richmond (4-12) vs essendon (8-1-7) mcg friday night
essendon keep their finals hopes alive by 1 point over richmond. essendon (9-1-7) host brisbane at colonial saturday night in the grand final rematch. richmond (4-13) face melbourne at the g sunday.
ESS 4.2 5.8 5.9 7.12 (54)
RICH 1.2 2.3 6.6 7.11 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 2, Lucas 2, Salmon 2, Hille; RICH – Stafford 3, Richardson 2, Hall, Coughlan
BEST: ESS – J Johnson, Rioli, McVeigh, Wellman, Hille, Peverill; RICH – Rodan, Fiora, Richardson, Stafford, D. Kellaway, Gaspar
INJURY: ESS – Hird (concussion), Moorcroft (ankle), Fletcher (infected eye) replaced in selected side by Bannister
Hird left the ground in the 3rd term suffering blurred vision after copping a knock to the head, but is expected to be OK
UMPIRES: Allen, Avon, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 39,650 at MCG
hawthorn (9-7) vs brisbane (12-4) mcg saturday afternoon
brisbane are back on top with a 56 point win over the hawks. brisbane (13-4) face essendon at colonial saturday night. hawthorn (9-8) travel to perth to play freo saturday.
BRIS 1.3 7.6 15.10 18.16 (124)
HAW 3.2 6.5 9.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: Lynch 5, Voss 2, Power 2, Bradshaw 2, Headland, McRae, Pike, Brown, Black, Shattock, McDonald; HAW – Holland 2, S. Cox 2, Lekkas 2, Hodge, Chick, Rawlings, Thompson
BEST: Voss, Lynch, Black, McDonald, Headland, Johnson; HAW – Lekkas, Ries, Rawlings, Thompson
INJURY: HAW – A. Cox (illness) replaced in selected side by Barker
UMPIRES: Vozzo, James, Dore
ATTENDANCE: 35,202 at MCG
west coast (9-7) Vs collingwood (11-5) subiaco saturday afternoon
west coast keep their top 4 hopes alive by 58 points over collingwood. west coast (10-7) travel to play bulldogs at optus oval sunday. collingwood (11-6) host cartlon friday night at the g.
WCE 7.2 9.7 13.9 17.12 (114)
COL 5.2 5.4 6.6 8.8 (56)
GOALS: WCE – Ph. Matera 4, Williams 2, Hunter 2, Gardiner 2, Haynes 2, Wirrpunda, Wooden, Sierakowski, Lynch, Chambers; COL – Fraser 2, Licuria 2, N. Davis 2, Buckley, Dimattina
BEST: WCE – Jakovich, McIntosh, Kerr, Ph. Matera, Fletcher, Hunter, Carroll; COL – Buckley, Licuria, Adkins, Wakelin
INJURY: WCE – Wilson (calf) replaced in selected side by Lynch; COL – Prestigiacomo (illness) replaced in selected side by Dimattina
UMPIRES: Coates, Ellis, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 38,877 at Subiaco
sydney (4-1-11) vs carlton (2-14) anz stadium saturday night
carlton are closer to their first wooden spoon in a 23 point loss to out of form sydney. sydney (5-1-11) host adelaide sunday. carlton (2-15) face collingwood at the g friday night.
SYD 3.5 9.9 12.12 13.14 (92)
CARL 3.3 5.4 7.8 10.9 (69)
GOALS: SYD – Goodes 2, Kelly 2, Saddington 2, O’Keefe 2, Williams, Fosdike, O’Loughlin, Kennelly, Fixter; CARL – McKernan 3, Bradley 2, Plunkett 2, Hickmott 2, Murphy
BEST: SYD – Goodes, Saddington, Williams, O’Loughlin, Barry, Seymour; CARL – Bradley, Murphy, Plunkett, McKay, Livingston
INJURY: SYD – Mott (back) replaced in the selected side by Buchanan; CARL – Mansfield (virus) replaced in selected side by Cranage, Koutoufides (knee), Campbell (ankle)
REPORTS: SYD – O’Loughlin for charging Franchina
UMPIRES: Schmitt, McInerney, Baldwin
ATTENDANCE: 34,404 at Stadium Australia
port (12-4) vs melbourne (9-7) aami stadium saturday night
port survive a melbourne scare by 4 points which despite losing 1st place on percenttage shows they are not done. port (13-4) host st kilda saturday night. melbourne (9-8) host richmond at the g sunday.
