hawthorn (4-3) vs carlton (1-6) mcg friday night
hawks make it 4 straight by 9 points over last place carlton. hawthorn (5-3) travel to play west coast sunday. carlton (1-7) host adeliade sunday at optus oval.
HAW 2.9 5.12 8.12 12.17 (89)
CARL 1.4 6.6 10.7 12.8 (80)
GOALS: HAW – Dixon 2, Lekkas 2, Vandenberg 2, Barlow, A. Cox, Cawford, Hodge, Chick, Barker; CARL – Whitnall 5, Houlihan 3, Lappin 2, Davies, McKernan
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Harford, McCabe, Vandenberg, Graham, Lekkas; CARL – Whitnall, Freeborn, Bradley, Pickering, McKernan
INJURY: HAW – Holland (shin), McCabe (shoulder); CARL – Camporeale (corked thigh), Plunkett (knee) replacemed in selected side by Cranage
UMPIRES: Coates, Dore, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 39,142 at MCG
richmond (3-4) vs west coast (4-3) mcg saturday afternon
west coast still haven’t won on the road losing by 21 points to richmond. richmond (4-4) face st kilda at colonial saturday night. west coast (4-4) host hawthorn sunday.
RICH 2.3 7.6 10.9 13.16 (94)
WCE 3.4 7.5 8.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: RICH – Campbell 4, Bowden 2, Rodan 2, Krakouer, Rogers, Stafford, Sziller, Vardy;
WCE – Wilson 3, Wirrpunda 2, Fletcher, Ph. Matera, Williams, Cousins, Cox
BEST: RICH – Campbell, Fiora, Tivendale, Rodan, Sziller, Gaspar, Stafford; WCE – Wirrpunda, Jakovich, Fletcher, Cox, Wilson
INJURY: RICH – Hall (groin) replaced in selected side by Pettifer; WCE – Peter Matera (knee) replaced in selected side by Humm
REPORTS: RICH – Stafford for kneeing Cox
UMPIRES: Vozzo, S McLaren, M McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 22,647 at MCG
port (4-3) vs geelong (3-4) football park saturday afternoon
port dismantle geelong by 75 points. port (5-3) host collingwood friday night. geelong (3-5) host bulldogs saturday afternoon.
PA 7.1 11.3 16.4 20 9 (129)
GEEL 1.3 4.4 6.10 7.12 (54)
GOALS: PA – C. Cornes 4, Guerra 4, Tredrea 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Primus, Montgomery, Wanganeen, Schofield, Francou, Cockatoo-Collins, Dew, James; GEEL – Kingsley 3, Sanderson, Ablett, Chapman, Ling
BEST: PA – C. Cornes, Francou, Primus, Bishop, Tredrea, Stevens; GEEL – Scarlett, Sanderson, Sholl, Ling, Milburn, Kingsley
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Allen, Rowston
ATTENDANCE: 18,193 at Football Park
collingwood (5-2) vs brisbane (6-1) colonial saturday night
collingwood move into 2nd with a 3 point win over brisbane their fifth in a row. collingwood (6-2) travel to play port friday night. brisbane (6-2) host freo sunday.
COL 5.1 8.9 14.12 17.12 (114)
BRIS 7.2 10.5 12.9 16.15 (111)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Rocca 3, Betheras 3, Buckley 2, N. Davis, Fraser, O’Bree, Cummings; BRIS – McRae 3, Akermanis 2, Headland 2, Keating, Pike, Brown, Bradshaw, Power, Voss, Lynch, Lappin, Charmin
BEST: COL – Tarrant, Buckley, Licuria, Rocca, McGough, Cloke, Betheras; BRIS – B. Scott, Lappin, C. Scott, Headland, Leppitsch, Voss
INJURY: COL – McGough (suspected broken leg);. BRIS – C. Scott (thigh)
REPORTS: COL – Buckley for wrestling B. Scott, Johnson sriking Power; BRIS – B. Scott for wrestling Buckley
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Ellis, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 46,276 at Colonial Stadium
freo (3-4) vs melbourne (5-2) suibaco saturday night
ex melbourne player jeff farmer saved freo in a 5 point win over melbourne. freo (4-4) play brisbane at the gabba sunday. melbourne (5-3) host roos saturday afternoon.
FRE 2.4 5.8 11.10 14.10 (94)
MELB 4.6 6.9 10.10 13.11 (89)
GOALS: FRE – Croad 7, Farmer 3, Simmonds, Hasleby, Browne, Brown; MELB – Vardy 3, Green 2, Bruce 2, Whelan 2, Johnstone, Neitz, Leoncelli, Robertson
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, Croad, Farmer, Pavlich, Cook, Simmonds; MELB – Johnstone, Powell, Vardy, Nicholson, Yze, Whelan
REPORTS: FRE – Grover for rough play on Bruce
UMPIRES: McBurney, Head, Fussell
ATTENDANCE: 25,022 at Subiaco Oval
kangaroos (3-4) vs adeliade (5-2) manaka oval sunday afternoon
roos bounce back with a 17 point win over the crows. north (4-4) play melboure at the g saturday afternoon. adeliade (5-3) play carlton at optus oval sunday.
