carlton (1-2) vs essendon (1-2) mcg friday night
essendon beat carlton by 37 points at the g. essendon (2-2) host collingwood at th g sunday. carlton (1-3) host west coast saturday afternoon at optus oval.
CARLTON: 3.3, 6.6, 7.7, 12.8 (80)
ESSENDON: 1.3, 5.8, 13.11, 17.15 (117)
Goals: Carlton: Fevola 2, Bannister 2, Whitnall 2, Sporn 2, Morrell, Lappin, Houlihan, Fisher
Essendon: Lovett-Murray 3, Lloyd 2, Ramanauskas 2, Hird 2, Solomon 2, Dyson 2, Welsh, Alvey, McPhee, Bullen
Best: Carlton: Johnson, Stevens, Sporn, Bannister, Houlihan
Essendon: McPhee, Rioli, Peverill, Solomon, Hird, Misiti, Dyson
melbourne (2-1) vs port (3-0) mcg saturday afternoon
melbourne end ports run by 53 points at the g. melbourne (3-1) travel to play sydney saturday night at telstra stadium. port (3-1) host bulldogs sunday.
MELBOURNE: 5.1, 8.7, 12.14, 18.16 (124)
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.3, 5.6, 8.8, 10.11 (71)
Goals: Melbourne: Neitz 6, Bruce 4, Green 2, Holland 2, Yze, Brown, Davey, Thompson
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 2, Ebert 2, P Burgoyne 2, K Cornes, Brogan, Thurstans, Lade
Best: Melbourne: Green, Brown, Whelan, Bruce, Neitz, McDonald, Wheatley, Yze
Port Adelaide: P Burgoyne, Carr, K Cornes, Ebert, Brogan, Kingsley
west coast (1-2) vs brisbane (3-0) subiaco saturday afternoon
another close one saw west coast end the lions unbeaten run by 3 points. west coast (2-2) travel to play carlton saturday afternoon. brisbane (3-1) host hawthorn saturday night.
WEST COAST: 3.2, 6.4, 10.5, 12.7 (79)
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.3, 4.4, 10.9, 10.16 (76)
GOALS: WEST COAST: McDougall, Matera 3, Embley 2, Chick, Judd, Sampi, Seaby 1
BRISBANE LIONS: McRae, Brown 2, B. Scott, Lappin, Akermanis, Notting, Black, McLaren 1
BEST: WEST COAST: Judd, Embley, Cox, Staker, Fletcher, Kerr
BRISBANE LIONS: Charman, Hart, Brown, Shattock, Akermanis, Power
geelong (0-3) vs richmond (1-2) telstra dome saturday night
geelong open their account by 49 points over richmond ending their worse start til 2023. geelong (1-3) travel to play freo sunday. richmond (1-3) host adelaide friday night at telstra dome.
GEELONG: 7.0 11.1 15.5 19.13 (127)
RICHMOND: 1.4 3.7 7.10 11.12 (78)
GOALS: Geelong: Graham 6, Kingsley 3, Haynes, Playfair, Mackie 2, Ling, Riccardi, Tenace, Mooney 1
Richmond: Brown 4, Ottens, Coughlan 2, Fiora, Gaspar, Tivendale 1
BEST: Geelong: Ling, Mooney, Harley, Graham, Corey, Scarlett, Riccardi.
Richmond: Tivendale, Krakouer, Brown, Ottens, Hartigan
adelaide (0-3) vs st kilda (3-0) aami stadium saturday night
st kilda remain unbeaten and the crows are winless after a 15 point win on saturday night. st kilda (4-0) host the roos saturday afternoon at telstra dome. adelaide (0-4) travel to play richmond friday night at telstra dome.
