richmond (13-7) vs kanagroos (9-11) mcg friday night
richmond move a step closer to a top 4 finish by 4 points over the roos ending pagans finals run. richmond (14-7) play essendon at the g friday night. kangaroos (9-12) host collingwood in canberra sunday to finish their season.
RICH 5.4 9.6 12.11 13.14 (92)
KANG 5.2 9.4 10. 8 13.10 (88)
GOALS: RICH – Broderick 3, Richardson 2, King 2, Ottens 2, Knights, Bowden, Rogers, Fiora; KANG – Carey 3, Grant 3, Rocca 2, Archer 2, McKernan, Jones, Clayton
BEST: RICH – Ottens, Richardson, Broderick, Gaspar, King; KANG – Archer, Grant, Simpson, McLaren
INJURY: RICH – Gale (jarred elbow)
REPORTS: KANG – D. Motlop for striking Torney
UMPIRES: Sheehan, McBurney, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 37,776 at MCG
carlton (12-8) vs collingwood (10-10) mcg saturday
carlton end collingwoods season by 68 points ending the pies good season. carlton (13-8) host geelong saturday. collingwood (10-11) play the roos in canberra sunday to finish their season.
CARL 4.3 8.3 12.6 20.10 (130)
COL 2.2 6.4 7.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: CARL – Whitnall 5, Lappin 3, Bradley 2, Houlihan 2, Plunkett 2, Koutoufides 2, Silvagni, Ratten, Fevola, Hickmott; COL – L. Davis 2. Holland, Clement, Burns, N. Davis, Tarrant, Kinnear, Lane
BEST: CARL – Whitnall, Plunkett, Bradley, Lappin, McKay, Porter, Silvagni, Manton, Hickmott, Ratten; COL – Buckley, Clement
INJURY: CARL – Hulme (concussion), Houlihan (concussion); COL – Lonie (shoulder)
UMPIRES: Wenn, James, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 70,051 at MCG
bulldogs (10-10) vs port (14-6) colonial saturday night
port secure 3rd with a 77 point win over the bulldogs. port (15-6) host west coast sunday. bulldogs (10-11) finish with melbourne at colonial sunday.
PA 5.5 12.10 17.15 22.18 (150)
WB 2.5 3. 9 7.13 10.13 (73)
GOALS: PA: Tredrea 4, Francis 3, Dew 3, Carr 3, Primus 2, Burgoyne 2, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Wanganeen, Schofield, Stevens; WB – Johnson 3, Eagleton 3, Murphy, Grant, Hudson, Alvey
BEST: PA – Tredrea, Carr, Primus, Wanganeen, Schofield, Cockatoo-Collins; WB – Johnson, Murphy, Liberatore
INJURY: PA – Cockatoo-Collins (concussion); WB – Penny (cut eye), Johnson (concussion)
UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 19,649 at Colonial Stadium
west coast (5-15) vs essendon (16-4) subiaco saturday night
essendon secure the minor premership with an 89 point win over west coast in their best effort in weeks. essendon (17-4) host richmond friday night. west coast (5-16) travel to port sunday.
ESS 7.2 10.5 17.7 21.10 (136)
WCE 1.3 2.5 5.9 6.11 (47)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 7, Rioli 3, Hird 2, Barnard 2, M. Johnson, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, J. Johnson, Lucas, Heffernan, Jacobs; WCE – Wilson 3, Williams, Pt. Matera, Cox
BEST: ESS – Caracella, Barnes, Hird, Lloyd, M. Johnson, Heffernan; WCE – Taylor, Fletcher, Wilson, Jakovich
INJURY: ESS – Hardwick (corked leg), Henneman (hamstring); WCE – Wirrpunda (ankle), Carroll (thigh)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Nicholls, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 36455 at Subiaco
sydney (11-9) vs st kilda (3-17) scg sunday
sydney earn a finals spot by 87 points over st kilda. sydney (12-9) travel to brisbane saturday night. st kilda (3-18) face hawthorn at the g saturday night.
SYD 4.4 12.8 18.12 21.16 (142)
STK 4.2 5.3 5.5 8.7 (55)
GOALS: SYD – Nicks 6, Kirk 3, Lewis 2, McPherson 2, Schauble 2, Mathews, Williams, O’Loughlin, Bolton, Goodes, Fixter; StK – Hall 3, Riewoldt 2, Everitt, Knowles, Milne
BEST: SYD – O’Loughlin, Nicks, Ball, Maxfield, Williams, Barry; StK – Koschitzke, Thompson, Riewoldt, Jones, Plapp
INJURY: SYD – Seymour (knee), Kelly (calf) replaced in the selected side by Lewis, Schwass (groin) replaced in the selected side by O’Keefe; StK – Moyle (blurred vision), Powell (corked quad)
UMPIRES: Corcoran, Rosebury, Howlett
ATTENDANCE: 26,334 at SCG
adelaide (11-9) vs hawthorn (13-7) football park sunday
crows keep their home finals hopes alive with a 38 point win over the hawks ending the pies and bulldogs hopes. adeliade (12-9) play freo in perth saturday night. hawthorn (13-8) host st kilda saturday night.
