essendon (8-5) vs kangaroos (6-7) telstra dome friday night
north keep their run against essendon intact by 21 points to keep their finals hopes alive. kanagroos (7-7) travel to play freo saturday night. essendon (8-6) face richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
Essendon: 4.3 7.5 11.6 12.7 (79)
Kangaroos: 3.3 6.6 9.12 14.16 (100)
Goals: Essendon: Murphy 5, McPhee 3, Dyson, Fletcher, Lloyd, Richards
Kangaroos: Rocca 5, Grant 3, B.Harvey 2, Harding, Co.Jones, King, Motlop
Best: Essendon: Murphy, McPhee, J.Johnson, Fletcher, Bolton
Kangaroos: Grant, Rocca, Rawlings, Wells, Firrito, Watt, Simpson, Colbert
carlton (6-7) vs sydney (7-6) optus oval saturday afternoon
sydney end carltons run by 11 points. sydney (8-6) host adeliade saturday night. carlton (6-8) travel to play port sunday.
Carlton: 3.1 4.7 9.10 12.12 (84)
Sydney: 3.2 8.4 10.5 15.5 (95)
Goals: Carlton: Stevens 2, French 2, Camporeale 2, Walker, Lappin, Fisher, DeLuca, Norman, Koutoufides
Sydney: Hall 6, O’Loughlin 2, Nicks, Mathews, Fixter, Kennelly, Ablett, Kirk, Bevan
Best: Carlton: Camporeale, Stevens, French, Lappin, Koutoufides, Prendergast, Teague
Sydney: Hall, Kirk, Mathews, Crouch, Bolton, Maxfield
collingwood (4-9) vs hawthorn (2-11) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwood stay alive smashing the last place hawks by 65 points. collingwood (5-9) host geelong friday night at telstra dome. hawthorn (2-12) host west coast in tasmania saturday afternoon.
Collingwood: 5.6 9.12 15.16 20.20 (140)
Hawthorn: 2.3 5.4 7.7 11.9 (75)
Goals: Collingwood: Didak 4, Rocca, Lockyer, Tarrant 3, Fraser, Buckley 2, Cloke, McKee, Burns 1
Hawthorn: Williams, Thompson 2, Clarke, Lekkas, Ladson, Croad, Everitt, Mitchell, Beaumont 1
Best: Collingwood: Fraser, Rocca, Lockyer, Davis, Didak, Licuria, Buckley, Clement
Hawthorn: Thompson, Osborne, Beaumont, Mitchell
brisbane (9-4) vs richmond (4-9) gabba saturday night
brisbane survive a richmond scare by 3 goals. brisbane (10-4) host bulldogs sunday. richmond (4-10) host essendon saturday afternoon at the g.
Brisbane: 4.1 10.4 12.8 17.12 (114)
Richmond: 4.4 6.7 10.10 14.12 (96)
Goals: Brisbane: Lynch 4, Charman 3, Caracella 3, Black 2, McGrath, Akermanis, Pike, Johnson, Voss
Richmond: Schulz 6, Ottens 2, Rodan, Campbell, Hilton, Moore, Tivendale, Brown
Best: Brisbane: Power, Brown, Lappin, Black, Voss, Caracella
Richmond: Schulz, Ottens, Brown, Johnson, Bowden, Tivendale
west coast (5-8) vs geelong (8-5) subiaco saturday night
west coast save their season with a 2 point win over geelong. west coast (6-8) travel to play hawthorn in tasmania saturday afternoon. geelong (8-6) face collingwood at telstra dome friday night.
West Coast: 2.1 5.4 6.6 7.9 (51)
Geelong: 3.2 4.5 4.6 7.7 (49)
Goals: West Coast:Hansen 2, Sampi, Judd, McDougall, Fletcher, Matera
Geelong: Riccardi, Ablett 2, Kingsley, Moloney, Wojcinski
Best: West Coast: Braun, Judd, Glass, Hunter, Lynch, Fletcher
Geelong: Ablett, Wojcinski, Bartel, Chapman, Ling
st kilda (11-2) vs port (9-4) york park sunday
port smash st kilda by 46 points to keep their tasie record intact. port (10-4) host carlton sunday. st kilda (11-3) face melbourne at the g sunday.
