st kilda (4-4) vs adelaide (4-4) telstra dome friday night
adelaide stun st kilda by 46 points as the saints continue to drop off. adelaide (5-4) host carlton sunday. st kilda (4-5) host sydney saturday night at the dome.
ST KILDA: 5.2, 5.4, 8.6, 8.9 (57)
ADELAIDE: 1.2, 7.3, 13.7, 15.13 (103)
GOALS – St Kilda: Milne 2, Riewoldt 2, Gehrig 2, Powell, Fiora
Adelaide: Welsh 5, McGregor 2, Reilly, Ricciuto, Edwards, Thompson, Burton, Goodwin, Hart, McLeod
BEST – St Kilda: Hayes, Ball, Jones, Powell, Dal Santo, Fiora
Adelaide: McLeod, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Welsh, Burton, Hart, Bock
carlton (2-1-5) vs melbourne (5-3) optus oval saturday afternoon
despite kicking the last 6 goals ever at the venue carlton fell 3 goals short against melbourne. melbourne (6-3) host richmond at the dome friday night. carlton (2-1-6) travel to adeliade sunday.
CARLTON: 2.2, 7.4, 7.8, 13.14 (92)
MELBOURNE: 4.7, 10.13, 15.17, 15.20 (110)
GOALS – Carlton: Fevola 2, Morrell 2, Stevens 2, Bentick, Betts, Houlihan, Koutoufides, Lappin, Walker, Whitnall
Melbourne: Robertson 6, Neitz 3, Read 2, Bruce, Davey, Holland, Yze
BEST – Carlton: Koutoufides, Lappin, Stevens, Camporeale, Morrell
Melbourne: Robertson, Johnstone, Bizzell, Yze Green, Brown, Holland
collingwood (1-7) vs west coast (8-0) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwood who are last stun ladder leaders and unbeaten west coast by 23 points. collingwood (2-7) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. west coast (8-1) host port sunday.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.1, 9.3, 11.7, 18.10 (118)
WEST COAST: 5.1, 7.2, 13.3, 15.5 (95)
GOALS – Collingwood: Caracella 5, Tarrant 3, Didak 2, Egan 2, T. Cloke 2, Shaw, C. Cloke, Burns, Licuria
West Coast: Fletcher 3, Gardiner 3, Matera 2, Hansen, Chick, Cox, Lynch, Sampi, Stenglein, Banfield
BEST – Collingwood: Caracella, Holland, Johnson, Egan, Licuria, Clement, Lockyer, Didak
West Coast: Fletcher, Cox, Kerr, Braun, Cousins, Matera, Gardiner
brisbane (3-5) vs richmond (6-2) gabba saturday night
richmond make it 4 straight by 4 points over brisbane. richmond (7-2) play melbourne at the dome friday night. brisbane (3-6) host the roos saturday night.
BRISBANE: 6.5, 8.5, 10.9, 12.11 (83)
RICHMOND: 4.5, 7.9, 9.13, 12.15 (87)
GOALS – BRISBANE: McGrath 5, Corrie, Voss 2, Akermanis, Black, Bradshaw
RICHMOND: Brown 4, Richardson 3, Simmonds 2, Schulz, Pettifer, Krakouer
BEST – BRISBANE: Voss, Akermanis, Michael, Black, Brown, Merrett
RICHMOND: Brown, Richardson, Coughlan, Gaspar, Tuck, Kellaway
port (2-1-5) vs essendon (3-5) aami stadium saturday night
port come back to beat essendon by 19 points to keep their title defence on track. port (3-1-5) travel to play west coast sunday. essendon (3-6) host bulldogs at the dome sunday.
