essendon (6-3) vs freo (6-3) telstra dome friday night
essendon beat the inconsistant dockers by 30 points. essendon (7-3) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. freo (6-4) host melbourne sunday.
Essendon: 4.8 11.11 14.12 17.13 (115)
Fremantle: 2.2 3.5 7.9 12.13 (85)
Goals: Essendon: Lloyd 5, Lovett-Murray 3, Lucas, Murphy, Hird 2, Ramanauskas, Solomon, Misiti 1
Fremantle: Waterhouse, Simmonds, Longmuir, Walker 2, Pavlich, Hayden, Polak, Headland 1
Best: Essendon: McPhee, Hird, Solomon, Lucas, Lloyd, Rioli, Welsh
Fremantle: Pavlich, Longmuir, Cook, Hayden
hawthorn (2-7) vs adeliade (2-7) mcg saturday afternoon
a season ending injury to captain shane crawford and dropping to last has the hawks in major trouble after an 86 point loss to adeliade. adeliade (3-7) host carlton saturday afternoon. hawthorn (2-8) host essendon saturday afternoon at the g.
Hawthorn: 2.6 3.8 5.8 6.11 (47)
Adelaide: 5.2 9.8 14.11 20.13 (133)
Goals: Hawthorn: Bateman, Beaumont, Everitt, Picioane, Tallis, Thompson
Adelaide: Carey 4, M.Stevens 4, Ricciuto 3, McLeod 2, Schuback 2, Bock, Clarke, Hentschel, Mattner, Shirley
Best: Hawthorn: Everitt, Mitchell, Lekkas, Graham
Adelaide: Ricciuto, McLeod, M.Stevens, Carey, Edwards, Schuback, Johncock, Hart, McGregor
west coast (3-6) vs richmond (4-5) subiaco saturday afternoon
back to back road trips (and 3 in 4 weeks) has richmond in trouble after a 37 point loss to west coast. west coast (4-6) travel to play collingwood friday night at telstra dome. richmond (4-6) face the roos at the dome saturday night.
West Coast: 4.2 5.6 12.10 14.16 (100)
Richmond: 3.3 5.6 7.6 9.9 (63)
Goals: West Coast: Matera 6, Chambers 3, Nicoski, Butler, Cox, Seaby, Judd
Richmond: Richardson, Ottens 2, Brown, Krakouer, Stafford, Pettifer, Fleming
Best: West Coast: Matera, Cousins, Judd, Cox, Staker, Embley
Richmond: Johnson, Bowden, Ottens, Brown, Chaffey
kangaroos (4-5) vs collingwood (2-7) telstra dome saturday night
collingwood move off the bottom by 27 points over the roos. collingwood (3-7) host west coast friday night at the dome. kangaroos (4-6) host richmond saturday night at the dome.
Kangaroos: 5.4 6.6 6.9 9.11 (65)
Collingwood: 4.4 6.9 10.13 13.14 (92)
Goals: Kangaroos: King 2, Petrie, McKernan, Colbert, Simpson, Rawlings, Wells, Rocca
Collingwood: Tarrant 3, Rocca 3, Fraser 2, Didak, Burns, Richards, Davis, C Cloke
Best: Kangaroos: Simpson, Colbert, King, Stevens, Rawlings, Wells
Collingwood: Johnson, Didak, Richards, Tarrant, Lokan, Clement, Cole, Licuria
bulldogs (3-6) vs sydney (4-5) scg saturday night
sydney steady their season with a 26 point win over the bulldogs. sydney (5-5) host st kilda sunday. bulldogs (3-7) host geelong sunday at telstra dome.
Sydney: 5.5 7.10 11.16 12.21 (93)
Western Bulldogs: 3.3 6.4 6.6 10.7 (67)
Goals: Sydney: McVeigh 2, Buchanan 2, O’Loughlin 2, Hall, Crouch, Davis, C Bolton, Nicks, Williams
Western Bulldogs: Bowden 3, Rawlings 2, Robbins 2, Skipper, Giansiracusa, Garlick
Best: Sydney: Barry, Williams, J. Bolton, Kirk, Buchanan
Western Bulldogs: Johnson, Bowden
melbourne (7-2) vs brisbane (6-3) gabba sunday
brisbane return to form with a 40 point win over melbourne. brisbane (7-3) host port saturday night. melbourne (7-3) travel to play freo sunday.
