bulldogs (2-1-14) vs melbourne (5-12) telstra dome friday night
bulldogs may not finish last after all with a 21 point win over melbourne meanig they are only last by half a game. bulldogs (3-1-14) face essendon at telstra dome sunday. melbourne (5-13) host geelong at the g friday night.
WB 3.6 7.8 11.11 14.17 (101)
MELB 5.4 7.4 8.6 12.8 (80)
GOALS: WB – Brown 5, Wiggins 3, Johnson 2, Hahn, Darcy, Eagleton, Dimattina; MELB – Bruce 3, Neitz 3, Green, White, Heffernan, Johnstone, Robertson, Yze
BEST: WB – West, Smith, Darcy, Brown, Murphy, Robbins, Wiggins; MELB – Heffernan, Bizzell, Brown, Bruce, McDonald
INJURY: W B – Smith (ankle), Dimattina (cut eye)
UMPIRES: Coates, Rowe, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 20,714 at Telstra Dome
carlton (4-13) vs essendon (9-8) mcg saturday afternoon
essendon are back in the 8 after a 34 point win over struggling carlton. essendon (10-8) host bulldogs sunday at telstra dome. carlton (4-14) travel to play port on sunday.
ESS 2.5 4.7 9.8 13.12 (90)
CARL 2.3 3.9 5.12 7.14 (56)
GOALS: ESS – Hille 2, Hird 2, Lloyd 2, Cupido, Haynes, Rioli, M. Johnson, Solomon, McPhee, Wellman; CARL – Murphy 2, Lappin 2, Waite, Fevola, Camporeale
BEST: ESS -Hird, Lucas, Rioli, M. Johnson, Fletcher, Wellman, Haynes; CARL – McKay, Koutoufides, McKernan, Thornton, McCormick, Lappin, Camporeale
INJURY: ESS – Ramanauskas (ankle); CARL – Hulme (groin) replaced in selected side by O’Keefe, Martyn (knee)
UMPIRES: M. Nicholls, Schmitt, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 40,697 at MCG
freo (10-7) vs richmond (7-10) subiaco saturday afternoon
freo will likely make the finals for the first time after a 23 point win over richmond. freo (11-7) face the roos at the g sunday. richmond (7-11) face st kilda at telstra dome saturday night.
FRE 3.5 7.8 9.13 15.14 (104)
RICH 2.3 5.9 7.13 11.15 (81)
GOALS: FRE – Bell 3, Medhurst 3, Simmonds 2, T. Longmuir 2, Cook, Headland. McManus, Pavlich, J. Longmuir; RICH – Tivendale 4, Rodan 2, Schulz 2, Johnson, Richardson, Krakouer
BEST: FRE – Bell, Cook, Hayden, Pavlich, T. Longmuir, McPharlin; RICH – Johnson, Coughlan, Tivendale, Richardson, Ottens
INJURY: FRE – Koops (flu) replaced in selected side by T. Longmuir; RICH – Cameron (ankle)
UMPIRES: Wenn, Woodcock, Hendrie
ATTENDANCE: 31,725 at Subiaco
geelong (5-12) vs collingwood (11-6) telstra dome saturday night
collingwood are now in the top 4 after a 4 goal win over geelong. collingwood (12-6) host brisbane at the g in the grand final rematch saturday afternoon. geelong (5-13) face melbourne at the g friday night.
COL 2.5 4.8 10.10 14.13 (97)
GEEL 4.3 7.8 8.12 10.13 (73)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 5, Burns 2, Didak, Lonie, McKee, O’Bree, Holland, Tarrant, Woewodin; GEEL – Chapman 2, Johnson 2, McCarthy 2, Enright, Ablett, Wojcinski, Spriggs
BEST: COL – Burns. Rocca, McGough, Licuria, Tarrant, Shaw; GEEL – Chapman, Rahilly, Enright, Ling, McCarthy, Sanderson
INJURY: COL – Cloke (ankle) replaced in selected side by McGough
ATTENDANCE: 45,887 at Telstra Dome
brisbane (10-1-6) vs kanagroos (9-1-7) gabba saturday night
brisbane keep their top 4 hopes alive by 9 goals over the roos. brisbane (11-1-6) faec collingwood at the g saturday afternoon. kanagroos (9-1-8) host freo at the g sunday.
BRIS 5.3 10. 3 13.10 20.17 (137)
KANG 1.2 5.10 8.13 11.17 (83)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 5, Brown 3, Caracella 3, Power 2, Charman, Hart, Shattock, Black, White, Akermanis, McRae; KANG – King 5, Jones, Harding, A. Stevens, Wells, Simpson, Harvey
BEST: BRIS – Black, Caracella, McRae, Akermanis, Voss, Hart, Lynch; KANG – Makepeace, King, Sinclair, Wells, Rawlings
INJURY: BRIS – B. Scott (ankle)
UMPIRES: Baldwin, Allen, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 28,044 at Gabba
adelaide (11-6) vs sydney (12-5) aami stadium sunday
adelaide keep their dominance over sydney by 4 points. adeliade (12-6) travel to play west coast saturday afternoon. sydney (12-6) host hawthorn saturday night.
