collingwood (5-9) vs geelong (8-6) telstra dome friday night
geelong beat collingwood by 29 points to continue their victorian dominance. geelong (9-6) host sydney sunday. collingwood (5-10) host brisbane saturday night at the g in the grand final rematch.
Collingwood: 3.2 6.6 7.9 9.11 (65)
Geelong: 3.2 5.9 7.14 12.22 (94)
Goals: Collingwood: Buckley, Tarrant, Lockyer 2, Didak, Licuria, Rocca 1
Geelong: Graham, Chapman, King 2, Corey, Ling, Kingsley, Ablett, Bartel, Callan 1
Best: Collingwood: Clement, Lockyer, Buckley, Didak, Tarrant
Geelong: Scarlett, Ablett, Bartel, Ling, Corey, Chapman, King, Johnson
hawthorn (2-12) vs west coast (6-8) york park saturday afternoon
west coast win just their 2nd away win of the season keeping their season alive and hurting the hawks hopes of avoiding last by 4 points. west coast (7-8) host essendon friday night. hawthorn (2-13) host port sunday at the g.
Hawthorn: 2.3 4.5 8.8 12.10 (82)
West Coast Eagles: 3.4 8.6 10.10 12.14 (86)
Goals: Hawthorn: Thompson 4, Everitt 3, Williams 2, Hodge, Lekkas, Mitchell
Eagles: Seaby 3, McDougall 3, Judd 3, Matera 2, Braun
Best: Hawthorn: Thompson, Croad, Lekkas, Ries, Everitt, Beaumont
Eagles: Fletcher, Judd, Kerr, Wirrpunda, Banfield, Morrison, Seaby
richmond (4-10) vs essendon (8-6) mcg saturday afternoon
few could have predicted how bad richmond were after half time in a 13 goal loss to essendon ending the dons 3 game losing streak. essendon (9-6) travel to play west coast friday night. richmond (4-11) host st kilda saturday afternoon.
Richmond: 4.2, 7.6, 8.8 11.11 (77)
Essendon: 2.1, 7.2, 14.9 24.11 (155)
Goals: Richmond: Richardson 6, Moore, Fleming, Ottens, Rogers, Bowden
Essendon: Lloyd 9, Murphy 3, Misiti 2, J. Johnson 2, Lovett-Murray 2, Hille, McPhee, Alvey, M. Johnson, Hird, Bradley
Best: Richmond: Richardson, Bowden, Johnson, Campbell, Ottens, Rogers
Essendon: Lloyd, McPhee, Murphy, M Johnson, McVeigh, Richards, J.Johnson
sydney (8-6) vs adeliade (5-9) scg saturday night
sydneys coach took 2 years and 2 rounds to beat every side beating adeliade by 13 points. sydney (9-6) travel to geelong sunday. adelaide (5-10) host freo saturday night.
Sydney: 2.1 7.5 8.8 8.10 (58)
Adelaide: 2.2 3.5 3.6 6.9 (45)
Goals: Sydney: Hall 4, O’Loughlin 2, Nicks, Doyle
Adelaide: Welsh 2, Clarke, Johncock, Doughty, Bock
Best: Sydney: Kirk, Hall, Bolton, Williams, Kennelly
Adelaide: Edwards, McLeod, Doughty, Stenglein
freo (8-6) vs kanagroos (7-7) subiaco saturday night
roos keep their run going by 17 points over freo. kangaroos (8-7) face carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon. freo (8-7) travel to play adelaide saturday night.
Fremantle: 6.2 9.4 11.5 12.7 (79)
Kangaroos: 4.2 7.5 9.9 14.12 (96)
Goals: Fremantle: Bell, Pavlich, McManus, Headland, Farmer 2, Longmuir, Grover
Kangaroos: Rocca 6, Motlop 4, Wells 2, Makepeace, Harris
Best: Fremantle: Bell, Longmuir, Pavlich, Schammer, Headland, Grover
Kangaroos: Rocca, Rawlings, Wells, Grant, Colbert, King, Makepeace
brisbane (10-4) vs bulldogs (4-10) gabba sunday
brisbane survive a bulldogs fightback by 3 goals to keep their top 2 hopes alive. brisbane (11-4) face collingwood at the g saturday night. bulldogs (4-11) play melborune at telstra dome sunday.
