richmond (9-6) vs melbourne (6-9) mcg friday night
richmond are a step closer to returning to finals with a 41 point win over melbourne. richmond (10-6) face bulldogs at colonail friday night. melbourne (6-10) host adeliade saturday.
RICH 9.1 14.5 18. 9 19.13 (127)
MELB 4.2 5.5 7.10 12.14 (86)
GOALS: RICH – Ottens 4, Richardson 4, Bowden 3, Pettifer 2, Tivendale 2, Hilton, Campbell, Cameron, Knights; MELB – Bruce 3, Robertson 3, Schwarz 2, S. Febey, Williams, Farmer, Whelan
BEST: RICH – Ottens, Bowden, Richardson, Campbell, Holland, King; MELB – Ward, Leoncelli, Yze
INJURY: MELB – Whelan (hamstring), Brown (bruised back), Woewodin (cut eye)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Rosebury, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 37,938 at MCG
carlton (9-6) vs freemantle (0-15) optus oval saturday
carlton smash winless freo by 75 points leaving them on a 16 game losing streak to start the year and 17 straight from last year. carlton (10-6) face hawthorn at the g sunday. freo (0-16) host collingwood saturday night.
CARL 9.3 12.7 16.11 19.17 (131)
FRE 0.1 1.3 3.5 8.8 (56)
GOALS: CARL – Lappin 6, Ratten 3, Silvagni 2, Beaumont 2, Koutoufides 2, Mansfield, Fletcher, Houlihan, Plunkett; FRE – McPhee 2, J. Longmuir 2, Hasleby, Cook, T. Longmuir, Pavlich
BEST: CARL – Silvagni, Lappin, Ratten, Mansfield, Camporeale, Houlihan; FRE – J. Longmuir, McPhee, Brown
INJURY: CARL – Wiggins (hip), Hulme (cut mouth); FRE – Schell (bruised back)
UMPIRES: James, Hanley, Howlett
ATTENDANCE: 15,622 at Optus Oval
collingwood (8-7) vs hawthorn (10-5) mcg saturday
hawks pull away in the third term to secure a top 4 spot by 55 points over collingwood. hawthorn (11-5) host carlton sunday. collingwood (8-8) travel to play freo saturday night to return to the 8.
HAW 3.1 9.8 18.13 21.18 (144)
COL 6.3 9.4 10 4 14.5 (89)
GOALS: HAW – Dixon 5, Barlow 5, Barker 4, Crawford 2, Johnson, Chick, Bowyer, Croad, Clarke; COL – Rocca 4, Fraser 3, N. Davis 2, Didak, O’Bree, Licuria, Tarrant, Lonie
BEST: HAW – Barlow, Barker, Thompson, Smith, Dixon, Chick, Crawford, Johnson; COL – Rocca, Fraser, O’Bree, N. Davis
INJURY: HAW – McCabe (thigh) replaced in selected side by O’Farrell, O’Farrell (broken jaw);
COL – Prestigiacomo (bruised leg)
O’Farrell is out for the season.
REPORTS: HAW – Cox (Hawthorn) head butting Didak
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Schmitt, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 52,381 at MCG
st kilda (3-12) vs bulldogs (8-7) colonial saturday night
bulldogs are back in the 8 with a 34 point win over st kilda. bulldogs (9-7) host richmond friday night. st kilda (3-13) face geelong saturday afternoon.
WB 1.3 5.8 10.11 16.16 (112)
STK 4.2 6.3 9.5 12.6 (78)
GOALS: WB – Smith 4, Grant 2, Garlick 2, Brown 2, Johnson, Hudson, Eagleton, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Harrison; StK – Hall 8, Everitt 2, Plapp, Hamill
BEST: WB – Cox, Grant, Johnson, Smith, West, Harrison; StK – Hall, Jones, Riewoldt, Thompson, Cripps
INJURY: WB – Harrison (hamstring), Romero (knee); StK – Cripps (bruised heel)
UMPIRES: Wenn, Mitchell, Morris.
ATTENDANCE: 21,665 at Colonial Stadium
brisbane (10-5) vs port (10-5) gabba saturday night
7 rounds ago if you said brisbane would be essendons main flag rival youd be probally be lauged out of the room a 34 point win makes it 7 striaght for them. brisbane (11-5) play kangaroos on saturday night at colonial. port (10-6) host essesndon sunday.
