essendon (17-4) vs richmond (14-7) mcg friday night
a finals preview as richmonds upset win earns them the right to play essendon again in the first week of the finals by 24 points. richmond (15-7) play essendon (17-50 again in the first week of the finals on friday at the g.
RICH 5.2 8.3 13.5 17.5 (107)
ESS 3.2 7.6 9.7 12.11 (83)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Ottens 4, Broderick 2, Campbell 2, Poyas, Cameron, Zantuck, Rogers; ESS – Lloyd 6, Caracella 3, Long, Hird, Rioli
Best: Rich – Richardson, Ottens, Holland, King, Sziller, Campbell, Cameron, Gaspar; ESS – Hird, Lloyd, Rioli, Solomon, Long, Caracella
INJURY: ESS – Fletcher, corked buttock replaced in selected side by Robran
UMPIRES: Goldspink, James, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 77,028 at MCG
carlton (13-8) vs geelong (9-12) optus oval saturday
an embarasing 3 quraters gave carlton a 70 point win over geelong. carlton (14-8) host adeliade saturday in the elim final. geelong (9-13) are finished after mising the finals.
CARL 3.4 7.9 9.18 13.19 (97)
GEEL 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9 (27)
GOALS: CARL – Whitnall 3, Fevola 3, Prendergast 2, Koutoufides 2, Lappin, Hulme, Houlihan;
GEEL – Spriggs, Kilpatrick, Kingsley
BEST: CARL – Koutoufides, Hulme, Bradley, Camporeale, Silvagni, Whitnall; GEEL – King, Murphy, Sanderson
INJURY: CARL – Ratten (dislocated elbow), Silvagni (concussion), Porter (concussion), Franchina (hamstring)
Ratten and Franchina could miss up to 2 weeks but Silvagni and Porter should be alright to play next week and the Blues will also regain Matt Allen.
REPORTS: GEEL – Kilpatrick unduly rough play on Porter, Mensch for charging Koutoufides during the second quarter
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Howlett, Rosebury
ATTENDANCE: 26,314 at Optus Oval
hawthorn (13-8) vs st kilda (3-18) mcg saturday night
st kilda fareweelled barry hall before he went to sydney by giving him the honor of winning the game after the siren against the hawks. st kilda (4-18) missed the finals. hawthorn (13-9) host sydney sunday at colonial in an elim final.
STK 3.1 7.4 9.7 13.11 (89)
HAW 7.3 10.3 11.7 13.9 (87)
GOALS: StK – Hall 4, Milne 3, Blake, Capuano, Gehrig, Koschitzke, Moyle, Voss; HAW – Barker 3, Barlow 2, Graham 2, Vandenberg, Thompson, Lekkas, Lonie, Tallis, Dixon
BEST: StK – Capuano, Moyle, Hall, Koschitzke, Peckett, Baker; HAW – Smith, Greene, Barker, Graham, Hay
INJURY: StK – Everitt (calf) replaced in selected side by Oliver, Hamill (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Nicholls, Hanley
ATTENDANCE: 24,113 at MCG
brisbane (16-5) vs sydney (12-9) gabba saturday night
13 striaght wins brisbane archived with a 31 point win over sydney. brisbane (17-5) host port in a qualifing final. sydney (12-10) play hawthorn at colonial sunday.
BRIS 4.3 6.7 9.13 13.15 (93)
SYD 4.2 5.4 7.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 2, Notting 2, Bradshaw 2, Lappin 2, Lynch, Akermanis, Brown, Hart, Voss; SYD – Kennelly 2, Schwass, Lewis, McPherson, Kelly, Ball, Goodes, Bennett
BEST: BRIS – Johnson, Voss, Hart, Lappin, Leppitsch, White; SYD – Cresswell, Crouch, Kelly, Ball, Maxfield
INJURY: BRIS – Michael (flu) replaced in selected side by Copeland; SYD – Stafford (groin) replaced in selected side by Bennett, Dunkley (back)
UMPIRES: Nash, Wenn, Coates
ATTENDANCE: 33,606 at The Gabba
freo (1-20) vs adelaide (12-9) subaico saturday night
i don’t think anyone thought both adeliade and hawthorn would lose to bottom 2 sides a week before the finals but it happened freo earned their 2nd win by 37 points. freo (2-20) are finished. adelaide (12-10) play carlton at the g saturday.
FRE 4.3 8.9 13.15 17.18 (120)
ADE 3.5 8.9 9.13 11.17 (83)
GOALS: FRE – Cunningham 3, Bell 3, Schell 2, J. Longmuir 2, Black 2, Fletcher, Cook, Parker, Wira, Brown; ADE – Welsh 3, Burton 3, Perrie 2, Jarman, McLeod, Ricciuto
BEST: FRE – Bell, Fletcher, Black, J. Longmuir, Cunningham, McPhee; ADE – McLeod, Burton, Welsh, Goodwin, Hart, McGregor
INJURY: ADE – Bassett (corked thigh), Goodwin (sprained ankle)
UMPIRES: Corcoran, Morris, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 19,535 at Subiaco
kanagroos (9-12) vs collingwood (10-11) manaka sunday
collingwood finish 9th with a 43 point win over north. collingwood (11-11) and kangaroos (9-13) are finished for the year.