Brisbane: 5.4 9.7 14.13 17.12 (114)
Western Bulldogs: 3.3 4.3 8.4 14.12 (96)
Goals: Brisbane: Pike 4, Akermanis 4, Lynch 4, Brown 3, Notting 2, Caracella, McGrath, Johnson
Bulldogs: Eagleton 4, Darcy 2, Robbins 2, Rawlings, Skipper
Best: Brisbane: Brown, Akermanis, Pike, Bradshaw, Voss, C Johnson
Bulldogs: Eagleton, West, B Johnson, Rawlings, Darcy
melbourne (10-4) vs st kilda (11-3) mcg sunday
st kildas slump contiunes with a 57 point loss to melbourne. melbourne (11-4) host the bulldogs at telstra dome sunday. st kilda (11-4) face richmond at the dome saturday afternoon.
Melbourne: 4.1 11.3 17.6 23.8 (146)
St Kilda: 4.2 8.6 11.8 13.11 (89)
Goals: Melbourne: Holland 4, Green 3, Bruce 3, Neitz 3, Robertson 2, Johnstone 2, Vardy 2, McLean, Read, Davey, White
St Kilda: Riewoldt 9, Thompson, Harvey, Milne, Hamill
Best: Melbourne: Holland, White, Bruce, Green, Broadbridge, Read, Brown, Robertson
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Ball, Gram, Harvey, Black
port (10-4) vs carlton (6-8) aami stadium sunday
port smash carlton by 83 points leaving the blues season in trouble again. port (11-4) travel to play hawthorn sunday at the g. carlton (6-9) host the roos saturday afternoon.
Port Adelaide: 8.2, 13.4, 16.7, 18.15 (123)
Carlton: 0.3, 1.4, 1.7, 5.10 (40)
Goals: Port Adelaide: Tredrea 6, Dew 4, Cassisi 3, P Burgoyne 2, Pickett, Lade, Wilson
Carlton: Koutoufides, McGrath, Fisher, Lappin, DeLuca
Best: Port Adelaide: Tredrea, Schofield, Carr, Wilson, Lade, S Burgoyne, C Cornes, Mahoney
Carlton: Houlihan, Stevens, Johnson, Scotland, Camporeale
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1682 | 1278 | 131.61% | 44 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1659 | 1307 | 126.93% | 44 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1663 | 1332 | 124.85% | 44 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1574 | 1320 | 119.24% | 44 |
| 5 | Geelong | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1380 | 1236 | 111.65% | 36 |
| 6 | Essendon | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1617 | 1538 | 105.14% | 36 |
| 7 | Sydney | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1305 | 1260 | 103.57% | 36 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1518 | 1388 | 109.37% | 32 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1335 | 1250 | 106.80% | 32 |
| 10 | West Coast | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1345 | 1502 | 89.55% | 28 |
| 11 | Carlton | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1294 | 1594 | 81.18% | 24 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1398 | 1367 | 102.27% | 20 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1238 | 1400 | 88.43% | 20 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1377 | 1659 | 83.00% | 16 |
| 15 | Richmond | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1165 | 1642 | 70.95% | 16 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1159 | 1636 | 70.84% | 8 |
round 16 matches
friday
west coast v essendon S (N)
saturday
richmond v st kilda TD
carlton v kanagroos OO
collingwood v brisbane MCG (N)
adelaide v freo AAMI (N)
sunday
geelong v sydney SS
melbourne v bulldogs TD
hawthorn v port MCG
Harrison’s world 