west coast (7-8) vs essendon (9-6) subiaco friday night
west coast keep their finals hopes alive with a 44 point win over essendon. west coast (8-8) travel to play port sunday. essendon (9-7) face st kilda at telstra dome friday night.
West Coast: 6.5 7.7 12.8 18.9 (117)
Essendon: 1.4 1.9 5.11 10.13 (73)
Goals: West Coast: Matera, McDougall, Sampi 3, Seaby, Morrison 2, Lynch, Judd, Adkins, Braun, Banfield
Essendon: Richards 3, Lloyd 2, Lovett-Murray, Hille, Stanton, McPhee, Solomon
Best: West Coast: Judd, Wirrpunda, Morrison, Glass, Hunter, Adkins, Lynch
Essendon: Peverill, Misiti, J Johnson, Richards, McPhee, Solomon
carlton (6-9) vs kangaroos (8-7) optus oval saturday afternoon
carlton barely are in the finals hunt with an 8 point win over the roos. carlton (7-9) face geelong sunday at the dome sunday. kangaroos (8-8) host hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
Carlton: 3.2 5.7 7.11 9.16 (70)
Kangaroos: 3.3 5.4 7.6 9.8 (62)
Goals: Carlton: Camporeale, Teague, Koutoufides, Walker, Lappin, Fevola, French, Bannister, Whitnall 1
Kangaroos: Petrie, B Harvey, M Stevens 2, Makepeace, Grant, Rocca 1
Best: Carlton: Stevens, Teague, Koutoufides, Walker, Lappin, McGrath
Kangaroos: Simpson, Grant, M Stevens, Brown, Colbert, Petrie
richmond (4-11) vs st kilda (11-4) telstra dome saturday afternoon
st kilda keep their lead by beating richmond by 44 points. st kilda (12-4) host essendon friday night at telstra dome. richmond (4-12) host melborune at the g sunday.
Richmond: 4.1, 4.3, 5.5 9.7 (61)
St Kilda: 5.3, 10.5, 15.8 16.9 (105)
Goals: Richmond: Richardson 6, Tuck, Ottens, Moore
St Kilda: Riewoldt 5, Guerra 4, Milne 4, Hamill 2, Hayes
Best: Richmond: Ottens, Bowden, Johnson, Krakouer, Richardson
St Kilda: Harvey, Jones, Riewoldt, Guerra, Dal Santo, Hayes, Ball, Voss, Baker, Peckett
collingwood (5-10) vs brisbane (11-4) mcg saturday night
brisbane end collingwoods hopes by 6 goals meaning the pies won’t be stopping brisbanes hopes of equaling the record of 4 straight flags. brisbane (12-4) host adelaide saturdy night. collingwood (5-11) face the bulldogs at the dome saturday night.
Collingwood: 2.4 5.5 7.5 11.7 (73)
Brisbane Lions: 1.2 5.7 12.11 16.13 (109)
Goals: Collingwood: Lonie 2, Woewodin, Holland, O’Bree, Fraser, Lokan, Buckley, Davis, Lockyer, Rocca
Brisbane Lions: Pike 3, Lynch 3, McRae 2, Caracella, Voss, Power, Black, Leppitsch, Copeland, Bradshaw, Hart
Best: Collingwood: Licuria, Buckley, Fraser, Shaw, Burns, Clement
Brisbane Lions: Black, Leppitsch, Voss, Lappin, Power, McRae, Hadley, Caracella
adelaide (5-10) vs freo (8-7) aami stadium saturday night
freo move back into the 8 with a 2 goal win over adeliade. freo (9-7) host sydney saturday afternoon. adelaide (5-11) travel to brisbane saturday night.
