hawthorn (3-4) vs essendon (3-4) mcg friday night
essendon double the hawks score stretching their run against them to 6 years. esssendon (4-4) host port at telstra dome friday night. hawthorn (3-5) face geelong at telstra dome sunday.
ESS 4.3 7.7 11.11 15.16 (106)
HAW 2.2 5.2 7.5 8.5 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Cupido 3, Barnard 2, Lucas 2, Mercuri 2, Hille, J. Johnson, McGrath, Reynolds, Richards, Winderlich; HAW – Thompson 2, S. Cox, Everitt, Greene, Ladson, Rawlings, Ries
BEST: ESS – Mercuri, Lucas, Solomon, Wellman, Bolton, M. Johnson, J. Johnson, Barnard;
HAW – Bateman, Lekkas, Crawford, Ries, Barlow
CHANGES: ESS – Hird (calf) replaced in selected side by McGrath, Lloyd (groin) replaced in selected side by Richards; HAW – Hay (bruised heel) replaced in selected side by Loats
REPORTS: ESS – Barnard by umpire McLaren for striking Hodge; HAW – Holland by field umpire Morris for striking Welsh
UMPIRES: McLaren, Morris, Wenn
CROWD: 48,006 at the MCG
collingwood (4-3) vs west coast (5-2) telstra dome saturday afternoon
west coast stay in 2nd with a 16 point win over collingwood on the road. west coast (6-2) host richmond saturday night. collingwood (4-4) host st kilda at telstra dome saturday night.
WCE 7.5 9.7 12.7 18.11 (119)
COL 3.0 6.6 12.9 15.13 (103)
GOALS: WCE – Embley 4, Judd 3, Sampi 2, Matera 2, Braun, Hunter, Cousins, Gardiner, Jones, Wirrpunda, Chick; COL – Rocca 4, Didak 2, Burns 2, Woewodin 2, Cole, Tarrant, Holland, Licuria, Buckley
BEST: WCE – Gardiner, Embley, Wirrpunda, Cousins, Green, Jones; COL – Buckley, Rocca, Burns, Clement, Molloy, Licuria
INJURY: WCE – Chick (calf); COL – Prestigiacomo (ribs)
UMPIRES: Rosebury, McInerney, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 39,912 at Telstra Dome
port (4-3) vs kangaoros (3-1-3) aami stadium saturday afternoon
port have finally beaten every team once after beating the roos by 9 goals. port (5-3) face essendon at telstra dome friday night. kanagroos (3-1-4) host sydney at canberra sunday.
PA 3.4 6.6 9.7 15.13 (103)
KANG 3.1 6.4 7.7 7.7 (49)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 4, Pickett 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Wanganeen, Schofield, Guerra, Cockatoo-Collins; KANG – Grant, Sinclair, Brown, Petrie, Jones, Harvey, Makepeace
BEST: PA – Wanganeen, S. Burgoyne, P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, Pickett, Lade; KANG -Simpson, Grant, Harvey, A. Stevens, Colbert, Jones
INJURY: PA – Brogan (knee); KANG – Archer (virus – withdrawn from selected side), Sinclair (hip)
REPORTS: KANG – Harding by umpire Schmitt for charging G Wanganeen
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Schmitt, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 24,702 at AAMI Stadium
richmond (5-2) vs melbourne (3-4) mcg saturday night
richmond win a shootout over melbourne by 9 points. richmond (6-2) travel to play west coast saturday night. melbourne (3-5) Host freo saturday afternoon.
RICH 7.3 10.4 14.5 17.10 (112)
MELB 7.0 9.3 14.7 16.7 (103)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 4, Stafford 3, Bowden 2, Cameron 2, Gaspar, Pettifer, Rodan, Johnson, Tivendale, Vardy; MELB – Neitz 4, Robertson 3, Vardy 2, Heffernan, Yze, Green, Leoncelli, Jarmar, Rigoni, Whelan
BEST: RICH – Richardson, Bowden, Newman, Stafford, Johnson, Tivendale, Chaffey;
MELB – Williams, Rigoni, Robertson, Leoncelli, Bizzell, Jamar
INJURY: MELB – Bruce (hamstring), Heffernan (shoulder)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, McBurney, Head
ATTENDANCE: 38,063 at MCG
brisbane (5-1-1) vs adeliade (4-3) gabba saturday night
brisbane come from behind to beat the crows by 3 goals. brisbane (6-1-1) play carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon. adelaide (4-4) host bulldogs sunday.
BRIS 3.1 7.3 12.8 16.11 (107)
ADE 5.4 8.9 10.14 12.17 (89)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 7, McRae 2, Black 2, Caracella, Voss, Power, Brennan, Leppitsch;
ADE – McLeod 2, Perrie 2, Edwards 2, Burns, McGregor, Gallagher, Bickley, Biglands, Goodwin
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Lynch, Hart, Black, Caracella, Leppitsch; ADE – Goodwin, Biglands, Bickley, Begley, Gallagher, Johncock
INJURY: BRIS – McDonald (foot) replaced selected side by McLaren; ADE -Begley (head), Burns (groin), Crowell (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Allen, Ryan
ATTENDANCE: 34,469 at Gabba
sydney (4-3) vs geelong (1-6) scg sunday
geelongs horror start continues with a 39 point loss to sydney. sydney (5-3) play the roos in canberra sunday. geelong (1-7) host hawthorn at telstra dome sunday.