PA 6.4 12.7 14.10 17.14(116)
MELB 3.2 9.4 11.6 17.10(112)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 3, Primus 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Montgomery, Carr, Francou, Guerra, James; MELB – Neitz 6, Bruce 4, Vardy 4, Johnstone, Walsh, Robertson
BEST: PA – Primus, James, P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, Francou, Carr; MELB – Neitz, Leoncelli, Bruce, Jolly, Bizzell, Johnstone
INJURY: PA – Kingsley (hamstring), Cockatoo-Collins (shoulder); MELB – McDonald (ankle)
REPORTS: PA – Ellis for striking
UMPIRES: Corcoran, Woodcock, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 25,283 at AAMI Stadium
geelong (10-6) vs adeliade (10-6) skilled stadium sunday
adelaide hold off geelong by 3 ponits to end the cats 7 game winning streak. adeliade (11-6) play sydney in sydney on sunday. geelong (10-7) host kangaroos saturday afternoon.
ADE 6.1 7.1 11.3 15.3 (93)
GEEL 2.3 7.7 8.13 12.18 (90)
GOALS: ADE – Ricciuto 5, Bode 2, Beinke 2, Doughty, Edwards, Johncock, McLeod, Stevens, Clarke; GEEL – Riccardi 4, Johnson 2, Chapman 2, Enright, Kelly, Kingsley, Harley
BEST: ADE – Smart, Edwards, Ladhams, Bode, Ricciuto, Beinke; GEEL – Corey, King, Ling, Enright, Riccardi
CHANGES: Wojcinski (Geelong) replaced in selected team by Ablett
UMPIRES: McLaren, Head, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE; 24,325 at Skilled Stadium
bulldogs (6-1-9) vs kanagroos (9-7) colonial sunday
bulldogs keep their slim finals hopes alive by 34 points over the roos. bulldogs (7-1-9) host west coast at optus oval sunday. kangaroos (9-8) play geelong at geelong saturday afternoon.
WB 8.5 12.7 16.9 21.13 (139)
KANG 2.3 7.6 11.8 16.9 (105)
GOALS: WB -Brown 6, Johnson 4, West 2, McMahon 2, Garlick 2, Giansiracusa 2, Darcy, Murphy, Birss; KANG – Rocca 4, Petrie 3, Pickett 2, Harding 2, King, Clayton, Archer, Colbert
BEST: WB – Brown, West, Smith, Johnson, McMahon, Grant, Hunter; KANG – Stevens, Simpson, Archer, Rocca, Robbins, Pickett, Petrie
INJURY: WB – Liberatore (broken nose), Grant (concussion)
CHANGES: KANG – Grant replaced in selected side by D. Motlop
UMPIRES: McBurney, Rosebury, Rowston
ATTENDANCE: 31,576 at Colonial
st kilda (4-1-11) vs freo (7-9) optus oval sunday
st kilda end freos hopes by 39 points. st kilda (5-1-11) play port in adeliade saturday night. freo (7-10) host hawthorn saturday afternoon.
STK 3.0 4.3 10.8 18.10 (118)
FRE 4.5 6.7 9.11 11.13 (79)
GOALS: StK – Everitt 3, Gehrig 3, Milne 3, Baker 2, Hamill 2, Thompson 2, Jones, Loewe, Voss;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Grover, Hasleby, Koops, McPharlin, Medhurst, Pavlich, Simmonds, Woods
BEST: StK – Riewoldt, Gehrig, Moyle, Thompson, Everitt, Black, Schwarze; FRE – Simmonds, McPharlin, Grover, Hasleby, Pavlich, Bell
INJURY: StK – Gehrig (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Kelsey, Quigley, Sheehan
ATTENDANCE: 8,078 at Optus Oval
goals
GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 55
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Kingsley (GEEL) 50
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 40
Rocca (KANG) 40
Tredrea (PA) 38
Johnson (WB) 36
Brown (WB) 34
Burton (ADE) 34
Bradshaw (BRIS) 34
Croad (FRE) 33
Dew (PA) 33
P. Burgoyne (PA) 31
Wilson (WCE) 31
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1977 | 1471 | 134.40% | 52 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1924 | 1450 | 132.69% | 52 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1622 | 1453 | 111.63% | 44 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1785 | 1604 | 111.28% | 44 |
| 5 | Geelong | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1596 | 1511 | 105.63% | 40 |
| 6 | West Coast | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1720 | 1641 | 104.81% | 40 |
| 7 | Essendon | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1481 | 1435 | 103.21% | 38 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1724 | 1689 | 102.07% | 36 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1670 | 1732 | 96.42% | 36 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1526 | 1631 | 93.56% | 36 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1820 | 1771 | 102.77% | 30 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1463 | 1709 | 85.61% | 28 |
| 13 | Sydney | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1533 | 1530 | 100.20% | 22 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1358 | 1765 | 76.94% | 22 |
| 15 | Richmond | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1332 | 1710 | 77.89% | 16 |
| 16 | Carlton | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1373 | 1802 | 76.19% | 8 |
round 18 matches
friday
colllingwood v carlton MCG (N)
saturday
geelong v kangaroos SS
freo v hawthorn S
essendon v brisbane CS (N)
port v st kilda AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v adeliade SCG
melbourne v richmond MCG
bulldogs v west coast OO
Harrison’s world 