richmond (6-13) vs hawthorn (10-9) mcg friday night
richmond put a dent in the hawks finals hopes by 14 points. richmond (7-13) travel to adeliade sunday to play adelaide. hawthorn (10-10) host the roos at the g friday night.
RICH 4.2 9.8 12.11 16.11 (107)
HAW 5.4 5.10 6.14 13.15 (93)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Stafford 4, Ottens 2, Fiora, Mills, Tivendale, Coughlan, Zantuck;
HAW – Thompson 2, Barlow 2, S. Cox 2, Chick 2, Dixon, Ries, A Cox, Holland, Lonie
BEST: RICH – Richardson, Campbell, Stafford, Fiora, Bowden, Torney, A. Kellaway; HAW – Ries, Hodge, Tallis, Vandenberg, Chick, Holland
INJURY: RICH – Gaspar (corked hip) replaced in selected side by Vardy
UMPIRES: James, Rowe, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 39,391 at MCG
kangaroos (10-9) vs carlton (2-17) coloinal saturday afternoon
kangaroos move closer to finals with a 19 point win over carlton. kanagroos (11-9) face hawthorn at the g friday night. carlton (2-18) face the bulldogs at colonial saturday night.
KANG 2.7 7.7 15.10 17.12 (114)
CARL 2.1 5.2 9.3 15.5 (95)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 3, Rocca 3, Blakey 2, Grant, Harvey, King, McCartney, Archer, Porter, Rawlings, Burton, Simpson; CARL – McKernan 4, Eccles 2, Murphy 2, Cranage, Hickmott, Hotton, Houlihan, Lappin, Camporeale, Doering
BEST: KANG – Sinclair, Archer, Simpson, Teague, Pickett, Makepeace; CARL – McKernan, Camporeale, Fletcher
INJURY: KANG – Rocca (knee); CARL – Manton (ankle)
Rocca could miss the rest of the season with suspected PCL damage
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kelsey, Fussell
ATTENDANCE: 23,532 at Colonial Stadium
freo (8-11) vs geelong (11-8) subiaco saturday afternoon
freo weakened geelongs hopes of staying in the 8 by 45 points. freo (9-11) face essendon at colonial sunday. geelong (11-9) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
FRE 6.3 9.7 13.10 17.15 (117)
GEEL 3.3 6.3 8.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS: FRE – Carr 2, Farmer 2, Hasleby 2, Croad 2, Medhurst 2, Simmonds, McPhee, Bell, Brown, J. Longmuir, Pavlich, Woods; GEEL – Mooney 3, Kelly 2, King, Wojcinski, Riccardi, White, Lord, Chapman
BEST: FRE – Bell, Koops, Carr, Simmonds, Parker, Walker, McPharlin, Cook; GEEL – Ling, Kelly, King, Scarlett, Harley, Chapman
INJURY: GEEL – Lord (groin), Burns (pinched nerve) replaced by Woolnough, Kingsley (knee), Kilpatrick (corked thigh)
ATTENDANCE: 22,610 at Subiaco
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Wenn, Woodcock
essendon (9-1-9) vs collingwood (12-7) mcg saturday night
essendon aren’t finished by a long shot getting back into the 8 by 55 points over collingwood. essendon (10-1-9) host freo sunday at colonial. collingwood (12-8) host st kilda at the g sunday.
ESS 6.3 10.6 14.10 19.12 (126)
COL 2.2 4.4 8.8 10.11 (71)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Moorcroft 5, Jacobs 2, Hird, Hunt, Heffernan, Barnard, Lucas, Bolton, Rioli; COL – L. Davis 2, McKee 2, Rocca 2, Lonie, McGough, Didak, Lockyer
BEST: ESS – Misiti, Fletcher, Jacobs, Lucas, Lloyd, Moorcroft, Salmon; COL – Licuria, McGough, McKee, Lockyer
INJURY: ESS – Blumfield (knee), Peverill (leg), Ramanauskas (ankle) replaced in selected side by McVeigh’; COL – Buckley (hamstring)
Buckley will miss the last two matches and is in doubt for the first week of finals
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Dore, Morris
ATTENDANCE: 69,613 at MCG
brisbane (15-4) vs west coast (10-9) gabba saturday night
who says midfielders can’t kick goals helping brisbane beat west coast by 47 points. brisbane (16-4) travel to play geelong saturday afternoon. west coast (10-10) host port in a do or die clash saturday night.
BRIS 6.4 11.10 14.12 20.16 (136)
WCE 4.2 7.4 9.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: BRIS – Voss 5, Akermanis 5, Power 2, Headland 2, Bradshaw, Brown, McRae, White, Notting, Pike; WCE – Cox 2, Kerr 2, Jakovich 2, Ph. Matera 2, Chambers, Pt. Matera, Braun, Gardiner, Carroll
BEST: BRIS – Brown, Voss, Johnson, Akermanis, Power, B. Scott; WCE – Pt. Matera, Kerr, Embley, Ph. Matera, Gardiner, Fletcher
INJURY: BRIS – McRae (groin)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Humphery-Smith, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 29,436 at Gabba.
sydney (6-1-12) vs st kilda (5-1-13) scg sunday
sydney scrape home against st kilda by 7 points. sydney (7-1-12) travel to play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. st kilda (5-1-14) face collingwood at the g sunday.
