st kilda (6-7) vs essendon (6-7) telstra dome friday night
3 weeks ago st kilda were one of the more dangerous sides now there season is all but over after a 68 point loss to essendon. essendon (7-7) travel to play adeliade friday night. st kilda (6-8) travel to sydney saturday night.
ESS 3.6 7.8 12.10 17.17 (119)
STK 2.2 3.5 6.9 7.9 (51)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 8, Hille 2, McVeigh 2, Cupido, Reynolds, Richards, Ramanauskas, M. Johnson; STK – Hamill 2, Gehrig 2, Riewoldt, Koschitzke, Clarke
BEST: ESS – Hird, Lloyd, Hille, McVeigh, Solomon, Lucas; STK – Voss, Hamill, Hayes, Lawrence
INJURY: ESS – Misiti (sprained ankle)
Misiti will miss 2 weeks
Reports: STK – Baker reported by field umpire Goldspink for kicking Alessio.
UMPIRES: Allen, Rowe, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 49,148 at Telstra Dome
hawthorn (6-7) vs bulldogs (1-1-11) mcg saturday afternoon
hawthorn are back in the running with their 4th straight win beating the bulldogs by 71 points. hawthorn (7-7) face brisbane at the gabba sunday. bulldogs (1-1-12) face port at telstra dome sunday.
HAW 5.4 11.9 18.12 23.16 (154)
WB 2.3 4.8 7.10 12.11 (83)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 5, Rawlings 4, Lekkas 3, Dixon 3, Barker 2, Crawford, Vandenberg, Ries, Hodge, Tallis, Hay; WB – Eagleton 2, Johnson 2, Giansiracusa 2, Croft 2, Brown, Bandy, Bowden, Garlick
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Thompson, Rawlings, Smith, Dixon, Lekkas, Osborne; WB – Eagleton, Smith, Johnson, Croft
INJURY: HAW – Holland (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Stone
.
REPORTS: HAW – Dixon reported by field umpire Jeffery for wrestling Smith, Barker reported by field umpire Jeffery for wrestling Harris; WB – Smith for wrestling Dixon,
Harris for wrestling Barker
UMPIRES: Rosebury, McLaren, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 31,390 at MCG
freo (8-5) vs brisbane (9-1-3) subiaco saturday afternoon
freo keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 3 point win over brisbane. freo (9-5) play collingwood at the mcg saturday. brisbane (9-1-4) host hawthorn sunday.
FRE 2.2 4.5 6.8 10.15 (75)
BRIS 2.3 5.6 9.8 10.12 (72)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 2, Pavlich 2, Schammer, Longmuir, Headland, Bell, Farmer, Hasleby; BRIS – Pike 3, Voss 2, Leppitsch, Akermanis, Bradshaw, Copeland, Hart
BEST: FRE – Cook, Hasleby, Polak, Schammer, Pavlich, McManus, McPharlin; BRIS – Black, Akermanis, Power, Lappin, Leppitsch, Hart
INJURY: FRE – McPharlin (calf), Headland (ankle); BRIS – McDonald (knee)
McDonald could miss 6 weeks
REPORTS: BRIS – Charman reported for striking Headland
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Head, Woodcock
CROWD: 28,450 at Subiaco Oval
This was also a record attendance for the 2 teams, beating the Gabba figure of
25,070 in Round 22 in 2000
kanagroos (7-1-5) vs collingwood (7-6) telstra dome saturday night
the battle of the best victorian teams so far this season in a record crowd failed to excite as colligwood smash north by 76 points. collingwood (8-6) host freo at the mcg saturday afternoon. kangaroos (7-1-6) host melbourne at the mcg sunday.
COL 4.3 7.6 14.9 19.12 (126)
KANG 1.3 2.5 6.6 7.8 (50)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 4, Didak, A. Rocca 3, Buckley, Burns 2, Woewodin, Cole, Johnson, Kinnear, Lonie; KANG – Jones 2, Grant, M. Stevens, D. Motlop, Rocca, King
BEST: COL – Johnson, Buckley, Woewodin, Wakelin, Licuria, Clement, O’Bree, Rocca; KANG – Wells, Grant, Rawlings, A. Stevens, D. Motlop, Makepeace
McCartney Medal – Anthony Rocca (COL)
INJURY: COL – Clement (hamstring)
CHANGES: COL – Shaw replaced in selected side by Kinnear; KANG – Burton (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Morrell
REPORTS: KANG – Harvey reported by a boundary umpire for striking Holland
UMPIRES: James, Coates, Schmitt
CROWD: 53,312 at Telstra Dome
This was a record attendance for the Dome, beating the previous record of 50,701 for the Round Nine match between Essendon and Hawthorn in 2001
adelaide (8-5) vs richmond (6-7) aami stadium saturday night
richmonds slump goes from bad to worse making it 6 straight loses against adeliade by 28 points. adelaide (9-5) host essendon friday night. richmond (6-8) host geelong at telstra dome saturday afternoon.
