essendon (2-2) vs collingwood (3-1) mcg friday afternoon
essendon win the anzac day clash by 11 goals over collingwood. essendon (3-2) travel to play freo sunday. collingwood (3-2) host sydney at telstra dome saturday night.
ESS 4.2 10.4 15.7 23.9 (147)
COL 2.3 6.3 11.6 12.9 (81)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, Hird 5, Cupido 5, Rioli 3, Solomon 2, Lucas, Alessio; COL – Molloy 2, Licuria 2, Didak 2, Cloke, Buckley, O’Bree, Lonie, Rocca, Fraser
BEST: ESS – Hird, Cupido, Lloyd, Jacobs, McPhee, McVeigh, Solomon, Bolton; COL- Buckley, Burns, O’Bree, Fraser, Williams
INJURY: ESS – Fletcher (knee) replaced in selected side by Richards, Mercuri (knee) replaced in selected side by Bannister
UMPIRES: McBurney, James, Allen
CROWD: 62,589 at MCG
sydney (1-3) vs melbourne (2-2) scg friday night
a 10 goal to 3 last quarter got sydney back on the winners list by 4 goals over melbourne. sydney (2-3) face collingwood at telstra dome saturday night. melbourne (2-3) host west coast saturday afternoon at the g.
SYD 2.3 6.4 7.4 17.7 (109)
MELB 3.2 5.4 10.6 13.7 (85)
GOALS: SYD -Schneider 3, O’Loughlin 3, Davis 3, Ball 2, Williams, Goodes, J. Bolton, Hall, Nicks, Maxfield; MELB – Neitz 6, White 3, Jolly 2, Thompson, Moorcroft
BEST: SYD – Ball, Schneider, Goodes, Maxfield, Bolton, Cresswell; MELB – Neitz, White, Yze, Brown, Leoncelli, Johnstone
INJURY: SYD – Schauble (back), C. Bolton (concussion), Nicks (back)
UMPIRES: McLaren, Head, Wenn
CROWD: 24,286 at the SCG
hawthorn (2-2) vs richmond (3-1) mcg saturday afternoon
from 51 down richmond overrun the hawks by 20 points to make it 4 striaght. richmond (4-1) face port on the road saturday night. hawthorn (2-3) face carlton at optus oval saturday afernoon.
RICH 2.1 8.3 15.5 18.7 (115)
HAW 8.3 12.6 12.8 14.11 (95)
GOALS: RICH – Coughlan 3, Stafford 3, Krakouer 2, Richardson 2, Campbell 2, Chaffey 2, Rodan, Houlihan, Cameron, Johnson; HAW – Tallis 2, Lekkas 2, Everitt 2, Thompson 2, Loats, Dixon, Barlow, Rawlings, Harford, Graham
BEST: RICH – Johnson, Coughlan, Stafford, Krakouer, Campbell, Chaffey, Richardson;
HAW – Crawford, Tallis, Barlow, Mitchell, Everitt
INJURY: RICH – Richardson (hamstring);
HAW – Everitt (fractured cheekbone), Hay (hand) replaced in selected side by Stone, Stone (concussion)
Richardson will miss 2-3 weeks while Everitt will be out 3-4
UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Ryan, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 45,140 at MCG
kangaroos (2-1-1) vs carlton (1-3) telstra dome saturday night
carlton scrape home against the roos by 9 points in a major upset. carlton (2-3) host hawthorn saturday afternoon at optus oval. kanagroos (2-1-2) host adeliade at telstra dome friday night.
CARL 3.6 6.9 12.11 18.14 (122)
KANG 4.2 6.5 10.10 16.17 (113)
GOALS: CARL – Fevola 8, Houlihan 3, Hickmott 3, Livingston, Fisher, McKernan, Murphy;
KANG – Harding 4, Harvey 3, D. Motlop 2, Grant 2, Makepeace, King, Stevens, Jones, Baird
BEST: CARL – Fevola, Murphy, Camporeale, McKay, Hickmott, Lappin, Fisher; KANG – Grant, Sinclair, Harvey, Makepeace, Stevens, Harding
INJURY: CARL – Fisher (knee), Martin (soreness) replaced in selected side by Prendergast; KANG – Rocca (flu) replaced in selected side by S. Motlop
UMPIRES: Morris, McKenzie, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 38,094 at Telstra Dome
adelaide (3-1) vs port (2-2) aami stadium saturday night
port win the showdown by 2 goals over adelaide. port (3-2) host richmond saturday night. adelaide (3-2) play the roos at telstra dome friday night.