SYD 5.2 10.8 12.9 17.10 (112)
GEEL 1.0 4.1 8.6 11.7 (73)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 2, Maxfield 2, Fosdike 2, Stevens 2, Roberts-Thomson 2, Schneider 2, Goodes 2, Cresswell, Williams, J. Bolton;
GEEL – Graham 4, McCarthy 2, Riccardi, Kingsley, Ablett, Chambers, Chapman
BEST: SYD – J. Bolton, Cresswell, Mathews, Maxfield, Roberts-Thompson, Kennelly;
GEEL – Graham, Ling, Ablett, Chapman, Scarlett, Harley
INJURY: SYD – O’Loughlin (calf) replaced in selected side by Sundqvist, Saddington (hip) replaced in selected side by Stevens, Williams (concussion); GEEL – King (leg) replaced in selected side by Johnson, Gardiner (neck) replaced in selected side by McCarthy
UMPIRES: Coates, Rowston, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 22,483 at SCG
carlton (2-5) vs bulldogs (1-6) optus oval sunday
carlton scrape home against the bulldogs by 7 points. carlton (3-5) host brisbane saturday afternoon. bulldogs (1-7) travel to play adelaide sunday.
CARL 2.8 6.11 9.14 15.17 (107)
WB 4.3 6.9 9.13 14.16 (100)
GOALS: CARL – Hickmott 3, McKernan 3, Beaumont 2, Houlihan 2, Camporeale, Fevola, Hulme, Sporn, McCormick; WB – Brown 4, Johnson 3, Bowden 2, Dimattina 2, Garlick, Gilbee, McMahon
BEST: CARL – Camporeale, Ratten, Koutoufides, Fevola, McKernan, Houlihan, Murphy;
WB – Garlick, Brown, West, Johnson, Hahn, Dimattina, Croft, Bowden
INJURY: WB – Harrison (jarred knee)
UMPIRES: Baldwin, Fussell, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 20,602 at Optus Oval
freo (4-3) vs st kilda (4-3) subiaco sunday
freo ended st kildas run by 41 points to make it 3 straight for them. freo (5-3) travel to play melbourne saturday afternoon at the g. st kilda (4-4) face collingwood at telstra dome saturday night.
FRE 5.4 9.7 13.10 18.15 (123)
STK 3.3 5.9 9.11 11.16 (82)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Farmer 3, Hasleby 2, Pavlich 2, Croad 2, Headland, Bell, Cook, Carr, Simmonds, Waterhouse; StK – Gehrig 5, Hayes, Peckett, Thompson, Hamill, Burke, Milne
BEST: FRE – Headland, Hayden, Woods, Bell, Hasleby, Simmonds, Pavlich; StK – Harvey, Gehrig, Hayes, Peckett, Riewoldt, Black
UMPIRES: James, Rowe, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 26,732 at Subiaco
goals
GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 30
Matera (WCE) 29
Lloyd (ESS) 26
S. Burgoyne (PA) 25
Fevola (CARL) 24
Brown (WB) 21
Tarrant (COL) 20
Rocca (COL) 19
Kingsley (GEEL) 19
Hall (SYD) 18
Milne (STK) 17
Harding (KANG) 16
Robertson (MELB) 16
Cupido (ESS) 16
Medhurst (FRE) 16
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 778 | 671 | 115.95% | 26 |
| 2 | West Coast | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 895 | 712 | 125.70% | 24 |
| 3 | Richmond | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 746 | 634 | 117.67% | 24 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 741 | 646 | 114.71% | 20 |
| 5 | Sydney | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 778 | 697 | 111.62% | 20 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 870 | 783 | 111.11% | 20 |
| 7 | Adelaide | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 833 | 706 | 117.99% | 16 |
| 8 | Essendon | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 791 | 743 | 106.46% | 16 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 785 | 805 | 97.52% | 16 |
| 10 | St Kilda | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 738 | 821 | 89.89% | 16 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 770 | 855 | 90.06% | 14 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 745 | 829 | 89.87% | 12 |
| 13 | Carlton | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 745 | 861 | 86.53% | 12 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 683 | 792 | 86.24% | 12 |
| 15 | Wstn Bulldogs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 760 | 926 | 82.07% | 4 |
| 16 | Geelong | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 643 | 820 | 78.41% | 4 |
round 9 matches
friday
essendon v port TD (N)
saturday
carlton v brisbane OO
melbourne v freo MCG
collingwood v st kilda TD (N)
west coast v richmond S (N)
sunday
kangaroos v sydney MO
geelong v hawthorn TD
adelaide v bulldogs AAMI
Harrison’s world 