KANG 4.4 10.7 12.11 16.14 (110)
ADE 3.1 7.4 10.9 14.9 (93)
GOALS: KANG – Harvey 4, Grant 2, Clayton 2, Rocca 2, Stevens, Porter, Pickett, Morrell, King, Harding; ADE – Welsh 5, Ricciuto 2, Clarke, Bode, Doughty, Stevens, McLeod, Burton, Bickley
BEST: KANG – Stevens, Teague, McCartney, Harvey, Simpson, Morrell, Pickett; ADE – Bassett, Goodwin, Hart, Doughty, McLeod, Bode, Welsh
INJURY: KANG – Cochrane (hamstring); ADE – Fitzgerald (right knee)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kennedy, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 7671 at Manuka Oval, Canberra
bulldogs (1-6) vs sydney (3-1-3) scg sunday
bulldogs get some space off the bottom by 69 points over sydney. bulldogs (2-6) play geelong saturday at geelong. sydney (3-1-4) host essendon at the olympic stadium.
WB 3.5 10.8 16.13 24.15 (159)
SYD 1.7 7.11 9.16 11.24 (90)
GOALS: WB – Brown 5, Bandy 4, Alvey 2, Smith 2, Eagleton 2, Garlick 2, West, Darcy, Murphy, Giansiracusa, Grant, Saunders, Gilbee;
SYD – Goodes 4, Hall 2, Cresswell, Doyle, O’Loughlin, Nicks, Saddington
BEST: WB – Brown, Darcy, Johnson, Bandy, West, Alvey; SYD – Saddington, Goodes, Dunkley, Maxfield, Cresswell, Bolton
INJURY: WB – Grant (hip), Saunders (buttock); SYD – Kelly (hamstring), Dunkley (calf)
Kelly will miss 2 weeks with his injury.
UMPIRES: James, Morris, Wenn
ATTENDANCE 20954 at the SCG
essendon (4-3) vs st kilda (1-1-5) colonial sunday
a 18 goal to 2 middle quarter surge gave essendon a 99 point win over the saints. essendon (5-3) travel to play sydney saturday night at the olympic stadium. st kilda (1-1-6) host richmond saturday night.
ESS 3.5 13.8 21.12 26.15 (171)
STK 2.2 3.3 4.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS: ESS – Lucas 4, Caracella 3, J. Johnson 3, Rioli 2, Salmon 2, Alessio 2, Blumfield 2, Reynolds 2, Barnard, Mercuri, McVeigh, Harvey, Heffernan, Hille; StK – Riewoldt 3, Davis 2, Baker 2, Knobel, Milne, Plapp, Hayes
BEST: ESS – J. Johnson, Rioli, Forster-Knight, Barnard, Caracella, Harvey, Alessio, Blumfield; StK – Riewoldt, Clarke, Hayes, Thompson
INJURY: ESS – Salmon (corked thigh); STK – Plapp (bruised back)
CHANGES: STK – Hamill (calf) and Black (quadricep) replaced in selected side by Davis and Plapp
UMPIRES: Humphrey-Smith, Kelsey, Corcoran
ATTENDANCE: 34,262 at Colonial Stadium
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 930 | 674 | 137.98% | 24 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 761 | 647 | 117.62% | 24 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 866 | 687 | 126.06% | 20 |
| 4 | Essendon | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 780 | 623 | 125.20% | 20 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 815 | 740 | 110.14% | 20 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 820 | 760 | 107.89% | 20 |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 800 | 788 | 101.52% | 20 |
| 8 | West Coast | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 884 | 848 | 104.25% | 16 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 732 | 751 | 97.47% | 16 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 778 | 847 | 91.85% | 16 |
| 11 | Richmond | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 721 | 829 | 86.97% | 16 |
| 12 | Sydney | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 712 | 731 | 97.40% | 14 |
| 13 | Geelong | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 728 | 801 | 90.89% | 12 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 748 | 764 | 97.91% | 8 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 520 | 889 | 58.49% | 6 |
| 16 | Carlton | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 590 | 806 | 73.20% | 4 |
goals
GOALS
BarryHall (SYD) 27
Wilson (WCE) 25
Welsh (ADE) 22
Kingsley (GEEL) 22
Neitz (MELB) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Croad (FRE) 21
Bradshaw (BRIS) 20
Rocca (KANG) 18
Tredrea (PA) 16
Akermanis (BRIS)16
Lynch (BRIS) 16
Rocca (COL) 16
Milne (STK) 16
Bandy (WB) 15
round 9 matches
friday
port v collingwood FP (N)
saturday
geelong v bulldogs SS
melborune v kanagroos MCG
st kilda v richmond CS (N)
sydney v essendon SA (N)
sunday
brisbane v freemantle G
carlton v adeliade OO
west coast v hawthorn S
Harrison’s world 