collingwood (1-7) vs adelaide (2-6) telstra dome friday night
collingwood come back from behind to end a 6 game losing streak by 3 points over adeliade. collingwood (2-7) face the roos at telstra dome saturday night. adeliade (2-7) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
Collingwood: 1.2 4.6 7.10 9.14 (68)
Adelaide: 5.2 6.5 7.8 9.11 (65)
Goals: Collingwood:Tarrant 5, Rocca, Lonie, Richards, Didak. Adelaide: McLeod 2, Edwards, Hudson, Johncock, Jericho, Welsh, Carey, Bock.
Best: Collingwood: Tarrant, Wakelin, Licuria, Clement, Woewodin, Cole, J Cloke. Adelaide: McGregor, McLeod, Ricciuto, Hentschel
melbourne (6-2) vs kangaroos (4-4) mcg saturday afternoon
melbourne secure 2nd with a 3 goal win over the roos. melbourne (7-2) play brisbane at the gabba in a a”home” game sunday. kangaroos (4-5) host collingwood saturday night.
Melbourne: 3.5 7.10 11.14 13.18 (96)
Kangaroos: 2.2 4.5 8.9 11.12 (78)
Goals: Melbourne: Neitz 4, Green 2, Bruce 2, Davey 2, Johnstone, Vardy, Davey.
Kangaroos: Rawlings 2, Rocca 2, Harding 2, Brown, Motlop, Petrie, Harvey, Sansbury.
Best: Melbourne: White, Brown, Rivers, Miller, Whelan, Heffernan, Green.
Kangaroos: Simpson, Makepeace, Harvey, Rawlings, Archer, Harris.
freo (5-3) vs brisbane (6-2) subiaco saturday afternoon
freo stun brisbane by 59 points in perth. freo (6-3) play essendon at telstra dome friday night. brisbane (6-3) face melbourne at the gabba sunday.
Fremantle: 5.6 10.8 15.14 20.17 (137)
Brisbane: 3.4 8.5 9.7 11.12 (78)
Goals: Fremantle: Medhurst 9, Farmer 3, Waterhouse, Bell 2, Longmuir, Hasleby, Polak, Pavlich
Brisbane: Power, Pike 3, Pratt, Adcock, Akermanis, Johnson, Voss
Best: Fremantle: Medhurst, Hasleby, Bell, Pavlich, Farmer
Brisbane: Akermanis, Power, Hart, Pike, B Scott
geelong (4-4) vs essendon (6-2) telstra dome saturday night
geelong beat essendon by 23 to continue their revival. geelong (5-4) face port sunday on the road. essendon (6-3) host freo friday night at telstra dome.
Geelong: 6.5, 10.6, 13.10 18.12 (120)
Essendon: 6.1, 8.8, 12.11 14.13 (97)
Goals: Geelong: Kingsley 7, Chapman 3, Graham 2, Kelly 2, Haynes, Riccardi, Milburn, Ling
Essendon: M. Johnson 3, Lovett-Murray 2, Lloyd 2, Cupido, Hille, J. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Solomon, Murphy, McPhee
Best: Geelong: Scarlett, Kingsley, Ling, Kelly, Mooney, Chapman, Riccardi, Haynes
Essendon: Solomon, M.Johnson, J.Johnson, McPhee, Rioli, Murphy
port (5-3) vs richmond (4-4) Aami stadium saturday night
port returned to form by 13 goals over richmond. port (6-3) host geelong sunday. richmond (4-5) travel to play west coast saturday afternoon.
Port Adelaide: 4.6, 9.10, 12.12, 19.14 (128)
Richmond: 0.2, 1.3, 4.4, 7.8 (50)
Goals: Port Adelaide: White 3, Tredrea 3, Brogan 2, Salopek 2, S Burgoyne 2, Ebert, Cochrane, Dew, Wilson, Mahoney, P Burgoyne
Richmond: Bowden 2, Krakouer, Stafford, Schulz, Richardson, Tivendale
Best: Port Adelaide: C Cornes, K Cornes, Bishop, James, Wilson, Tredrea, P Burgoyne
Richmond: Bowden, Johnson, Campbell, Brown, Ottens
sydney (3-5) vs hawthorn (2-6) scg sunday
sydney scrape back onto the winners list by a point over hawthorn. sydney (4-5) face the bulldogs at the scg saturday night. hawthorn (2-7) host adeliade saturday afternoon at the g.
