collingwood (12-7) vs adelaide (13-6) telstra dome friday night
collingwood stay in the top 4 hunt with a 37 point win over adelaide ending the crows good run. collingwood (13-7) travel saturday night to telstra stadium to play sydney. adelaide (13-7) host the roos saturday afternoon.
COL 1.5 4.8 11.14 15.18 (108)
ADEL 2.1 4.2 5.3 11.5 (71)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 3, Didak 3, Rocca 3, Lonie, Licuria, Scotland, O’Bree, Burns, Lokan
ADE – Torney 2, Perrie 2, Doughty, Johncock, Schuback, Bode, Burton, Begley, Goodwin
BEST: COL – O’Bree, Licuria, Burns, Rocca, Fraser, Scotland; ADE – McLeod, Edwards, Ricciuto
NJURY: COL – Swan (ankle) replaced in selected side by Walker; ADE – Burton (knee)
UMPIRES: Vozzo. McBurney, Rowe
ATTENDANCE: 45,367 at Telstra Dome
geelong (6-13) vs west coast (11-1-7) skiled stadium saturday afternoon
west coast play their 2nd draw against a bottom 4 side this year this time geelong. geelong (6-1-13) travel to brisbane saturday night. west coast (11-2-7) host melborune sunday.
GEEL 4.4 6.7 7.8 9.9 (63)
WCE 2.1 4.3 7.5 9.9 (63)
GOALS: GEEL – Johnson 2, McCarthy 2, Corey, Ablett, Chapman, Street, Ling;
WCE – Matera 4, Chambers, Chick, Jones, Haynes, Wirrpunda
BEST: GEEL – Corey, Enright, Scarlett, Johnson, Harley, Wojcinski, Rahilly; WCE – Fletcher, Matera, Cousins, Read, Kerr, Chambers, Braun, Jones
CHANGES: GEEL – Milburn (ankle) replaced in selected side by Mooney
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Head, Wenn
CROWD: 19,202 at Skilled Stadium
carlton (4-15) vs st kiolda (9-10) optus oval saturday afternoon
with their season on life support for 3 weeks st kilda have suddenly found a way to win easy this time 91 points over carlton. st kilda (10-10) face bulldogs at tasmania. carlton (4-16) face hawthorn at the g friday night.
STK 9.3 18.5 22.7 26.10 (166)
CARL 2.2 7.4 10.6 11.9 (75)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 7, Powell 4, Dal Santo 3, Murray 3, Montagna 3, Jones 2, Ball, Harvey, Baker, Hayes; CARL – Fevola 3, Beasy 2, Livingston, Davies, McCormick, Koutoufides, Beaumont, Fisher
BEST: StK – Harvey, Hayes, Dal Santo, Gehrig, Powell, Ball, Hudghton, Penny;
CARL – Koutoufides, Beaumont, Camporeale
INJURY: CARL – Murphy (thigh) replaced in selected side by Fletcher, McKernan (ribs)
UMPIRES: Baldwin, McLaren, Hendrie
ATTENDANCE: 22,361 at Optus Oval
kangaroos (9-1-9) vs hawthorn (9-10) telstra dome saturday night
hawks end the roos season by 14 points with the roos 6th loss in 8 gamesand keeps the hawks slim hopes alive. hawthorn (10-10) host carlton friday night at the g. roos (9-1-10) travel to play adelaide saturday afternoon.
HAW 3.3 6.7 8.9 16.14 (110)
KANG 1.1 6.3 12.8 14.12 (96)
GOALS: HAW – Lekkas 4, Williams 2, Holland 2, Thompson 2, Johnson, Rawlings, Picioane, Everitt, Crawford, Hodge; KANG – Harvey 2, King 2, Grant 2, Brown, Petrie, Jones, Sinclair, Simpson, Clayton, Archer, Wells
BEST: HAW – Mitchell, Hodge, Lekkas, Crawford, Ries, Barker, Barlow; KANG – Grant, Wells, Simpson, King, Harvey, Colbert
INJURY: HAW – Picioane (fractured cheekbone)
He may require surgery after the swelling goes down
UMPIRES: Coates, Morris, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 29,234 at Telstra Dome
port (15-4) vs melbourne (5-14) aami stadium saturday night
port secure their 2nd straight minor premership in their 7th year in the comp beating struggling melbourne by 14 points. port (16-4) travel to play richmond at telstra dome sunday. melbourne (5-15) travel to play west coast sunday.