ADE 5.5 10.7 12.9 14.13 (97)
SYD 2.2 7.3 11.7 14.9 (93)
GOALS: ADE – Carey 5, Johncock 3, Ladhams 2, Stenglein, Perrie, McLeod, Burton; SYD – Hall 3, Kennelly, Cresswell, Williams, O’Loughlin 2, O’Keefe, Bolton, Schneider
BEST: ADE – Carey, Edwards, Clarke, Burton, Ladhams, Shirley; SYD – Bolton, Davis, Fosdike, Hall, Kennelly, Williams, Kirk
INJURY: SYD – Barry (cut head)
UMPIRES: Vosso, James, McLaren
CROWD: 46,945 at AAMI Stadium
st kilda (7-10) vs west coast (11-1-5) telstra dome sunday
st kilda are barely alive with a 61 point win over west coast. st kilda (8-10) host richmond saturday night. west coast (11-1-6) host adelaide saturday afternoon.
STK 1.7 9.9 13.11 19.14 (128)
WCE 0.2 2.7 8.7 9.13 (67)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 4, Clarke 3, Goddard 2, Hayes 2, Montagna 2, Riewoldt 2, Ball, Dal Santo, Fisher, Wulf; WCE – Haynes 3, Cousins 2, McDougall 2, Matera, Sampi
BEST: StK – Riewoldt, Harvey, Hayes, Gehrig, Clarke, Koschitzke, Hudghton, Baker, Dal Santo; WCE – Braun, Cousins, McDougall, Haynes, Chick
INJURY: StK – Hamill (back), Wulf (bruised jaw/concussion); WCE – Wirrpunda (knee)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Head, Margetts
CROWD: 21,531 at Telstra Dome
hawthorn (8-9) vs port (13-4) mcg sunday
port are closer to the minor pemersihip by 4 points over the hawks. port (14-4) host carlton sunday. hawthorn (8-10) play sydney in sydney saturday night.
PA 2.5 4.8 8.10 12.12 (84)
HAW 3.3 6.8 7.11 11.14 (80)
GOALS: PA – Pickett 4, Schofield, Dew, C Cornes 2, Carr, Tredrea; HAW – Williams 3, Lekkas 3, Rawlings 3, Loats, Hodge
BEST: PA – Pickett, Schofield, Carr, Poulton, James, Brogan: HAW – Lekkas, Barlow, Smith, Ries, Osborne, Hodge
INJURY: PA – Salopek (shoulder, Primus (right knee tendonitis); HAW – Hay (hamstring)
Both Hay and Primus will miss several weeks
CHANGES: Hawthorn: Graham (ill) replaced in the selected side by Clarke
UMPIRES: Ellis, Kennedy, Rosebury
CROWD: 21,415 at MCG
goals
GOALS
Lloyd (ESS) 62
Neitz (MELB) 54
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Fevola (CARL) 48
Matera (WCE) 47
Hall (SYD) 46
Brown (WB) 46
Tarrant (COL) 43
Tredrea (PA) 41
Gehrig (STK) 40
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1774 | 1391 | 127.53% | 56 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1810 | 1411 | 128.28% | 48 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1907 | 1538 | 123.99% | 48 |
| 4 | Sydney | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1784 | 1517 | 117.60% | 48 |
| 5 | West Coast | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1971 | 1641 | 120.11% | 46 |
| 6 | Brisbane | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1825 | 1558 | 117.14% | 46 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1742 | 1688 | 103.20% | 44 |
| 8 | Essendon | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1751 | 1671 | 104.79% | 40 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1730 | 1887 | 91.68% | 38 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1575 | 1672 | 94.20% | 32 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1639 | 1948 | 84.14% | 32 |
| 12 | Richmond | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1565 | 1654 | 94.62% | 28 |
| 13 | Geelong | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1502 | 1729 | 86.87% | 20 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1605 | 1911 | 83.99% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1501 | 2058 | 72.93% | 16 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1741 | 2148 | 81.05% | 14 |
round 19 matches
friday
melbourne v geelong MCG (N)
saturday
collingwood v brisbane MCG
west coast v adeliade S
sydney v hawthorn SCG (N)
st kilda v richmond TD (N)
sunday
port v carlton AAMI
kangaroos v freo MCG
essendon v bulldogs TD
Harrison’s world 