richmond (6-9) vs collingwood (9-6) mcg friday night
richmond have now lost 8 straight while collingwood have now won 4 striaght. collingwood (10-6) host carlton sunday at the g. richmond (6-10) play bulldogs at telstra dome saturday night.
COL 5.3 12.6 13.8 20.11 (131)
RICH 1.3 3.6 5.8 9.8 (62)
GOALS: COL – Molloy 4, Rocca 3, O’Bree 2, Williams 2, Tarrant 2, Buckley, Betheras, Holland, Burns, Fraser, Johnson, Lonie;
RICH – Holland 3, Krakouer 2, Ottens, Chaffey, Richardson, Tivendale
BEST: COL – Burns, Rocca, Buckley, Molloy, Woewodin, Prestigiacomo; RICH – Rodan, Tivendale, Bowden, Newman, Ottens
INJURY: COL – Kinnear (ankle), Cloke (ankle), Shaw (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Swan; RICH – Hilton (ribs), Cameron (knee) replaced in selected by King, Johnson (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Hyde
Hilton will mss a month with two cracked ribs after colliding with Anthony Rocca
REPORTS: RICH – Fleming reported by field umpire James for charging Cloke
UMPIRES: James, McLaren, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 54,655 at MCG
carlton (4-11) vs sydney (10-5) optus oval saturday afternoon
sydney move into 2nd with a 31 point win over carlton. sydney (11-5) host freo sunday. carlton (4-12) face collingwood at the g sunday.
SYD 7.2 12.5 15.6 18. 7 (115)
CARL 2.2 3.5 8.8 12.12 (84)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 5, Schneider 2, Hall 2, Davis 2, Cresswell 2, Williams, Mathews, Goodes, Kirk, Ball; CARL – Fevola 6, Hickmott 2, Beasy 2, Prendergast, Camporeale
BEST: SYD – Cresswell, O’Loughlin, Mathews, Williams, Davis, Kirk, Schauble; CARL – Fevola, Lappin, Hulme, Davies, Camporeale, Koutoufides
INJURY: SYD – O’Keefe (calf); CARL – McKay (adductor), Angwin (dislocated shoulder)
REPORTS: SYD – Hall (Sydney) reported by field umpire Nicholls for allegedly headbutting Beaumont
UMPIRES: Head, Nicholls, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 21,460 at Optus Oval
hawthorn (7-8) vs melbourne (5-10) mcg saturday afternoon
hawthorn stay in the finals hunt with a 7 point win over melbourne. hawthorn (8-8) travel to play west coast friday night. melbourne (5-11) host essendon at the g saturday afternoon.
HAW 2.5 7.6 10.9 17.11 (113)
MELB 3.3 11.6 11.13 15.16 (106)
GOALS: HAW – Rawlings 5, Hodge 3, Dixon 2, Thompson 2, Crawford, Picioane, Mitchell, Hunter, Lekkas; MELB – Yze 3, Bruce 3, Green 2, Armstrong, Johnstone, McDonald, Robertson, Brown, Miller, Walsh
BEST: HAW – A. Cox, Mitchell, Rawlings, Hodge, Hay, Lekkas; MELB – Ward, Walsh, Bruce, White, Miller, Yze, McDonald
INJURY: HAW – A. Cox (shoulder), Crawford (bruised back), Thompson (cramp), Osborne (flu) replaced in selected side by Ries; MELB – Neitz (concussion), Yze (ankle)
REPORTS: HAW – Barlow reported by goal umpire J Venkataya for alleged misconduct; MELB – Green reported by goal umpire J Venkataya for alleged misconduct
UMPIRES: Dore, Schmitt, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 32,029 at MCG
essendon (7-8) vs brisbane (10-1-4) telstra dome saturday night
essendon stun brisbane by 8 points to keep their finals hopes alive. essendon (8-8) face melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. brisbane (10-1-5) host port saturday night.
ESS 4.4 7.6 11. 8 14.10 (94)
BRIS 3.2 6.4 10.10 12.14 (86)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 5, Bolton 2, M. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Welsh, J. Johnson, Hille, Jacobs, Misiti; BRIS – Lynch 4, Power 2, Voss, McRae, B. Scott, Brown, Shattock, Bradshaw
BEST: ESS – Hille, Hird, Ramanauskas, M. Johnson, Bolton, Misiti; BRIS – Voss, Power, Shattock, Charman, C. Scott, Lynch
INJURY: ESS – Alessio replaced in selected side by Cupido; BRIS – Lappin (corked thigh) replaced in selected side by McGrath, Leppitsch (shoulder) C. Scott (quadricep)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Coates, Rosebury
ATTENDANCE: 47,744 at Telstra Dome
port (11-4) vs west coast (10-1-4) aami stadium saturday night
port smash west coast by 64 points in the top of the table clash. port (12-4) travel to play brisbane saturday night. west coast (10-1-5) host hawthorn friday night.