St Kilda: 2.1 3.2 5.3 7.5 (47)
Port Adelaide: 3.3 6.5 10.9 14.9 (93)
Goals: St Kilda: Clarke 2, Hamill, Riewoldt, Knobel, Guerra, Milne, 1
Port Adelaide: Cassisi 4, Mahoney 3, Tredrea 2, James, Wanganeen, Lade, Carr, Brogan 1
Best: St Kilda: Riewoldt, Hayes, Clarke, Powell
Port Adelaide: Brogan, C Cornes, Mahoney, Lade, Wakelin, P Burgoyne, S Burgoyne, James
bulldogs (4-9) vs freo (7-6) telstra dome sunday
freos weird run continues with a 41 point win over the bulldogs. freo (8-6) host kangaroos saturday night. bulldogs (4-10) play brisbane on sunday on the road.
Western Bulldogs: 3.4, 6.9, 6.12, 10.16 (78)
Fremantle: 4.1, 8.4, 14.6, 18.9 (117)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: West, Darcy 3, Harrison 2, Bowden, Morgan 1
Fremantle: Simmonds, Medhurst 4, Bell 3, Schammer 2, McManus, Headland, McPharlin, J.Longmuir, Farmer 1.
BEST: Western Bulldogs: West, Giansiracusa, Grant, Harrison, Darcy, Eagleton
Fremantle: Bell, Carr, Pavlich, Medhurst, Headland, McPharlin, Schammer, Simmonds
adeliade (4-9) vs melbourne (10-3) aami stadium sunday
adelaide stun melbourne by 12 goals at home. adelaide (5-9) travel to sydney saturday night. melbourne (10-4) host st kilda sunday at the g.
ADELAIDE: 7.1, 13.7, 16.10, 22.13 (145)
MELBOURNE: 2.5, 5.8, 8.10, 10.13 (73)
GOALS: Adelaide: Welsh 8, Hentschel, Edwards, Skipworth, Biglands 2, Bassett, Shirley, Torney, Ricciuto, Mattner, Jericho
Melbourne: Davey 3, Neitz 2, Yze, Green, McDonald, Robertson, Bruce
BEST: Adelaide: Reilly, Ricciuto, Welsh, McLeod, Biglands, Edwards, Skipworth
Melbourne: Yze, McDonald, Green, White, Bruce, Ward
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1593 | 1132 | 140.72% | 44 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1523 | 1239 | 122.92% | 40 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1540 | 1292 | 119.20% | 40 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1428 | 1231 | 116.00% | 40 |
| 5 | Geelong | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1286 | 1171 | 109.82% | 32 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1256 | 1154 | 108.84% | 32 |
| 7 | Sydney | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1247 | 1215 | 102.63% | 32 |
| 8 | Essendon | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1462 | 1461 | 100.07% | 32 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1422 | 1309 | 108.63% | 28 |
| 10 | West Coast | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1259 | 1420 | 88.66% | 24 |
| 11 | Carlton | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1254 | 1471 | 85.25% | 24 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1353 | 1309 | 103.36% | 20 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1173 | 1306 | 89.82% | 20 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1309 | 1523 | 85.95% | 16 |
| 15 | Richmond | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1088 | 1487 | 73.17% | 16 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1077 | 1550 | 69.48% | 8 |
round 15 matches
friday
collingwood v geelong TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v west coast YP
richmond v essendon MCG
sydney v adelaide SCG (N)
freo v kangaroos S (N)
sunday
brisbane v bulldogs G
melbourne v st kilda MCG
port v carlton AAMI
Harrison’s world 