hawthorn (10-10) vs carlton (4-16) mcg friday night
hawks briefly stay alive with a 74 point win over carlton. hawthorn (11-10) face richmond at the g sunday. carlton (4-17) host the roos sunday at telstra dome.
HAW 6.6 8.12 15.14 20.18 (138)
CARL 2.1 7.2 10.4 10.4 (64)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 6, Lekkas 3, Vandenberg 2, Osborne 2, Williams, Rawlings, Everitt, Crawford, Harford, Clarke, Lonie; CARL – Fevola 4, Houlihan, Campbell, Beasy, Fisher, Prendergast, Lappin
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Smith, Thompson, Vandenberg, Clarke, Osborne, Greene;
CARL – Koutoufides, McCormick, Fevola, Lappin
DAVID PARKIN MEDAL: Shane Crawford
INJURY: HAW – Osborne (corked thigh);
CARL – Camporeale (flu) replaced in selected side by Plunkett, Hulme (flu) replaced in selected side by Campbell, Wiggins (flu) replaced in selected side by O’Keeffe
UMPIRES: McBurney, Head, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 30,406 at MCG
essendon (12-8) vs freo (13-7) telstra dome saturday afternoon
freos debut finals appearence might be brief after a 10 goal loss to essendon dropped them to 8th on the ladder. essendon (13-8) face collingwood at the g friday night. freo (13-8) face west coast in the derby saturday night.
ESS 4.3 10.4 14.7 20.13 (133)
FRE 3.2 7.3 9.4 11.7 (73)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, J. Johnson 4, Hille 3, Jacobs 2, Hird, Solomon, Welsh, Cupido, Bullen; FRE – Medhurst 4, Simmonds 3, Carr, J. Longmuir, Pavlich, Bell
BEST: ESS – Hird, Lloyd, Lucas, Hille, M. Johnson, J. Johnson, Haynes; FRE – Haddrill, Bell, Simmonds, Woods
INJURY: ESS – Fletcher (ankle) replaced in selected side by Richards, Wellman (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Harvey
UMPIRES: Allen, Rowe, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 42,256 at Telstra Dome
adelaide (13-7) vs kangaroos (9-1-10) aami stadium saturday afternoon
the roos may have missed the finals but can still cause upsets in a 10 point win over adeliade. kanagroos (10-1-10) face carlton at telstra dome sunday. adelaide (13-8) face port sunday in the showdown.
KANG 1.6 4.12 7.15 9.20 (74)
ADEL 4.2 6.4 7.4 10.4 (64)
GOALS: KANG – Rocca 2, Rawlings, Simpson, D. Motlop, Petrie, Jones, Harvey, Clayton; ADE – Carey 3, Perrie 2, Burton 2, Burns, Johncock, Goodwin
BEST: KANG – Simpson, Rawlings, King, Rocca, Jones, Harris; ADE – Ricciuto, Burton, Shirley, Carey, Clarke, Goodwin
INJURY: KANG – Robbins (concussion); ADE – Edwards (quad) withdrawn from selected side, Ladhams (strained knee)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Avon, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 42,259 at AAMI Stadium
brisbane (12-1-7) vs geelong (6-1-13) gabba saturday night
brisbane moved back into the top 4 with a 37 point win over geelong. brisbane (13-1-7) travel to play bulldogs saturday night at telstra dome. geelong (6-1-14) host st kilda to finish their season saturday afternoon.
BRIS 3.4 11.5 14.8 19.9 (123)
GEEL 1.2 3.5 9.6 13.8 (86)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 6, Lynch 2, Caracella 2, Black 2, Akermanis 2, Shattock 2, Leppitsch, Lappin, Hart; GEEL – Johnson 6, Ablett 2, Chapman, McCarthy, Graham, Kingsley, Riccardi
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Bradshaw, Black, Power, Lappin; GEEL – Johnson, Ablett, Scarlett, Chapman, Sanderson
UMPIRES: Baldwin, Rosebury, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 30,515 at the Gabba
sydney (13-7) vs collingwood (13-7) Telstra stadium saturday night
collingwood move into 2nd with a 3 goal win over sydney. collingwood (14-7) host essendon friday night. sydney (13-8) face melbourne at the g saturday afternoon.
COL 5.3 9.7 12.11 14.15 (99)
SYD 2.1 5.5 9.8 12.9 (81)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 3, Scotland 3, Licuria, Walker, Didak, Burns, Tarrant, Woewodin, Holland, Fraser; SYD – O’Keefe 2, Williams 2, Schneider, Goodes, Sundqvist, Crouch, Hall, Cresswell, Davis, O’Loughlin
BEST: COL – Fraser, Licuria, Rocca, Scotland, Wakelin, Didak; SYD – O’Keefe, Mathews, Williams, Kirk, Schneider, C. Bolton
CHANGES: COL – Cole (flu) replaced by Molloy, McKee (flu) replaced by McGough
UMPIRES: Vozzo, James, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 72,393 at Telstra Stadium
st kilda (10-10) vs bulldogs (3-1-16) york park sunday
st kilda stay alive for 2 hours by beating bulldogs by 65 points leaving the bulldogs fighting to avoid last. st kilda (11-10) face geelong at geelong saturday afternoon. bulldogs (3-1-17) host brisbane saturday night.
