kangaroos (5-5) vs richmond (4-6) colonial friday night
roos are back in the 8 with an 11 point win over richmond. kangaroos (6-5) travel to brisbane saturday night 2 of the split round. richmond (4-7) travel to port sunday 2 of the split round.
KANG 6.3 10.7 10.8 14.11 (95)
RICH 5.2 7.6 10.12 11.18 (84)
Goals: KANG – Picket 4, Harvey 3, Burton 2, Stevens 2, McCartney, Morell, Teague; RICH – Houlihan 3, Bowden 2, Hall, Knights, Krakouer, Rodan, Rogers, Torney
Best: KANG – Harvey, Stevens, Teague, Burton, Pickett, Makepeace, Archer; RICH – D. Kellaway, A. Kellaway, Knights, Chaffey, Gaspar, Bowden, Rogers
INJURY: KANG – Burton (lung)
Burton was taken to hospital after the match where 2 hours of tests revealed a bruised lung. The split round break will give him time to recover for the next match
UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 30,889 at Colonial Stadium
adelaide (7-3) vs hawthorn (5-5) football park saturday afternoon
3 weeks on the road proved too much for the hawks getting overrun by the crows by 44 points. adelaide (8-3) face melbourne at optus oval saturday afternoon 2. hawthorn (5-6) face essendon at the g friday night 1.
ADE 1.4 3.12 8.14 14.18 (102)
HAW 2.0 5.3 6.7 8.10 (58)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 3, Ricciuto 3, Biglands 3, Stevens 2, Bode, Hart, Edwards; HAW – Barlow 3, Hay, Tallis, S. Cox, Hodge, Dixon
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Johnson, Hart, Burton, Stenglein, McLeod; HAW – Barlow, Crawford, McCabe, S. Cox, Vandenberg, Mitchell
INJURY: ADE – Johnson (ankle); HAW – Smith (hamstring)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Woodcock, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 42,162 at Football Park
essendon (6-4) vs port (7-3) colonial saturday night
port became the 2nd team to beat essendon at colonial by 59 points. port (8-3) host richmond sunday 2. essendon (6-5) host hawthorn at the g friday night 1.
PA 4.2 7.6 10.10 16.12 (108)
ESS 1.1 4.3 5.7 7.7 (49)
GOALS: PA – Dew 6, Tredrea 4, Montgomery, Cockatoo-Collins, Poulton, James, Guerra, Primus; ESS – Salmon 2, Jacobs 2, Lucas 2, Hille
BEST: PA – Dew, Tredrea, Kingsley, Primus, N Stevens, Hardwick, Francou, James; ESS – J. Johnson, Lucas, Ramanauskas, Salmon, Peverill
INJURIES PA – Montgomery (jarred knee)
CHANGES: ESS – Fletcher by Welsh in selected team; PA – Wanganeen by K Cornes in selected team.
REPORTS: ESS – Jason Johnson (for unduly rough play against Damien Hardwick in the first quarter
UMPIRES: James, Dore, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 40,044 at Colonial Stadium
west coast (5-5) vs sydney (3-1-6) subiaco saturday night
they can’t win on the road but in perth they are unstoppable as west coast prove it with a 13 point win over the struggling swans. west coast (6-5) face carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon 1. sydney (3-1-7) host geelong saturday night 1.
WCE 3.3 8.8 10.11 15.12 (102)
SYD 2.3 5.6 10.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: WCE – Merenda 3, Jones 3, Wirrpunda 3, Wooden, Sierakowski, Haynes, Ph. Matera, Cousins, Cox; SYD – Hall 4, Nicks 4, Cresswell, O’Keefe, McPherson, Fixter, Mott
BEST: WE – Wooden, Cousins, Wirrpunda, Cox, Fletcher, Judd; SYD – Williams, Goodes, Hall, Nicks, Cresswell, Fixter
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Margetts, Corcoran
ATTENDANCE: 35,014 at Subiaco Oval
brisbane (7-3) vs st kilda (3-1-6) gabba sunday
brisbane continue to build their gabba fortress with a 61 point win over the saints. brisbane (8-3) host the roos saturday night 2 of the split round. st kilda (3-1-7) face the bulldogs friday night 2 at colonial.
BRIS 2.3 5.10 9.12 16.17 (113)
STK 3.3 3.8 6.8 7.10 (52)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 2, Voss 2, Pike 2, Akermanis 2, Lynch 2, McRae, Bradshaw, Keating, Johnson, Lappin, B. Scott; StK – Milne 3, Wulf, Everitt, Black, Dal Santo
BEST: BRIS – Pike, Lappin, Black, Akermanis, B. Scott, Michael, Johnson, Voss; StK – Thompson, Black, Cripps, Moyle, Milne
INJURY: BRIS – Voss (groin); STK – Hayes (hand)
Voss has sucumbed to OP, which he has been struggling with off and on since last year. He will have minor surgery and will miss 3-4 weeks
Hayes will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken hand
REPORTS: STK – Everitt for striking C. Scott
While this report was withdrawn, Everitt was later booked on a video charge for striking Aaron Shattock
ATTENDANCE: 23157 at the Gabba
geelong (4-6) vs carlton (1-9) colonial sunday
geelong rob carlton after the siren by 4 points meaning the blues will need a great run to avoid their first wooden spoon. geelong (5-6) travel to play sydney saturday night 1. carlton (1-10) host west coast saturday afternoon 1 at optus oval.
