port (1-1-2) vs geelong (2-2) aami stadium friday night
geelong break a two and a half year drought interstate by 4 points over port. geelong (3-2) host bulldogs sunday. port (1-1-3) travel to play richmond sunday at the dome.
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.1, 8.1, 12.5, 15.5 (95)
GEELONG: 3.4, 7.4, 11.6, 15.9 (99)
GOALS -Geelong: Kingsley 3, Riccardi 3, Ottens 3, Champan, Enright, Playfair, Rooke, Ling, Byrnes
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 5, Pettigrew 2, Ebert 2, Thurstans, Cornes, Kingsley, Bishop, Lade, Cassisi
BEST – Geelong: Ling, Chapman, Riccardi, Ottens, Corey, Kingsley
Port Adelaide: Tredrea, P. Burgoyne, Bishop, Cornes, Cochrane, Wakelin, Walsh
kanagroos (4-0) vs hawthorn (1-3) mcg saturday afternoon
roos survive a hawks scare by 19 points to stay unbeaten. kangaroos (5-0) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon to play adelaide. hawthorn (1-4) face carlton at the dome friday night.
KANGAROOS: 3.4, 9.8, 12.11, 16.12 (108)
HAWTHORN: 3.3, 4.5, 11.6, 13.11 (89)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Rocca 5, Wells 2, Hale 2, Jones 2, Thompson 2, Grant, Archer, Stevens
Hawthorn: Williams 4, Dixon 2, Vandenberg 2, Everitt, Crawford, Barker, Thurgood, Franklin
BEST – Kangaroos: Rocca, Jones, Grant, Watt, Wells, Harris, Thompson
Hawthorn: Bateman, Croad, Williams, Clarke, Everitt, Hodge
freo (1-3) vs carlton (1-1-2) subiaco saturday afternoon
freo beat carlton by 19 points to break a 3 game losing streak. freo (2-3) travel to play melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. carlton (1-1-3) host hawthorn friday night at the dome.
FREMANTLE: 3.3, 9.7, 12.9, 15.13 (103)
CARLTON: 4.3, 5.7, 7.13, 11.18 (84)
GOALS – FREMANTLE: Medhurst 4, Farmer 2, Bell 2, Pavlich 2, Webster, M Carr, Schammer, Murphy, Black
CARLTON: Walker 2, Houlihan 2, Fevola, Lappin, Waite, Camporeale, Whitnall, T Longmuir, Johnson
BEST – FREMANTLE: Black, M Carr, Pavlich, Parker, J Longmuir, Cook, Siegert
CARLTON: Camporeale, French, Koutoufides, Waite, Johnson, Houlihan
bulldogs (1-3) vs adeliade (3-1) telstra dome saturday night
bulldogs stun adelaide by 31 points to snap a 3 game losing streak. bulldogs (2-3) face geelong at geelong sunday. adelaide (3-2) host the roos saturday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.4, 6.8, 15.9, 21.14 (140)
ADELAIDE: 4.3, 9.9, 10.10, 16.13 (109)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Darcy 6, Johnson 4, Gilbee 2, B. Murphy 2, R. Murphy 2, Smith, Giansiracusa, Bowden, West, Eagleton
Adelaide: Ricciuto 3, Perrie 2, Thompson, Biglands, Hentschel, Bassett, Edwards, Welsh, Goodwin, Begley, McLeod, Skipworth, Johncock
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Darcy, Cross, Minson, West, Smith, R. Murphy, Gilbee, Morris, Johnson, Harris, Giansiracusa, McMahon
Adelaide: Goodwin, Edwards, Johncock, Ricciuto, Bassett
sydney (2-2) vs melbourne (3-1) scg saturday night
melbourne stun sydney by 34 points on the road. melbourne (4-1) host freo saturday afternoon at the g. sydney (2-3) travel to play west coast saturday night.
