collingwood (8-12) vs port (15-5) mcg friday night
port go on top with a 37 point win over collingwood. port (16-5) face adelaide sunday in th showdown. collingwood (8-13) host carlton at the g friday night.
Collingwood: 3.3 4.8 5.12 9.16 (70)
Port Adelaide: 2.2 9.7 13.10 16.11 (107)
Goals: Collingwood: Lonie 3, Burns 2, Lockyer, Fraser, McGough, Johnson
Port: Tredrea 3, Wanganeen 2, Pickett 2, Lade 2, Thurstans 2, Schofield, Carr, Brogan, Wilson, Cochrane
Best: Collingwood: Licuria, Woewodin, Lonie, Rowe, Cole, Burns
Port: Tredrea, C Cornes, Lade, K Cornes, Carr, P Burgoyne, Bishop, Wanganeen, James
carlton (8-12) vs melbourne (14-6) optus oval saturday afternoon
carlton stun melbourne by 31 points to leave the dees in trouble. carlton (9-12) face collingwood at the g friday night. melbourne (14-7) travel to play west coast saturday afternoon.
Carlton: 2.0 7.3 12.7 14.9 (93)
Melbourne: 3.7 4.9 6.11 8.14 (62)
Goals: Carlton: Fevola 4, Johnson, French, Lappin, Camporeale, Stevens, Scotland, Waite, Koutoufides, Harford, Whitnall
Melbourne: Brown 2, Sylvia, Yze, Robertson, Read, White, Wheatley.
Best: Carlton: Stevens, Camporeale, Fevola, Livingston, Thornton, Teague, McGrath.
Melbourne: Brown, Read, Wheatley, Yze, McDonald.
adelaide (7-13) vs geelong (14-6) aami stadium saturday afternoon
adeliade get out of the bottom 4 with a 22 point upset win over geelong. adeliade (8-13) host port in th showdown sunday. geelong (14-7) host hawthorn sunday.
ADELAIDE: 3.7, 8.13, 12.14, 15.19 (109)
GEELONG: 4.3, 6.7, 10.11, 12.15 (87)
Goals: Adelaide:Edwards, Welsh, Perrie, Goodwin, Ladhams 2, McLeod, Burton, Biglands, Mattner. Ricciuto. Geelong: Kingsley, Ablett 3, Graham, Riccardi, Callan, Koulouriotis, Milburn, Hunt.
Best: Adelaide: Ricciuto, Goodwin, McLeod, Stenglein, Johncock, Bock, Perrie. Geelong:Ling, Koulouriotis, Harley, Milburn, Ablett, Johnson
bulldogs (4-16) vs kangaroos (10-10) telstra dome saturday night
the roos are out of the finals hunt after a 30 point loss to bulldogs saving the bulldogs from a 2nd straight woodenspoon. bulldogs (5-16) face essendon at the dome sunday. kanagroos (10-11) travel to brisbane saturday night.
Western Bulldogs: 8.1 12.5 20.8 21.10 (136)
Kangaroos: 4.6 8.10 11.13 15.16 (106)
Goals: Western Bulldogs: Croft 5, Garlick, Johnson Gilbee, Birss 2, Smith, Hahn, Eagleton, Bandy, Cooney, McMahon, Robbins, B Murphy 1
Kangaroos: Corey Jones, Rocca, Motlop 3, Petrie 2, Rawlings, Harris, McKernan, Wells 1
Best: Western Bulldogs: Croft, Cooney, Grant, Darcy, West, Birss, Eagleton, Harris
Kangaroos: Wells, Motlop, Corey Jones, Sinclair, Harvey
sydney (11-9) vs essendon (11-9) telstra stadium saturday night
sydney are now likely to get a home final with a 20 point win over essendon. sydney (12-9) face richmond at the g saturday afternoon. essendon (11-10) host bulldogs at the dome sunday.
