essendon (7-5) vs melbourne (7-5) colonail friday night
a last quarter fight back couldn’t save melbourne in a 2 goal loss to essendon. essendon (8-5) face bulldogs at colonial saturday night. melbourne (7-6) travel to play brisbane in a “home” game sunday.
ESS 7.2 12.7 17.11 18.12 (120)
MELB 3.4 5.5 10.9 16.12 (108)
GOALS: ESS – McVeigh 3, Ramanauskas 3, Heffernan 2, Barnard 2, Mercuri 2, Lucas, Bolton, Hille, Blumfield, Rioli, Salmon; MELB – Neitz 5, Robertson 4, Woewodin 2, Brown, Bruce, Schwarz, Vardy, Green
BEST: ESS – Jacobs, Ramanauskas, Heffernan, McVeigh, Blumfield, M. Johnson; MELB – Ellis, Ward, Bruce, White, Bizzell
INJURY: ESS – Mercuri (groin), Alessio (groin) replaced in selected side by Salmon, Rioli (chest), Salmon (cramp); MELB – Brown (shin)
Mercuri could miss 2-3 weeks with a suspected torn groin muscle
REPORTS: MELB – Schwarz by field umpire Ellis for striking Welsh
UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 41,817 at Colonial
richmond (4-8) vs geelong (6-6) mcg saturday afternon
geelong move back into the 8 with a 7 goal win over struggling richmond. geelong (7-6) host west coast saturday afternoon. richmond (4-9) play carlton at the g friday night.
GEEL 1.2 8.5 11 8 14.12 (96)
RICH 1.5 3.6 5.10 7.12 (54)
GOALS: GEEL – Graham 5, Chapman 3, King 2, Johnson, Riccardi, Corey, Burns; RICH – Ottens, Coughlan, Tivendale, Richardson, Fiora, Bowden, Campbell
BEST: GEEL – King, Corey, Chapman, Harley, Graham, Rahilly, Scarlett, Enright; RICH – Rodan, Coughlan, Fiora, A. Kellaway
INJURY: GEEL – Kilpatrick (jarred knee) replaced in selected side by Johnson;
RICH – Chaffey (ankle)
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Margetts, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 30,975 at MCG
port (9-3) vs bulldogs (6-6) football park saturday afternoon
port make it 6 striaght with a 46 point win over the bulldogs lead by the burgoynes. port (10-3) travel to play freo saturday night. bulldogs (6-7) host essendon at colonial saturday night.
PA 7.2 14.4 21.8 25.11 (161)
WB 2.1 6.3 12.5 18.7 (115)
GOALS: PA – P. Burgoyne 6, S. Burgoyne 5, Primus 3, Dew 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Montgomery, Lade, Guerra, James; WB – Alvey 4, Smith 2, Bandy 2, Saunders 2, Giansiracusa 2, Johnson 2, Grant, West, Brown, Eagleton
BEST: PA – P Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Schofield, Kingsley, Hardwick, Primus, Francou, C. Cornes; WB: Alvey, Giansiracusa, West, Brown, Darcy
INJURY: WB – Grant (ankle)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Rowe, Head
ATTENDANCE: 24,751 at Football Park
kangaroos (6-6) vs collingwood (8-4) colonial saturday night
collingwood secure 3rd with a 33 point win over the roos. collingwood (9-4) travel to adelaide sunday to play adeliade. kangaroos (6-7) play st kilda at colonial sunday.
COL 2.3 4.8 9.10 13.15 (93)
KANG 2.2 5.4 5.8 8.12 (60)
GOALS: COL – Didak 3, Freeborn, Tarrant, Rocca, Fraser 2, L Davis, Lockyer; KANG – Burton 2, Pickett 2, Harvey 2, Baird, Sinclair
BEST: COL – Lockyer, Scotland, Burns, Licuria, Johnson, McKee, Betheras, Prestigiacomo;
KANG – Harvey, Archer, Simpson, Robbins, Rawlings, King, Colbert.
INJURY: COL – Cummings (hip)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Dore, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 48,288 at Colonial
brisbane (9-3) vs carlton (1-11) gabba saturday night
carlton are looking closer to their first wooden spoon after nearly causing one of the upsets of all time but falling 15 points short. brisbane (10-3) play melbourne at the gabba sunday in a “away’ game. carlton (1-12) host richmond friday night at the g.
