essendon (4-4) vs port (5-3) Telstra dome friday night
port secured a top 4 spot by 50 points over essendon. port (6-3) host collingwood friday night. essendon (4-5) host west coast at telstra dome sunday.
PA 4.3 10.5 15.7 23.8 (146)
ESS 3.3 5.6 10.10 14.12 (96)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 7, Pickett 4, Cockatoo-Collins 3, Brogan 2, S Burgoyne 2, Paxman, P Burgoyne, Lade, Carr, James; ESS – McGrath 3, Richards 2, Bullen 2, Cupido, Peverill, Winderlich, Mercuri, Lucas, J Johnson, Misiti
BEST: PA – Tredrea, James, P Burgoyne, Wanganeen, Carr, Pickett, Brogan;
ESS – M Johnson, Misiti, J Johnson, Bullen, McGrath
INJURY: PA – Hardwick (corked thigh);
ESS – Mercuri (concussion)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Allen, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 35,390 at Telstra Dome
carlton (3-5) vs brisbane (6-1-1) optus oval saturday afternoon
in a ridicilous match brisbane turned a 34 point defecit into a 77 point win over carlton. brisbane (7-1-1) face melbourne in a “away” game at the gabba saturday night. carlton (3-6) travel to play freo saturday afternoon.
BRIS 2.2 6.5 14.11 23.15 (153)
CARL 3.2 8.4 9.7 11.10 (76)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 4, Pike 4, Johnson 3, Akermanis 2, Hart 2, Bradshaw 2, Caracella, McRae, Lynch, Brown, Black, Shattock;
CARL – McKernan 4, Hickmott 2, Lappin 2, Ratten, Fevola, Waite
BEST: BRIS – B Scott, Voss, Pike, Johnson, Hart, Black, Akermanis; CARL – Koutoufides, French, Waite, McKernan, Lappin, McKay
INJURY: BRIS – Brown (hamstring), Akermanis (hamstring), Michael (calf), Brennan (ill) replaced in selected side by Bradshaw;
CARL – Beaumont (nose)
UMPIRES: Baldwin, Schmitt, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 24,906 at Optus Oval
melbourne (3-5) vs freo (5-3) mcg saturday afternoon
freo make it a club best 4th straigth win over melbourne by 30 points. freo (6-3) host carlton saturday afternoon. melbourne (3-6) play brisbane saturday night at the gabba in a “home” game on the road.
FRE 4.2 7.2 13.2 16.5 (101)
MELB 1.4 6.5 9.6 10.11 (71)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 6, Farmer 2, Koops 2, Carr, Waterhouse, Croad, Schammer, Sandilands, Simmonds; MELB – Neitz 4, Brown 2, Robertson 2, Green, Heffernan
BEST: FRE – J. Longmuir, Hayden, Woods, Carr, McManus, Pavlich, Bell;
MELB – Brown, Ward, Neitz, Bizzell, Wheatley, Armstrong
INJURY: FRE – Pavlich (shin), Farmer (groin); MELB – White (knee) replaced in selected side by Jamar
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Nicholls, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 17,009 at MCG
collingwood (4-4) vs st kilda (4-4) telstra dome saturday night
collingwood won a crazy 65 point win over st kilda. collingwood (5-4) play port in adelaide friday night. st kilda (4-5) host hawthorn at the g sunday.
COL 8.4 10.8 15.12 22.17 (149)
STK 0.6 7.7 10.8 12.12 (84)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 6, Davis 3, Buckley 3, Licuria 3, Lokan 2, Williams 2, Shaw, Molloy, Burns; StK – Gehrig 5, Riewoldt 3, Milne, Lawrence, Peckett, Maguire
BEST: COL – Tarrant, Buckley, Clement, Shaw, Williams, Burns, Cloke, Fraser, Davis;
StK – Riewoldt, Gehrig, Voss, Peckett, Penny, Maguire
INJURY: COL – McKee (knee) replaced in selected side by Walker, Lonie (shoulder); StK – Hamill (foot)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, McBurney, James
ATTENDANCE: 46,055 at Telstra Dome
west coast (6-2) vs richmond (6-2) subiaco saturday night
west coast make it 5 straight by 52 points over richmond in 2nd v 3rd. west coast (7-2) face essendon at telstra dome sunday. richmond (6-3) host sydney saturday night at the g.
