essendon (2-1) vs adeliade (3-0) colonial friday night
the crows unbeaten run has ended in a 41 point loss to essendon. essendon (3-1) face collingwood at the g on thursday (anzac day) adelaide (3-1) host port in the showdown saturday night.
ESS 7.2 11.4 17.5 19.8 (122)
ADE 3.1 6.2 8.8 11.15 (81)
GOALS: Lloyd 6, Peverill 3, Ramanauskas, Mercuri, Misiti, J. Johnson, McGrath, McVeigh, Barnard, Caracella, Hille, Hird; ADE – Doughty 2, Johncock 2, Welsh 2, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Fitzgerald, Beinke, Burton
BEST: ESS – M. Johnson, Caracella, Lloyd, Fletcher, Peverill, Heffernan, Ramanauskas;
ADE – Johnson, Welsh, Doughty, Johncock
REPORTS: ADE – Biglands for striking Mercuri, McLeod for charging Lloyd
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Schmitt, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 40,322 at Colonial Stadium
collingwood (1-2) vs hawthorn (1-2) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwood got their first good effort of the year in a 41 point win over the hawks. collingwood (2-2) host essendon at the g thursday on anzac day. hawthorn (1-3) host richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
COL 5.2 8.6 12.13 15.14 (104)
HAW 0.3 4.6 7.6 9.9 (63)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Rocca 2, McGough 2, N. Davis 2, Didak, L. Davis, Buckley, Clement;
HAW – Dixon 2, Crawford 2, Lekkas 2, Smith, Cox, Thompson
BEST: COL – L. Davis, Clement, Cloke, Buckley, McKee, Tarrant, Didak; HAW – Crawford, Lekkas, Thompson, Graham
INJURY: COL – Lockyer (ankle), Rintoul (migraine replaced by McGough; HAW – Barlow (corked thigh), Holland (corked thigh), Crawford (corked thigh), Bateman (strained groin)
REPORTS:: COL – Tarrant for striking Graham
UMPIRES: Ellis, Coates, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 48,476 at MCG.
melbourne (2-1) vs west coast (2-1) optus oval saturday afternoon
melbourne beat the eagles by 34 points to continue the perths teams travelling woes. melbourne (3-1) face bulldogs at colonial friday night. west coast (2-2) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
MELB 4.4 11.6 17.9 21.11 (137)
WCE 2.3 7.7 10.9 15.13 (103)
GOALS: MELB – MELB – Neitz 6, Powell 3, Yze 3, Green 3, Leoncelli 2, Ellis, Funcke, Vardy, Brown; WCE – Judd 2, Kerr 2, Pt. Matera 2, Wirrpunda 2, Jones 2, Chambers, Gaspar, Ph. Matera, Williams, Hunter
BEST: MELB – Powell, Yze, Neitz, White, Ellis, Bizzell; WCE – Kerr, Cousins, Jones, Judd
INJURY: MELB – Walsh (hip) replaced in selected side by Jolly, A. McDonald (foot) replaced in selected side by Funcke, Brown (ankle);
WCE – McIntosh (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Kelsey, Allen, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 9,421 at Optus Oval
bulldogs (0-3) vs brisbane (3-0) colonial saturday night
in last v first brisbane almost had their now 20 game winning streak ended but beat the winless bulldogs by 16 points. brisbane (4-0) face west coast in perth saturday afternoon a win would create the 2nd longest outright streak ever. bulldogs (0-4) host melbourne friday night at colonial.
BRIS 2.3 6.6 11.7 14.10 (94)
WB 0.1 5.2 10.4 12.6 (78)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 2, Leppitsch 2, Voss 2, White 2, McRae, Lynch, Akermanis, Pike, Copeland, Lappin; WB – Johnson 2, Garlick, Hahn, Bandy, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Brown, Hunter, Alvey, Birss, Bartlett
BEST: BRIS – Black, Akermanis, Voss, C. Scott, Leppitsch; WB – Darcy, Johnson, Harrison, Liberatore, Croft
INJURY: BRIS – Voss (cramp); WB – West (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Murphy, Bandy (back), Harrison (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: McLaren, Jeffery, Morris
ATTENDANCE: 23,928 at Colonial Stadium
sydney (1-2) vs kangaroos (2-1) scg saturday nigh
for the 2nd time creswell saves sydney after the siren by 3 points over north. sydney (2-2) travel to play st kilda saturday night at colonial. north (2-2) face carlton at colonail sunday afternoon.
SYD 4.5 8.7 11.10 15.13 (103)
KANG 3.4 8.7 13.12 14.16 (100)
GOALS: SYD – Goodes 3, Hall 3, Cresswell 2, Fosdike 2, Nicks, Kirk, Kelly, Saddington, Stevens; KANG – Rocca 2, Burton 2, Harding 2, McCartney 2, Harvey 2, Simpson, Archer, Pickett, Cochrane
BEST: SYD – Kelly, Cresswell, Maxfield, Fosdike, Mathews; KANG – Martyn, King, Cochrane, Harvey
INJURY: SYD – Dunkley (kidney); KANG – Stevens (corked thigh), Blakey (bruising in shoulder)
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Dore, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 23,775 at the SCG
port (1-2) vs carlton (1-2) Football park sunday afternoon
port blew carlton away after half time in a 53 point win in a high scoring game. port (2-2) face adelaide in the showdown saturday night. carlton (1-3) host kangaoros sunday afternoon.
