adelaide (9-5) vs essendon (7-7) aami stadium friday night
adelaide make it 4 striaght with a 41 point win over essendon. adeliade (10-5) travel to play freo sunday. essendon (7-8) host brisbane at telstra dome saturday night.
ADE 4.3 7.7 10.9 13.12 (90)
ESS 1.3 2.4 6.5 7.7 (49)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 6, Biglands 2, Clarke, Burns, Johncock, Stenglein, Ricciuto; ESS -Richards 3, Hird, Wellman, Lloyd, McGrath
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Welsh, Burton, Burns, Bickley, McLeod; ESS – Hird, Richards, Peverill, McGrath, Fletcher, Ramanauskas
INJURY: ADE – Carey (lacerated knee); ESS – J. Johnson (back) replaced in selected side by Barnard, Watson (groin) replaced in selected side by Forster-Knight
REPORTS: ESS – Cupido reported by umpire McLaren for engaging in rough play against Edwards, Fletcher reported by umpire James for striking Burton
UMPIRES: James, McLaren, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 41,758 at AAMI Stadium
collingwood (8-6) vs freo (9-5) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwood move above an interstate team for the first time in weeks by 41 points over freo. collingwood (9-6) face richmond at the g friday night. freo (9-6) host adeliade sunday.
COL 3.3 8.6 12.9 15.9 (99)
FRE 2.4 4.9 5.14 7.16 (58)
GOALS: COL – O’Bree, Fraser 3, Holland, Didak 2, Woewodin, Buckley, Burns, Johnson, Tarrant;
FRE – Pavlich 3, Farmer 2, Bell, Simmonds
BEST: COL – Buckley, Burns, Tarrant, Prestigiacomo, Johnson, Cloke, Holland;
FRE – McPharlin, Woods, Pavlich, Simmonds
INJURY: FRE – Farmer (ankle)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Kennedy, Rowe
CROWD: 40,964 at the MCG
richmond (6-8) vs geelong (4-10) telstra dome saturday afternoon
geelong keep richmonds bad run going by 4 points. geelong (5-10) host bulldogs sunday. richmond (6-9) host collingwood friday night at the g.
RICH 1.3 4.4 8.7 15.7 (97)
GEEL 4.3 8.7 11.9 15.11 (101)
GOALS: RICH – Cameron 4, Richardson 3, Johnson 2, Rogers, Ottens, Stafford, Blumfield, Holland, Coughlan; GEEL – Geelong: Graham 5, Ablett 3, Lord 2, Bartel, Kingsley, Mooney, Chapman, Milburn
BEST: RICH – Coughlan, Johnson, Bowden, Zantuck, Ottens, Cameron, Richardson; GEEL – Sanderson, Graham, Ablett, Johnson, Wojcinski, Rahilly, Street
INJURY: RICH – Campbell (ruptured achilles), Johnson (hamstring); GEEL – Sanderson (cut chin)
Campbell will have surgery next week and miss the rest of the season. Johnson will miss 2-3 weeks
CHANGES: GEEL – King (achilles) and Rooke (strained thigh) replaced in the selected side by Mooney and Playfair
UMPIRES: Quigley, Sheehan and Woodcock
CROWD: 38,546 at Telstra Dome
sydney (9-5) vs st kilda (6-8) scg saturday night
sydney stay close to the top 4 with a 51 point win over struggling st kilda who need to return to form to have any chance. sydney (10-5) travel to carlton saturday afternoon. st kilda (6-9) host kangaroos at telstra dome sunday.
SYD 2.7 6.10 10.16 15.22 (112)
StK 3.3 6.6 8.6 9.7 (61)
GOALS: SYD – Nicks 3, Cresswell 3, O’Keefe 2, Davis, Kennelly, Fosdike, Williams, Schneider, Ball, O’Loughlin; StK – Milne 2, Blake, Black, Harvey 2, Hamill, Riewoldt, Clarke
BEST: SYD – Kirk, Nicks, J. Bolton, O’Keefe, Goodes, Williams, Cresswell; StK – Harvey, Hudghton, Riewoldt, Black
INJURY: SYD – Saddington (chin), Crouch (ankle), O’Keefe (calf); StK -Goddard (cork thigh)
CHANGES: SYD – Maxfield (knee) replaced by Sundqvist
UMPIRES: Coates, Rosebury, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 27,550 at Sydney Cricket Ground
west coast (9-1-4) vs carlton (4-10) subiaco saturday night
carlton break their own record for their biggest loss 116 points to west coast in perth. west coast (10-1-4) travel to play port saturday night. carlton (4-11) host sydney saturday afternoon.