PA 5.2 7.2 9.5 12.6 (78)
ADE 2.2 5.9 6.10 9.12 (66)
GOALS: PA – P. Burgoyne 3, S. Burgoyne 3, C. Cornes 3, Tredrea, K. Cornes, James; ADE – Burns 3, Edwards 2, McGregor, Johncock, Bickley, Ladhams
BEST: PA – James, C. Cornes, K. Cornes, P. Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Wanganeen; ADE – Johncock, Edwards, Bode, Smart, Burns, Bickley
INJURY: ADE – Bassett (concussion)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, McInerney
ATTENDANCE:: 51,140 at AAMI Stadium
brisbane (3-1-0) vs bulldogs (1-3) gabba sunday
brisbane stay unbeaten with a 27 point win over the out of form bulldogs. brisbane (4-1-0) travel to geelong sunday. bulldogs (1-4) host st kilda at telstra dome sunday.
BRIS 6.4 9.8 12.13 15.16 (106)
WB 3.0 6.5 7.6 12.7 (79)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 6, Brennan 2, Akermanis 2, Voss, B. Scott, Power, Pike, Lappin; WB – Bowden 3, Garlick 3, Hargrave 2, Johnson, West, Croft, Dimattina
BEST: BRIS – Black, McGrath, Voss, Michael, Akermanis, Lappin; WB – Johnson, West, Dimattina, Garlick, Bowden
INJURY: BRIS – Lynch (illness) replaced in selected side by Bradshaw, McDonald (shoulder), Leppitsch (groin)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Rowe, Jeffery
CROWD: 24,341 at the Gabba
st kilda (1-3) vs geelong (1-3) telstra dome sunday
for 3 quarters no one would have predicted st kilda to run away with it at the end by 45 points. st kilda (2-3) face bulldogs at telstra dome sunday. geelong (1-4) host brisbane sunday.
STK 5.1 7.7 11.9 18.11 (119)
GEEL 6.2 7.5 10.8 11.8 (74)
GOALS: StK – Milne 4, Gehrig 3, Riewoldt 2, Ball 2, Hamill 2, Thompson 2, Lawrence 2, Harvey; GEEL – Kelly 2, Riccardi 2, Enright, Ablett, Milburn, Grgic, Clarke, Kingsley, King
BEST: StK – Hayes, Ball, Harvey, Black, Clarke, Hudghton, Riewoldt; GEEL -Enright, Kelly, King, Clarke, Johnson, Ling
INJURY: StK – Clarke (hip), Gehrig (foot);
GEEL – Milburn (corked thigh), Riccardi (corked thigh)
REPORTS: StK – Milne by field umpire Goldspink for striking Scarlett; GEEL – Ling reported by field umpire Rowston for striking Riewoldt
UMPIRES: Rowston, Woodcock, Goldspink
CROWD: 27,240 at Telstra Dome
freo (2-2) vs west coast (2-2) subiaco sunday
west coast keep their perth dominance going by 35 points over freo. west coast (3-2) play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. freo (2-3) host essendon sunday.
WCE 5.4 8.9 12.10 16.12 (108)
FRE 2.1 4.3 8.7 10.13 (73)
GOALS: WCE – Sampi 4, Fletcher 3, Matera 2, Haynes 2, Embley, Cox, Judd, Read, Jakovich; FRE – Medhurst 2, Cook 2, Waterhouse 2, Carr, Hasleby, Croad, Haines
BEST: WCE – Fletcher, Embley, Gardiner, Cousins, Sampi, Judd, Chick; FRE – Bell, Woods, Hayden, Polak, Cook
UMPIRES: Coates, Corcoran, Avon
CROWD: 41,654 at Subiaco
goals
GOALS
Fevola (CARL) 21
Neitz (MELB) 21
Lloyd (ESS) 20
Matera (WCE) 19
Brown (WB) 16
Milne (STK) 16
S. Burgoyne (PA)16
Harding (KANG) 13
Hall (SYD) 12
Kingsley (GEEL) 12
Hickmott (CARL) 12
Bradshaw (BR) 12
Stevens (ADE) 11
Rocca (COL) 11
Cupido (ESS) 11
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 500 | 406 | 123.15% | 18 |
| 2 | Richmond | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 493 | 405 | 121.73% | 16 |
| 3 | West Coast | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 536 | 418 | 128.23% | 12 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 511 | 415 | 123.13% | 12 |
| 5 | Essendon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 543 | 475 | 114.32% | 12 |
| 6 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 470 | 429 | 109.56% | 12 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 479 | 468 | 102.35% | 12 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 534 | 539 | 99.07% | 10 |
| 9 | Sydney | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 459 | 456 | 100.66% | 8 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 467 | 506 | 92.29% | 8 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 461 | 529 | 87.15% | 8 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 443 | 512 | 86.52% | 8 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 437 | 506 | 86.36% | 8 |
| 14 | Carlton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 474 | 574 | 82.58% | 8 |
| 15 | Wstn Bulldogs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 503 | 564 | 89.18% | 4 |
| 16 | Geelong | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 395 | 503 | 78.53% | 4 |
round 6 matches
friday
kangaroos v adeliade TD (N)
saturday
carlton v hawthorn OO
melbourne v west coast MCG
collingwood v sydney TD (N)
port v richmond AAMI (N)
sunday
geelong v brisbane SS
bulldogs v st kilda TD
freo v essendon S
Harrison’s world 