collingwood (11-6) vs carlton (2-15) mcg friday night
carlton will get the wooden spoon unless they win every game from here on out after a 108 point loss to collingwood. collingwood (12-6) face hawthorn at the g friday night. carlton (2-16) host port at optus oval saturday afternoon.
COL 5.5 9.8 15.12 21.15 (141)
CARL 1.2 1.3 2.6 4.9 (33)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 5, Tarrant 3, Buckley 2, Lockyer 2, Licuria 2, Davis, O”Bree, Burns, Rocca, McGough, Prestigiacomo, Betheras; CARL – McKernan 3, Fletcher
BEST: COL – Buckley, Fraser, Tarrant, Lockyer, Licuria, Betheras, McGough; CARL – McKernan
REPORTS: COL – Betheras for striking Fletcher; CARL – Lappin for striking Johnson
UMPIRES: James, Ellis, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 54,233 at MCG
geelong (10-7) vs kangaroos (9-8) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
roos move into the 8 with a 64 point demoliton over geelong at geelong. kangaroos (10-8) play sydney in a “home” game at the scg saturday night. geelong (10-8) face st kilda at coloinal sunday.
KANG 4.5 8.6 10.8 17.13 (115)
GEEL 1.2 4.4 4.8 7.9 (51)
GOALS: KANG – Harding 6, Makepeace 2, Rocca 2, Grant 2, Morrell, King, Simpson, Sinclair, D. Motlop; GEEL – Johnson 2, Mooney 2, King, Ling, Ablett
BEST: KANG – Sinclair, Colbert, Harding, Stevens, Makepeace, Martyn, Teague; GEEL – King, Rahilly, Enright, Harley, Sholl, Ling
INJURY: KANG – Watt (replaced in selected side by Clayton); GEEL – Milburn (dislocated shoulder), Graham (corked calf), Lord (groin, replaced in selected side by Ablett)
Milburn is out for the season. It’s at least a 6-week layoff, with his only chance of returning this year a being the Cats making it as far as the preliminary final.
UMPIRES: Coates, Head, Wenn, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 23,163 at Skilled Stadium
freo (7-10) vs hawthorn (9-8) subiaco saturday afternoon
freemantle stay alive with a 61 point win over the hawks. freo (8-10) travel to paly richmond at the g saturday afternoon. hawthorn (9-9) host collingwood friday night at the g.
FRE 4.3 8.6 11.11 14.12 (96)
HAW 1.1 2.5 2.8 4.11 (35)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Medhurst 3, Farmer 3, Croad 3, Bell, Koops; HAW – Holland, A. Cox, Vandenberg, Hodge
BEST: FRE – Simmonds, Hasleby, J. Longmuir, Bell, Hayden, Pavlich, McPharlin; HAW – Lekkas, Hodge, Crawford, Vandenberg, S. Cox
INJURY: FRE – McManus (back), Croad (cut lip), Parker (cut nose); HAW – Ries (concussion), Hay (knee)
REPORTS: FRE – McManus for engaging in rough play on Barlow, Farmer for striking Brown
UMPIRES: McLaren, Corcoran, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 24330 at Subiaco
essendon (9-1-7) vs brisbane (13-4) colonial saturday night
brisbane maintain their dominance in the grand final rematch by 37 points over essendon. brisbane (14-4) host bulldogs saturday night. essendon (9-1-8) travel to play adeliade sunday.
BRIS 5.2 9.3 11.5 16.12 (108)
ESS 3.0 7.2 8.3 11.5 (71)
GOALS: BRIS -Headland 3, McRae 3, Akermanis 2, Hart, Daniel Bradshaw, Lynch, Black, Notting, Power, B. Scott, Voss; ESS – Caracella 2, Hird 2, Barnard, Heffernan, Bolton, J. Johnson, Lloyd, Lucas, Rioli
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Headland, Black, White, B. Scott, Hart; ESS – Peverill, Fletcher, Rioli, Hird, Bolton
INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (thigh); ESS – Lloyd (thigh)
REPORTS: ESS – Heffernan for striking Charman
UMPIRES: Schmitt, Morris, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 43,036 at Colonial
port (13-4) vs st kilda (5-1-11) aami stadium saturday night
port secure a top 2 finish with a 7 goal win over st kilda. port (14-4) face carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon. st kilda (5-1-12) host geelong sunday at colonial.
