geelong (11-10) vs hawthorn (10-11) colonial stadium friday night
hawthorn ended their own season and put geelongs hopes out of their hands by the hawks winning by 3 goals. hawthorn (11-11) missed the finals on percentage. geelong (11-11) wait for other results.
HAW 5.3 7.5 8.6 11.9 (75)
GEEL 0.2 4.6 6.7 8.9 (57)
GOALS: HAW – Brown 3, Hodge 2, Vandenberg 2, Crawford, Barlow, Lonie, Cox; GEEL – Mooney 3, Clarke, Kelly, King, Kingsley, Burns
BEST: HW – Crawford, Brown, S. Cox, McCabe, Hodge, Vandenberg; GEEL – Kelly, Riccardi, Enright, Chapman, Mooney
INJURY: HAW – Ries (knee), Barlow (shoulder), Chick (cut ear), Rehn (cut lip); GEEL – White (ankle)
UMPIRES: Dore, Morris, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 41,600 at Colonial Stadium
collingwood (13-8) vs bulldogs (8-1-12) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwoods return to finals will probably be brief after a 41 point loss to the bulldogs. collingwood (13-9) travel to play port on friday night in the qual final. bulldogs (9-1-12) missed the finals.
WB 4.3 6.5 11.7 17.12 (114)
COL 2.4 6.6 9.12 10.13 (73)
GOALS: WB – Brown 6, Giansiracusa 3, Croft 2, Darcy, Dimattina, Alvey, McMahon, Power, Eagleton; COL – Tarrant 4, Richardson 2, N. Davis 2, Fraser, Lockyer
BEST: WB – Darcy, Brown, Grant, Murphy, Johnson, Smith, Garlick, Giansiracusa; COL – Lockyer, Licuria, Scotland, McKee, Cloke, Lonie
INJURY: WB – Kretiuk (personal reasons) replaced in selected side by Wiggins, Penny (ankle) replaced in selected side by Eagleton; COL – Didak (illness) replaced in selected side by Holland, Rocca (knee soreness) replaced in selected side by Richardson, Wakelin (back tightness)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Vozzo, Rowe
ATTENDANCE 43,894 at MCG
port (17-4) vs brisbane (17-4) aami stadium saturday afternoon
port are on top of the ladder winning the minor premership in their 6th year in the comp by a goal over brisbane. port (18-4) host collingwood friday night at aami. brisbane (17-5) host adeliade at the gabba saturday night.
PA 1.2 5.4 12.9 13.12 (90)
BRIS 1.2 7.2 8.5 13.6 (84)
GOALS: PA – Primus 2, Wanganeen 2, Dew 2, James 2, Burgoyne, Burgoyne, Francou, K. Cornes, Guerra; BRIS – Akermanis 3, Headland 2, Voss 2, Power, Lynch, Brown, Black, Leppitsch, Hart
BEST: PA – James, Carr, Primus, Wanganeen, Francou, Paxman; BRIS – Black, Voss, Akermanis, Johnson, Headland, Leppitsch
INJURY: BRIS – Lappin (corked hip)
REPORTS: PA – Wanganeen for kneeing Lappin
UMPIRES: James, Allen, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 46,439 at AAMI
st kilda (5-1-15) vs melbourne (11-10) colonial saturday night
melbourne secured a finals spot with a 3 goal win over st kilda. melbourne (12-10) face the roos or essendon in an elim final. st kilda (5-1-16) missed the finals.
MELB 3.1 9.9 13.12 20.15 (135)
STK 6.1 8.3 13.8 18.9 (117)
GOALS: MELB – Green 5, Armstrong 3, Neitz 2, Vardy 2, Robertson 2, Bruce 2, Johnstone, Clark, Woewodin, Williams; StK – Riewoldt 6, Milne 4, Everitt 2, Begley 2, Loewe 2, Jones, Voss
BEST: MELB – Bizzell, White, Bruce, Green, Wheatley, Woewodin, Armstrong; StK – Riewoldt, Black, Hayes, Jones, Milne, Baker, Gehrig
INJURY: MELB – Brown (knee), Williams (corked thigh); StK – Hudghton (hamstring), Begley (shoulder)
CHANGES: MELB – Whelan (calf) replaced in selected side by McDonald
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Jeffery, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 34,185 at Colonial Stadium
sydney (8-1-12) vs richmond (7-14) telstra stadium saturday night
sydney finish 11th higher than they looked like 6 weeks after a 40 point win over richmond. sydney (9-1-12) and richmond (7-15) both missed the finals.
