carlton (2-1-4) vs geelong (5-2) telstra dome friday night
geelong make it 5 striaght by 70 points over cartlon. geelong (6-2) host the roos sunday. carlton (2-1-5) host melbourne in the final game at optus oval ever.
CARLTON: 0.5, 6.10, 9.12, 10.13 (73)
GEELONG: 6.3, 10.5, 15.9, 22.11 (143)
GOALS – Carlton: Fevola 5, Waite 3, Koutoufides 2
Geelong: Ablett 4, Thurley 4, Ottens 3, Milburn 2, Johnson 2, Kingsley, King, Corey, Rooke, Byrnes, Enright, Gardiner
BEST – Carlton: Fevola, Koutoufides, Houlihan, Camporeale, Waite
Geelong: Ablett, Corey, Milburn, Bartel, Playfair, Hunt, Scarlett, Ling, S.Johnson
hawthorn (1-6) vs melbourne (5-2) mcg saturday afternoon
hawthorn stun melbourne by 39 points in an early upset of the year. hawthorn (2-6) travel to play freo sunday. melbourne (5-3) face carlton at optus oval saturday in the last game there ever.
HAWTHORN: 7.4, 9.7, 13.12, 19.14 (128)
MELBOURNE: 1.1, 7.4, 10.7, 13.11 (89)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Williams 8, Everitt 2, Roughead 2, Dixon 2, Franklin 2, Brennan, Clarke, Taylor Melbourne: Green 4, Sylvia 2, Davey 2, Holland, McLean, Johnstone, Godfrey, White
BEST – Hawthorn: Williams, Everitt, Hodge, Mitchell, Smith, Osborne, Crawford Melbourne: McLean, Green, Moloney, Johnstone, Wheatley
west coast (7-0) vs st kilda (4-3) subiaco saturday afternoon
west coast continue their unbeaten start by 6 goals over st kilda. west coast (8-0) travel to last place collingwood at the g saturday afternoon. st kilda (4-4) host adeliade friday night at the dome.
WEST COAST:4.3, 9.5, 11.7, 13.10 (88)
ST KILDA: 1.3, 2.4, 4.7, 7.10 (52)
GOALS – WEST COAST: Gardiner 4, Cousins 2, Fletcher 2, Sampi, Hansen, Embley, Cox, Jones ST KILDA: Milne 3, Riewoldt, Ackland, McGough, Blake BEST – WEST COAST: Fletcher, Gardiner, Cox, Cousins, Braun, Glass ST KILDA: Ball, Fisher, Riewoldt, Hayes, Hudghton, Milne
kanagroos (5-2) vs bulldogs (3-4) telstra dome saturday night
bulldogs stun the roos by 26 points. bulldogs (4-4) play sydney in a “home” game in sydney sunday. kanagroos (5-3) travel to geelong sunday.
KANGAROOS: 3.5, 8.9, 10.12, 13.14 (92)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.3, 7.4, 14.6, 18.10 (118)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Grant 4, Rocca 3, B. Harvey 2, Thompson 2, Hale, Wells
Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa 4, Cooney 2, Johnson 2, Murphy 2, Grant 2, Smith, Eagleton, Walsh, Gilbee, Boyd, Harris
BEST – Kangaroos: Archer, Harvey, Grant, Stevens, Firrito, Sinclair
Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa, Gilbee, Murphy, Hargrave, Johnson, McMahon, Grant
adelaide (4-3) vs brisbane (2-5) Aami stadium saturday night
lions stun adelaide by 9 points. brisbane (3-5) host richmond saturday night. adelaide (4-4) travel to st kilda friday night at the dome.