PA 3.3 9.5 12.7 16.9 (105)
STK 4.1 4.4 5.8 9.9 (63)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Primus 2, Dew 2, Stevens 2, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Francou, Poulton, French; StK – Hayes 2, Milne 2, Thompson, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Everitt
BEST: PA – Primus, Francou, S. Burgoyne, Carr, Stevens, C. Cornes; StK – Riewoldt, Thompson, Hudghton, Hayes, Jones, Hamill
INJURY: PA – Bassett (knee), P Burgoyne (ankle)
UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Rowston, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 22,885 at AAMI Stadium
sydney (5-1-11) vs adeliade (11-6) scg sunday
crows will make the top 4 with a 3 goal win over sydney. adelaide (12-6) host essendon sunday. sydney (5-1-12) face the roos saturday night at the scg.
ADE 7.5 13.7 16.9 17.14 (116)
SYD 3.3 7.4 11.6 15.8 (98)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 4, Stevens 2, Beinke 2, Goodwin 2, Ladhams 2, Bode, McGregor, Johncock, McLeod, Biglands; SYD – Fosdike 2, Stevens 2, Mathews, Cresswell, Williams, Kelly, McPherson, Kennelly, Nicks, Bolton, Crouch, Mott, Bennett
BEST: ADE – Goodwin, Ricciuto, Johnson, Biglands, Burton, Ladhams;
SYD – Williams, Fosdike, Goodes, Crouch, Bolton, Stevens
INJURY: SYD – O’Loughlin (hamstring), Fixter (thigh)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Quigley, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 18,766 at the SCG
bulldogs (7-1-9) vs west coast (10-7) optus oval sunday
bulldogs are back alive with a 51 point win over west coast. bulldogs (8-1-9) travel to brisbane saturday night. west coast (10-8) host melbourne sunday.
WB 5.2 13.2 18.6 22.10 (142)
WCE 5.2 11.5 13.6 14.7 (91)
GOALS: WB – Brown 7, Johnson 5, Gilbee 2, Power 2, Giansiracusa, McMahon, Penny, Hahn, Smith. West; WCE – Ph. Matera 5, Lynch 3, Kerr, Collica, Chambers, Sierakowski, Williams, Wirrpunda
BEST: WB – Brown, Johnson, Darcy, McMahon, Hahn, Garlick, Kretiuk; WCE – Cousins, Ph. Matera, Kerr, Banfield
INJURY: WB – Harrison (corked thigh), Grant (illness) replaced in selected side by Penny, Croft (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Robbins
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Allen, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 11,809 at Optus Oval.
melbourne (9-8) vs richmond (4-13) mcg sunday
richmond broke a 9 game losing streak by 5 points over melbourne. richmond (5-13) host freo at the g saturday afternoon. melbourne (9-9) travel to play west coast sunday.
RICH 4.3 6.9 12.11 14.15 (99)
MELB 3.2 6.4 7.8 14.10 (94)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Rodan 2, Stafford 2, Coughlan, D. Kellaway, Rogers, Mills, Tivendale; MELB – Robertson 5, Neitz 4, Yze 2, Johnstone, Vardy, Leoncelli
BEST: RICH – Richardson, Bowden, Coughlan, Hall, Rodan, D. Kellaway, Chaffey; MELB – Yze, Jolly, Bruce, Leoncelli, Neitz, Bizzell, Woewodin
INJURY: MELB – Broadbridge (knee), Green (groin) replaced in selected side by McDonald
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kelsey, Baldwin
ATTENDANCE: 28,815 at MCG
goals
GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 59
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 50
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 42
Rocca (KANG) 42
Tredrea (PA) 41
Brown (WB) 41
Johnson (WB) 41
Burton (ADE) 38
Croad (FRE) 36
Dan Bradshaw(BRIS)35
Ph. Matera (WCE) 35
Dew (PA) 35
J. Longmuir (FRE) 34
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2085 | 1542 | 135.21% | 56 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2029 | 1513 | 134.10% | 56 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1763 | 1486 | 118.64% | 48 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1901 | 1702 | 111.69% | 48 |
| 5 | West Coast | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1811 | 1783 | 101.57% | 40 |
| 6 | Geelong | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1647 | 1626 | 101.29% | 40 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1785 | 1783 | 100.11% | 40 |
| 8 | Essendon | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1552 | 1543 | 100.58% | 38 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1818 | 1788 | 101.68% | 36 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1561 | 1727 | 90.39% | 36 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1962 | 1862 | 105.37% | 34 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1559 | 1744 | 89.39% | 32 |
| 13 | Sydney | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1631 | 1646 | 99.09% | 22 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1421 | 1870 | 75.99% | 22 |
| 15 | Richmond | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1431 | 1804 | 79.32% | 20 |
| 16 | Carlton | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1406 | 1943 | 72.36% | 8 |
round 19 matches
friday
hawthorn v collingwood MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v port OO
richmond v freemanlte MCG
brisbane v bulldogs G (N)
kanagroos v sydney SCG (N)
sunday
adeliade v essendon AAMI
st kilda v geelong CS
west coast v melbourne S
Harrison’s world 