WCE 4.4 9.8 15.13 18.16 (124)
RICH 5.1 6.5 10.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 5, Haynes 4, Jakovich 3, Sampi 2, Jones, Gardiner, Munro, Glass;]
RICH – Richardson 4, Fleming 2, Zantuck, Pettifer, Rogers, Campbell
BEST: WCE – Jones, Wirrpunda, Jakovich, Haynes, Sampi, Gardiner, Matera, Cousins;
RICH – Richardson, Johnson, Chaffey, Tivendale
INJURY: WCE – Morrison (cut head); RICH – Stafford (knee) replaced in selected side by King, Coughlan (ankle) replaced in selected side by Biddiscombe, Campbell (calf), Fleming (calf)
UMPIRES: Rosebury, McLaren, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 40,313 at Subiaco Oval
kanagroos (3-1-4) vs sydney (5-3) manaka sunday
roos stay in touch with the 8 stunning sydney by 25 points in canberra. kanagroos (4-1-4) play bulldogs at telstra dome saturday afternoon. sydney (5-4) play richmond at the g saturday night.
KANG 5.1 7.3 11.6 12.12 (84)
SYD 3.2 4.4 5.9 8.11 (59)
GOALS: KANG – Jones 3, Harvey 3, Harris, Harding, Rocca, Archer, Wells, Petrie; SYD – Hall 4, Davis 2, Schneider, Nicks
BEST: KANG – Rawlings, Jones, Harvey, A. Stevens, Petrie, Teague; SYD – Hall, Maxfield, Kirk, Goodes, Schneider
UMPIRES: Head, McInerney, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 13,832 at Manuka Oval
geelong (1-7) vs hawthorn (3-5) telstra dome sunday
its getting harder for the hawks after a 34 point loss to geelong gets the cats off the bottom of the ladder. geelong (2-7) host adeliade sunday. hawthorn (3-6) face st kilda at the g sunday.
GEEL 5.3 8.6 12.9 16.13 (109)
HAW 4.1 8.3 10.4 11.9 (75)
GOALS: GEEL – Chapman 2, Ablett 2, Riccardi 2, Graham 2, McCarthy 2, Mooney 2, Corey, King, Slade, Rooke; HAW – Dixon 4, Bateman, Lekkas, Brown, Barlow, Crawford, Thompson, Osborne
BEST: GEEL – Enright, Ablett, Corey, Scarlett, Graham, Ling, Harley; HAW – Dixon, Lekkas, Osborne, Brown, Crawford
INJURY: GEEL – Wojcinski (ankle) replaced in selected side by Spriggs
UMPIRES: Fussell, Coates, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 28,001 at Telstra Dome
adelaide (4-4) vs bulldogs (1-7) aami stadium sunday
bulldogs look like wooden spooners after their 8th straight loss 16 points to adeliade. adelaide (5-4) travel to geelong sunday. bulldogs (1-8) host roos saturday afternoon at telstra dome.
ADEL 2.4 7.7 9.10 16.13 (109)
WB 3.4 8.5 13.9 14.9 (93)
GOALS: ADE – Goodwin 4, McLeod 3, Ricciuto 3, Massie, Doughty, Torney, Biglands, Ladhams, Bassett; WB – Brown 4, Harris 2, Garlick, Smith, Johnson, West, Gilbee, Bowden, McMahon, Birss
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Begley, Clarke, Goodwin, Ricciuto, Stenglein, Massie;
WB – Smith, Dimattina, McMahon, Brown, Johnson, Gilbee
UMPIRES: Rowston, Morris, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 44,342 at AAMI Stadium
GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 34
Matera (WCE) 34
S. Burgoyne (PA) 27
Tarrant (COL) 26
Lloyd (ESS) 26
Fevola (CARL) 25
Brown (WB) 25
Hall (SYD) 22
Gehrig (StK) 20
J Longmuir (FRE) 20
Rocca (COL) 19
Kingsley (GEEL) 19
Robertson (MELB) 18
Milne (StK) 18
Harding (KANG) 17
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 931 | 747 | 124.63% | 30 |
| 2 | West Coast | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1019 | 784 | 129.97% | 28 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 887 | 742 | 119.54% | 24 |
| 4 | Fremantle | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 971 | 854 | 113.70% | 24 |
| 5 | Richmond | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 818 | 758 | 107.92% | 24 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 942 | 799 | 117.90% | 20 |
| 7 | Sydney | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 837 | 781 | 107.17% | 20 |
| 8 | Collingwood | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 934 | 889 | 105.06% | 20 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 854 | 914 | 93.44% | 18 |
| 10 | Essendon | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 887 | 889 | 99.78% | 16 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 822 | 970 | 84.74% | 16 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 816 | 930 | 87.74% | 12 |
| 13 | Hawthorn | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 758 | 901 | 84.13% | 12 |
| 14 | Carlton | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 821 | 1014 | 80.97% | 12 |
| 15 | Geelong | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 752 | 895 | 84.02% | 8 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 853 | 1035 | 82.42% | 4 |
round 10 matches
friday
port v collingwood AAMI (N)
saturday
bulldogs v kanagroos TD
freo v carlton S
melbourne v brisbane G
richmond v sydney MCG (N)
sunday
geelong v adeliade SS
st kilda v hawthorn MCG
essendon v west coast TD
Harrison’s world 