Adelaide: 2.3, 7.2, 8.5, 12.8 (80)
Fremantle: 2.2, 6.3, 10.8, 14.8 (92)
Goals: Adelaide: Welsh 4, Johncock 2, McLeod 2, Watts, Biglands, Stenglein, Goodwin
Fremantle: Simmonds 2, Headland 2, Medhurst 2, Pavlich 2, Bell, McManus, Hasleby
Best: Adelaide: Ricciuto, Reilly, Johncock, Welsh, McLeod, Stenglein
Fremantle: Schammer, Hasleby, Headland, Bell, Thornton, Pavlich
geelong (9-6) vs sydney (9-6) skilled stadium sunday
geelong keep their 5th place with a 15 point win over sydney. geelong (10-6) host carlton sunday at the dome. sydney (9-7) travel to play freo saturday afternoon.
Geelong: 3.1 3.8 7.9 11.11 (77)
Sydney: 1.6 3.7 6.8 9.8 (62)
Goals: Geelong:Graham, S Johnson, Kingsley 2, Riccardi, Ablett, D Johnson, Byrnes, Chapman
Sydney: O’Keefe 5, Hall, Nicks, Bolton, Ball
Best: Geelong: Ling, Sanderson, Wojcinski, Milburn, Gardiner, King, Ablett Sydney: Bolton, O’Keefe, Nicks, C Bolton, Maxfield, Kennelly
hawthorn (2-13) vs port (11-4) mcg sunday
in front of the lowest crowd at the mcg ever port put the hawks into a wooden spoon likelies by 55 points. port (12-4) host west coast sunday. hawthorn (2-14) face the roos at the g saturday afternoon.
Hawthorn: 1.3 4.4 5.8 7.11 (53)
Port Adelaide: 4.3 7.9 11.12 15.15 (105)
Goals: Hawthorn: Williams 2, Osborne, Lekkas, Thompson, Croad, Everitt 1
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 3, Cornes, Lade, Thurstans 2, Cassisi, White, Poulton, Wilson, Mahoney, Pickett 1
Best: Hawthorn: Hodge, Smith, Ries, Croad
Port Adelaide: Tredrea, K Cornes, Mahoney, Brogan, C Cornes, J Schofield, Thurstans
melbourne (11-4) vs bulldogs (4-11) telstra dome sunday
the top 4 looks set after melbourne beat the bulldogs by 38 points. melbourne (12-4) face richmond at the g sunday. bulldogs (4-12) host collingwood saturday night at the dome.
Melbourne: 2.7 5.11 9.16 12.21 (93)
Western Bulldogs: 2.4 3.8 5.9 7.13 (55)
Goals: Melbourne: Neitz 6, Walsh 2, Bruce, McLean, Robertson, Vardy
Western Bulldogs: Darcy 3, Rawlings 2, Bowden, Street
Best: Melbourne: Neitz, Brown, Read, White, Yze, Holland, Wheatley, Heffernan
Western Bulldogs: West, R.Murphy, Darcy, Johnson, Gilbee, Rawlings
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1787 | 1339 | 133.46% | 48 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1768 | 1380 | 128.12% | 48 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1768 | 1385 | 127.65% | 48 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1667 | 1375 | 121.24% | 48 |
| 5 | Geelong | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1457 | 1298 | 112.25% | 40 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1427 | 1330 | 107.29% | 36 |
| 7 | Sydney | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1367 | 1337 | 102.24% | 36 |
| 8 | Essendon | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1690 | 1655 | 102.11% | 36 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1580 | 1458 | 108.37% | 32 |
| 10 | West Coast | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1462 | 1575 | 92.83% | 32 |
| 11 | Carlton | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1364 | 1656 | 82.37% | 28 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1478 | 1459 | 101.30% | 20 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1311 | 1509 | 86.88% | 20 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1432 | 1752 | 81.74% | 16 |
| 15 | Richmond | 16 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1226 | 1747 | 70.18% | 16 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1212 | 1741 | 69.62% | 8 |
round 17 matches
friday
st kilda v essendon TD (N)
saturday
kangaroos v hawthorn MCG
freo v sydney S
brisbane v adeliade G (N)
bulldogs v collingwood TD (N)
sunday
port v west coast AAMI
richmond v melborune MCG
geelong v carlton TD
Harrison’s world 