melbourne (4-2) vs adelaide (4-2) mcg friday night
a late surge got melbourne a 4 goal win over adeliade. melbourne (5-2) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. adelaide (4-3) host brisbane saturday night
MELBOURNE: 3.2, 5.5, 7.7, 11.12 (78)
ADELAIDE: 2.4, 5.7, 6.11, 7.12 (54)
GOALS – Melbourne: Brown 3, Davey 2, Robertson, Neitz, Holland, Green, Godfrey, Yze
Adelaide: Perrie 2, Skipworth, Bassett, Welsh, Hudson, Biglands
BEST – Melbourne: Bizzell, Brown, Yze, Rivers, McDonald, Robertson, Green, Moloney
Adelaide: Goodwin, Thompson, Hudson, Edwards, McLeod, Shirley, Burton
geelong (4-2) vs st kilda (4-2) telstra dome saturday afternoon
geelong make it 4 striaght by 3 goals over st kilda. geelong (5-2) face carlton at the dome friday night. st kilda (4-3) travel to play west coast in perth saturday afternoon.
GEELONG: 4.1, 7.5, 11.8, 18.11 (119)
ST KILDA: 5.2, 10.6, 13.9, 15.11 (101)
GOALS – Geelong: Kingsley 4, Milburn 3, Ottens 2, Thurley 2, Chapman, Ling, Enright, Bartel, Playfair, Ablett, Kelly
St Kilda: Guerra 2, Koschtizke 2, Riewoldt 2, Milne 2, Fiora, Fisher, Harvey, Voss, Ackland, Goddard, Baker
BEST – Geelong: Milburn, Ling, Enright, Kingsley, D. Johnson, King, Scarlett
St Kilda: Ball, X. Clarke, Dal Santo, Riewoldt, Koschtizke, Peckett, Hayes
richmond (4-2) vs carlton (2-1-3) mcg saturday afternoon
a dominate first half got richmond an 85 point win over carlton. richmond (5-2)face collingwood at the g sunday. carlton (2-1-4) host geelong friday night at the dome.
RICHMOND: 7.4, 13.8, 19.11, 23.13 (151)
CARLTON: 0.2, 1.3, 5.3, 10.6 (66)
GOALS – Richmond: Krakouer 5, Brown 4, Richardson 4, Pettifer 2, Campbell 2, Deledio, Simmonds, Stafford, Johnson Tivendale, Kellaway
Carlton: Lappin 5, French, O’Hailpin, Longmuir, Scotland, Waite
BEST – Richmond: Brown, Coughlan, Tivendale, Kellaway, Krakouer, Bowden, Gaspar, Johnson
Carlton: Stevens, Lappin, Camporeale, Scotland
brisbane (2-4) vs bulldogs (2-4) gabba saturday night
brisbanes poor run continues with a 23 point loss to bulldogs. bulldogs (3-4) face the reoos at the dome saturday night. brisbane (2-5) travel to adelaide saturday night to play adeliade.
BRISBANE: 1.3, 5.8, 9.13, 12.15 (87)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.3, 9.9, 10.16 15.20 (110)
GOALS – BRISBANE: Brown 5, Moody, Notting 2, McGrath, Pike, McLaren
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Murphy, Johnson 3, Giansiracusa, Hahn 2, Hargrave, Morgan, Robbins, Gilbee, Eagleton
BEST – BRISBANE: Brown, Voss, Power, Akermanis, Michael, McGrath,
WESTERN BULLDOGS: West, Murphy, Grant, Johnson, Gilbee, Smith, Minson
sydney (2-4) vs essendon (2-4) telstra stadium saturday night
essendons good kicking nearly causes a boilover but fall a goal short against sydney. sydney (3-4) host port sunday. essendon (2-5) host freo at the dome sunday.
