hawthorn (10-10) vs kangaroos (11-9) mcg friday night
kangaroos will make the finals with a 15 point win over hawthorn who now need a miracle to make the 8. kanagroos (12-9) host west coast in canbeera sunday. hawthorn (10-11) face geelong at colonial friday night.
KANG 4.5 8.8 14.11 17.17 (119)
HAW 5.2 9.4 14.6 16.8 (104)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 4, Harvey 3, Sinclair 2, Motlop 2, Grant, Archer, Porter, Jones, Burton, Harding; HAW – Holland 5, Hodge 2, Thompson 2, Brown 2, Crawford, Chick, Dixon, Lekkas, Rehn
BEST: KANG – Sinclair, Harvey, Makepeace, Simpson, Grant, Porter; HAW – Graham, McCabe, Holland, Ries, Brown, Crawford
INJURY: KANG – Archer (ribs); HAW – Barlow (calf) replaced in selected side by Johnson
UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, Morris
ATTENDANCE: 32,393 at the MCG
geelong (11-9) vs brisbane (16-4) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
brisbane have earned a top of the table clash by beating geelong by 55 points leaving the cats in danger of missing the finals. brisbane (17-4) travel to play port saturday afternoon. geelong (11-10) host hawthorn friday night at colonial.
BRIS 5.1 11.5 13.9 16.14 (110)
GEEL 0.3 2.6 4.8 7.13 (55)
GOALS: BRIS – Akermanis 4, Lynch 3, Black 2, Power 2, Brown 2, Headland, B. Scott, Bradshaw; GEEL – Kingsley 4, Johnson, Riccardi, Burns
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Charman, B. Scott, C. Scott, Johnson, Black, Power; GEEL – Kingsley, Scarlett, Chapman, Johnson
INJURY: BRIS – White (knee); GEEL – Corey (AC joint)
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Nicholls, Coates
ATTENDANCE: 24,003 at Skilled Stadium
melbourne (11-9) vs sydney (7-1-12) mcg saturday afternoon
sydney are out of the bottom 4 with a 68 point win over melbourne. sydney (8-1-12) finish thier season at the olympic stadium against richmond satturday night. melbourne (11-10) must avoid getting smashed by st kilda to make the finals at colonial saturday night.
SYD 6.3 12.3 17.5 23.7 (145)
MELB 1.2 4.6 7.8 11.11 (77)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 7, O’Loughlin 4, Cresswell 3, Goodes 3, O’Keefe 2, Kirk, Kennelly, Kelly, Schauble; MELB – Neitz 3, Robertson 2, Wheatley 2, Powell, Jolly, Bruce, Woewodin
Best: SYD – Hall, Cresswell, Kirk, Matthews, Kennelly, Williams, Seymour; MELB – White, Yze, Bruce
INJURY: SYD – Mathews (concussion), Sundqvist (knee); MELB – Armstrong (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Williams
REPORTS: MELB – Neitz reported for charging Mathews
UMPIRES: Mitchell, McInerney, Baldwin
ATTENDANCE: 27,146 at MCG
bulldogs (8-1-11) vs carlton (2-18) colonial saturday night
a consolation prize for their first wooden spoon for carlton is a 2 point win over thet bulldogs after blowing a 50 point lead. carlton (3-18) host essendon sunday at the g. bulldogs (8-1-12) face collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
CARL 9.3 11.5 13.7 15. 9 (99)
WB 1.1 5.4 12.6 14.13 (97)
GOALS: CARL – McKernan 4, Beaumont 2, Doering, Hickmott, Hotton, Houlihan, Mansfield, Cranage, Murphy, Sporn, Wiggins; WB – Brown 5, Dimattina 2, Giansiracusa 2, Alvey, Darcy, Johnson, Murphy, Penny
BEST: CARL – Houlihan, Camporeale, Christou, McKernan, Murphy, Cranage, Prendergast;
WB – Murphy, Darcy, Brown, Dimattina, Garlick, Grant, Kretiuk
INJURY: WB – West (bruised ribs) replaced in selected side by Birss, Harrison (personal) replaced in selected side by Harris
REPORTS: CARL – Fletcher for misconduct
UMPIRES: Quigley, Wenn, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 22,938 at Colonial
west coast (10-10) vs port (16-4) subiaco saturday night
port have been the only team to win in perth twice on the road with a 38 point win over west coast leaving the eagles needing to win on the road to make the finals. port (17-4) host brisbane in the top of the table clash saturday afternoon to decide the minor premership. west coast (10-11) travel to canberra to play the roos sunday.
