collingwood (8-13) vs carlton (9-12) mcg friday night
carlton win a deadrubber by 1 point over collingwood. carlton (10-12) and collingwood (8-14) both miss the finals.
Collingwood: 5.3 10.5 11.8 16.11 (107)
Carlton: 3.2 7.4 12.6 17.6 (108)
Goals: Collingwood:Tarrant 5, Davis 3, Holland 2, Williams 2, Licuria, Didak, J Cloke, Burns
Carlton: Koutoufides, Davies, Fevola 3, Waite, Bannister 2, Whitnall, Stevens, Camporeale, Scotland
Best: Collingwood: Tarrant, Licuria, Buckley, Woewodin, Clement
Carlton: Koutoufides, Lappin, Davies, Bannister, French, Camporeale
richmond (4-17) vs sydney (12-9) mcg saturday afternoon
sydney earn a home final giving richmond the wooden spoon by 64 points (unless te hawks lose badly). sydney (13-9) host west coast saturday night in an elim final. richmond (4-18) finish last and get the wooden spoon.
Richmond: 4.4 4.7 5.8 6.8 (44)
Sydney: 3.2 6.7 10.10 16.12 (108)
Goals: Richmond: Richardson 3, Coughlan, Krakouer, Gaspar 1
Sydney: Davis 5, O’Loughlin, O’Keefe 3, Hall 2, Williams, Kirk, J Bolton 1
Best: Richmond: Richardson, Gaspar, Bowden
Sydney: Matthews, O’Loughlin, O’Keefe, Williams, Kirk, Davis, Nicks
west coast (12-9) vs melbourne (14-7) subiaco saturday afternoon
west coast continue their strong finish by 40 points over melbourne. west coast (13-9) travel to play sydney saturday night. melbourne (14-8) host essendon saturday afternoon both in elimination finals.
West Coast: 2.5 6.8 10.11 15.17 (107)
Melbourne: 2.2 4.7 6.7 10.7 (67)
Goals: West Coast: Embley 3, McDougall, Matera, Seaby 2, Lynch, Cousins, Wooden, Adkins, Sampi, Cox
Melbourne: Robertson 3, Walsh 2, Green, Davey, Yze, Miller, Bruce,
Best: West Coast: Judd, Braun, Cousins, Fletcher, Cox, Hunter, Wooden
Melbourne: Bizzell, Brown, Robertson, Rivers, Johnstone, Broadbridge, Miller
st kilda (15-6) vs freo (11-10) telstra dome saturday night
st kilda finish 3rd with a 29 point win over freo costing freo a finals berth. st kilda (16-6) travel to brisbane friday night in the qual final. freo (11-11) miss the finals due to essendon winning.
St Kilda 4.1 9.5 12.7 17.10 (112)
Fremantle 3.3 5.6 8.9 12.11 (83)
Goals: St Kilda Gehrig 4, Koschitzke 3, Riewoldt 2, Dal Santo 2, Ball 2, Hamill, Schwarze, Milne, Thompson
Fremantle Farmer 2, T Longmuir 2, Webster, Simmonds, Hasleby, Headland, J Longmuir, Sandilands, Pavlich, Siegert
Best: St Kilda Riewoldt, Ball, Dal Santo, Koschitzke, Jones, Maguire, Hayes
Fremantle Hasleby, Webster, Headland, Pavlich, Haddrill
brisbane (15-6) vs north (10-11) gabba saturday night
a 130 point turn around got brisbane a 113 point win over the roos giving them two home finals. brisbane (16-6) host st kilda friday night. kanagroos (10-12) miss the finals.