SYD 3.3 7.6 10.10 12.15 (87)
STK 1.2 4.2 9.5 12.8 (80)
GOALS: SYD – O’Keefe 2, Cresswell 2, O’Loughlin 2, Williams, Kelly, Kennelly, Saddington, Nicks, Goodes; StK- Hamill 2, Thompson 2, Wulf 2, Gehrig, Everitt, Riewoldt, Voss, Lawrence, Milne
BEST: SYD – Fixter, Seymour, Williams, Fosdike, O’Keefe, Goodes; StK – Hamill, Thompson, Riewoldt, Begley, Black, Jones
INJURY: StK – Begley (dislocated shoulder), Moyle (migraine), Loewe (knee soreness), replaced in the selected side by Clarke
UMPIRES: Quigley, Schmitt, McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 16,079 at SCG
melbourne (10-9) vs bulldogs (8-1-10) mcg sunday
nietz in his 200th is a game closer to the goal kicking award kicking 7 in a 2 goal win over the bulldogs. melbourne (11-9) host sydney saturday afternoon at the g. bulldogs (8-1-11) host carlton at colonail saturday night.
MELB 3.5 9.8 12.13 15.17 (107)
WB 3.1 8.2 12.8 14.11 (95)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 7, Robertson 2, Vardy 2, Green, White, Woewodin, Yze; WB – Brown 5, McMahon 4, Johnson 2, Darcy 2, Hargrave
BEST: MELB – Yze, Neitz, Lamb, Bruce, White, Brown, Bizzell; WB – Darcy, Smith, Giansiracusa, McMahon, Dimattina, Brown, Gilbee
INJURY: MELB – Lamb (neck), Bizzell (hand), Ellis (knee)
For Ellis, it is a suspected ACL injury, which would sideline him for a year
REPORTS: MELB – Wheatley for charging Smith
UMPIRES: Coates, Morris, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 29,225 at MCG
port (15-4) vs adeliade (13-6) aami stadium sunday
port continue to dominate the adeliade showdown this time by 8 points. port (16-4) travel to play west coast saturday night. adelaide (13-7) host richmond sunday.
PA 3.3 7.4 9.7 12.12 (84)
ADE 2.2 6.5 8.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: PA -P. Burgoyne 2, S. Burgoyne 2, Carr 2, Primus, Montgomery, Tredrea, Dew, Guerra, James; ADE – Stevens 3, Burton 2, Ladhams 2, Edwards, Bode, Bickley, Biglands
BEST: PA – Francou, Carr, Primus, James, Tredrea, P. Burgoyne; ADE – Ladhams, Hart, McLeod, Bode, Bickley, Biglands
INJURY: PA – Wakelin (fractured cheekbone)
REPORTS: ADE – Bickley for striking Wakelin
UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 50,275 at AAMI Stadium
goals
GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 70
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 52
Rocca (KANG) 49
Brown (WB) 46
Milne (STK) 45
Tredrea (PA) 44
Hall (SYD) 43
Johnson (WB) 43
Burton (ADE) 43
Akermanis (BRIS) 43
Ph. Matera (WCE) 39
Lloyd (ESS) 38
Croad (FRE) 38
Bradshaw (BRIS) 37
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2326 | 1698 | 136.98% | 64 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2167 | 1634 | 132.62% | 64 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2101 | 1862 | 112.84% | 52 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1931 | 1717 | 112.46% | 48 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2031 | 1983 | 102.42% | 44 |
| 6 | Geelong | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1821 | 1844 | 98.75% | 44 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1996 | 2022 | 98.71% | 44 |
| 8 | Essendon | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1754 | 1738 | 100.92% | 42 |
| 9 | West Coast | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2000 | 2025 | 98.77% | 40 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1759 | 1931 | 91.09% | 40 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 1748 | 1938 | 90.20% | 36 |
| 12 | Wstn Bulldogs | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2124 | 2074 | 102.41% | 34 |
| 13 | Sydney | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1862 | 1823 | 102.14% | 30 |
| 14 | Richmond | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1660 | 1969 | 84.31% | 28 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1602 | 2059 | 77.80% | 22 |
| 16 | Carlton | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1546 | 2111 | 73.24% | 8 |
round 21 matches
friday
hawthorn v kangaroos MCG (N)
saturday
geelong v brisbane SS
melbourne v sydney MCG
bulldogs v carlton CS (N)
west coast v port S (N)
sunday
adelaide v richmond AAMI
essendon v freo CS
collingwood v st kilda MCG
Harrison’s world 