kangraoos (8-10) vs geelong (9-9) colonial friday night
roos keep their finals hopes alive with a 49 point win over geelong. kangaroos (9-10) host adelaide friday night. geelong (9-10) travel to play port saturday night.
KANG 6.3 14.4 17.4 21 5 (131)
GEEL 3.2 7.3 8.9 12.10 (82)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 3, King 3, Motlop 3, Grant 2, Carey 2, Rocca 2, Harvey 2, McKernan 2, Rawlings, Makepeace; GEEL – Graham 3, Bizzell 2, Enright 2, Kilpatrick, Kingsley, White, Murphy, Scarlett
BEST: KANG – Simpson, Burton, Harvey, Grant, McCartney, Motlop; GEEL – Riccardi, Sanderson, King
INJURY: GEEL – Ling (ankle) replaced in selected side by D Wojcinski
REPORTS: GEEL – C. Mooney for striking Sinclair
UMPIRES: McLaren, Ellis, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 30,918 at Colonial Stadium
st kilda (3-15) vs port (12-6) colonial saturday afternoon
port survive a st kilda scare by 11 poiunts. port (13-6) host geelong saturday night. st kilda (3-16) host carlton sunday.
PA 3.1 10.5 17. 8 19.11 (125)
STK 3.8 6.12 11.13 16.18 (114)
GOALS: PA – Francis 4, C Cornes 4, Tredrea 3, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Stevens 2, Primus, Schofield, Dew, James; StK – Milne 4, Hamill 3, Everitt 3, Plapp 2, Moyle 2, Hudghton, Callaghan
BEST: PA – C. Cornes, Stevens, Wanganeen, Francis, Tredrea, Cockatoo-Collins, James;
StK – Everitt, Milne, Thompson, Moyle, Hamill, Hudghton
INJURY: StK – Baker (corked calf)
UMPIRES: Coates, Woodcock, Fox
ATTENDANCE: 14,018 at Colonial Stadium
melbourne (7-11) vs hawthorn (12-6) mcg saturday night
hawks secure a top 4 spot with a 85 point win over melbourne. hawthorn (13-6) host bulldogs sunday at the g. melbourne (7-12) travel to play sydney sunday.
HAW 7.3 15.9 18.12 24.12 (156)
MELB 4.2 5.2 8.6 10.11 (71)
GOALS: HAW – Croad 5, Barlow 4, Dixon 4, Barker 3, Greene 2, Crawford 2, Thompson 2, Picioane, Lekkas; MELB – Schwarz 2, Yze 2, Farmer 2, Green, McDonald, Brown, Robertson
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Barlow, Croad, Lekkas, Smith, Harford, Tallis, Barker, Greene;
MELB – Yze, Schwarz, Funcke
INJURY: HAW – Rehn (calf), Dixon (hamstring); MELB – Schwarz (bruised arm)
UMPIRES: Nash, Head, Harvey
ATTENDANCE: 26,632 at MCG
adeliade (9-9) vs carlton (11-7) football park saturday night
adeliade aren’t finished with a 53 point win doubling carltons score. adelaide (10-9) play the roos friday night at coloinal. carlton (11-8) face st kilda sunday at colonial.
ADE 4.1 8.5 11.10 16.10 (106)
CARL 2.2 2.3 6.4 8.5 (53)
GOALS: ADE – Jarman 4, Stevens 3, McLeod 3, Ricciuto 2, Perrie, Johnson, Hart, Byrne;
CARL – Lappin 2, Whitnall, Porter, Bradley, Prendergast, Pickering, Fletcher
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Biglands, Bickley, Hart, Smart, Goodwin; CARL – McKay, Houlihan, Lappin, Fletcher, Ratten, Hickmott
INJURY: ADE – Stenglein (concussion)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kelsey, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 44,542 at Football Park
brisbane (13-5) vs richmond (12-6) gabba sunday
brisbane win 10 straight by 31 points over richmond. brisbane (14-5) travel to play freo sunday. richmond (12-7) host west coast saturday.
BRIS 4.5 10.6 14.10 19.14 (128)
RICH 1.1 4.4 10.5 15.7 (97)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 5, Copeland 3, Lynch 3, Voss, McRae, Power, Notting, Black, C. Scott, Hart, Lappin; RICH – Richardson 5, Rogers 3, Campbell 2, Bowden, Fiora, Cameron, Tivendale, A. Kellaway
BEST: BRIS – Bradshaw, Lappin, B. Scott, McDonald, Lynch, Johnson; RICH – Campbell, Knights, Chaffey, Sziller, Richardson
INJURY: BRIS – Akermanis (foot)
REPORTS: BRIS – C. Scott for abusive language
UMPIRES: Allen, Vozzo, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 31,324 at the Gabba
collingwood (9-9) vs bulldogs (9-9) mcg sunday
collingwood beat the bulldogs by 7 goals to stay in the 8. collingwood (10-9) play essendon saturday night at the g. bulldogs (9-10) play hawthorn at the g sunday.
