port (5-3) vs collingwood (6-2) football park friday night
port end collingwoods run by 5 points at home. port (6-3) play hawthorn in tasmania sunday. collingwood (6-3) Host sydney at colonial saturday night.
PA 6.1 8.4 10.6 14.7 (91)
COL 1.2 4.6 9.9 12.14 (86)
GOALS: PA – Dew 4, P. Burgoyne 2, Primus, Wakelin, Montgomery, Cockatoo-Collins, Tredrea, Bishop, Kingsley, Guerra; COL – L. Davis 4, Holland 2, Betheras, McKee, Burns, Licuria, N. Davis, Rocca
BEST: PA – Francou, Primus, Carr, Bishop, Wakelin, Montgomery; COL – Lockyer, L. Davis, Buckley, O’Bree, Burns, Licuria
INJURY: PA – Wanganeen (thigh); COL – Fraser (ribs), Wakelin (ankle), N. Davis (ankle)
REPORTS: ESS – Rioli for eye gouging Williams and for striking Fixter. Video reviews could result in melee charges against some of the players
The striking charge was dropped after a video review
UMPIRES: Kennedy, McLaren, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 35,834 at Football Park
geelong (3-5) vs bulldogs (2-6) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
bulldogs continue to revive their season by 2 goals over geelong. bulldogs (3-6) face richmond at the g saturday. geelong (3-6) host melbourne at skilled saturday.
WB 3.2 10.5 17.5 18.9 (117)
GEEL 5.1 10.2 15.3 17.3 (105)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 6, Smith 3, Brown 2, Bandy 2, Garlick, Gilbee, Alvey, Saunders, Dimattina; GEEL – Chapman 3, Kingsley 3, Ablett 2, Burns 2, Scarlett 2, Clarke, Ling, Lord, Riccardi, King
BEST: WB – Johnson, Grant, West, Croft, Brown, Darcy, Alvey; GEEL – Chapman, King, Corey, Sholl, Clarke, Sanderson
INJURY: WB – Kretiuk (groin), Murphy (jarred knee), Gilbee (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, McKenzie, Fussell
ATTENDANCE: 22,033 at Skilled Stadium
melbourne (5-3) vs roos (4-4) mcg saturday afternoon
melbourne stay in touch with the top 4 with a 4 point win over the roos. melbourne (6-3) travel to play geelong saturday. kangaroos (4-5) host essendon friday night at the g.
MELB 7.1 10.4 15.8 17.9 (111)
KANG 4.6 11.9 12.10 15.17 (107)
GOALS: MELB – Schwarz 2, Ward 2, Yze 2, Brown 2, Leoncelli 2, Thompson, Johnstone, Green, Vardy, Robertson, Bruce, White; KANG – Rocca 4, Clayton 3, Pickett 2, Grant, Simpson, Stevens, Burton, Harding, Teague
BEST: MELB – Yze, Woewodin, Bruce, Leoncelli, Johnstone, Broadbridge, Ward, Thompson;
KANG – Simpson, Stevens, Clayton, Pickett, Rocca, Colbert
INJURY: MELB – Vardy (corked thigh), Ellis (ankle)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Morris, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 28,625 at the MCG
st kilda (1-1-6) vs richmond (4-5) colonial saturday night
st kilda broke a 7 game winless run by 9 points stunning richmond. st kilda (2-1-6) host west coast sunday at colonial. richmond (4-5) host bulldogs saturday afternoon.
STK 0.4 3.7 8.9 10.12 (72)
RICH 2.1 5.3 7.3 9.9 (63)
GOALS: StK – Reiwoldt 2, Milne 2, Thompson, Voss, Capuano, Cripps, Loewe, Dal Santo; RICH – Rogers, Ottens, Chaffey, Stafford, Bowden, Houlihan, Krakouer, Tivendale, A. Kellaway
BEST: StK – Riewoldt, Harvey, Milne, Thompson, Capuano, Baker; RICH – A. Kellaway, Ottens, Chaffey, Campbell, Knights, Torney
INJURY: StK – Jones (hamstring); RICH – Cameron (buttock) replaced in selected side by Newman, W Campbell (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Quigley, Schmitt, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 30,336 at Colonial Stadium
sydney (3-1-4) vs essendon (5-3) stadium australia saturday night
a missed shot after the siren cost sydney the first points at the new ground the olympic stadium against essendon in a 2 point loss. essendon (6-3) face the roos at the g friday night. sydney (3-1-5) travel to play collingwood at colonail saturday night.