PA 6.2 10.3 14.6 17.10 (112)
MELB 2.0 6.5 10.6 15.8 (98)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Pickett 2, Dew 2, C. Cornes 2, James 2, Paxman, Cockatoo-Collins, Carr, S. Burgoyne, Lade, Wanganeen; MELB – Neitz 5, Robertson 4, Thompson, Green, Williams, Godfrey, Bruce, Whelan
BEST: PA – P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, Wanganeen, Brogan, Stevens, Wilson; MELB – Brown, Neitz, Robertson, McDonald, Green, Walsh
UMPIRES: Schmitt, Avon, K. Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 28,032 at AAMI Stadium
brisbane (12-1-6) vs sydney (12-7) gabba sunday
sydney become the first team since 2000 to beat brisbane more than once in a year by 14 points. sydney (13-7) host collingwood at telstra stadium saturday night. brisbane (12-1-7) must win both games to finish in the top 4 starting with geelong sautrday night at home.
SYD 2.1 5.5 11.5 14.6 (90)
BRIS 4.3 6.8 8.12 10.16 (76)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 5, O’Loughlin, Williams 2, J Bolton, Goodes, O’Keefe, Cresswell, Kirk;
BRIS – Brown 3, Keating, Johnson 2, Akermanis, Charman, Black
BEST: SYD – Hall, C Bolton, Goodes, O’Loughlin, Schauble, Williams; BRIS – Voss, Black, Keating, Bradshaw, Lappin
INJURY: SYD – Barry (elbow), Saddington (knee)
UMPIRES: James, Allen, Kennedy
CROWD: 32,988 at the Gabba
essendon (11-8) vs richmond (7-12) mcg sunday
hawks and st kilda did not have their prayers answered when essendon made their job of makig the 8 close to impossible by beating richmond by 39 points. essendon (12-8) host freo saturday afternoon at telstra dome. richmond (7-13) host port sunday at telstra dome.
ESS 4.2 9.8 12.12 13.14 (92)
RICH 2.5 5.5 5.8 7.11 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, Cupido 3, Lucas, Solomon, Bolton, McVeigh; RICH – Fiora, Coughlan, Krakouer, Stafford, Rodan, A Kellaway, Ottens
BEST: ESS – Lloyd, Lucas, Rioli, Misiti, M Johnson, Peverill, Cupido; RICH – Coughlan, Chaffey, Fiora, Ottens, Rodan, Bowden
INJURY: RICH – Zantuck (leg)
CHANGES: ESS – Wellman (hamstring) and J.Johnson (ankle) replaced in the selected side by Alessio and Haynes
UMPIRES: Fussell, Goldspink and Jeffery
CROWD: 40,846 at the MCG
freo (12-7) vs bulldogs (3-1-15) subiaco sunday
freo are in the finals for the first time after a 56 point win over the bulldogs. freo (13-7) travel to play essendon saturday aftternoon. bulldogs (3-1-16) travel to play st kilda in tasmania sunday.
FRE 5.6 10.12 13.18 18.25 (133)
WB 2.1 7.2 10.5 12.5 (77)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 4, Farmer 3, Pavlich 3, Croad 2, Carr, Headland, McManus, Hasleby, Cook, Hayden; WB -Brown 4, Johnson 2, Skipper 2, West, Eagleton, McMahon, Bowden
BEST: FRE – Carr, Pavlich, Bell, Headland, Hasleby, Sandilands; WB – West, Brown, Johnson, Birss, Eagleton
UMPIRES: Rosebury, M. Nicholls, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 35,158 at Subiaco
goals
GOALS
Lloyd (ESS) 79
Neitz (MELB) 61
Lynch (BRIS) 56
Hall (SYD) 55
Matera (WCE) 55
Fevola (CARL) 54
Brown (WB) 53
Gehrig (STK) 51
Tredrea (PA) 47
Tarrant (COL) 45
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2011 | 1570 | 128.09% | 64 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1972 | 1586 | 124.34% | 52 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2077 | 1710 | 121.46% | 52 |
| 4 | Sydney | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1967 | 1703 | 115.50% | 52 |
| 5 | Fremantle | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1974 | 1863 | 105.96% | 52 |
| 6 | Brisbane | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2002 | 1710 | 117.08% | 50 |
| 7 | West Coast | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2101 | 1795 | 117.05% | 48 |
| 8 | Essendon | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1990 | 1804 | 110.31% | 48 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1795 | 1861 | 96.45% | 40 |
| 10 | St Kilda | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1935 | 2073 | 93.34% | 40 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1924 | 2096 | 91.79% | 38 |
| 12 | Richmond | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1668 | 1876 | 88.91% | 28 |
| 13 | Geelong | 20 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1649 | 1837 | 89.77% | 26 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1748 | 2107 | 82.96% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1657 | 2349 | 70.54% | 16 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1898 | 2428 | 78.17% | 14 |
round 21 matches
friday
hawthorn v carlton MCG (N)
saturday
essendon v freo TD
adealide v kangaroos AAMI
sydney v collingwood TS (N)
brisbane v geelong G (N)
sunday
st kilda v bulldogs YP
richmond v port TD
west coast v melbourne S
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