BRIS 4.4 10.7 12.12 13.16 (94)
PA 2.4 2.8 6.10 8.12 (60)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 4, McRae 2, Pike 2, Notting, Keating, Bradshaw, Brown, S. Hart; PA – Tredrea 3, Schofield, Montgomery, Carr, Brogan, Wanganeen
BEST: BRIS – Lynch, Copeland, Akermanis, Notting, Pike, Headland, Ashcroft; PA – James, Carr, Francis, Mead, Wanganeen
INJURY: BRIS – White (thigh), B. Scott (ankle); PA – Mead (ankle)
UMPIRES: Coates, Nash, Harvey
ATTENDANCE: 29,547 at the Gabba
adelaide (8-7) vs sydney (8-7) football park sunday
what a match as the swans stay in the 8 by 49 points over the crows. sydney (9-7) host west coast sunday. adelaide (8-8) travel to play melbourne saturday at the g.
SYD 0.1 8.2 12.4 16.9 (105)
ADE 3.3 5.10 7.11 7.14 (56)
GOALS: SYD -Ball 5, Kelly 3, Kirk 2, Stafford, Cresswell, Williams, O’Loughlin, Bolton, Bennett; ADE – Hewitt 2, Ricciuto 2, Jarman, Perrie, Johnson
BEST: SYD – Ball, Williams, Seymour, Mathews, Creswell, Maxfield; ADE – Ricciuto, Stenglein, Gallagher, Bickley, Bassett, McLeod
UMPIRES: Allen, Vozzo, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 46,852 at Football Park
essendon (13-2) vs kangaroos (8-7) mcg sunday
what a match 52 goals kicked the biggest comeback ever from 69 down in the 2nd quarter essendon keep their run intact by 2 goals over the roos. essendon (14-2) travel to play port sunday. kangaroos (8-8) host brisbane saturday night it doesn’t get easy for them.
ESS 2.3 12.4 19.8 27.9 (171)
KANG 12.1 16.1 22.4 25.9 (159)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 9, J. Johnson 4, Caracella 3, Hird 2, McGrath 2, Moorcroft 2, M. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Bolton, Heffernan, Jacobs;
KANG – McKernan 5, Rocca 4, Sinclair 3, Pickett 3, Harvey 3, Rawlings 2, Grant 2, Burton, Watt, Teague
BEST: ESS – J. Johnson, Lloyd, Caracella, M. Johnson, Fletcher, Hird; KANG – Harvey, McKernan, Sinclair, Grant, Pickett, Teague
INJURY: ESS – McVeigh (calf) replaced in selected side by Bolton; KANG – Carey (calf) replaced in selected side by Jones
UMPIRES: Nicholls, McLaren, Dore
ATTENDANCE: 51,878 at MCG
west coast (3-12) vs geelong (7-8) subiaco sunday
geelong stay alive with a 70 point demolition of west coast. geelong (8-8) host st kilda saturday. west coast (3-13) travel to play sydney sunday.
GEEL 3.2 8.8 14.14 22.18 (150)
WCE 3.3 7.7 11.7 12.8 (80)
GOALS: GEEL – Burns 5, Kingsley 4, Ling 3, Graham 2, Bizzell 2, Sholl 2, Clarke, Enright, Kilpatrick, Corey; WCE – Wilson 4, Ph. Matera 2, Cousins 2, Jones, Merenda, Pt. Matera, Embley
BEST: GEEL – Kingsley, Sholl, Ling, Burns, Milburn, Harley; WCE – Jones, Wilson, Carroll, Cousins, Fletcher, Gardiner
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Rowe, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 31,456 at Subiaco
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1951 | 1371 | 142.30% | 56 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1797 | 1458 | 123.25% | 44 |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1588 | 1466 | 108.32% | 44 |
| 4 | Carlton | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1688 | 1307 | 129.15% | 40 |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1725 | 1415 | 121.91% | 40 |
| 6 | Richmond | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1519 | 1450 | 104.76% | 40 |
| 7 | Sydney | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1516 | 1391 | 108.99% | 36 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1704 | 1739 | 97.99% | 36 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1668 | 1530 | 109.02% | 32 |
| 10 | Geelong | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1503 | 1448 | 103.80% | 32 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1608 | 1630 | 98.65% | 32 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1444 | 1509 | 95.69% | 32 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1500 | 1708 | 87.82% | 24 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1410 | 1891 | 74.56% | 12 |
| 15 | West Coast | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1220 | 1927 | 63.31% | 12 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1248 | 1849 | 67.50% | 0 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 66
Lynch (BRIS) 45
Tarrant (COL) 40
Hall (St.K) 36
Wanganeen (PA) 34
Richardson (RICH)33
Hudson (WB) 32
Johnson (WB) 32
Lappin (CARL) 32
Dew (PA) 31
Rocca (KANG) 31
Grant (WB) 30
Tredrea (PA) 30
Green (MELB) 29
Barker (HAW) 28
round 17 matches
friday
bulldogs v richmond CS (N)
saturday
geelong v st kilda SS
melbourne v adeliade MCG
kanagroos v brisbane CS (N)
freo v collingwood S (N)
Sunday
sydney v west coast SCG
hawthorn v carlton MCG
port v essendon FP
Harrison’s world 