Sydney: 4.4 5.8 10.13 11.14 (80)
Hawthorn: 0.1 5.3 8.4 12.7 (79)
Goals: Sydney: Hall 2, O’Keefe 2, O’Loughlin 2, Kirk, Maxfield, Saddington, Crouch, J. Bolton
Hawthorn: Vandenberg 3, Croad 3, Ladson 2, Crawford, Jacobs, Everitt, Ries
Best: Sydney: Goodes, Barry, Ball, Saddington, Buchanan
Hawthorn: Vandenberg, Crawford, Lekkas, Ladson
st kilda (8-0) vs west coast (3-5) Telstra dome sunday
are st kilda finally going to win their 2nd flag well a 101 point demoltion over west coast helps that. st kilda (9-0) face carlton at optus oval sunday. west coast (3-6) host richmond saturday afternoon.
St Kilda: 6.4 13.7 19.9 26.13 (169)
West Coast Eagles: 3.3 6.8 9.10 9.14 (68)
Goals: St Kilda: Guerra 7, Gehrig 5, Milne 4, Hamill 4, Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke, X Clarke, Hudghton, Jones
West Coast Eagles: Matera 2, Sampi 2, Gaspar 2, McDougall, Morrison, Selwood
Best: St Kilda: Guerra, Riewoldt, Jones, Gehrig, Hamill, Dal Santo, Ball, Milne, Hayes, Powell
West Coast Eagles: Cousins, Judd, Fletcher
carlton (3-5) vs bulldogs (2-6) optus oval sunday
bulldogs upset carlton by 25 points. bulldogs (3-6) play sydney in a “home” game at the scg saturday night. carlton (3-6) host st kilda sunday.
Carlton: 5.1 10.4 12.4 12.7 (79)
Western Bulldogs: 7.3 10.5 16.5 16.8 (104)
Goals: Carlton: Fevola 3, Fisher 2, Scotland 2, Whitnall 2, Davies, Deluca, French
Western Bulldogs: Rawlings 4, Hahn 3, Darcy 2, Johnson 2, Robbins 2, Bowden, Eagleton, Smith
Best: Carlton: Lappin, Stevens, Teague, Bowyer, Houlihan
Western Bulldogs: Smith, Darcy, Hahn, Koops, Johnson, R.Murphy, Rawlings
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1067 | 675 | 158.07% | 36 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1002 | 759 | 132.02% | 28 |
| 3 | Brisbane | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 936 | 786 | 119.08% | 24 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1001 | 848 | 118.04% | 24 |
| 5 | Fremantle | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 809 | 687 | 117.76% | 24 |
| 6 | Essendon | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 949 | 939 | 101.06% | 24 |
| 7 | Geelong | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 826 | 788 | 104.82% | 20 |
| 8 | Sydney | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 802 | 777 | 103.22% | 16 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 911 | 889 | 102.47% | 16 |
| 10 | Richmond | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 685 | 914 | 74.95% | 16 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 895 | 987 | 90.68% | 12 |
| 12 | Carlton | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 767 | 912 | 84.10% | 12 |
| 13 | West Coast | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 850 | 1031 | 82.44% | 12 |
| 14 | Adelaide | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 779 | 889 | 87.63% | 8 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 726 | 896 | 81.03% | 8 |
| 16 | Collingwood | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 696 | 924 | 75.32% | 8 |
round 10 matches
friday
essendon v freo TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v adeliade MCG
west coast v richmond S
kangaroos v collingwood TD (N)
bulldogs v sydney SCG (N)
sunday
melbourne v brisbane G
carlton v st kilda TD
port v geelong AAMI
Harrison’s world 