PA 3.3 7.5 15.9 23.10 (148)
CARL 2.2 7.5 9.9 14.11 (95)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 6, Burgoyne 3, Cockatoo-Collins 3, Kingsley 3, Schofield 2, Guerra 2, Stevens 2, Francou, C. Cornes; CARL – Merrington 4, Ratten, Whitnall, Gallagher, Camporeale, Murphy, Bradley, Hulme, Houlihan, Wiggins, Hickmott
BEST: PA – Francou, Kingsley, Tredrea, Lade, Schofield, Stevens; CARL – Ratten, Merrington, McKay, Houlihan, Hickmott, Freeborn
INJURY: PA – Primus (corked knee); CARL – Bradley (knee), Hickmott (head), Sporn (broken nose)
Primus should be OK for next week, as will Bradley.
UMPIRES: James, Wenn, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 29,486 at Football Park
geelong (1-2) vs st kilda (1-2) skilled stadium sunday afternoon
geelong destroy st kilda by 122 points in a big win at home. geelong (2-2) host freo sunday afternoon at skilled. st kilda (1-3) host sydney at colonial saturday night.
GEEL 5.2 15.3 21.8 26.10 (166)
STK 1.2 5.3 5.7 6.8 (44)
GOALS: GEEL – Lord 6, Riccardi 5, Kingsley 3, King 2, Ablett 2, Mooney 2, Graham 2, Clarke, Wojcinski, Hunt, Ling; StK – Capuano 2, Hamill 2, Milne, Dal Santo
BEST: GEEL – Riccardi, Corey, Harley, Bartel, King, Lord, Kilpatrick, Ling; StK – Riewoldt, Hayes, Cripps, Lawrence
INJURY: GEEL – Sanderson (calf) replaced in selected in side by Wojcinski;
StK – Hudghton (neck), Hamill (sprained knee), Black (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Quigley, Head, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 23,563 at Skilled Stadium
freo (1-2) vs richmond (2-1) subiaco sunday afternoon
an 85 point turnaround saw freo stun richmond by 11 goals. freo (2-2) travel to play geelong sunday afternoon. richmond (2-2) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
FRE 2.2 8.3 15.7 21.12 (138)
RICH 5.3 7.4 9.4 11.6 (72)
GOALS: FRE – Croad 5, J. Longmuir 3, Longmuir 2, Bell 2, Pavlich, Grover, Cunningham, Brown, Farmer, Hasleby, Medhurst, McPhee, Brown;
RICH – Poyas 3, Bowden 2, Ottens 2, Campbell 2, Rodan, Houlihan
BEST: FRE – Pavlich, Croad, Bell, McManus, Cook, Carr, Hasleby; RICH – Gaspar, Campbell, Torney, Poyas, King
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Corcoran, Fussell
ATTENDANCE: 23,571 at Subiaco Oval
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 469 | 278 | 168.71% | 16 |
| 2 | Essendon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 427 | 334 | 127.84% | 12 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 451 | 384 | 117.45% | 12 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 417 | 378 | 110.32% | 12 |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 442 | 343 | 128.86% | 8 |
| 6 | Geelong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 396 | 347 | 114.12% | 8 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 411 | 371 | 110.78% | 8 |
| 8 | Sydney | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 385 | 357 | 107.84% | 8 |
| 9 | West Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 472 | 456 | 103.51% | 8 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 360 | 348 | 103.45% | 8 |
| 11 | Collingwood | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 397 | 412 | 96.36% | 8 |
| 12 | Richmond | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 383 | 444 | 86.26% | 8 |
| 13 | Carlton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 268 | 403 | 66.50% | 4 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 301 | 460 | 65.43% | 4 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 262 | 446 | 58.74% | 4 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 349 | 429 | 81.35% | 0 |
goals
GOALS
1. Lloyd (ESS) 18
2. Neitz (MELB) 16
3. Hall (SYD) 16
4. Wilson (WCE) 15
5. Bradshaw (BRIS) 13
6. Holland (COL) 11
7. Croad (FRE) 11
8. Green (MELB) 10
9. Akermanis (BRIS) 10
10. Ottens (RICH) 9
11. Pickett (KANG) 9
12. Rocca (KANG) 9
13. Lord (GEEL) 9
14 Ph. Matera (WCE) 9
15. Milne (StK) 9
round 5 matches
thursday
collingwood v essendon MCG
friday
bulldogs v melbourne CS (N)
saturday
hawthorn v richmond MCG
west coast v brisbane S
st kilda v sydney CS (N)
adelaide v port FP (N)
sunday
geelong v freo SS
carlton v kangaroos CS
Harrison’s world 