hawthorn (9-9) vs collingwood (12-6) mcg friday
hawthorn stay alive with an 8 point win over collingwood. hawthorn (10-9) face richmond at the g friday night. collingwood (12-7) play essendon at the g saturday night.
HAW 1.4 7.9 12.12 15.15 (105)
COL 3.3 9.5 10.9 14.13 (97)
GOALS: HAW – Barlow 3, Brown 3, Thompson 3, Lekkas 2, Dixon, S. Cox, Ries, Chick; COL – Didak 5, Burns 2, L. Davis, Buckley, Freeborn, Johnson, Lonie, McGough, Rocca
BEST: HAW – S. Cox, Crawford, Brown, Barlow, Holland, Lekkas; COL – Didak, Fraser, McGough, Burns, Lockyer
INJURY: HAW – Picioane (back), Vandenberg (corked thigh), Thompson (cramp), Hay (hand) replaced in selected side by Picioane
UMPIRES: McBurney, Allen, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 53,750 at MCG
carlton (2-16) vs port (14-4) optus oval saturday afternoon
carlton will finish last now certianly mathmatically after a 9 point loss to port. port (15-4) host adelaide in the showdown sunday. carlton (2-17) face the roos at colonial saturday afternoon.
PA 2.3 3.9 7.10 7.12 (54)
CARL 0.3 0.4 3.13 5.15 (45)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Cockatoo-Collins, Dew, Poulton; CARL – McKernan, Bradley, Beaumont, Hotton, Plunkett
BEST: PA – James, Dew, Montgomery, Wakelin, Tredrea, Francou; CARL – Beaumont, Cranage, McKernan, Bradley
INJURY: PA – Bishop (hip); CARL – Murphy (illness) replaced in selected side by Beasy, Bradley (ribs)
X-rays cleared Bradley of serious injury
UMPIRES: Schmitt, Corcoran, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 14,115 at Optus Oval
richmond (5-13) vs freemantle (8-10) mcg saturday afternoon
richmond end freos hopes by 50 points. richmond (6-13) host hawthorn at the g friday night. freo (8-11) host geelong on saturday afternoon.
RICH 4.3 7.6 10.10 18.14 (122)
FRE 2.3 3.8 6.11 10.12 (72)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 6, Stafford 4, Tivendale 3, Bowden 2, Rogers, Ottens, Zantuck;
FRE – McPharlin 4, Hasleby 2, Cunningham, Farmer, Carr, Bell
BEST: RICH – Bowden, Campbell, Zantuck, Richardson, Chaffey, Tivendale, Coughlan;
FRE – Hasleby, McPharlin, Grover, Simmonds, Farmer, Bell
INJURY: FRE – Parker (neck), McManus (corked thigh), Hayden (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Rowston, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 19,509 at MCG
kangaroos (10-8) vs sydney (5-1-12) scg saturday night
sydney put a dent in the roos finals hopes by 47 points.
sydney (6-1-12) face st kilda at home sunday. kangarooS (10-9) host carlton saturday afternoon.
SYD 5.4 6.5 12.7 22.12 (144)
KANG 4.3 10.3 14.6 15.7 (97)
GOALS: SYD – Williams 4, O’Keefe 4, Kelly 3, Fixter 3, Bolton 2, Nicks 2, Kirk, Cresswell, Seymour, Stevens; KANG – Morrell 5, Rocca 4, Grant, Sinclair, King, Blakey, Pickett, Harding
BEST: SYD – Kelly, Kirk, Williams, O’Keefe, Fixter, Bolton; KANG – Grant, Simpson, Morrell, Sinclair, King, Robbins
INJURY SYD – O’Loughlin (hamstring) replaced in the selected side by Nicks, Stevens (leg), Crouch (leg); KANG – Stevens (chest)
Anthony Stevens (KANG) has a suspected torn pectoralis muscle. Worst case scenario is surgery and he would be out for the season. If not that serious, he could miss 2 weeks and be back for the finals if the Kangaroos get there.
UMPIRES: Morris, McInerney, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 14,776 at the SCG
brisbane (14-4) vs bulldogs (8-1-9) gabba saturday night
brisbane are still on top with a 38 point win over the bulldogs ending the laters finals hopes. brisbane (15-4) host west coast saturday night. bulldogs (8-1-10) play melbourne at the g sunday.
BRIS 3.7 6.12 10.16 14.21 (105)
WB 3.4 5.7 7.10 9.13 (67)
GOALS: BRIS – Leppitsch 3, Akermanis 2, Power 2, McRae, Notting, Pike, Charman, Shattock, Bradshaw, Lappin; WB – Smith 2, Garlick, Bandy, Darcy, Dimattina, McGuinness, Alvey, Birss
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Power, Headland, Akermanis, Johnson, C. Scott, B. Scott; WB – Darcy, Smith, West, Hargrave, Garlick, McMahon
INJURY: WB – Grant (ankle), Harrison (corked thigh) replaced in selected side by McGuinness
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Sheehan, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 27,443 at the Gabba
adelaide (12-6) vs essendon (9-1-8) aami stadium sunday
crows move into 3rd with their 5th straight win by 8 goals over essendon levaing the dons in trouble to get back into the 8. adelaide (13-6) play port in the showdown sunday. essendon (9-1-9) host collingwood at the g saturday night.