BRIS 3.2 8.5 14.7 19.10 (124)
CARL 4.5 7.9 12.12 16.13 (109)
GOALS: BRIS – Headland 6, Bradshaw 3, McRae 2, Akermanis, Black, Brown, Hart, Lynch, Power, C.Scott; CARL – Fevola 2, Mansfield 2, Murphy 2, Ratten 2, Whitnall 2, Bradley, Doering, Franchina, Lappin, McKernan, Merrington
BEST: BRIS – Headland, Black, C. Scott, B. Scott, McRae, Akermanis; CARL – Ratten, Murphy, Doering, Whitnall, Hickmott, Lappin
INJURY: BRIS – Brown (ankle); CARL – Camporeale (broken nose)
REPORTS: BRIS – McDonald by umpire Vozzo for tripping Lance Whitnall
UMPIRES:James, Jeffrey, Vozzo
ATTENDANCE: 27329 at the Gabba
sydney (3-1-8) vs freo (6-6) scg sunday afternoon
sydney after sacking their coach smash freo by 77 to snap a 6 game losing streak. sydney (4-1-8) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. freo (6-7) host port saturday night.
SYD 6.3 10.4 15.11 20.19 (139)
FRE 2.3 7.4 9.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 6, Fosdike 3, O’Loughlin 3, Goodes 2, Kennelly 2, Bolton, Doyle, Buchanan, Nicks; FRE – J. Longmuir 2, Farmer 2, Medhurst 2, Simmonds 2, Croad
BEST: SYD – Hall, O’Loughlin, Saddington, Dunkley, Kennelly, Doyle, Fosdike, Williams; FRE – Koops, McManus, Carr
INJURY: SYD – O’Loughlin (calf); FRE – McPharlin (knee)
UMPIRES: Coates, Schmitt, Morris
ATTENDANCE: 16,844 at the SCG
st kilda (3-1-8) vs hawthorn (5-7) colonial sunday
hawks break a 4 game losing streak to save their finals hopes by 9 points. hawthorn (6-7) host sydney saturday afternoon. st kilda (3-1-9) host the roos sunday.
HAW 3.4 7.6 11.7 13.9 (87)
STK 2.2 4.5 6.10 11.12 (78)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 7, A. Cox 2, S. Cox, Chick, Brown, Barlow;StK – Baker 2, Everitt 2, Hamill, Thompson, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Clarke, Wulf, Maguire
BEST: HAW – Thompson, Vandenberg, Hodge, S. Cox, Rehn, Johnson, Graham; StK – Harvey, Thompson, Everitt, Black, Riewoldt, Baker, Gehrig
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Humphrey-Smith, Rowston
ATTEDANCE: 28,928 at Colonial Stadium
west coast (7-5) vs adeliade (8-4) subiaco sunday
west coast make it 3 striaght by 3 goals over the crows for the first time since 1999. west coast (8-5) play geelong at geelong saturday afternoon. adelaide (8-5) host collingwood sunday.
WCE 5.2 10.7 15.11 20.15 (135)
ADE 3.2 4.3 9.7 18.9 (117)
GOALS: WCE – Lynch 5, Ph. Matera 4, Chambers 3, Cousins 2, Judd, Embley, Cox, Hunter, Kerr, Pt. Matera; ADE – Burton 6, Ricciuto 3, Doughty 2, Nelson, Goodwin, Biglands, Perrie, Gallagher, Bassett, McLeod
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Hunter, Lynch, Jakovich, Fletcher, Judd; ADE – McLeod, Stenglein, Burton, Ricciuto, Hart, Bickley
UMPIRES: Sheehan, McLaren, Corcoran
ATTENDNANCE: 35,293 at Subiaco Oval
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1497 | 1084 | 138.10% | 40 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1508 | 1138 | 132.51% | 40 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1240 | 1047 | 118.43% | 36 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1339 | 1200 | 111.58% | 32 |
| 5 | Essendon | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1190 | 1079 | 110.29% | 32 |
| 6 | West Coast | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1413 | 1357 | 104.13% | 32 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1275 | 1275 | 100.00% | 28 |
| 8 | Geelong | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1219 | 1230 | 99.11% | 28 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1375 | 1294 | 106.26% | 24 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1255 | 1357 | 92.48% | 24 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1175 | 1283 | 91.58% | 24 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1139 | 1291 | 88.23% | 24 |
| 13 | Sydney | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1206 | 1176 | 102.55% | 18 |
| 14 | Richmond | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1090 | 1363 | 79.97% | 16 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 935 | 1362 | 68.65% | 14 |
| 16 | Carlton | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1026 | 1346 | 76.23% | 4 |
goals
Barry Hall (SYD) 41
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Lynch (BRIS) 32
Neitz (MELB) 31
Croad (FRE) 30
Bradshaw (BRIS) 30
Tredrea (PA) 30
Milne (STK) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Rocca (KANG) 29
Tarrant (COL) 28
Pickett (KANG) 27
Johnson (WB) 27
P. Burgoyne (PA) 26
J. Longmuir (FRE) 26
round 14 matches
friday
carlton v richmond MCG (N)
saturday
geelong v west coast SS
hawthorn v sydney MCG
bulldogs v essendon CS (N)
freo v port S (N)
sunday
melbourne v brisbane G
st kilda v kangaroos CS
adelaide v collingwood AAMI
Harrison’s world 