ADE 5.2 6.4 10.7 13.13 (91)
HAW 0.0 2.3 4.5 8.5 (53)
GOALS: ADE – Goodwin 4, Stevens 2, McLeod 2, Johnson 2, Eccles, Biglands, Jarman; HAW – Lord 2, Thompson, Barker, Lonie, Barlow, Osborne, Greene
BEST: ADE – Goodwin, Burton, Bassett, Stevens, Ricciuto, Hewitt; HAW – Rehn, Hay, Rawlings, McCabe, Thompson, Barlow
UMPIRES: Coates, Nash, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 42,827 at Football Park
geelong (9-11) vs brisbane (15-5) skilled stadium sunday
12 wins in a row for the lions by 43 over geelong. brisbane (16-5) host sydney saturday night. geelong (9-12) play carlton at carlton saturday.
BRIS 2.2 8.5 15.10 16.14 (110)
GEEL 4.5 6.9 7.12 9.13 (67)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 3, Notting 3, Brown 2, Black 2, Bradshaw 2, Headland, Johnson, B. Scott, Akermanis; GEEL – Spriggs, Graham, Bizzell, Clarke, McGrath, Hocking, Chapman, Milburn, Enright
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Black, Voss, C. Scott, Leppitsch, Notting, Hart; GEEL – Sanderson, Wojcinski, Enright, Hocking, Harley
INJURY – BRIS – Lynch (ill) replaced in selected side by Cupido; GEEL – White (foot) replaced in selected side D Spriggs
Lynch suffered a minor relapse of CFS due to the long trip to and from Perth last week, but it is not uncommon for the long trip to its toll on him and the Lions are confident that with a few days rest, Lynch will be OK to play next week.
UMPIRES: Dore, Vozzo, Head
ATTENDANCE: 24,325 at Shell Stadium
melbourne (8-12) vs freo (1-19) mcg sunday
melbourne give freo the woodenspoon by 35 points. melbourne (9-12) finish with the bulldogs sunday. freo (1-20) host adeliade saturday night.
MELB 3.2 8.6 11.12 16.18 (114)
FRE 5.3 6.5 7.7 12.7 (79)
GOALS: MELB – Farmer 2, Green 2, A. McDonald 2, Neitz 2, White 2, Godfrey, Robertson, Schwarz, Simmonds, Williams, Yze; FRE – Schell 3, McManus 2, Pavlich 2, Bell, Koops, McPhee, Norrish, Walker
BEST: MELB – White, Schwarz, Godfrey, Johnstone, Funcke, Nicholson; FRE – Woods, Carr, McPhee
INJURY: MELB – Woewodin (shoulder); FRE – Kickett (concussion, cut above eye), Eastaugh (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Jeffery, Kennedy, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 12,566 at Colonial Stadium
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2465 | 1788 | 137.86% | 68 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2445 | 1927 | 126.88% | 64 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2310 | 1867 | 123.73% | 60 |
| 4 | Richmond | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2019 | 1890 | 106.83% | 56 |
| 5 | Carlton | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2214 | 1770 | 125.08% | 52 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2062 | 1952 | 105.64% | 52 |
| 7 | Sydney | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2059 | 1740 | 118.33% | 48 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2002 | 1906 | 105.04% | 48 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2106 | 2005 | 105.04% | 40 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2182 | 2325 | 93.85% | 40 |
| 11 | Geelong | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1899 | 1957 | 97.04% | 36 |
| 12 | Nth Melbourne | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 2078 | 2245 | 92.56% | 36 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 2003 | 2241 | 89.38% | 36 |
| 14 | West Coast | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1657 | 2427 | 68.27% | 20 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1828 | 2555 | 71.55% | 12 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1674 | 2408 | 69.52% | 4 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 90
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Tarrant (COL) 50
Richardson (RICH) 49
Rocca (KANG) 47
Johnson (WB) 45
Tredrea (PA) 44
Grant (WB) 43
Lappin (CARL) 43
Bradshaw (BRIS) 42
Ottens (RICH) 40
Wilson (WCE) 40
Hall (STK) 40
Dew (PA) 39
Robertson 39
McKernan (KANG) 38
round 22 matches
friday
essendon v richmond MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v geelong OO
hawthorn v st kilda MCG (N)
brisbane v sydney G (N)
freo v adelaide S (N)
sunday
kangaroos v collingwod MO
bulldogs v melbourne CS
port v west coast FP
Harrison’s world 