essendon v hawthorn mcg saturday
essendon are lucky to be back in the grand holding off hawthorn by 9 points.
ESS 4.2 8.7 8.8 11.10 (76)
HAW 2.6 2.7 5.11 9.13 (67)
GOALS: ESS – Alessio 2, Lucas 2, Heffernan, Rioli, Blumfield, Caracella, Wellman, Misiti, Barnard; HAW – Holland 3, Cox, Woods, Barlow, Greene, Thompson, Dixon
BEST: ESS – Fletcher, Misiti, Alessio, Solomon, Wellman, Jacobs, Heffernan; HAW – Hay, Harford, Thompson, Lekkas, Chick, Greene, Rawlings
INJURY: ESS – Hird (groin), Mercuri (ankle), Wallis (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Bolton; HAW – Dixon (ankle), Barker (ankle)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 86,468 at MCG
brisbane v richmond gabba saturday night
lions make it 15 striaght doublig richmonds score to make the grand by 68 points they will play essendon in the grand final.
BRIS 6.1 12.6 16.11 20.16 (136)
RICH 4.1 6.4 7.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 4, Voss 3, Lappin 3, C. Scott 2, Akermanis 2, Black, B. Scott, Notting, Keating, Copeland, Bradshaw; RICH – Tivendale 3, Holland 2, Richardson 2, Campbell, Cameron, Torney
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Keating, Brown, C. Scott, White, Lappin; RICH – Knights, Gaspar, Cameron, Holland, Chaffey, Sziller
REPORTS: BRIS – Michael for wrestling Hall, White wrestling Hall; RICH – Hall for wrestling White
UMPIRES: James, Allen, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 37,032 (ground record) at Gabba
grand final
essendon v brisbane MCG