ADE 3.3 4.7 6.10 10.12 (72)
RICH 1.1 3.5 5.5 6.8 (44)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 2, Burton 2, Carey, Burns, Stenglein, Bickley, Ricciuto, Biglands;
RICH – Richardson 3, Rogers, Tivendale, Newman
BEST: ADE – Bassett, Edwards, Ricciuto, Burton, McGregor, Stenglein;
RICH – Richardson, Chaffey, Campbell, Fleming, Holland, Coughlan
INJURY: RICH – Zantuck (ankle), Bowden (corked thigh)
REPORTS: ADE – Perrie for striking Fleming
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Rowston, Morris
ATTENDANCE:: 44,809 at AAMI Stadium
sydney (8-5) vs west coast (9-1-3) scg sunday
sydney keep in touch with the top 4 with an 8 point win over west coast. sydney (9-5) host st kilda saturday night. west coast (9-1-4) host carlton saturday night.
SYD 4.6 8.9 11.12 13.14 (92)
WCE 1.2 4.4 8.10 12.12 (84)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 6, Hall, O’Keefe, Cresswell, J. Bolton, Ball, Kirk, Schneider;
WCE – Kerr 4, Judd 2, Sampi 2, Haynes 2, Adkins, Embley
BEST: SYD – O’Loughlin, Williams, J. Bolton, Ball, Goodes, Kirk; WCE – Kerr, Sampi, Braun, Embley, Adkins, Fletcher
INJURY: WCE – Gardiner (ankle) replaced in selected side by Cox, Jakovich (groin)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Kennedy, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 31,121 at SCG
carlton (4-9) vs melbourne (4-9) optus oval sunday
melbourne save their season with a 7 point win over carlton. melbourne (5-9) face kangaroos at the g sunday. carlton (4-10) travel to play west coast saturday night.
MELB 4.3 6.5 8.9 14.13 (97)
CARL 7.0 8.3 13.5 14.6 (90)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 5, Robertson 2, Bruce 2, Heffernan, Armstrong, Jolly, Green, Walsh;
CARL – McKernan 4, Fisher 2, Fevola 2, Angwin 2, Whitnall, Hickmott, Waite, Franchina
BEST: MELB – Neitz, Yze, Robertson, Bruce, Johnstone, Heffernan; CARL – Hickmott, Camporeale, Fevola, Whitnall, McKay
UMPIRES: Baldwin, Ryan, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 24,289 at Optus Oval
geelong (3-10) vs port (10-3) skilled stadium sunday
a new nomminee for upset of the year (after ports last loss to melbourne in round 7 and the west coast/bulldogs draw of round 11) with port going down to geelong by a point. geelong (4-10) face richmond at telstra dome saturday afternoon. port (10-4) play bulldogs at telstra dome sunday.
GEEL 3.4 6.7 8.8 10.10 (70)
PA 3.1 4.2 6.6 10.9 (69)
GOALS: GEEL – Chapman 3, Graham 3, Corey, Johnson, Ling, Riccardi; PA – Primus 2, Pickett 2, Tredrea 2, S. Burgoyne, Dew, Stevens, Wanganeen
BEST: GEEL – Ling, Harley, Scarlett, Enright, Spriggs, Chapman, Rahilly; PA -P. Burgoyne, Brogan, Tredrea, Stevens, Bishop, Wanganeen
INJURY: GEEL – Rooke (flu) replaced in selected side by Moloney; PA – Wilson (hamstring), Cochrane (ankle)
UMPIRES: Fussell, Nicholls, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 19,770 at Skilled Stadium
goals
GOALS
Lloyd (ESS) 51
Neitz (MELB) 48
Matera (WCE) 39
Hall (SYD) 38
Lynch (BRIS) 38
Fevola (CARL) 36
Tarrant (COL) 36
Brown (WB) 36
S. Burgoyne (PA) 30
Kingsley (GEEL) 30
Tredrea (PA) 29
J. Longmuir (FRE)28
Medhurst (FRE) 28
Gehrig (STK) 27
Johnson (WB) 27
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1364 | 1065 | 128.08% | 40 |
| 2 | West Coast | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1569 | 1286 | 122.01% | 38 |
| 3 | Brisbane | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1406 | 1196 | 117.56% | 38 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1390 | 1092 | 127.29% | 36 |
| 5 | Sydney | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1353 | 1178 | 114.86% | 36 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1392 | 1307 | 106.50% | 36 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1445 | 1283 | 112.63% | 32 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1315 | 1438 | 91.45% | 30 |
| 9 | Essendon | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1430 | 1368 | 104.53% | 28 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1259 | 1291 | 97.52% | 28 |
| 11 | Richmond | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1170 | 1223 | 95.67% | 24 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1232 | 1499 | 82.19% | 24 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1254 | 1508 | 83.16% | 20 |
| 14 | Geelong | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1161 | 1332 | 87.16% | 16 |
| 15 | Carlton | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1228 | 1531 | 80.21% | 16 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1353 | 1724 | 78.48% | 6 |
round 15 matches
friday
adelaide v essendon AAMI (N)
saturday
collingwood v freo MCG
richmond v geelong TD
sydney v st kilda SCG (N)
west coast v cartlon S (N)
sunday
brisbane v hawthorn G
kanagroos v melbourne MCG
bulldogs v port TD
Harrison’s world 