PA 3.5 8.6 11.10 14.19 (103)
WCE 1.1 3.3 8.3 10.5 (65)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 4, French 2, Dew 2, Francou 2, Paxman, C. Cornes, Primus, Stevens; WCE – Judd 3, Carroll 2, Kerr, Gardiner, Williams, Ph. Matera, Wooden
BEST: PA – Francou, James, Stevens, Poulton, Hardwick, Wanganeen, C. Cornes; WCE – Judd, McIntosh, Cousins, Jakovich, Sampi, Carroll
INJURY WCE – Fletcher (ankle) replaced in selected side by Chambers, Cox (illness) replaced in selected side by Williams, Embley (knee), Carroll (finger)
UMPIRES: Dore, Corcoran, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 36,496 at Subiaco
adeliade (13-7) vs richmond (7-13) aami stadium sunday
crows will make the top 4 with a 22 point win over richmond. adelaide (14-7) travel to play freo sunday. richmond (7-14) travel to play sydney saturday night to finish their year.
ADE 4.1 6.2 9.7 13.9 (87)
RICH 1.3 5.5 7.7 9.11(65)
GOALS: ADE – Crowell 3, Burton 2, McGregor, Stevens, Stenglein, McLeod, Beinke, Ricciuto, Biglands, Ladhams; RICH – Richardson 3, Bowden 2, Stafford, Hall, Krakouer, Tivendale
BEST: ADE – Johnson, Hart, Stevens, Biglands, Crowell, Ladhams; RICH – Coughlan, Campbell, Richardson, Zantuck, Gaspar, Rogers
INJURY: RICH – D. Kellaway (corked hamstring), King (corked calf), Chaffey (jarred ankle)
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Sheehan, Fussell, Rowston
ATTENDANCE: 42,878 at AAMI Stadium
It was an unspectacular victory in windy conditions.
essendon (10-1-9) vs freo (9-11) colonial sunday
essendon will be in the finals after a 21 point win over freo ending the dockers slim hopes. essendon (11-1-9) play carlton at the g sunday. freo (9-12) host adeliade sunday.
ESS 5.3 7.8 9.12 13.15 (93)
FRE 2.5 5.6 7.10 10.12 (72)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 4, Caracella 3, Bolton 2, Barnard, Lucas, Moorcroft, Rioli; FRE – Croad 4, Hasleby 2, Farmer, Cook, Koops, Medhurst
BEST: ESS – Misiti, Lloyd, M. Johnson, Caracella, Peverill, Bolton; FRE – Pavlich, Bell, Croad, Simmonds, Hasleby, Woods
INJURY: ESS – Blumfield (knee) replaced in selected side by Bullen, Rioli (shoulder); FRE – Parker (leg) replaced in selected side by Shipp
UMPIRES: McBurney, James, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 32,667 at Colonial
collingwood (12-8) vs st kilda (5-1-14) mcg sunday
collingwoods poor finish continues but got lucky in a 11 point win over struggling st kilda. collingwood (13-8) host bulldogs at the g saturday afternoon. st kilda (5-1-15) host melbourne at colonial saturday night
COL 1.1 4.6 8.8 11.11 (77)
STK 1.6 5.7 9.10 9.12 (66)
GOALS: COL -N. Davis 2, Didak 2, Tarrant 2, Freeborn, Holland, Lockyer, Lonie, Burns; StK- Everitt 3, Jones 2, Hamill, Dal Santo, Maguire, Milne
BEST: COL – Clement, Wakelin, Lockyer, Licuria, Johnson, McKee, Cloke; StK – Jones, Hayes, Lawrence, Hudghton, Gehrig, Hamill, Black
REPORTS: COL.- L. Davis for tripping Peckett
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Kennedy, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 42,056 at MCG
goals
GOALS
Neitz (MELB 73
Lynch (BRIS) 57
Kingsley (GEEL) 56
Brown (WB) 51
Hall (SYD) 50
Rocca (KANG) 49
Milne (STK) 46
Tredrea (PA) 45
Burton (ADE) 45
Johnson (WB) 44
Akermanis (BRIS) 43
Lloyd (ESS) 42
Croad (FRE) 42
Ph. Matera (WCE) 40
Dew (PA) 39
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2436 | 1753 | 138.96% | 68 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2270 | 1699 | 133.61% | 68 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2188 | 1927 | 113.54% | 56 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2008 | 1783 | 112.62% | 52 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2115 | 2126 | 99.48% | 48 |
| 6 | Essendon | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1847 | 1810 | 102.04% | 46 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2108 | 2128 | 99.06% | 44 |
| 8 | Geelong | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1876 | 1954 | 96.01% | 44 |
| 9 | West Coast | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2065 | 2128 | 97.04% | 40 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1863 | 2050 | 90.88% | 40 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1820 | 2031 | 89.61% | 36 |
| 12 | Sydney | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2007 | 1900 | 105.63% | 34 |
| 13 | Wstn Bulldogs | 21 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 2221 | 2173 | 102.21% | 34 |
| 14 | Richmond | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1725 | 2056 | 83.90% | 28 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1668 | 2136 | 78.09% | 22 |
| 16 | Carlton | 21 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1645 | 2208 | 74.50% | 12 |
round 22 matches
friday
geelong v hawthorn CS (N)
saturday
collingwood v bulldogs MCG
port v brisbane AAMI
st kilda v melbourne CS (N)
sydney v richmond ANZ (N)
sunday
kangaroos v west coast MO
carlton v essendon MCG
freo v adeliade S
Harrison’s world 