COL 4.4 6.7 13.9 19.12 (126)
KANG 4.2 8.6 9.13 11.17 (83)
GOALS: COL -Rocca 4, L. Davis 3, Holland 3, Tarrant 3, N. Davis 2, Kinnear 2, Burns, Fraser; KANG – Pickett 3, McLaren 2, Archer, Burton, Clayton, Rocca, King, Makepeace
BEST: COL – Holland, Burns, Scotland, N. Davis, Licuria, Freeborn; KANG – Harvey, Burton, Pickett, Makepeace, Simpson
INJURY: KANG – Rawlings (concussion), McKernan (knee)
UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 13,117 Manuka Oval
bulldogs (10-11) vs melbourne (9-12) colonial sunday
melbourne finish 11th with a 10 point win over bulldogs. both finish (10-12) and missed the finals.
MELB 4.1 9.3 17.6 21.7 (133)
WB 4.3 10.3 12.5 19.9 (123)
GOALS: MELB – Farmer 5, Neitz 4, Yze 4, Robertson 3, Schwarz 2, Bruce, McDonald, Leoncelli;
WB – Hunter 7, Grant 3, Johnson 3, McMahon 3, Hudson, Eagleton, Dimattina
BEST: MELB – White, J. McDonald, Johnstone, Woewodin, Neitz, Schwarz, Yze, Farmer;
WB – Hunter, West, Darcy, Johnson, McMahon, Grant
INJURY: MELB – Nicholson (ankle), S. Febey (hamstring); WB – Kretiuk (calf) replaced in selected side by Penny, Curley (hip)
REPORTS: MELB – Neitz twice for wrestling Ellis and Harrison, and once for striking Ellis, Farmer for wrestling Robbins; WB – Ellis for striking D Neitz, Harrison for wrestling Neitz, Robbins for wrestling Farmer, Murphy for wrestling Farmer, Ellis for wrestling Neitz
UMPIRES: Jeffery, McBurney, Vozzo
ATTENDANCE: 21,146 at Colonial Stadium
port (15-6) vs west coast (5-16) football park sunday
port destroy west coast by 112 points in a finals build up. port (16-6) play brisbane saturday night on the road. west coast (5-17) missed the 8 for the 4th time ever.
PA 5.7 11.12 18.17 24.19 (163)
WCE 0.3 2.6 3.7 7.9 (51)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 5, Che C-C 3, Wanganeen 3, Dew 3, C. Cornes 2, Guerra 2, Stevens 2, French, Paxman, James, Francou; WCE – Ph. Matera 2, Jones 2, Embley, Cousins, Haynes
BEST: PA – Tredrea, Che C-C, C. Cornes. Burgoyne. Stevens. Montgomery; WCE – Cousins, Merenda, Fletcher
INJURY: PA – Paxman (knee); WCE – McIntosh (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Head, Sheehan, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 22,976 at Football Park
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2548 | 1895 | 134.46% | 68 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2538 | 1989 | 127.60% | 68 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2473 | 1918 | 128.94% | 64 |
| 4 | Richmond | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2126 | 1973 | 107.75% | 60 |
| 5 | Carlton | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2311 | 1797 | 128.60% | 56 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2149 | 2041 | 105.29% | 52 |
| 7 | Sydney | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2121 | 1833 | 115.71% | 48 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2085 | 2026 | 102.91% | 48 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2232 | 2088 | 106.90% | 44 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2305 | 2458 | 93.78% | 40 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2136 | 2364 | 90.36% | 40 |
| 12 | Geelong | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1926 | 2054 | 93.77% | 36 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 2161 | 2371 | 91.14% | 36 |
| 14 | West Coast | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1708 | 2590 | 65.95% | 20 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1917 | 2642 | 72.56% | 16 |
| 16 | Fremantle | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1794 | 2491 | 72.02% | 8 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 96
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Richardson (RICH) 54
Tarrant (COL) 53
Rocca (KANG) 48
Johnson (WB) 48
Grant (WB) 46
Tredrea (PA) 44
Lappin (CARL) 44
Bradshaw (BRIS) 44
Hall (StK.) 44
Ottens (RICH) 44
Robertson (MELB) 42
Dew (PA) 42
Wilson (WCE) 40
finals week 1 matches
friday
essendon v richmond MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v adeliade MCG
brisbane v port G (N)
sunday
hawthorn v sydney CS
Harrison’s world 