ADE 5.3 8.7 14.11 18.16 (124)
ESS 3.3 6.5 7.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 3, Stevens 3, Edwards 2, Johncock 2, Biglands 2, Massie, Stenglein, Johnson, Goodwin, Ladhams, Ricciuto; ESS – Moorcroft 2, M. Johnson, Salmon, Wellman, Peverill, J. Johnson, Barnard, Lloyd, Misiti, Lucas
BEST: ADE – Biglands, Stevens, Ladhams, Smart, Stenglein, Edwards; ESS – Peverill, Fletcher, Blumfield, Hird, Barnard, Salmon
INJURY: ADE – Ricciuto (hamstring), Bode (corked thigh), Goodwin (ankle); ESS – Ramanauskas (ankle)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Coates, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 43,720 at AAMI Stadium
st kilda (5-1-12) vs geelong (10-8) colonial sunday
a bad finish didn’t cost geelong a 1 point win over st kilda. geelong (11-8) travel to play freo saturday afternoon. st kilda (5-1-13) face sydney in sydney sunday.
GEEL 7.1 11.1 16.6 16.6 (102)
STK 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.11 101)
GOALS: GEEL – Johnson 4, Mooney 3, Kelly 2, Kingsley 2, Chapman 2, Burns, Corey, Wojcinski; StK – Wulf 4, Loewe 3, Riewoldt 2, Milne 2, Hamill, Thompson, Begley, Baker
BEST: GEEL – Corey, Graham, King, Johnson, Riccardi, Mooney; StK – Loewe, Thompson, Hamill, Riewoldt, Lawrence, Wulf
INJURY: GEEL – Scarlett (leg cramps), Burns (pinched shoulder nerve)
UMPIRES: Kelsey, Dore, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 25,552 at Colonial
west coast (10-8) vs melbourne (9-9) subiaco sunday
melbourne become the first travelling team to beat west coast in perth all year by 1 goal. melbourne (10-9) host bulldogs at the g sunday. west coast (10-9) travel to play brisbane saturday night.
MELB 1.4 8.7 10.12 15.16 (106)
WCE 5.2 6.5 11.9 15.10 (100)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 4, Powell 2, Woewodin 2, Ward, Robertson, Bruce, Vardy, Armstrong, Johnstone; Wheatley; WCE – Lynch 5, Judd 3, Kerr 2, Ph. Matera 2, Pt. Matera, Wirrpunda, Chambers
BEST: MELB – Johnstone, Wheatley, Brown, Godfrey, Walsh, Bizzell, Powell; WCE – Gardiner, Kerr, Lynch, Fletcher, Collica, Wooden
INJURY: MELB – Williams replaced in selected side by Miller
UMPIRES: James, Rosebury, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 36,195 at Subiaco
goals
GOALS
Niter (MELB) 63
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 52
Rocca (KANG) 46
Milne (STK) 44
Hall (SYD) 43
Tredrea (PA) 43
Johnson (WB) 41
Burton (ADE) 41
Ph. Matera (WCE) 37
Dew (PA) 36
Bradshaw (BRIS) 36
Croad (FRE) 36
J. Longmuir (FRE) 34
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2190 | 1609 | 136.11% | 60 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2083 | 1558 | 133.70% | 60 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2025 | 1778 | 113.89% | 52 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1860 | 1591 | 116.91% | 48 |
| 5 | Geelong | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1749 | 1727 | 101.27% | 44 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1924 | 1888 | 101.91% | 40 |
| 7 | West Coast | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1911 | 1889 | 101.16% | 40 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1882 | 1927 | 97.66% | 40 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1666 | 1824 | 91.34% | 40 |
| 10 | Essendon | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1628 | 1667 | 97.66% | 38 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2029 | 1967 | 103.15% | 34 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 19 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1631 | 1866 | 87.41% | 32 |
| 13 | Sydney | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1775 | 1743 | 101.84% | 26 |
| 14 | Richmond | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1553 | 1876 | 82.78% | 24 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 19 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 1522 | 1972 | 77.18% | 22 |
| 16 | Carlton | 19 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1451 | 1997 | 72.66% | 8 |
round 20 matches
friday
richmond v hawthorn MCG (N)
saturday
kanagroos v carlton CS
freemantle v geelong S
essendon v collingwood MCG (N)
brisbane v west coast G (N)
sunday
sydney v st kilda SCG
melbourne v bulldogs MCG
port v adeliade AAMI
Harrison’s world 