GEEL 4.4 8.4 13.6 15.10 (100)
CARL 2.1 5.7 6.11 14.12 (96)
GOALS: GEEL – Riccardi 4, Kingsley 4, Lord 3, Burns, Kelly, Sholl, Clarke; CARL – Fevola 4, Whitnall 3, Lappin 2, McKernan, Fletcher, Wiggins, Campbell, Plunkett
BEST: GEEL – King, Riccardi, Kelly, Ling, Sholl, Graham, Enright; CARL – Ratten, McKay, Bradley, Fletcher, Fevola
INJURIES: CARL – Merrington (corked thigh)
CHANGES: CARL – Davies (ill) replaced in selected side by Doering
REPORTS: CARL – Merrington reported for striking Street
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Head, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 37,294 at Colonial Stadium
bulldogs (4-6) vs freo (5-5) Optus oval sunday
bulldogs have turned their season around by 65 points over freo. bulldogs (5-6) host st kilda friday night 2 at colonial. freo (5-6) host collingwood sunday afternoon 1.
WB 7.3 12.6 16.10 22.13 (145)
FRE 3.2 6.4 10.4 12.8 (80)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 4, Alvey 3, Dimattina 2, Giansiracusa 2, Darcy 2, Hargrave 2, Brown 2, Grant, Saunders, Gilbee, Garlick, Hunter;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Croad 3, Medhurst, Carr, Farmer, Simmonds, Cunningham, Haines
BEST: WB -Darcy, Alvey, Brown, Johnson, Harrison, Dimattina, Giansiracusa, Croft; FRE – Bell, Pavlich, Jones, Hasleby, Simmonds, Siegert
INJURIES: FRE – Farmer (corked knee), Grover (ankle), Jones (shoulder)
CHANGES: WB – West (groin) replaced in selected side by Cross
REPORTS: FRE – Cook (Fremantle) for charging Giansiracusa
UMPIRES: Rowe, Schmitt, Morris
ATTENDANCE: 11,539 at Optus Oval
melbourne (6-4) vs collingwood (7-3) mcg monday
collingwood smash melbourne by 51 points. collingwood (8-3) travel to play freo sunday 1. melbourne (6-5) host adelaide at optus oval saturday afternoon 2.
COL 5.4 10.7 15.8 19.12 (126)
MELB 1.5 4.8 8.12 10.15 (75)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 7, Fraser 4, Rocca 2, L. Davis, Holland, Licuria, McKee, Didak, Cole; MELB – Jolly 2, Woewodin 2, Green, Johnstone, Bizzell, Robertson, Walsh, Brown
BEST: COL – Cloke, Tarrant, Fraser, McGough, Clement, Licuria, McKee; MELB – Walsh, Woewodin, Johnstone, Ellis, Ward
INJURY: COL – Steinfort replaced in selected side by Cole, Holland (back), Cloke (leg); MELB – Nicholson (knee)
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Sheehan, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 65,860 at MCG
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1246 | 906 | 137.53% | 32 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1182 | 899 | 131.48% | 32 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1068 | 897 | 119.06% | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1149 | 967 | 118.82% | 32 |
| 5 | Essendon | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 998 | 906 | 110.15% | 24 |
| 6 | West Coast | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1189 | 1152 | 103.21% | 24 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1069 | 1082 | 98.80% | 24 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1072 | 1126 | 95.20% | 24 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1127 | 1047 | 107.64% | 20 |
| 10 | Geelong | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1022 | 1077 | 94.89% | 20 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 987 | 1073 | 91.99% | 20 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1023 | 1133 | 90.29% | 20 |
| 13 | Richmond | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 966 | 1113 | 86.79% | 16 |
| 14 | Sydney | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 968 | 1013 | 95.56% | 14 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 771 | 1142 | 67.51% | 14 |
| 16 | Carlton | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 829 | 1133 | 73.17% | 4 |
GOALS
KentKingsley (GEEL) 35
Hall (SYD) 34
Wilson (WCE) 34
Croad (FRE) 28
Lynch (BRIS) 27
Welsh (ADE) 26
Milne (STK) 26
Tarrant (COL) 26
Tredrea (PA) 24
Bradshaw (BRIS) 23
Rocca (KANG) 23
Neitz (MELB) 23
Pickett (KANG) 22
J. Longmuir (FRE) 22
Whitnall (CARL) 22
round 12 matches
friday
essendon v hawthorn MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v west coast OO
sydney v geelong SCG (N)
sunday
freo v collingwood S
friday
bulldogs v st kilda CS (N)
saturday
melbourne v adelaide OO
brisbane v kangaroos G (N)
sunday
port v richmond FP
Harrison’s world 