ADELAIDE: 1.2, 1.5, 5.11, 8.15 (63)
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.0, 7.1, 10.3, 11.6 (72)
GOALS – Lions: McGrath 3, C. Scott 2, Sherman 2, Merrett, Brown, Moody, Black
Adelaide: Thompson 3, Welsh 2, Ricciuto 2, Jericho
BEST – Lions: Black, Power, B. Scott, Lappin, Leppitsch, Michael, Drummond
Adelaide: Rutten, Ricciuto, Thompson, McLeod, Edwards, Bassett, Mattner
sydney (3-4) vs port (2-1-4) scg sunday
ports title defence is in taters after a 4 goal loss to sydney. sydney (4-4) host the bulldogs in a “away” game sunday. port (2-1-5) host essendon saturday night.
SYDNEY: 2.4, 3.8, 6.12, 9.15 (69)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.2, 2.6, 4.8, 6.9 (45)
GOALS – SYDNEY: O’Loughlin 3, Hall 2, Goodes 2, Ablett, Vogels PORT ADELAIDE: K.Cornes, Walsh, Dew, Lade, Ebert, Wanganeen
BEST – SYDNEY: Kennelly, Barry, J. Bolton, O’Loughlin, Goodes. PORT ADELAIDE: C. Cornes, K. Cornes, Wanganeen, Montgomery, Dew
collingwood (1-6) vs richmond (5-2) mcg sunday
richmond secure a top 4 spot by 35 points over collingwood. richmond (6-2) travel to brisbane saturday night. collingwood (1-7) host west coast at the g saturday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 4.1, 6.5, 7.8, 8.10 (58)
RICHMOND: 2.1, 4.4, 5.10, 13.15 (93)
GOALS – Collingwood: Caracella 2, Holland, Walker, Burns, C. Cloke, Swan, T. Cloke Richmond: Brown 5, Tambling 2, Richardson, Knobel, Graham, Simmonds, Coughlan, Bowden
BEST – Collingwood: Wakelin, Prestigiacomo, Johnson, Egan, T. Cloke, Holland Richmond: Brown, Coughlan, Hall, Bowden, Campbell, Simmonds, Kellaway
essendon (2-5) vs freo (4-3) telstra dome sunday
essendon overrun freo by 35 points in the last quarter. essendon (3-5) travel to play port saturday night. freo (4-4) host hawthorn sunday.
ESSENDON: 5.3, 7.8, 10.11, 17.15 (117)
FREMANTLE: 2.4, 4.8, 10.12, 11.16 (82)
GOALS – Essendon: Lovett 5, Lovett-Murray 2, McVeigh 2, Laycock 2, M Johnson 2, Lucas 2, Lloyd, Cupido Fremantle: Farmer 3, Pavlich 2, Longmuir 2, J Carr, Hasleby, McPharlin, Medhurst
BEST – Essendon: Lovett, McPhee, J Johnson, Lucas, M Johnson Fremantle: Pavlich, Longmuir, M Carr, Hasleby, Sandilands, Parker
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 824 | 574 | 143.55% | 32 |
| 2 | Geelong | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 888 | 713 | 124.54% | 24 |
| 3 | Richmond | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 835 | 723 | 115.49% | 24 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 848 | 770 | 110.13% | 20 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 716 | 727 | 98.49% | 20 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 786 | 698 | 112.61% | 16 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 805 | 735 | 109.52% | 16 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 678 | 628 | 107.96% | 16 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 855 | 844 | 101.30% | 16 |
| 10 | Sydney | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 625 | 669 | 93.42% | 16 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 718 | 788 | 91.12% | 12 |
| 12 | Essendon | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 691 | 800 | 86.38% | 12 |
| 13 | Port Adelaide | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 619 | 757 | 81.77% | 10 |
| 14 | Carlton | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 724 | 928 | 78.02% | 10 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 711 | 749 | 94.93% | 8 |
| 16 | Collingwood | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 639 | 859 | 74.39% | 4 |
round 9 matches
friday
st kilda v adeliade TD (N)
saturday
carlton v melbourne OO
collingwood v west coast MCG
brisbane v richmond G (N)
port v essendon AAMI (N)
sunday
bulldogs v sydney SCG
geelong v kangaroos SS
freo v hawthorn S
Harrison’s world 