ESS 6.1 7.6 9.9 12.13 (85)
SYD 3.7 4.11 8.12 11.17 (83)
GOALS: ESS – Alessio 3, Heffernan 2, Lucas 2, M. Johnson, Mercuri, Barnard, Blumfield, Rioli; SYD – Nicks 4, Hall 3, Williams 2, Maxfield, O’Loughlin
BEST: ESS – Alessio, Jacobs, McVeigh, Fletcher, Mercuri, Heffernan; SYD – Nicks, Cresswell, Hall, Williams, Mathews, O’Loughlin
REPORTS: ESS – Rioli for eye gouging Williams and for striking Fixter. Video reviews could result in melee charges against some of the players
The striking charge was dropped after a video review
UMPIRES: James, Allen, Head
ATTENDANCE: 54,169. at Stadium Australia
brisbane (6-2) vs freo (4-4) gabba sunday afternoon
brisbane regained the outright lead by 5 goals over freo. brisbane (7-2) travel to play adeliade saturday night. freo (4-5) host carlton sunday.
BRIS 5.2 9.5 13.10 16.13 (109)
FRE 4.4 8.6 9.10 11.13 (79)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 5, Voss 3, Bradshaw 2, Akermanis 2, Power, Keating, Pike, Brown;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, McManus 2, Simmonds 2, Farmer, Carr, Medhurst, Croad
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Power, B. Scott, Pike, Lynch, Ashcroft; FRE – Pavlich, Haines, J. Longmuir, Bell, McManus, Koops
INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (back) replaced in selected side by Morrison
UMPIRES: Coates, Rowe, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: About 21,709 at the Gabba
carlton (1-7) vs adelaide (5-3) optus oval sunday afternoon
crows move closer to the top 4 with a 56 point win over last place carlton. adeliaed (6-3) host brisbane saturday night. carlton (1-8) tavel to play freo sunday.
ADE 6.3 10.5 15.10 20.11 (131)
CARL 1.4 4.6 6.7 11.9 (75)
GOALS: ADE – Ricciuto 6, Stevens 4, Welsh 2, Burton 2, Bassett, Stenglein, Schell, Goodwin, Smart, McLeod; CARL – McKernan 5, Whitnall 4, Plunkett 2
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Johnson, Stevens, Bode, Clarke, Johnson, Hart; CARL – McKernan, Whitnall, Bradley, Plunkett, McKay, Camporeale
INJURY: CARL – Manton (corked right calf)
UMPIRES: Kelsey, Corcoran, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 17,712 at Optus Oval
west coast (4-4) vs hawthorn (5-3) subiaco sunday afternoon
west coast kept their home run intact by 38 points over the hawks. west coast (5-4) travel to play st kilda at colonial sunday. hawthorn (5-4) host port in tasmania sunday.
WCE 3.2 8.5 13.8 19.12 (126)
HAW 4.0 8.0 9.4 14.4 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Wirrpunda 5, Chambers, Wilson 3, Cousins, Judd, Embley 2, Matera, Fletcher;
HAW – Thompson 3, Crawford, Chick 2, Picioane, Lekkas, Tallis, Holland, Vandenberg, Rawlings, Barker
BEST: WCE – Wirrpunda, Cousins, Cox, Jakovich, Chambers, Judd; HAW – Crawford, Thompson, McCabe, Picioane, Lekkas
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Rosebury, Humphery-Smith
ATTENDANCE: 38646 at Subiaco Oval
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1039 | 753 | 137.98% | 28 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 957 | 773 | 123.80% | 24 |
| 3 | Essendon | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 865 | 706 | 122.52% | 24 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 946 | 815 | 116.07% | 24 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 847 | 738 | 114.77% | 24 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 931 | 867 | 107.38% | 24 |
| 7 | West Coast | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1010 | 936 | 107.91% | 20 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 888 | 914 | 97.16% | 20 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 811 | 860 | 94.30% | 16 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 885 | 958 | 92.38% | 16 |
| 11 | Richmond | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 784 | 901 | 87.01% | 16 |
| 12 | Sydney | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 795 | 816 | 97.43% | 14 |
| 13 | Wstn Bulldogs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 865 | 869 | 99.54% | 12 |
| 14 | Geelong | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 833 | 918 | 90.74% | 12 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 592 | 952 | 62.18% | 10 |
| 16 | Carlton | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 665 | 937 | 70.97% | 4 |
goals
GOALS
Hall (SYD) 30
Wilson (WCE) 28
Kingsley (GEEL) 25
Welsh (ADE) 24
Bradshaw (BRIS) 22
Croad (FRE) 22
Rocca (KANG) 22
Neitz (MELB) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Lynch (BRIS) 21
Akermanis (BRIS) 21
Milne (STK 18
Bandy (WB) 17
Johnson (WB) 17
Whitnall (CARL) 17
round 10 matches
friday
kangroos v essendon MCG (N)
saturday
geelong v melbourne SS
richmond v bulldogs MCG
collingwood v sydney CS (N)
adeliade v brisbane FP (N)
Sunday
hawthorn v port YP
st kilda v west coast CS
freemantle v carlton S
Harrison’s world 