richmond (1-4) vs hawthorn (1-4) telstra dome friday night
richmond got off the bottom of the ladder by a point over hawthorn. richmond (2-4) travel to play sydney sunday. hawthorn (1-5) host geelong at telstra dome sunday in a twillight game.
Richmond: 7.1 10.7 11.11 12.12 (84)
Hawthorn: 3.3 7.5 11.5 13.5 (83)
Goals: Richmond: Hilton 3, Brown, Tivendale 2, Ottens, Chaffey, Hyde, Johnson, Fiora
Hawthorn: Williams 5, Everitt 2, Ries, Brown, Lonie, Ball, Holland
Best: Richmond: Tivendale, Ottens, Fiora, Brown, Hyde, Fleming, Johnson
Hawthorn: Crawford, Mitchell, Everitt, Ries, Crawford, Beaumont, Lekkas, Williams
kangaroos (3-2) vs bulldogs (1-4) manaka oval saturday afternoon
bulldogs stun north by 1 point. bulldogs (2-4) host essendon friday night at telstra dome. north (3-3) host brisbane saturday night at telstra dome.
Kangaroos: 6.3 14.7 17.8 18.11 (119)
Western Bulldogs: 4.2 9.2 12.6 19.6 (120)
Goals: Kangaroos: Harvey 4, Motlop 3, Rawlings 2, Grant 2, Harris, McKernan, Petrie, Firrito, J Clayton, Sinclair, Simpson
Bulldogs: Darcy 3, Faulkner 3, Giansiracusa 2, Murphy 2, Johnson 2, Rawlings 2, West, Power, Bowden, Harrison, Street
Best: Kangaroos: Simpson, Grant, Harvey, Watt, Rawlings
essendon (3-2) vs sydney (3-2) mcg saturday afternoon
essendon beat sydney by 10 points despite a last quarter fight back. essendon (4-2) face bulldogs at telstra dome friday night. sydney (3-3) host richmond sunday.
Essendon: 5.6, 7.8, 12.10, 16.12 (108)
Sydney: 4.3, 4.6, 8.7, 15.8 (98)
GOALS: Essendon: Solomon, Lloyd 3, Peverill 2, Hird, J.Johnson, Lucas, Murphy, Stanton, Dyson, Lovett-Murray, Rioli 1
Sydney: Hall 4, Williams, O’Keefe, Schneider 2, Davis, C.Bolton, Maxfield, J.Bolton, Kirk 1
BEST: Essendon: Solomon, Hird, J.Johnson, Bolton, Hille, Murphy, McPhee
Sydney: Hall, Kirk, J.Bolton, O’Keefe, Fosdike, Saddington, Williams
st kilda (5-0) vs brisbane (4-1) telstra dome saturday night
st kilda beat brisbane by 1 point in anoter close game. st kilda (6-0) travel to play freo saturday afternoon. brisbane (4-2) travel to play north saturday night at telstra dome.
St Kilda: 2.6 6.8 9.12 13.14 (92)
Brisbane Lions: 4.1 5.4 7.5 14.7 (91)
Goals: St Kilda: Guerra, Riewoldt, Gehrig, Koschitzke, 2, Milne, Schwarze, Harvey, Ball, Clarke 1
Brisbane Lions: Lynch, Lappin 3, Voss, Akermanis 2, Brown, Power, Black McRae 1
Best: St Kilda: Koschitzke, Riewoldt, Hayes, Voss, Black, Maguire
Brisbane Lions: Brown, Black, Lappin, Voss, Akermanis, Johnson
west coast (2-3) vs freo (4-1) subiaco saturday night
freo continue their strong start by 10 points over west coast. freo (5-1) host st kilda on saturday afternoon. west coast (2-4) travel to play melbourne at the g sunday.