Brisbane: 2.2 10.5 19.10 26.14 (170)
Kangaroos: 5.1 6.2 7.3 9.3 (57)
Goals: Brisbane: Bradshaw 5, Brown, Lynch, Akermanis 4, Voss, Caracella, Pike 2, Keating, Notting, Power
Kangaroos: Petrie, Rocca 2, Motlop, A Stevens, McKernan, M Stevens, Rawlings
Best: Brisbane: Akermanis, Power, Black, Johnson, Bradshaw, Lappin, Pike, Voss
Kangaroos: A Stevens, Simpson, Grant, McKernan
adelaide (8-13) vs port (16-5) aami stadium sunday
port win the minor premership for the 3rd year in a row by 25 points over adeliade. port (17-5) host geelong sunday in a qual final. adelaide (8-14) miss the finals.
ADELAIDE: 2.1, 4.2, 8.5, 9.6 (60)
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.2, 8.6, 11.10, 12.13 (85)
Goals: Adelaide: Biglands 2, Edwards 2, Stenglein, Goodwin, Perrie, McLeod, Ladhams
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 4, Wanganeen 2, Thurstans 2, Cassisi, Pickett, Lade, James
Best: Adelaide: Edwards, Goodwin, Biglands, McLeod, Perrie, Ricciuto
Port Adelaide: Tredrea, Carr, P Burgoyne, James, C Cornes, James
essendon (11-10) vs bulldogs (5-16) telstra dome sunday
essendon sneak into the finals by 17 points over the bulldogs. essendon (12-10) face melbourne saturday afternoon in an elim final. bulldogs (5-17) miss the finals.
Essendon: 4.3 7.6 12.7 17.11 (113)
Western Bulldogs: 3.3 6.3 9.6 14.12 (96)
Goals: Essendon: Lloyd 6, M.Johnson 3, Bolton 2, Hille 2, Bullen, Haynes, Peverill
Western Bulldogs: Robbins 3, Bandy 2, Bowden 2, Cooney 2, Eagleton, Hahn, Harrison, Johnson, B.Murphy
Best: Essendon: Lloyd, Lucas, M.Johnson, McVeigh, Fletcher, Murphy, Hille, Hird
Western Bulldogs: Gilbee, Cooney, Birss, Darcy, Eagleton, Bandy
geelong (14-7) vs hawthorn (4-17) skilled stadium sunday
geelong move into the top 4 with a 65 point win over the hawks not enough to give the hawks the wooden spoon. geelong (15-7) travel to play port sunday in a qual final. hawthorn (4-18) miss the finals.
Geelong: 2.5 7.12 11.15 17.21 (123)
Hawthorn: 5.2 5.2 7.3 9.4 (58)
Goals: Geelong: S Johnson 5, Graham 3, Chapman 2, Riccardi, Mooney, Sanderson, Moloney, Milburn, Koulouriotis, Ling 1
Hawthorn: Thompson 2, Holland, Mitchell, Smith, Lonie, Picioane, Hodge, Beaumont 1
Best: Geelong: Scarlett, Ling, Harley, S Johnson, Milburn, Corey, Moloney, Koulouriotis
Hawthorn: Hodge, Thompson, Vandenberg, Brennan
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2413 | 1823 | 132.36% | 68 |
| 2 | Brisbane | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2447 | 1783 | 137.24% | 64 |
| 3 | St Kilda | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2443 | 1909 | 127.97% | 64 |
| 4 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2088 | 1741 | 119.93% | 60 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2127 | 1900 | 111.95% | 56 |
| 6 | Sydney | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1938 | 1804 | 107.43% | 52 |
| 7 | West Coast | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2042 | 1968 | 103.76% | 52 |
| 8 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2282 | 2228 | 102.42% | 48 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1882 | 1870 | 100.64% | 44 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2142 | 2135 | 100.33% | 40 |
| 11 | Carlton | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 1825 | 2235 | 81.66% | 40 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1950 | 2039 | 95.64% | 32 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1899 | 2082 | 91.21% | 32 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1957 | 2459 | 79.59% | 20 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1668 | 2375 | 70.23% | 16 |
| 16 | Richmond | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1693 | 2445 | 69.24% | 16 |
finals week 1 matches
friday
brisbane v st kilda G (N)
saturday
melbourne v essendon MCG
sydney v west coast TS (N)
sunday
port v geelong AAMI
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