1.4 2.8 6.8 9.14 (68)
GOALS: PA – James 3, Tredrea 3, Wanganeen 3, Brogan, Cockatoo-Collins, Dew, N. Stevens;
MELB -Bruce 4, Brown, Neitz, Nicholson, Robertson, Ward
BEST: PA – N. Stevens, Kingsley, Tredrea, Francou, Montgomery, Wakelin; MELB – Bruce, Whelan, Yze, J. McDonald, Grgic, Godfrey
REPORTS: MELB – McDonald (wrestling)
UMPIRES: Avon, McLaren, Fox
ATTENDANCE: 22423 at Football Park
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1057 | 691 | 152.97% | 32 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 921 | 761 | 121.02% | 32 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1069 | 801 | 133.46% | 28 |
| 4 | Carlton | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 898 | 763 | 117.69% | 24 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 922 | 827 | 111.49% | 20 |
| 6 | Wstn Bulldogs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1005 | 960 | 104.69% | 20 |
| 7 | Richmond | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 885 | 885 | 100.00% | 20 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 835 | 891 | 93.71% | 20 |
| 9 | Brisbane | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 981 | 945 | 103.81% | 16 |
| 10 | Sydney | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 899 | 874 | 102.86% | 16 |
| 11 | Geelong | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 811 | 833 | 97.36% | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 816 | 859 | 94.99% | 16 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 702 | 935 | 75.08% | 12 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 835 | 1026 | 81.38% | 8 |
| 15 | West Coast | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 700 | 1065 | 65.73% | 8 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 770 | 990 | 77.78% | 0 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 39
Tarrant (COL) 26
Richardson (RICH) 24
Hudson (WB) 23
Wilson (WCE) 23
Barker (HAW) 22
Johnson (WB) 22
Che C-C (PA) 20
Lynch (BRIS) 20
O’Loughlin (SYD) 20
Dew (PA) 19
Goodes (SYD) 18
Neitz (MELB) 18
Wanganeen (PA) 18
Burns (GEEL) 17
round 10 matches
friday
bulldogs v kangaroos CS (N)
saturday
carlton v west coast OO
hawthorn v port MCG
st kilda v melbourne CS (N)
brisbane v essendon G (N)
sunday
adelaide v geelong FP
collingwood v sydney CS
freemantle v richmond S
Harrison’s world 