Eagles: 3.2 7.5 9.5 11.7 (73)
Fremantle: 4.1 7.3 11.8 12.11 (83)
Goals: Eagles: Matera 4, Sampi, Kerr 3, Glass
Fremantle: Farmer 3, Hasleby 2, Polak, Grover, Walker, Simmonds, J Longmuir, Bell, Medhurst
Best: Eagles: Cousins, Embley, Kerr, Sampi, Lynch
Fremantle: Hasleby, Bell, Walker, McManus, Cook, Hayden, Farmer
geelong (1-4) vs adeliade (1-4) skilled stadium sunday
geelong beat adelaide by 43 points in their first home game of the season at skilled. geelong (2-4) face hawthorn at telstra dome sunday twillight. adeliade (1-5) play port saturday night in the showdown.
Geelong: 1.0 5.2 11.5 15.11 (101)
Adelaide: 2.3 4.6 6.8 8.10 (58)
GOALS: Geelong: Ablett, Ling 3, Gardiner, Chapman 2, Graham, Gardiner, Kingsley, Moloney, Hunt 1
Adelaide: S.Stevens 3, Carey 2, Gallagher, Jericho, Ricciuto 1
BEST: Geelong: Ling, Kelly, Milburn, Moloney, Sanderson, Ablett, Hunt
Adelaide: Burton, Stenglein, Clarke, Massie, S.Stevens, Bassett
melbourne (4-1) vs carlton (2-3) mcg sunday
it took 6 weeks to win as many games as last season for melbourne with a 105 point demolition of carlton. melbourne (5-1) host west coast sunday. carlton (2-4) host collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
Melbourne: 6.3 12.5 19.9 25.10 (160)
Carlton: 1.3 2.5 4.7 8.7 (55)
Goals: Melbourne: Bruce 7, Holland 4, Green 3, Neitz 2, Davey 2, Armstrong 2, Thompson, Miller, Yze, White, Robertson
Carlton: Whitnall 3, Fevola 2, Houlihan, Davies, Camporeale
Best: Melbourne: Bruce, Yze, Johnstone, Heffernan, Rivers, Holland, White, Thompson, Green
Carlton: Houlihan, Stevens, Johnson
port (4-1) vs collingwood (1-4) aami stadium sunday
collingwods slump continues with a 17 point loss to port. port (5-1) host adeliade in the showdown saturday night. collingwood (1-5) face carlton at the g saturday afternoon.
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.5, 7.7, 11.9, 14.17 (101)
COLLINGWOOD: 4.2, 5.5, 8.11, 12.12 (84)
GOALS: Port Adelaide: Tredrea 4, S. Burgoyne 3, Dew 2, Lade, Brogan, Poulton, Ebert, Surjan
Collingwood: Rocca 3, Didak 2, Davis, Holland, O’Bree, McGough, Lokan, King, J. Cloke
BEST: Port Adelaide: K. Cornes, C. Cornes, Tredrea, Bishop, P. Burgoyne, Schofield
Collingwood: O’Bree, Holland, Licuria, Rocca, Clement, Woewodin
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 665 | 444 | 149.77% | 24 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 697 | 507 | 137.48% | 20 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 738 | 539 | 136.92% | 20 |
| 4 | Fremantle | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 539 | 444 | 121.40% | 20 |
| 5 | Brisbane | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 598 | 471 | 126.96% | 16 |
| 6 | Essendon | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 596 | 640 | 93.12% | 16 |
| 7 | Sydney | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 571 | 507 | 112.62% | 12 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 617 | 625 | 98.72% | 12 |
| 9 | West Coast | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 585 | 643 | 90.98% | 8 |
| 10 | Geelong | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 497 | 552 | 90.04% | 8 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 614 | 682 | 90.03% | 8 |
| 12 | Carlton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 497 | 588 | 84.52% | 8 |
| 13 | Richmond | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 463 | 650 | 71.23% | 8 |
| 14 | Adelaide | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 511 | 599 | 85.31% | 4 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 525 | 647 | 81.14% | 4 |
| 16 | Collingwood | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 457 | 632 | 72.31% | 4 |
round 7 matches
friday
bulldogs v essendon TD (N)
saturday
carlton v collingwood MCG
freo v st kilda S
kanagroos v brisbane TD (N)
port v adelaide AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v richmond SCG
melbourne v west coast MCG
hawthorn v geelong TD (T)
Harrison’s world 