Sydney: 2.2 10.2 15.6 17.8 (110)
Essendon: 3.9 6.11 11.15 12.18 (90)
Goals: Sydney: Hall 6, Davis 3, O’Keefe 3, O’Loughlin 2, C Bolton, Goodes, Mathews
Essendon: Lloyd 3, M Johnson 2, Watson 2, Laycock 2, J Johnson, Lucas, Hird
Best: Sydney: Hall, Mathews, Kirk, J Bolton, Davis, O’Keefe
Essendon: McVeigh, Peverill, Hird, J Johnson, Watson
brisbane (14-6) vs st kilda (15-5) gabba sunday
brisbane move into 2nd beating st kilda by 45 creating a possible finals scheduling nightmare. brisbane (15-6) host the roos saturday night. st kilda (15-6) host freo saturday night at the dome.
Brisbane: 2.2 10.3 15.8 20.10 (130)
St Kilda: 5.1 6.3 9.4 13.7 (85)
Goals: Brisbane: Akermanis 6, Lynch 4, Brown, Hadley, Lappin, Notting, Power, Black, Pike, Voss, Scott, Keating
St Kilda: Riewoldt 5, Gehrig 4, Ball, Blake, Penny
Best: Brisbane: Lappin, Johnson, Pike, Black, Akermanis, Lynch
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Gehrig, Ball, Hayes, Harvey
hawthorn (3-17) vs richmond (4-16) mcg sunday
hawthorn are off the bottom for the first time since round 9 beating last place richmond by 23 points. hawthorn (4-17) play geelong sunday at skilled stadium. richmond (4-17) host sydney at the g saturday afternoon.
Hawthorn: 7.4, 9.6, 13.10, 16.13 (109)
Richmond: 3.3, 7.5, 9.7, 13.8 (86)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Everitt 3, Bateman, Smith, Lonie 2, Williams, Picioane, Hodge, Brennan, Beaumont, Vandenberg, Campbell 1
Richmond: Richardson 4, Brown, Marsh, Coughlan, Schulz, Nicholls, Krakouer, Weller, Hyde, Tivendale 1
BEST: Hawthorn: Everitt, Croad, Vandenberg, Mitchell, Hodge, Clarke
Richmond: Hartigan, Richardson, Bowden, Brown, Campbell, Chaffey
freo (11-9) vs west coast (11-9) subiaco sunday
west coast are in the 8 with their 7th win in 8 games by 8 goals over freo. west coast (12-9) host melbourne saturday afternoon. freo (11-10) travel to play st kilda at the dome in a must win game.
Fremantle: 2.2 3.4 5.8 6.9 (45)
West Coast: 5.1 7.10 9.14 13.15 (93)
Goals: Fremantle: Longmuir, Farmer, McManus, Simmonds, Headland, Bell
West Coast: Judd, Matera, Staker, Sampi 2, McDougall, Wooden, Hunter, Kerr, Adkins
Best: Fremantle: Haddrill, Longmuir, Parker, Bell, McManus
West Coast: Fletcher, Wirrpunda, Kerr, Judd, Hunter, Glass, Braun, Cox
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2328 | 1763 | 132.05% | 64 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2277 | 1726 | 131.92% | 60 |
| 3 | St Kilda | 21 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 2331 | 1826 | 127.66% | 60 |
| 4 | Geelong | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1965 | 1683 | 116.76% | 56 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2060 | 1793 | 114.89% | 56 |
| 6 | Sydney | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1830 | 1760 | 103.98% | 48 |
| 7 | West Coast | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1935 | 1901 | 101.79% | 48 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1799 | 1758 | 102.33% | 44 |
| 9 | Essendon | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2169 | 2132 | 101.74% | 44 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2085 | 1965 | 106.11% | 40 |
| 11 | Carlton | 21 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1717 | 2128 | 80.69% | 36 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1890 | 1954 | 96.72% | 32 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1792 | 1974 | 90.78% | 32 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1861 | 2346 | 79.33% | 20 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1610 | 2252 | 71.49% | 16 |
| 16 | Richmond | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1649 | 2337 | 70.56% | 16 |
round 22 matches
friday
collingwood v carlton MCG (N)
saturday
richmond v sydney MCG
west coast v melbourne S
st kilda v freo TD (N)
brisbane v kangaroos G (N)
sunday
adeliade v port AAMI
geelong v hawthorn SS
essendon v bulldogs TD
Harrison’s world 