brisbane (7-5) vs hathorn (9-3) gabba friday night
brisbane make it 4 striaght with a 87 point blow out win over hawthorn. brisbane (8-5) host st kilda saturday night. hawthorn (9-4) face richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
BRIS 1.3 7.8 12.14 20.20 (140)
HAW 2.3 4.5 7.5 8.5 (53)
GOALS: BRIS -Bradshaw 5, Lynch 3, B. Scott 2, Brown 2, McRae, McDonald, Johnson, Lappin, Black, Copeland, Voss, Akermanis; HAW – Crawford 2, Lord 2, Croad, Thompson, Chick, Harford
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Akermanis, Johnson, Black, Michael, Lappin; HAW – Hay, Tallis, O’Farrell, Rawlings
INJURY: BRIS – Pike (nose); HAW – Picioane (concussion and broken nose), Crawford (ankle)
REPORTS: BRIS – C Scott hitting S Crawford, Johnson for attempting to kick Lord
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Rowe, James
ATTENDANCE: 30,573 at Gabba
carlton (8-4) vs bulldogs (7-5) optus oval saturday
carlton move into 2nd with a 61 point win over bulldogs. carlton (9-4) travel to play sydney on sunday. bulldogs (7-6) host essendon friday night at colonial.
CARL 7.4 13.7 15.11 23.15 (153)
WB 1.4 2.7 6.12 13.14 (92)
GOALS: CARL – Hotton 4, Whitnall 3, Lappin 3, Beaumont 3, Houlihan 2, Koutoufides 2, Hickmott, Porter, Camporeale, Freeborn, Wiggins, Christou;
WB – Hudson 3, Johnson 2, Brown 2, Grant, West, Eagleton, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Hunter
BEST: CARL – Beaumont, Whitnall, Ratten, Christou, Lappin, Freeborn, Silvagni; WB – Darcy, Garlick, Liberatore, Penny
INJURY: CARL – Hickmott (cut mouth); WB – Ellis (corked thigh), Hahn (ankle)
UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 30,067 at Optus Oval
essendon (10-2) vs freemantle (0-12) colonial saturday
essendon overcome a slow start to keep freo winless by 46 points. essendon (11-2) play bulldogs friday night at colonial. freo (0-13) face port at home sunday.
ESS 2.2 7.5 13.7 18.10 (118)
FRE 4.4 5.5 7.11 10.12 (72)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, McVeigh 3, Barnard 2, Caracella 2, M. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Misiti, Moorcroft, Fletcher, Rioli; FRE – Cook 3, Black, J. Longmuir, Waterhouse, Brown, Eastaugh, Shipp, Bandy
BEST: ESS – Wellman, Caracella, Fletcher, McVeigh, J. Johnson, Lloyd, Solomon; FRE – Cook, Carr, Black, McPhee, Hasleby
INJURY: ESS – Jacobs (virus) replaced in selected side by Caracella, Hird (groin), Hardwick (chest); FRE – Modra (calf) replaced in selected side by Bandy, Waterhouse (hamstring), Kickett (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Coates, Head, Rosebury
ATTENDANCE: 29,528 at Colonial Stadium
kanagroos (5-7) vs port (8-4) manaka saturday afternoon
ports slump continues with a 22 point loss to the roos keeping the roos run against them intact. kangaroos (6-7) host melbourne sunday at the g. port (8-5) face freo in perth sunday.
KANG 3.3 7.5 12.6 14.11 (95)
PA 2.3 4.5 5.7 10.13 (73)
GOALS: KANG – Grant 3, McKernan 3, Clayton 2, Makepeace 2, Rawlings, Simpson, Carey, Pickett; PA – Cockatoo-Collins 2, James 2, Wanganeen, Schofield, Tredrea, Dew, Guerra, K Cornes
BEST: KANG – Grant, Stevens, Colbert, McKernan, Harvey, King; PA – Cockatoo-Collins, Montgomery, Stevens, K. Cornes, Primus
INJURY: KANG – Archer (shoulder); PA – D Mead (knee)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Goldspink, Morris
ATTENDANCE: 10,030 at Manuka Oval
adelaide (6-6) vs collingwood (7-5) football park saturday night
collingwood keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 2 point win over adeliade. collingwood (8-5) face geelong at colonial sunday. adelaide (6-7) host west coast saturday night.
COL 4.4 9.7 13.8 15.9 (99)
ADE 3.3 10.5 12.9 14.13 (97)
GOALS: COL – Buckley 2, Clement 2, L. Davis 2, Lockyer 2, McKee 2, Tarrant 2, N. Davis, Dimattina, Molloy; ADE – Jarman 6, Vardy 2, Edwards, Johnson, McLeod, Perrie, Ricciuto, Stevens
BEST: COL – Buckley, Lockyer, Clement, Molloy, Licuria, Steinfort; ADE – Clarke, Johnson, Jarman, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Edwards
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Woodcock, Nash
ATTENDANCE: 39010 at Football Park
sydney (6-6) vs geelong (5-7) scg sunday
geelong stun sydney by 19 points to stay in the finals hunt. geelong (6-7) host collingwood at colonial sunday. sydney (6-7) host carlton sunday.