COL 4.1 9.9 15.15 17.17 (119)
WB 2.4 5.5 7.8 11.11. (77)
GOALS: COL – L. Davis 4, Rocca 3, N. Davis 3, Lockyer 2, Molloy, Burns, Tarrant, Fraser, Lonie; WB – Hudson 3, Grant 2, Giansiracusa 2, Johnson 2, Eagleton, Cox BEST: COL – Rocca, Buckley, L. Davis, Lockyer, O’Bree, N. Davis, Kinnear, Lonie, Molloy; WB – Johnson, Harrison, Hunter
INJURY: COL – Steinfort (general soreness) replaced in selected side by Rintoul, Fraser (concussion); WB – Croft (bruised knee)
UMPIRES: Goldspink, McKenzie, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 38,793 at MCG
essendon (14-4) vs sydney (11-7) colonial sunday
essendon continue to slow down with a come from behind 2 ponint win over sydney. essendon (15-4) play collingwood at the g saturday night. sydney (11-8) host melbourne sunday.
ESS 1.3 2.8 5.11 11.13 (79)
SYD 2.5 7.6 9.8 11.11 (77)
GOAL: ESS – Alessio 4, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Barnard, Misiti, Lucas, Moorcroft, Caracella;
SYD – Nicks 3, Stafford, Williams, Maxfield, McPherson, O’Loughlin, Bolton, Ball, Goodes
BEST: ESS -Alessio, Hardwick, Fletcher, Misiti, J. Johnson, Mercuri; SYD – Ball, Williams, Kelly, Schwass, Seymour
INJURY: ESS – M. Johnson (shoulder) replaced in selected side by Bannister, Solomon (hip) replaced in selected side by Hille
UMPIRES: Dore, Kennedy, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 45,057 at Colonial Stadium
west coast (4-14) vs freo (1-17) subiaco sunday
west coast win the derby meaning freo are all but certain to get their first wooden spoon by 34 points. west coast (5-14) travel to play richmond at colonial saturday. freemantle (1-18) host brisbane sunday.
WCE 2.4 5.5 10.9 14.14 (98)
FRE 0.3 2.4 5.7 9.10 (64)
GOALS: WCE – Merenda 4, Jones 2, Wilson 2, Wirrpunda, Ph. Matera, McIntosh, Cousins, Gardiner, Haynes; FRE – Carr 2, Fletcher, McManus, Fewster, Pavlich, Bell, Cook, Koops
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Pt. Matera, Jakovich, Jones, Kerr, Merenda; FRE – Cook, Fletcher, Bell, McPhee, Carr, Parker
INJURY: FRE – Kickett (hamstring), Grover (hamstring) WCE – Kerr (shoulder)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Schmitt, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 41,285 at Subiaco
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2222 | 1654 | 134.34% | 60 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 19 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2197 | 1773 | 123.91% | 56 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2061 | 1725 | 119.48% | 52 |
| 4 | Hawthorn | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1930 | 1736 | 111.18% | 52 |
| 5 | Richmond | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1789 | 1729 | 103.47% | 48 |
| 6 | Carlton | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1936 | 1604 | 120.70% | 44 |
| 7 | Sydney | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1819 | 1554 | 117.05% | 44 |
| 8 | Collingwood | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1957 | 1768 | 110.69% | 40 |
| 9 | Adelaide | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1749 | 1753 | 99.77% | 40 |
| 10 | Geelong | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1763 | 1748 | 100.86% | 36 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1890 | 1991 | 94.93% | 36 |
| 12 | Wstn Bulldogs | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1984 | 2096 | 94.66% | 36 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1758 | 2064 | 85.17% | 28 |
| 14 | West Coast | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1537 | 2153 | 71.39% | 20 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 19 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1669 | 2265 | 73.69% | 12 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1508 | 2156 | 69.94% | 4 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 83
Lynch (BRIS) 48
Tarrant (COL) 45
Rocca (KANG) 43
Lappin (CARL) 39
Richardson (RICH) 38
Grant (WB) 38*
Hall (StK) 37
McKernan (KANG) 37
Tredrea (PA) 37
Johnson (WB) 36
Ottens (RICH) 36
Robertson (MELB) 36
Wanganeen (PA) 36
Green (MELB) 35
round 20 matches
friday
kangaroos v adeliade CS (N)
saturday
richmond v west coast CS
port v geelong FP (N)
collingwood v essendon MCG (N)
sunday
sydney v melbourne SCG
hawthorn v bulldogs MCG
st kilda v carlton CS
freemantle v brisbane S
Harrison’s world 