essendon (6-5) vs hawthorn (5-6) mcg friday night
hawks return to melbourne failed to result in a win in a 7 point loss to essendon. essendon (7-5) host melbourne friday night at colonial. hawthorn (5-7) face st kilda sunday at colonial in a must win game.
ESS 3.3 6.6 8.11 10.12 (72)
HAW 3.2 4.3 9.3 10.5 (65)
GOALS: ESS – Barnard 3, Heffernan 2, Alessio, J. Johnson, McVeigh, Blumfield, Lucas; HAW – Dixon 4, A. Cox, Hay, Barlow, Greene, Chick, Mitchell
BEST: ESS – M. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Fletcher, Wellman, Heffernan, McVeigh, Barnard;
HAW – Crawford, Vandenberg, Greene, Dixon, Loats, Ries, BarlowI
NJURY: ESS – Moorcroft (illness) replaced in selected side by McAlister, Lucas (cut head); HAW – Holland (hamstring), Barker (bruised ribs)
REPORTS: ESS – Lucas for striking Barker
UMPIRES: Mitchell, McLaren, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 40,470 at MCG
carlton (1-10) vs west coast (6-5) optus oval saturday afternoon
carltons club worse losing streak is now 9 in a 1 point loss to west coast giving the eagles their first away win of the season. west coast (7-5) host adelaide sunday. carlton (1-11) face brisbane in brisbane saturday night.
WCE 3.4 7.8 9.14 12.17 (89)
CARL 2.4 6.9 10.12 12.16 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Williams 2, Pt. Matera 2, Lynch 2, Hunter 2, Fletcher, Merenda, Ph. Matera, Haynes; CARL – Beaumont 3, Merrington 2, Camporeale 2, Mansfield 2, Whitnall 2, Fevola
BEST: WCE – McIntosh, Pt. Matera, Lynch, Cousins, Wooden, Merenda; CARL – Merrington, Fletcher, Beaumont, Doering, Camporeale, Wiggins
INJURY: WCE – Gaspar (foot); CARL – McKernan (knee)
McKernan damaged his PCL and will miss about 8 weeks
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Rowe, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 16,353 at Optus Oval
sydney (3-1-7) vs geelong (5-6) scg saturday night
geelong keep their finals hopes alive with a 2 point win over sydney to stay in touch with the 8. geelong (6-6) face richmond at the g saturday afternoon. sydney (3-1-8) host freemantle sunday.
GEEL 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.11 (101)
SYD 4.4 9.4 11.6 15.9 (99)
GOALS: Riccardi 4, Kingsley 4, Burns 2, Mooney 2, King, Gardiner, Ling; SYD – Williams 4, Nicks 3, Cresswell 2, Hall, Fosdike, Crouch, Lockett, O’Loughlin, Mott
BEST: GEEL – Riccardi, King, Kingsley, Enright, Scarlett, Burns; SYD – Williams, Goodes, Nicks, Kennelly, Cresswell, Maxfield
UMPIRES: Head, Dore, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 21,767 at the SCG
freemantle (5-6) vs collingwood (8-3) subiaco sunday
freo stay in touch with the 8 by 11 points over collingwood meaning no team has won on the road in perth yet this season. freo (6-6) travel to play sydney sunday. collingwood (8-4) face the roos at colonial saturday night.
FRE 2.3 3.11 9.13 12.18 (90)
COL 6.1 8.1 10.5 12.7 (79)
GOALS: FRE – FRE – Medhurst 4, J. Longmuir 2, Hasleby 2, Haines, Farmer, Croad, Carr; COL – L. Davis 3, Fraser 3, Scotland 2, Buckley, Rocca, Freeborn, Tarrant
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, Bell, Medhurst, Cook, Carr, Cunningham; COL – Scotland, L. Davis, Lockyer, Fraser, Burns, McKee
INJURY: COL – Tarrant (groin), Rocca (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Allen, Woodcock, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 33088 at Subiaco
bulldogs (5-6) vs st kilda (3-1-7) colonial friday night
5 wins in a row has the bulldogs go from level last to 8th with a 47 point win over the saints. bulldogs (6-6) face the other form team port in adelaide saturday afternoon. st kilda (3-1-8) host hawthorn sunday.
WB 5.4 10.11 13.15 19.19 (133)
STK 4.2 7.4 12.5 13.8 (86)
GOALS: WB – Darcy 5, Grant 3, Johnson 3, Bandy 2, West 2, Brown, Eagleton, Smith, Saunders;
StK – Milne 3, Hamill 2, Harvey 2, Knobel, Wulf, Dal Santo, Loewe, Clarke, Riewoldt
BEST: WB – Johnson, Grant, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Bandy, Hargrave, West; StK – Harvey, Hamill, Lawrence, Thompson, Riewoldt, Maguire
INJURY: StK – Riewoldt (soreness), Moyle (thigh), Jones (hamstring)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Avon, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 29,453 at Colonial Stadium
melbourne (6-5) vs adelaide (8-3) optus oval saturday afternoon
melbourne stun the crows by 25 points to stay in the 8. melbourne (7-5) play essendon at colonial friday night. adeliade (8-4) travel to play west coast sunday.