STK 5.8 7.11 12.16 13.17 (95)
WB 1.2 1. 5 1.7 3.12 (30)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 3, Ball 2, Powell 2, Clarke 2, Koschitzke, Hamill, Harvey, Dal Santo;
WB – Giansiracusa, Power, Johnson
BEST: StK – Powell, Ball, Riewoldt, Hudghton, Gehrig, Koschitzke; WB – West, Birss, Smith, Hahn, Johnson
INJURY: WB – Darcy (groin) replaced in selected side by Croft, Hargrave (back spasms), Brown (bruised hip), Dimattina (ankle)
UMPIRES: Ryan, K. Nicholls, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 15,637 at York Park
richmond (7-13) vs port (16-4) telstra dome sunday
with nothing to play for an upset can happen but not here but a close game when port beat richmond by 20 points. port (17-4) host adeliade in the showdown sunday. richmond (7-14) host hawthorn sunday.
PA 5.5 8.7 13.15 18.16 (124)
RICH 3.1 8.4 12.6 16.8 (104)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 5, Dew 3, Stevens 2, Montgomery, Wanganeen, Cockatoo-Collins, Pickett, Cochrane, Thurstans, Guerra, C. Cornes;
RICH – Houlihan 5, Zantuck 5, Richardson 2, Fiora, Krakouer, Tivendale, Newman
BEST: PA – Tredrea, Wanganeen, Stevens, P. Burgoyne, Carr, Schofield, S. Burgoyne; RICH – Fiora, Tivendale, Zantuck, Bowden, A. Kellaway
INJURY: PA – C. Cornes (ankle); RICH – Holland (hamstring)
CHANGES: PA – Brogan (shin) replaced in the selected side by Guerra
UMPIRES: Fussell, Kennedy and Woodcock
CROWD: 15,920 at Telstra Dome
west coast (11-2-7) vs melbourne (5-15) subiaco sunday
west coast winning means the top 8 is now set but not the order after a 52 point win over melbourne. west coast (12-2-7) host freo in the derby saturday night. melbourne (5-16) host sydney saturday afternoon at the g.
WCE 5.6 9.10 15.12 21.17 (143)
MELB 3.1 8.3 11.6 14.7 (91)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 5, McDougall 4, Judd, Wirrpunda 2, Staker, Sampi, Kerr, Cousins, Chambers, Jakovich, Hunter, Embley;
MELB – Robertson 5, Neitz, Armstrong, Green, Rigoni 2, Bruce
BEST: WCE – Kerr, McDougall, Judd, Banfield, Matera, Jakovich; MELB – Robertson, Neitz, Yze, Bizzell, Rigoni, Armstrong
INJURY: WCE – Gardiner (knee), Cox (leg)
CHANGES: WCE – Selwood (asthma) replaced in selected side by Staker; MELB – White (leg) replaced in selected side by Jamar
UMPIRES: Coates, Morris, Margetts
CROWD: 38,029 at Subiaco Oval
goals
GOALS
Lloyd (ESS) 85
Neitz (MELB) 63
Matera (WCE) 60
Lynch (BRIS) 58
Fevola (CARL) 58
Hall (SYD) 56
Gehrig (STK) 54
Brown (WB) 53
Tredrea (PA) 52
Tarrant (COL) 46
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2135 | 1674 | 127.54% | 68 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2176 | 1791 | 121.50% | 56 |
| 3 | Brisbane | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2125 | 1796 | 118.32% | 54 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2036 | 1660 | 122.65% | 52 |
| 5 | West Coast | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2244 | 1886 | 118.98% | 52 |
| 6 | Sydney | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2048 | 1802 | 113.65% | 52 |
| 7 | Essendon | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2123 | 1877 | 113.11% | 52 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2047 | 1996 | 102.56% | 52 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1933 | 1925 | 100.42% | 44 |
| 10 | St Kilda | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2030 | 2103 | 96.53% | 44 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1998 | 2160 | 92.50% | 42 |
| 12 | Richmond | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1772 | 2000 | 88.60% | 28 |
| 13 | Geelong | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1735 | 1960 | 88.52% | 26 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1839 | 2250 | 81.73% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1721 | 2487 | 69.20% | 16 |
| 16 | Wstn Bulldogs | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1928 | 2523 | 76.42% | 14 |
round 22 matches
friday
collingwood v essendon MCG (N)
saturday
geelong v st kilda SS
melbourne v sydney MCG
bulldogs v brisbane TD (N)
freo v west coast S (N)
sunday
port v adeliade AAMI
richmond v hawthorn MCG
carlton v kangaroos TD
Harrison’s world 