essendon (3-3) vs carlton (1-5) mcg friday night
two of the comps biggest rivals battled it out with a lot of injuries but essendon got back on the winners list by 25 points over carlton. essendon (4-3) host st kilda sunday at colonial. carlton (1-6) face hawthorn at the g friday night.
ESS 4.1 7.7 9.12 12.15 (87)
CARL 0.4 2.5 4.7 9.8 (62)
GOALS: ESS – ESS – Ramanauskas 3, J. Johnson 2, Barnard 2, Jacobs, Hille, McVeigh, M. Johnson, Rioli; CARL – Lappin 3, Houlihan 2, Whitnall 2, Christou, Davies
BEST: ESS – J .Johnson, Ramanauskas, Fletcher, Wellman, Welsh, Salmon, Blumfield, Barnard; CARL – Lappin, Franchina, Beaumont, Bradley, Hotton
INJURY: ESS – Misiti (broken wrist); CARL – Wiggins (hamstring sheath replaced in select side by (Prendergast)
Misiti will miss 4-6 weeks
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Allen, Head
ATTENDANCE: 55,633 at MCG
hawthorn (3-3) vs geelong (3-3) mcg saturday afternoon
hawthorn are in the 8 with a 52 point win over geelong. hawthorn (4-3) host carlton at the g friday night. geelong (3-4) travel to play port saturday afternoon.
HAW 6.3 11.5 17.8 20.10 (130)
GEEL 1.2 7.3 8.7 11.12 (78)
GOALS: HAW – Crawford 4, Dixon 3, Lekkas 3, Holland 2, Harford 2, Vandenberg 2, McCabe, Chick, S. Cox, Barlow; GEEL – Kingsley 5, King 2, Lord 2, Graham, Riccardi; BEST: HAW – Crawford, Lekkas, Vandenberg, Cox, Rehn, Barker;
GEEL – Riccardi, Wojcinski, Kingsley, Lord
INJURY: HAW – S. Cox (hamstring), Hay (back) replaced in selected side by Stone; GEEL – Burns (hip) replaced in selected side by Woolnough
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Schmitt, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 38,709 at MCG
west coast (3-3) vs kangaroos (3-3) subiaco saturday afternoon
west coast maintain their home dominance by 49 points over the roos. west coast (4-3) play richmond at the g saturday afternoon. kangaroos (3-4) host adeliade in canberra sunday.
WCE 5.3 11.8 16.11 21.13 (139)
KANG 3.2 5.6 9.9 13.12 (90)
GOALS: WCE – WCE – Phil Matera 4, Fletcher 3, William 2, Gaspar 2, Chambers 2, Wirrpunda 2, Braun, Peter Matera, Kerr, Embley, Wilson, Judd; KANG – Clayton 2, Pickett, Stevens, Harding, Rocca, Archer, D. Motlop, King, Simpson, Morrell, Watt, S. Motlop
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Fletcher, McIntosh, Peter Matera, Phil Matera, Cox; KANG – Simpson, Clayton, Colbert, Harding
INJURY: WCE – Tuckey (illness) replaced in selected side by Green
UMPIRES: Coates, Avon, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 32,815 at Subiaco
richmond (2-4) vs sydney (3-1-2) colonial saturday night
richmond break a 3 game losing streak by a goal over sydney. richmond (3-4) host west coast saturday afternoon. sydney (3-1-3) play bulldogs in a “away’ game at the scg.
RICH 2.1 5.4 11.6 13.10 (88)
SYD 4.3 7.4 10.7 12.10 (82)
GOALS: RICH – Campbell 2, Chaffey 2, Tivendale 2, Ottens, Pettifer, Hall, Houlihan, Cameron, Krakoeur, A. Kellaway; SYD – Doyle 3, Schauble 2, Hall 2, Cresswell 2, Goodes, Matthews, Kirk
BEST: RICH – Gaspar, Rogers, A. Kellaway, Campbell, Cameron, King; SYD – Maxfield, Cresswell, Kelly, O’Loughlin, Goodes, Doyle
INJURY: RICH – Hall (cut head); SYD – McPherson (concussion)
UMPIRES: Dore, McInerney, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 29,303 at Colonial Stadium
adelaide (4-2) vs freo (3-3) football park saturday night
crows get their revenge for their embarrasing loss at the end of last year against freo by 29 points. adeliade (5-2) travel to play the roos in canberra sunday. freo (3-4) host melbourne saturday night.
ADEL 5.2 8.5 14.8 18.10 (118)
FRE 2.1 5.3 8.7 13.11 (89)
GOALS: ADE – Edwards 5, Welsh 4, Doughty 2, McLeod 2, Perrie, Ricciuto, Marsh, Clarke, Hart; FRE – Brown 3, Longmuir 2, Farmer, Carr, McPhee, Walker, Simmonds, Pavlich, Hasleby, Cunningham
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Clarke, Ricciuto, Edwards, Bickley, Hart; FRE – Hasleby, Cook, Bell, Brown, Farmer, Siegert
INJURY: ADE – Burton (thigh)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Morris, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 44,058 at Football Park
brisbane (5-1) vs port (4-2) gabba sunday
brisbane secure thier lead with a 57 point win in the top of the table clash with port. brisbane (6-1) travel to play collingwood at colonial. port (4-3) host geelong saturday afternoon.