WCE 8.4 16.9 20.13 28.20 (187)
CARL 3.2 5.5 8.9 10.11 (71)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 6, Embley 5, Judd 3, Jakovich 2, Jones 2, Sampi 2, Fletcher, Cousins, Kerr, Cox, Wirrpunda, Haynes Banfield, MacDougall;
CARL – Whitnall 2, Fevola 2, Angwin, McKernan, Waite, Fisher
BEST: WCE – Judd, Embley, Fletcher, Cousins, Matera, Kerr, Wirrpunda; CARL – McKay, Whitnall, Hulme, McKernan
UMPIRES: Nicholls, Dore, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 39,129 at Subiaco Oval
brisbane (9-1-4) vs hawthorn (7-7) gabba sunday
brisbane survive a hawthorn scare by 2 goals at home. brisbane (10-1-4) face essendon at telstra dome saturay night. hawthorn (7-8) host melbourne saturday afternoon.
BRIS 4.4 6.7 10.9 14.9 (93)
HAW 2.5 7.9 10.12 11.15 (81)
GOALS: BRIS – McRae 4, Lynch 4, Voss, Shattock, Akermanis, C.Scott, Charman, Brown; HAW – Dixon 2, Crawford 2, Williams, Cox, Mitchell, Holland, Lekkas, Thompson, Hodge
BEST: BRIS – Voss, B Scott, Leppitsch, Power, McRae, Lappin, Lynch; HAW – Crawford, Dixon, Hodge, Mitchell Vandenburg, Hay
INJURY: BRIS – Akermanis (hamstring), Brown (hamstring); HAW – Hodge (elbow)
UMPIRES: Allen Wenn, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 29,684 at the Gabba
kanagroos (7-1-6) vs melbourne (5-9) mcg sunday
kangaroos hold 8th place with a 7 point win over melbourne. kanagroos (8-1-6) play st kilda at telstra dome sunday. melbourne (5-10) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
KANG 4.3 9.3 13.7 15.11 (101)
MELB 3.4 7.7 9.10 14.10 (94)
GOALS: KANG – Rocca 3, Jones, Harding, Petrie, Wells 2, Rawlings, Robbins, King, Grant;
MELB – Bruce 6, Neitz 3, Robertson 2, Bizzell, Williams, Green
BEST: KANG – Grant, Rawlings, Robbins, Petrie, Teague, King, Archer; MELB – Bruce, Brown, Miller, McDonald, Yze, Jolly, Ward
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Morris, Jeffery
CROWD: 24,618 at the MCG
bulldogs (1-1-12) vs port (10-4) telstra dome sunday
port almost again have a loss to a struggler in what would be the upset of the year almost but a 15 point win over the last place bulldogs. port (11-4) host west coast saturday night. bulldogs (1-1-13) facea their only victim so far geelong sunday on the road.
PA 4.3 7.8 11.14 15.18 (108)
WB 4.4 8.5 11.7 14.9 (93)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 6, Pickett 4, Primus 2, James, Lade, Cornes; WB – Eagleton 4, Croft, Giansiracusa 2, Gilbee, Hahn, Johnson, Brown, Harrison, Boyd
BEST: PA – P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, Pickett, Wanganeen, Bishop, Brogan, Schofield, Wakelin; WB – Eagleton, Robbins, West, Johnson, Harris, Murphy, Croft
INJURY: WB – Robbins (thumb)
REPORTS: WB – Hahn reported by field umpire Margetts for allegedly striking Brendon Lade
UMPIRES: Baldwin, Ellis and Margetts
CROWD: 14,784 at Telstra Dome
goals
GOALS
Lloyd (ESS) 52
Neitz (MELB) 51
Matera (WCE) 45
Lynch (BRIS) 42
Fevola (CARL) 38
Hall ()SYD) 38
Brown (WB) 37
Tredrea (PA) 35
Kingsley (GEEL) 31
S. Burgoyne (PA) 30
Johnson (WB) 28
J. Longmuir (FRE) 28
Medhurst (FRE) 28
Green (MELB) 27
Gehrig (STK) 27
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1472 | 1158 | 127.12% | 44 |
| 2 | West Coast | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1756 | 1357 | 129.40% | 42 |
| 3 | Brisbane | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1499 | 1277 | 117.38% | 42 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1480 | 1141 | 129.71% | 40 |
| 5 | Sydney | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1465 | 1239 | 118.24% | 40 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1544 | 1341 | 115.14% | 36 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1450 | 1406 | 103.13% | 36 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1416 | 1532 | 92.43% | 34 |
| 9 | Essendon | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1479 | 1458 | 101.44% | 28 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1340 | 1384 | 96.82% | 28 |
| 11 | Richmond | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1267 | 1324 | 95.69% | 24 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1293 | 1611 | 80.26% | 24 |
| 13 | Geelong | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1262 | 1429 | 88.31% | 20 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1348 | 1609 | 83.78% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1299 | 1718 | 75.61% | 16 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1446 | 1832 | 78.93% | 6 |
round 16 matches
friday
richmond v collingwood MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v sydney OO
hawthorn v melbourne MCG
essendon v brisbane TD (N)
port v west coast AAMI (N)
sunday
geelong v bulldogs SS
st kilda v kangaroos TD
freo v adelaide S
Harrison’s world 