SYDNEY: 2.5, 3.10, 6.12, 7.18 (60)
MELBOURNE: 4.5, 6.6, 10.10, 14.10 (94)
GOALS – SYDNEY: Hall 2, O’Keefe 2, Davis, Schneider, O’Loughlin
MELBOURNE: Robertson 3, Neitz 3, Yze 2, McLean 2, Green, Jamar, White, Davey
BEST – SYDNEY: J. Bolton, Barry, O’Keefe, Dempster, Jolly
MELBOURNE: Johnstone, Rivers, Brown, Bizzell
brisbane (1-3) vs west coast (4-0) gabba sunday
brisbane go from 2nd to last in one year after a 73 point loss to leaders west coast. west coast (5-0) host sydney saturday night. brisbane (1-4) travel to play essendon saturday night at the dome.
WEST COAST EAGLES: 4.4, 13.9, 17.14, 23.19 (157)
BRISBANE LIONS: 3.2, 6.3, 8.10, 12.12 (84)
GOALS – West Coast Eagles: Lynch 4, Chick 3, Hunter 2, Gardiner 2, Seaby 2, Sampi 2, Embley 2, Hanson, Stenglein, Fletcher, Banfield, Matera, Braun Brisbane Lions: C. Scott 5, Akermanis 3, Keating 2, Lappin, Voss
BEST – West Coast Eagles: Cousins, Wirrpunda, Cox, Stenglein, Braun, Banfield, Fletcher, Lynch Brisbane Lions: Lappin, C. Scott, Johnson, Voss, Akermanis, Adcock
st kilda (2-2) vs richmond (3-1) Telstra dome sunday
st kilda smash richmond by 68 points. st kilda (3-2) face collingwood at the g sunday. richmond (3-2) host port at the dome sunday.
ST KILDA: 8.2, 13.5, 18.11, 22.15 (147)
RICHMOND: 3.4, 5.8, 8.10, 11.13 (79)
GOALS – St Kilda: Milne 5, Gehrig 4, Fiora 2, Hamill 2, Peckett 2, Dal Santo, Maguire, Hayes, Ball, Jones, Voss, Guerra Richmond: Stafford 4, Brown 2, Bowden, Tuck, Krakouer, Campbell, Pettifer
BEST – St Kilda: Milne, Maguire, Dal Santo, Jones, Fiora, Hudghton, Hayes, Harvey Richmond: Stafford, Bowden, Tuck, Gaspar, Kellaway
essendon (1-3) vs collingwood (1-3) mcg monday
essendon beat collingwood by 14 in their first full legit win of the year. essendon (2-3) host brisbane saturday night at the dome. collingwood (1-4) host st kilda at the g sunday.
ESSENDON: 2.8, 5.9, 7.14, 11.17 (83)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.1, 4.4, 5.9, 10.9 (69)
GOALS – Essendon: Laycock 2, Lovett 2, Hird, McVeigh, Richards, Lucas, Lloyd, J.Johnson, Bolton Collingwood: Rowe 2, Tarrant 2, T.Cloke, C.Cloke, Clement, Woewodin, Caracella, R.Shaw
BEST – Essendon: Lovett, Laycock, Fletcher, Welsh, McPhee, Hird, Rioli Collingwood: Clement, Prestigiacomo, R.Shaw, T.Cloke, Johnson, Licuria
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 536 | 386 | 138.86% | 20 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 488 | 416 | 117.31% | 20 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 552 | 445 | 124.04% | 16 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 543 | 457 | 118.82% | 12 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 487 | 414 | 117.63% | 12 |
| 6 | Geelong | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 518 | 466 | 111.16% | 12 |
| 7 | Richmond | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 468 | 532 | 87.97% | 12 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 554 | 557 | 99.46% | 8 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 381 | 384 | 99.22% | 8 |
| 10 | Sydney | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 403 | 432 | 93.29% | 8 |
| 11 | Essendon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 398 | 488 | 81.56% | 8 |
| 12 | Carlton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 496 | 551 | 90.02% | 6 |
| 13 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 388 | 493 | 78.70% | 6 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 442 | 477 | 92.66% | 4 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 423 | 475 | 89.05% | 4 |
| 16 | Brisbane | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 423 | 527 | 80.27% | 4 |
round 6 matches
friday
carlton v hawthorn TD (N)
saturday
melbourne v freo MCG
adeliade v kanagroos AAMI
essendon v brisbane TD (N)
west coast v sydney S (N)
sunday
geelong v bulldogs SS
collingwood v st kilda MCG
richmond v port TD
Harrison’s world 