ADELAIDE: 6.2, 8.3, 12.6, 15.8 (98)
ST KILDA: 5.1, 10.2, 15.3, 18.5 (113)
Goals: Adelaide: Johncock 3, McGregor 2, Edwards 2, Ricciuto 2, McLeod, Jericho, Burton, Massie, Gallagher, Carey
St Kilda: Gehrig 6, Guerra 4, Ball 2, Riewoldt, Milne, Voss, Knobel, Koschitzke, Powell
Best: Adelaide: Ricciuto, Burton, McLeod, McGregor, Johncock, Clarke
St Kilda: Hayes, Gehrig, Harvey, Dal Santo, Guerra, Riewoldt, Knobel, Jones
kangaroos (3-0) vs sydney (2-1) manaka oval sunday
sydney end the roos run by 51 points in canberra. sydney (3-1) host melbourne at telstra stadium saturday night. kanagroos (3-1) face st kilda at telstra dome saturday afternoon.
KANGAROOS 6.4 6.6 7.7 10.10 (70)
SYDNEY 6.3 10.8 16.12 18.13 (121)
GOALS: Kangaroos: Hale 2, B.Harvey 2, Motlop 2, Petrie 2, Grima, Co.Jones
Sydney: Hall 4, Saddington 4, Goodes 2, Kirk 2, Schneider 2, Bevan, Doyle, Kennelly, Maxfield
BEST: Kangaroos: Simpson, Harvey, Hale
Sydney: Hall, Mathews, Goodes, Saddington, Kirk, Bevan, J.Bolton, Fosdike, Kennelly
collingwood (1-2) vs freo (2-1) telstra dome sunday
freo stun collingwood by 34 points. freo (3-1) host geelong sunday. collingwood (1-3) face essendon on sunday at the g.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.3, 3.4, 5.7, 7.12 (54)
FREMANTLE: 3.3, 7.10, 10.12, 12.16 (88)
Goals: Collingwood: Rocca 2, Woewodin, Holland, Williams, Burns, Fraser
Fremantle: Medhurst 3, Cunningham 2, T Longmuir 2, Simmonds 2, Farmer, J Longmuir, Pavlich
Best: Collingwood: Fraser, Cole, Clement, Johnson.
Fremantle: McPharlin, Hasleby, McManus, Schammer, Medhurst, Walker, Bell, Haddrill
hawthorn (1-2) vs bulldogs (0-3) mcg sunday
bulldogs open their account by 2 goals over the hawks. bulldogs (1-3) play port on the road sunday. hawthorn (1-3) face brisbane on the road saturday night.
Hawthorn: 3.5, 5.8, 9.9, 14.13 (97)
Western Bulldogs: 2.6, 7.9, 13.11, 16.13 (109)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Williams, Lonie, Picioane, Thompson 2, Everitt, Holland, Mitchell, J.Smith, Vandenberg, Lekkas 1
Bulldogs: Harrison 3, Johnson, Darcy, Rawlings 2, Hahn, Eagleton, Bassett, Power, Cooney, Bowden, Robbins 1
BEST: Hawthorn: Smith, Vandenberg, Crawford, Lonie, Jacobs, Mitchell
Bulldogs: West, Eagleton, Smith, Johnson, Harris, Bassett, Bowden, Murphy
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 443 | 288 | 153.82% | 16 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 518 | 391 | 132.48% | 12 |
| 3 | Sydney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 374 | 288 | 129.86% | 12 |
| 4 | Brisbane | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 397 | 317 | 125.24% | 12 |
| 5 | Fremantle | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 339 | 280 | 121.07% | 12 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 426 | 353 | 120.68% | 12 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 433 | 375 | 115.47% | 12 |
| 8 | West Coast | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 469 | 468 | 100.21% | 8 |
| 9 | Essendon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 376 | 463 | 81.21% | 8 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 430 | 444 | 96.85% | 4 |
| 11 | Carlton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 350 | 385 | 90.91% | 4 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 380 | 453 | 83.89% | 4 |
| 13 | Geelong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 305 | 377 | 80.90% | 4 |
| 14 | Richmond | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 320 | 433 | 73.90% | 4 |
| 15 | Collingwood | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 294 | 419 | 70.17% | 4 |
| 16 | Adelaide | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 319 | 439 | 72.67% | 0 |
round 5 matches
friday
richmond v adeliade TD (N)
saturday
carlton v west coast OO
st kilda v kangaroos TD
brisbane v hawthorn G (N)
sydney v melbourne TS (N)
sunday
collingwood v essendon MCG
port v bulldogs AAMI
freo v geelong S
Harrison’s world 