PORT ADELAIDE: 0.3, 4.8, 7.13, 12.13 (85)
ESSENDON: 3.4, 4.6, 8.10, 9.12 (66)
GOALS – Port: Tredrea 5, Lade 2, Dew 2, James, Pickett, Ebert
Essendon: M.Johnson 3, Lucas 2, Lloyd, Rioli, McVeigh, Lovett
BEST – Port: Tredrea, James, Wakelin, C.Cornes, K.Cornes, Pickett, Shattock, Dew, Montgomery, Lade
Essendon: McVeigh, M.Johnson, Peverill, McPhee, Murphy, J.Johnson
bulldogs (4-4) vs sydney (4-4) scg sunday
sydney beat the bulldogs by 13 points. sydney (5-4) play st kilda at the dome saturday night. bulldogs (4-5) play essendon at the dome sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.3, 5.7, 7.12, 10.16 (76)
SYDNEY: 1.4, 5.7, 11.9, 13.11 (89)
GOALS -WESTERN BULLDOGS: Robbins 4, Cooney, Grant, Morgan, Gilbee, Johnson, Hahn SYDNEY: O’Loughlin 5, Vogels 3, Hall 2, O’Keefe, Crouch, Goodes
BEST -WESTERN BULLDOGS: West, Robbins, McMahon, Hahn SYDNEY: O’Loughlin, Goodes, Kirk, Hall, Ablett
geelong (6-2) vs kangaroos (5-3) skilled stadium sunday
geelong secure 2nd with an 85 point win over the roos. geelong (7-2) host freo saturday afternoon. kanagroos (5-4) travel to brisbane saturday night.
GEELONG: 6.6, 8.8, 15.12, 22.14 (146)
KANGAROOS: 1.5, 4.8, 7.12, 8.13 (61)
GOALS – Geelong: Kingsley 3, Bartel 3, Playfair 3, Enright 2, Lonergan 2, Ablett 2, Chapman, Ottens, S. Johnson, Thurley, D. Johnson, Tenace, Riccardi Kangaroos: Thompson 2, Petrie 2, Firrito, Simpson, Rocca, Grant
BEST – Geelong: Enright, Bartel, Kelly, Playfair, D.Johnson, Scarlett, Ling, Ablett, King Kangaroos: Grant, Simpson, Stevens, Archer, Thompson
freo (4-4) vs hawthorn (2-6) subiaco suday
hawthorn beat freo in a boilover by 9 goals in perth. hawthorn (3-6) host collingwood saturday afternoon at the g. freo (4-5) travel to geelong saturday afternoon.
FREMANTLE: 5.3, 8.6, 8.8, 10.10 (70)
HAWTHORN: 5.6, 10.9, 15.12, 18.16 (124)
GOALS – Fremantle: Farmer 3, Longmuir 2, Haselby, Schammer, McPharlin, Pavlich, Grover Hawthorn: Williams 5, Dixon 3, Crawford 2, Brennan 2, Bateman 2, Ladson 2, Lewis, Clarke
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, Parker, Haselby, J Carr, Farmer Hawthorn: Mitchell, Everitt, Crawford, Dixon, Bateman, Jacobs, Crawford
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 919 | 692 | 132.80% | 32 |
| 2 | Geelong | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1034 | 774 | 133.59% | 28 |
| 3 | Richmond | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 922 | 806 | 114.39% | 28 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 958 | 862 | 111.14% | 24 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 781 | 685 | 114.01% | 20 |
| 6 | Sydney | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 714 | 745 | 95.84% | 20 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 777 | 873 | 89.00% | 20 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 856 | 822 | 104.14% | 16 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 862 | 838 | 102.86% | 16 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 931 | 933 | 99.79% | 16 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 704 | 823 | 85.54% | 14 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 835 | 819 | 101.95% | 12 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 801 | 875 | 91.54% | 12 |
| 14 | Essendon | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 757 | 885 | 85.54% | 12 |
| 15 | Carlton | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 816 | 1038 | 78.61% | 10 |
| 16 | Collingwood | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 757 | 954 | 79.35% | 8 |
round 10 matches
friday
melbourne v richmond TD (N)
saturday
geelong v freo SS
hawthorn v collingwood MCG
brisbane v kangaroos G (N)
st kilda v sydney TD (N)
sunday
adelaide v carlton AAMI
essendon v bulldogs TD
west coast v port S
Harrison’s world 