Brisbane: 4.3 11.8 16.9 18.15 (123)
Melbourne: 3.1 5.3 8.6 12.11 (83)
Goals: Brisbane: Leppitsch 3, Pike 3, Hart 3, McRae 2, Lappin 2, McGrath 2, McRae 2, Hadley, Notting, Akermanis
Melbourne: Neitz 4, Vardy 3, McDonald 2, Davey, Bruce, Robertson
Best: Brisbane: Lappin, Hart, Scott, Voss, Pike, McGrath, Power, Johnson, Notting
Melbourne: White, Neitz, McDonald, Robertson, Yze, Bruce
carlton (3-6) vs st kilda (9-0) telstra dome sunday
st kilda make it look easy in a 18 goal demolition of carlton. st kilda (10-0) travel to play sydney sunday. carlton (3-7) travel to play adeliade saturday afternoon.
St Kilda: 7.5 19.6 26.7 31.10 (196)
Carlton: 3.2 5.3 10.6 13.10 (88)
Goals: St Kilda: Gehrig 9, Milne 6, Riewoldt 3, Hamill 3, Powell 3, Dal Santo 2, Hayes 2, Koschitzke, Ball, Harvey
Carlton: Norman 3, Fisher 3, Lappin 3, Camporeale, Fevola, Scotland, Wiggins
Best: St Kilda: Hayes, Dal Santo, Gehrig, Milne, Harvey, Knobel, Jones, Powell, Riewoldt
Carlton: Lappin, Fisher, Norman
port (6-3) vs geelong (5-4) aami stadium sunday
port scraped home against geelong by 4 points port (7-3) travel to play brisbane saturday night. geelong (5-5) play bulldogs at the dome sunday.
Port Adelaide: 2.1, 6.4, 14.6, 18.8 (116)
Geelong: 4.3, 9.6, 14.7, 17.10 (112)
Goals: Port Adelaide: Ebert 4, S Burgoyne 2, Brogan, Schofield, Mahoney, K.Cornes, Tredrea, Wanganeen, Wilson, Lade, James, Thurstans, Dew
Geelong: Graham 5, Haynes 2, Ablett 2, Mooney 2, Bartel 2, Chapman, Kingsley, Gardiner
Best: Port Adelaide: Schofield, Wilson, Bishop, K Cornes, James, Brogan, S.Burgoyne
Geelong: Maloney, Graham, Chapman, Scarlett, Hunt, Gardiner
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1263 | 763 | 165.53% | 40 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1085 | 882 | 123.02% | 28 |
| 3 | Brisbane | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1059 | 869 | 121.86% | 28 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1117 | 960 | 116.35% | 28 |
| 5 | Essendon | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1064 | 1024 | 103.91% | 28 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 894 | 802 | 111.47% | 24 |
| 7 | Sydney | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 895 | 844 | 106.04% | 20 |
| 8 | Geelong | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 938 | 904 | 103.76% | 20 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 976 | 981 | 99.49% | 16 |
| 10 | West Coast | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 950 | 1094 | 86.84% | 16 |
| 11 | Richmond | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 748 | 1014 | 73.77% | 16 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 912 | 936 | 97.44% | 12 |
| 13 | Wstn Bulldogs | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 962 | 1080 | 89.07% | 12 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 788 | 989 | 79.68% | 12 |
| 15 | Carlton | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 855 | 1108 | 77.17% | 12 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 773 | 1029 | 75.12% | 8 |
round 11 matches
friday
collingwood v west coast TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v essendon MCG
adelaide v carlton AAMI
brisbane v port G (N)
kangaroos v richmond TD (N)
sunday
sydney v st kilda SCG
bulldogs v geelong TD
freo v melborune S
Harrison’s world 