SYDNEY: 3.5, 7.8, 9.11, 13.16 (94)
ESSENDON: 4.0, 10.1, 13.3, 14.4 (88)
GOALS – SYDNEY: Hall 4, O’Loughlin 3, O’Keefe 2, Goodes, Vogels, Buchanan, Moore,
ESSENDON: Lucas 4, Lloyd 4, Laycock 2, Stanton 2, McVeigh, Lovett
BEST – SYDNEY: Kirk, Hall, O’Loughlin, Crouch, Buchanan, J. Bolton ESSENDON: McPhee, Lucas, McVeigh, Peverill, Stanton
hawthorn (1-5) vs west coast (6-0) york park sunday
west coast remain the team to beat after a 19 point win over the hawks. west coast (7-0) host st kilda saturday afternoon. hawthorn (1-6) host melbourne at the g saturday afternoon.
HAWTHORN: 3.3 5.3 8.3 12.5 (77)
WEST COAST: 2.5 7.7 10.8 14.12 (96)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Williams 5, Clarke 2, Brown, Dixon, Hodge, Taylor West Coast: Hansen 3, Cox 2, Lynch 2, A.Embley, Fletcher, Hunter, B.Jones, Judd, Kerr, Stenglein
BEST – Hawthorn: Brown, Williams, Hodge, Crawford, Clarke, Mitchell, Bateman West Coast: Cox, Fletcher, Cousins, Braun, A.Embley, Stenglein, Hansen
port (1-1-4) vs kanagroos (5-1) aami stadium sunday
port beat the roos for only the 2nd time ever in the 2nd leg of the roos adelaide road trip by 47 points. port (2-1-4) travel to sydney sunday. kanagroos (5-2) host bulldogs saturday night at the dome.
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.2, 12.4, 15.9, 18.11 (119)
KANGAROOS: 2.5, 3.9, 8.11, 10.12 (72)
GOALS – Port Adelaide: Tredrea 6, Wanganeen 2, Mahoney 2, Cassisi 2, Lade, Thurstans, Montgomery, Welsh, Ebert, Primus Kangaroos: Harvey 2, Jones 2, Petrie, Makepeace, M.Stevens, Harris, Grant, Thompson
BEST – Port Adelaide: Tredrea, Primus, Wanganeen, Francou, P. Burgoyne, Wilson, Montgomery, Pickett, Dew Kangaroos: Grant, Sinclair, Simpson
freo (3-3) vs collingwood (1-5) subiaco sunday
freo destroy collingwood by 112 points to continue their inconsistent start. freo (4-3) travel to play essendon sunday at the dome. collingwood (1-6) host richmond sunday at the g.
FREMANTLE: 9.2, 15.5, 22.8, 28.12 (180)
COLLINGWOOD: 0.3, 4.6, 7.8, 10.8 (68)
GOALS – Fremantle: Pavlich 6, Headland 5, McPharlin 5, Medhurst 3, Bell 2, Siegert 2, M Carr 2, Webster, Black, Farmer Collingwood: Lockyer 2, Rowe 2, Tarrant 2, Shaw, O’Bree, Caracella, Didak
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, J Carr, Headland, Bell, McPharlin, Medhurst, Siegert Collingwood: Iacobucci, Burns, Clement, Davies, O’Bree, Lockyer
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 736 | 522 | 141.00% | 28 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 759 | 642 | 118.22% | 20 |
| 3 | Geelong | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 745 | 640 | 116.41% | 20 |
| 4 | Richmond | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 742 | 665 | 111.58% | 20 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 624 | 609 | 102.46% | 20 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 704 | 581 | 121.17% | 16 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 753 | 647 | 116.38% | 16 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 615 | 556 | 110.61% | 16 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 737 | 752 | 98.01% | 12 |
| 10 | Sydney | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 556 | 624 | 89.10% | 12 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 574 | 688 | 83.43% | 10 |
| 12 | Carlton | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 651 | 785 | 82.93% | 10 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 646 | 725 | 89.10% | 8 |
| 14 | Essendon | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 574 | 718 | 79.94% | 8 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 583 | 660 | 88.33% | 4 |
| 16 | Collingwood | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 581 | 766 | 75.85% | 4 |
round 8 matches
friday
carlton v geelong TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v melbourne MCG
west coast v st kilda S
kangaroos v bulldogs TD (N)
adelaide v brisbane AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v port SCG
collingwood v richmond MCG
essendon v freo TD
Harrison’s world 