BRIS 5.3 12.5 13.10 19.15 (129)
PA 2.1 7.2 9.6 11.6 (72)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 3, Bradshaw 3, Johnson 2, Akermanis 2, Black 2, Voss, McRae, B. Scott, Notting, Ashcroft, Pike, Copeland; PA – Schofield 3, Montgomery 2, Wakelin, Wanganeen, Lade, P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, C. Cornes
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Ashcroft, B. Scott, Pike, Akermanis, Johnson, C. Scott; PA -Wakelin, Mead, Montgomery, Schofield, Stevens, Francou
INJURY: PA – Primus (back), Lade (ankle), Montgomery (knee)
REPORTS: PA – Mead for striking Power
UMPIRES: McLaren, Ellis, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 24,538 at Gabba.
melbourne (4-2) vs st kilda (1-1-4) mcg sunday
melbourne hold off st kilda by 3 points. melbourne (5-2) travel to play freo saturday night. st kilda (1-1-5) play essendon sunday at colonial.
MELB 3.7 6.8 14.10 15.15 (105)
STK 2.1 6.4 10.8 15.12 (102)
GOALS: MELB – Schwarz 3, Vardy 3, Leoncelli 3, Johnstone 2, Thompson, Neitz, Robertson, Brown; StK – Clarke, Milne 4, Hamill 2, Gehrig, Lawrence, Capuano, Davis, Knobel
BEST: MELB – Johnstone, Leoncelli, Vardy, Schwarz, Broadbridge, Woewodin, Thompson;
StK – Clarke, Lawrence, Thompson, Hamill, Milne, Hudghton, Riewoldt
INJURY: MELB – Bizzell (hamstring), Wheatley (hamstring), White (ankle); StK – Gehrig (adductor)
CHANGES: MELB – Green (tonsilitis) replaced in selected side by Godfrey
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Mitchell, Rowston
ATTENDANCE: 20,892 at the MCG
bulldogs (1-5) vs collingwood (4-2) colonial sunday
collingwood make it 4 striaght by 10 points over the struggling bulldogs. colligwood (5-2) host brisbane saturday night at colonial. bulldogs (1-6) play sydney in a “home” game at the scg sunday.
COL 3.1 5.3 7.4 11.7 (73)
WB 2.3 5.7 6.11 8.15 (63)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 3, Fraser 2, Didak, Buckley, Betheras, N. Davis, Tarrant, Lonie; WB – Smith, Johnson, West, Saunders, Darcy, Brown, Alvey, Birss
BEST: COL – Cloke, Rocca, Lockyer, McKee, Buckley, Freeborn, Fraser; WB – Johnson, Alvey, Giansiracusa, Smith, Dimattina, Darcy
INJURY: COL – Simon Prestigiacomo (concussion), L. Davis (shin); WB – Grant (back)
REPORTS: WB – Dimattina for striking Lonie
UMPIRES: McBurney, James, Humphery-Smith
ATTENDANCE: 34,400 at Colonial Stadium
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 819 | 560 | 146.25% | 24 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 647 | 536 | 120.71% | 20 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 722 | 630 | 114.60% | 20 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 731 | 666 | 109.76% | 20 |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 737 | 633 | 116.43% | 16 |
| 6 | Essendon | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 609 | 551 | 110.53% | 16 |
| 7 | West Coast | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 811 | 754 | 107.56% | 16 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 711 | 708 | 100.42% | 16 |
| 9 | Sydney | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 622 | 572 | 108.74% | 14 |
| 10 | Geelong | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 674 | 672 | 100.30% | 12 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 638 | 662 | 96.37% | 12 |
| 12 | Nth Melbourne | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 668 | 754 | 88.59% | 12 |
| 13 | Richmond | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 627 | 756 | 82.94% | 12 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 448 | 718 | 62.40% | 6 |
| 15 | Wstn Bulldogs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 589 | 674 | 87.39% | 4 |
| 16 | Carlton | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 510 | 717 | 71.13% | 4 |
goals
GOALS
Hall (SYD) 25
Wilson (WCE) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Neitz (MELB) 21
Kingsley (GEE) 19
Bradshaw (BRIS) 19
Welsh (ADE) 17
Rocca (KANG) 16
Lynch (BRIS) 15
Milne (STK) 15
Akermanis (BRI) 14
Croad (FRE) 14
Pickett (KANG) 14
Tredrea (PA) 14
Ottens (RICH) 14
round 8 matches
friday
hawthorn v carlton MCG (N)
saturday
richmond v west coast MCG
port v geelong FP
collingwood v brisbane CS (N)
freo v melbourne S (N)
sunday
kangaroos v adelaide MO
bulldogs v sydney SCG
essendon v st kilda CS
Harrison’s world 