PA 6.1 10.3 12.9 17.12 (114)
WCE 1.2 4.3 6.6 7.8 (50)
GOALS: PA: Tredrea 5, S. Burgoyne 2, Carr 2, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Dew 2, Primus, Wanganeen, Pickett, Brogan; WCE – Jones 2, Judd, Kerr, Wooden, Embley, Wirrpunda
BEST: PA -Tredrea, Wanganeen, P. Burgoyne, Carr, Brogan, Schofield; WCE -Embley, Cox, Wirrpunda, Braun, Kerr
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Allen, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 37,624 at AAMI Stadium
geelong (5-10) vs bulldogs (1-1-13) skilled stadium sunday
bulldogs win their 2nd win of the year against their first victim geelong by 3 goals despite conceding at least the last 6 goals. bulldogs (2-1-13) host richmond saturday night at telstra dome. geelong (5-11) play the roos in canberra saturday afternoon.
WB 5.2 8.5 15.8 15.9 (99)
GEEL 1.1 2.7 5.12 11.15 (81)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 4, Bowden 3, Brown 3, Gilbee 2, Bandy, Harrison, Eagleton; GEEL – Johnson 3, Street 2, Bartel, Moloney, Riccardi, Kingsley, Mooney, Milburn
BEST: WB – Johnson, Darcy, West, Smith, Dimattina, Harris, Murphy, Boyd; GEEL – Moloney, Johnson, Ling, Scarlett, Spriggs
INJURY: WB – Croft (quad), Eagleton (concussion), Johnson (shoulder); GEEL – Graham (cut head), King (achilles tendon) replaced in selected side by Mooney
UMPIRES: Rowston, Wenn, Woodcock
ATTENDANCE: 22,067 at Skilled Stadium
st kilda (6-9) vs kanagroos (8-1-6) telstra dome sunday
st kilda barely stay alive with a 5 point upset win over the roos. st kilda (7-9) play adelaide in adeliade sunday. kanagroos (8-1-7) host geelong saturday afternoon in canberra.
STK 10.1 13.3 18.4 21.6 (132)
KANG 3.1 8.3 15.8 19.13 (127)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 9, Montagna 3, Powell 2, Baker 2, Riewoldt, Ball, Wulf, Hamill, Lawrence; KANG – D. Motlop 3, Jones 3, Harding 3, Petrie 2, Rocca 2, Robbins, A. Stevens, Archer, Harvey, Rawlings, Grant
BEST: StK – Gehrig, Harvey, Hayes, Jones, Montagna, Dal Santo, Powell; KANG – Grant, A Stevens, D Motlop, Petrie, Simpson, King
UMPIRES: Quigley, McKenzie, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 25,381 at Telstra Dome
freo (9-6) vs adeliade (10-5) subiaco sunday
freo barely keep their top 4 hopes alive by a point over the crows. freo (10-6) play sydney in sydney sunday. adelaide (10-6) host st kilda sunday.
FRE 2.1 10.4 10.9 13.13 (91)
ADE 5.5 7.5 11.11 13.12 (90)
GOALS: FRE – Farmer 4, J Longmuir 3, Carr 3, Headland, Simmonds, Medhurst; ADE – Burton 4, Burns 3, Rutten 3, McLeod 2, Perrie
BEST: FRE – Bell, McPharlin, Pavlich, Farmer, Hasleby, Simmonds; ADE – Ricciuto, McLeod, Burton, Ladhams, Burns, Clarke
INJURY: ADE – Shirley (neck)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Ellis, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 31,225 at Subiaco
goals
GOALS
Lloyd (ESS) 57
Neitz (MELB) 51
Lynch (BRIS) 46
Matera (WCE) 45
Fevola (CARL) 44
Hall (SYD) 40
Tredrea (PA) 40
Brown (WB) 40
Tarrant (COL) 39
Gehrig (STK) 36
S. Burgoyne (PA) 32
Johnson (WB) 32
Kingsley (GEEL) 32
J. Longmuir (FRE)31
Medhurst (FRE) 29
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1586 | 1208 | 131.29% | 48 |
| 2 | Sydney | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1580 | 1323 | 119.43% | 44 |
| 3 | West Coast | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1806 | 1471 | 122.77% | 42 |
| 4 | Brisbane | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1585 | 1371 | 115.61% | 42 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1570 | 1232 | 127.44% | 40 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1675 | 1403 | 119.39% | 40 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1541 | 1496 | 103.01% | 40 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1543 | 1664 | 92.73% | 34 |
| 9 | Essendon | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1573 | 1544 | 101.88% | 32 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1453 | 1490 | 97.52% | 32 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1425 | 1738 | 81.99% | 28 |
| 12 | Richmond | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1329 | 1455 | 91.34% | 24 |
| 13 | Geelong | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1343 | 1528 | 87.89% | 20 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1454 | 1722 | 84.44% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1383 | 1833 | 75.45% | 16 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1545 | 1913 | 80.76% | 10 |
round 17 matches
friday
west coast v hawthorn S (N)
saturday
melbourne v essendon MCG
kangaroos v geelong MO
brisbane v port G (N)
bulldogs v richmond TD (N)
sunday
sydney v freo SCG
collingwood v carlton MCG
adelaide v st kilda AAMI
Harrison’s world 