MELB 2.3 7.8 12.11 14.14 (98)
ADE 3.4 5.8 9.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz, Green 3, Jolly, Leoncelli 2, Yze, Johnstone, Robertson, Brown; ADE – Massie, Bode 2, Stevens, McLeod, Burton, Bickley, Schell, Ricciuto
BEST: MELB – Yze, Brown, Ward, Ellis, Whelan, White, Bruce, Johnstone; ADE – Bickley, Hart, McLeod, Goodwin, Massie, Stenglein, Bode
INJURY: MELB – Jolly (corked thigh), Whelan (calf cramp); ADE – Goodwin (ankle), Biglands (corked buttock)
Goodwin was cleared of serious damage and will miss 1-2 weeks with sprained ligaments
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Dore, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 12,210 at Optus Oval
brisbane (8-3) vs kangaroos (6-5) gabba saturday night
the roos became the lions latest home victim by 15 points. brisbane (9-3) host carlton saturday night. kangaroos (6-6) host collingwood at colonial saturday night.
BRIS 6.3 12.9 17.12 20.18 (138)
KANG 5.3 9.5 15.7 19.9 (123)
GOALS: Bradshaw 4, Lynch 4, Shattock 3, Akermanis 3, Johnson 2, B. Scott, C. Scott, Hart, Black; KANG – Rocca 6, Harding 3, Pickett 3, Harvey 2, King 2, Morrell, Clayton, Teague
BEST: BRIS – Shattock, Headland, B. Scott, C. Scott, Akermanis, Bradshaw; KANG – Grant, King, Burton, Rocca, Simpson, Colbert
UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Morris, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 27,940 at Gabba
port (8-3) vs richmond (4-7) football park sunday
port go on top for the first time by 14 goals over struggling richmond. port (9-3) host bulldogs saturday afternoon. richmond (4-8) host geelong saturday afternoon at the g.
PA 6.3 15.5 20.10 23.16 (154)
RICH 3.1 4.3 7.5 10.10 (70)
GOALS: PA -Tredrea 4, Dew 4, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Schofield 2, Francou 2, S. Burgoyne 2, Lade 2, Guerra, Carr, French;
RICH – Richardson 3, Tivendale 2, Rodan 2, Coughlan, Torney, Krakouer
BEST: PA – Stevens, C. Cornes, Carr, Francou, Wanganeen, Montgomery, Tredrea; RICH – Bowden, D. Kellaway, Campbell, Cameron, Coughlan
INJURY: RICH – Hall (corked knee), Gaspar (calf), A. Kellaway (cut head), Richardson (knee)
REPORTS: RICH – Stafford reported by umpire Sheehan for allegedly striking Kingsley
UMPIRES: Sheehan, McKenzie, Rowston
ATTENDANCE: 25,770 at Football Park
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1336 | 969 | 137.87% | 36 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1384 | 1029 | 134.50% | 36 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1147 | 987 | 116.21% | 32 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1222 | 1065 | 114.74% | 32 |
| 5 | Essendon | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1070 | 971 | 110.20% | 28 |
| 6 | West Coast | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1278 | 1240 | 103.06% | 28 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1167 | 1155 | 101.04% | 28 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1260 | 1133 | 111.21% | 24 |
| 9 | Geelong | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1123 | 1176 | 95.49% | 24 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1195 | 1264 | 94.54% | 24 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1077 | 1152 | 93.49% | 24 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1088 | 1205 | 90.29% | 20 |
| 13 | Richmond | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1036 | 1267 | 81.77% | 16 |
| 14 | Sydney | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1067 | 1114 | 95.78% | 14 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 857 | 1275 | 67.22% | 14 |
| 16 | Carlton | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 917 | 1222 | 75.04% | 4 |
goals
GOALS
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Hall (SYD) 35
Lynch (BRIS) 31
Croad (FRE) 29
Rocca (KANG) 29
Milne (STK) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Tredrea (PA) 28
Bradshaw (BRIS) 27
Welsh (ADE) 26
Tarrant (COL) 26
Neitz (MELB) 26
Pickett (KANG) 25
Johnson (WB) 25
J. Longmuir (FRE) 24
round 13 matches
friday
essendon v melbourne CS (N)
saturday
richmond v geelong MCG
port v bulldogs FP
kangaroos v collingwood CS (N)
brisbane v carlton G (N)
sunday
sydney v freemantle SCG
st kilda v hawthorn CS
west coast v adelaide S
Harrison’s world 