SYD 2.7 5.10 12.12 17.14 (116)
RICH 3.2 6.8 9.9 11.10 (76)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 5, O’Loughlin 3, McPherson 2, Seymour 2, Doyle 2, Kirk, Kennelly, Cresswell; RICH – Hall 4, Stafford 2, Rodan 2, Coughlan, Ottens, Richardson
BEST: SYD – Hall, Fosdike, Cresswell, Williams, Seymour, Saddington; RICH – Rogers, A. Kellaway, Hall, Campbell, Stafford, Rodan
REPORTS: SYD – Seymour for wrestling with Torney; RICH – Torney for wrestling with Seymour
UMPIRES: Rowston, Ellis, Baldwin
ATTENDANCE: 40,386 at Telstra Stadium
kangaroos (12-9) vs west coast (10-11) manaka sunday
west coast got a rare away win to sneak into the finals by 17 points over the roos. west coast (11-11) play essendon at colonial saturday afternoon. kangaroos (12-10) face melbourne at the g sunday.
WCE 6.3 9.5 16.8 22.11 (143)
KANG 5.6 10.10 13.13 18.18 (126)
GOALS: WCE – Ph Matera 6, Wilson 5, Kerr 4, Gardiner, Judd, Taylor, Cousins, Chambers, Pt. Matera, Munro; KANG – King 5, Jones 3, Morrell 3, Harding 3, Petrie 2, Harvey, Makepeace
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Kerr, Wilson, Ph. Matera, McIntosh, Judd, Gardiner; KANG – Sinclair, King, Harvey, Jones, Simpson, Petrie, Morrell
INJURY: WCE – Cox (ankle)
UMPIRES: Coates, Kennedy, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 11,613 at Manuka Oval
carlton (3-18) vs essendon (11-1-9) mcg sunday
essendon move into 5th higher than they anyone would have thought weeks ago by beating woodenspooners carlton by 55 points. essendon (12-1-9) host west coast saturday afternoon at colonial. carlton (3-19) are wooden spooners for the first time.
ESS 4.7 9.11 12.16 12.20 (92)
CARL 0.2 2.6 3.6 5.7 (37)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Salmon, Peverill, J. Johnson, Barnard, Lucas, Hille, Bullen;
CARL – McKernan 2, Hickmott, Hotton, Doering
BEST: ESS =- Lucas, Lloyd, Misiti, Ramanauskas, Hille, Fletcher; CARL – Beaumont, Hotton, Franchina, McKernan
INJURY: ESS – Mercuri (groin) replaced in selected side Harvey, Rioli (shoulder) replaced in selected side by Henneman; CARL – Camporeale (hamstring), Prendergast (shoulder)
UMPIRES: McBurney, McKenzie, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 46,649 at MCG
freo (9-12) vs adelaide (14-7) subiaco sunday
adelide got revenge for their last years embarasment stunning freo by 40 points in perth. adelaide (15-7) travel to brisbane saturday night. freo (9-13) miss the finals.
ADE 8.4 12.9 15.13 17.18 (120)
FRE 1.1 3.3 9.6 12.8 (80)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 4, McLeod 2, Johnson 2, Ricciuto 2, McGregor, Stenglein, Clarke, Stevens, Johncock, Bode, Ladhams; FRE – Medhurst 3, Hasleby 2, Pavlich 2, Cook 2, Cunningham J. Longmuir, Simmonds
BEST: ADE – Johnson, McLeod, Ricciuto, McGregor, Smart, Ladhams, Bassett, Edwards, FRE – Cook, Pavlich, Hasleby, McManus
INJURY: FRE – Carr (leg)
REPORTS: FRE – Croad striking Doughty
UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, McInerney, Fussell
ATTENDANCE: 21,609 at Subiaco Oval
goals
GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 75
Lynch (BRIS) 58
Kingsley (GEEL) 57
Brown (WB) 57
Hall (SYD) 54
Milne (STK) 54
Rocca (KANG) 49
Burton (ADE) 48
Lloyd (ESS) 47
Akemanis (BRIS) 46
Tredea (PA) 45
Johnson (WB) 44
Ph. Matera (WCE)44
Croad (FRE) 42
Dew (PA) 41
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 2360 | 1783 | 132.36% | 72 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2520 | 1843 | 136.73% | 68 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2308 | 2007 | 115.00% | 60 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2081 | 1897 | 109.70% | 52 |
| 5 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1939 | 1847 | 104.98% | 50 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2243 | 2245 | 99.91% | 48 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2241 | 2269 | 98.77% | 48 |
| 8 | West Coast | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2208 | 2254 | 97.96% | 44 |
| 9 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1933 | 2029 | 95.27% | 44 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1938 | 2107 | 91.98% | 44 |
| 11 | Sydney | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2123 | 1976 | 107.44% | 38 |
| 12 | Wstn Bulldogs | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2335 | 2246 | 103.96% | 38 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1900 | 2151 | 88.33% | 36 |
| 14 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1801 | 2172 | 82.92% | 28 |
| 15 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1785 | 2271 | 78.60% | 22 |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1682 | 2300 | 73.13% | 12 |
finals week 1 matches
friday
port v collingwood AAMI (N)
saturday
essendon v west coast CS
brisbane v adeliade G (N)
sunday
melbourne v kangaroos MCG
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