GEEL 2.5 5.10 10.12 12.12 (84)
SYD 3.3 5.7 6.9 9.11 (65)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 3, White 2, Hocking 2, Milburn, Murphy, Kilpatrick, Graham, Bizzell; SYD – Maxfield 2, Goodes 2, Fosdike, Williams, Stafford, O’Loughlin, Ball
BEST: GEEL – Sanderson, Murphy, Sholl, Milburn, Kingsley, McGrath; SYD – Seymour, Maxfield, Ball, Williams, Dunkley, Schwass
INJURY: GEEL – Ling (corked thigh); SYD – Dunkley (broken nose)
UMPIRES: Kelsey, Ellis, Mitchell
ATTENDANCE: 26,760 at SCG
st kilda (3-9) vs richmond (8-4) colonial sunday
richmond move into 3rd with a 39 point win over st kilda. richmond (9-4) host hawthorn at the g saturday. st kilda (3-10) travel to play brisbane saturday night.
RICH 1.2 9.5 13.10 19.12 (126)
STK 4.2 6.6 9.8 13.9 (87)
GOALS: RICH – Bowden 5, Pettifer 3, Rogers 2, Bourke 2, Holland 2, Campbell, Richardson, Hall, Tivendale, Knights; StK – Hall 3, Hamill 2, Davis 2, Thompson, Everitt, Callaghan, Voss, Begley, Milne
BEST: – RICH – Bowden, Campbell, Tivendale, Gaspar, Knights, Holland, Pettifer;
StK – Thompson, Gehrig, Plapp, Hamill, Hall
INJURY: RICH – Hayes (shoulder)
UMPIRES: Harvey, Avon, Hanley
ATTENDANCE: 40,783 at Colonial
west coast (2-10) vs melbourne (5-7) subiaco sunday
west coast break an 8 game losing streak by 7 points over melbourne. west coast (3-10) play adelaide in adeliade saturday night. melbourne (5-8) face kangaroos at the g sunday.
WCE 4.1 9.2 11.3 15.5 (95)
MELB 5.1 8.3 10.5 13.10 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Ph. Matera 5, Embley 4, Cummings 2, Gardiner, Cousins, Gaspar, Munro; MELB – Green 3, Robertson 2, Farmer 2, Leoncelli 2, Bruce, Schwarz, Rigoni, Brown
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Gardiner, Wirrpunda, Ph. Matera, Fletcher, Jakovich; MELB – Green, Brown, Rigoni, Neitz, S. Febey, Robertson
INJURY: WCE – Morrison (knee)
REPORTS: Cummings (West Coast) & Neitz (Melbourne) for wrestling
UMPIRES: Schmitt, Wenn, Dore
ATTENDANCE: 29,780 at Subiaco
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1499 | 1024 | 146.39% | 44 |
| 2 | Carlton | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1365 | 1043 | 130.87% | 36 |
| 3 | Richmond | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1269 | 1139 | 111.41% | 36 |
| 4 | Hawthorn | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1238 | 1208 | 102.48% | 36 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1383 | 1146 | 120.68% | 32 |
| 6 | Brisbane | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1455 | 1233 | 118.00% | 32 |
| 7 | Port Adelaide | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1406 | 1198 | 117.36% | 32 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1397 | 1422 | 98.24% | 28 |
| 9 | Sydney | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1222 | 1177 | 103.82% | 24 |
| 10 | Geelong | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1130 | 1148 | 98.43% | 24 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1174 | 1256 | 93.47% | 24 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1168 | 1294 | 90.26% | 24 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1204 | 1349 | 89.25% | 20 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1211 | 1504 | 80.52% | 12 |
| 15 | West Coast | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 979 | 1559 | 62.80% | 12 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1036 | 1436 | 72.14% | 0 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 55
Lynch (Bris) 37
Tarrant (Coll) 36
Hudson (WB) 29
Wanganeen (Port) 29
Richardson 28**
Grant (WB) 27
Johnson (WB) 27
Neitz (MELB) 27
Che C-C (Port) 26
Dew (Port) 26
Goodes (SYD) 24
McKernan (KANG) 24
Modra (FRE) 24
Whitnall (Carl) 24
round 14 matches
friday
bulldogs v essendon CS (N)
saturday
richmond v hawthorn MCG
adelaide v west coast FP (N)
brisbane v st kilda G (N)
sunday
sydney v carlton SCG
kangaroos v melbourne MCG
geelong vcollingwood CS
freemantle v port S
Harrison’s world 