melbourne (6-3) vs richmond (7-2) telstra dome friday night
melbourne beat richmond by 57 points in the battle for top 4 spots. melbourne (7-3) play north in canbera sunday. richmond (7-3) host west coast saturday afternoon at the g.
MELBOURNE: 7.2, 13.2, 15.8, 20.11 (131)
RICHMOND: 5.3, 8.5, 10.7, 11.8 (74)
GOALS – Melbourne: Yze 5, Holland 3, Jonhstone 3, Green 3, Bruce 2, Sylvia 2, Robertson, Davey
Richmond: Brown 2, Krakouer 2, Simmonds, Chaffey, Campbell, Bowden, Richardson, Tivendale, Deledio
BEST – Melbourne: Yze, Johnstone, Brown, Sylvia, Green, McLean, Bizzell, Moloney
Richmond: Johnson, Coughlan, Brown, Tuck, Bowden, Tivendale
geelong (7-2) vs freo (4-5) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
freo stun geelong on the road by 9 points. freo (5-5) host brisbane saturday night. geelong (7-3) face collingwood at the dome friday night.
GEELONG: 3.5, 7.8, 9.11, 11.16 (82)
FREMANTLE: 5.2, 7.5, 11.7, 14.7 (91)
GOALS – Geelong: Kingsley 2, Chapman 2, Mackie, Ottens, Lonergan, Playfair, Ablett, Scarlett, Milburn Fremantle: Farmer 4, Crowley 3, McPharlin 2, Sandilands 2, Longmuir, Black, Pavlich
BEST – Geelong: Bartel, D.Johnson, Ablett, Chapman
Fremantle: Pavlich, Farmer, Hasleby, Bell, Cook, Sandilands
hawthorn (3-6) vs collingwood (2-7) mcg saturday afternoon
after upset wins the question was who would do it again collingwood did by 28 points over the hawks. collingwood (3-7) face geelong at the dome friday night. hawthorn (3-7) face the bulldogs at the dome sunday.
HAWTHORN: 2.3 7.5 11.7 12.8 (80)
COLLINGWOOD: 6.1 8.3 12.3 17.6 (108)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Williams 5, Dixon 2, Franklin 2, Hodge, Mitchell, Ries
Collingwood: Caracella 5, Didak 4, Tarrant 3, Fraser 2, T.Cloke, Holland, Johnson
BEST – Hawthorn: Hodge, Mitchell, Crawford, Everitt, Williams, Croad, Bateman
Collingwood: Caracella, Clement, Didak, O’Bree, T.Cloke, Swan, Holland, Tarrant
brisbane (3-6) vs kanagroos (5-4) gabba saturday night
roos snap a 4 game losing streak by 19 points over brisbane. kangaroos (6-4) host melbourne in canberra sunday. brisbane (3-7) travel to freo saturday night.
KANG 6.1 7.5 12.7 17.10 (112)
BRIS 2.6 5.9 8.11 13.15 (93)
GOALS: KANG – Thompson 5, Corey Jones 4, Grant 3, Harvey 2, Makepeace, Rawlings, Wells;
BRIS – Brown 5, Bradshaw 3, Scott, Johnson, Merrett, Keating, Drummond
BEST: KANG – Makepeace, Corey Jones, Wells, Sinclair, Thompson, Grant, Harvey; BRIS – Brown, Drummond, Black, Johnson, Adcock, Leppitsch
CHANGES: KANG – Rocca replaced in selected side by Picioane; BRIS – Lappin (ankle) replaced in selected side by Selwood
REPORTS: BRIS – McGrath for rough conduct on Sinclair
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Morris, Jeffery
CROWD: 29500 at The Gabba.
st kilda (4-5) vs sydney (5-4) telstra dome saturday night
st kilda break a 3 game losing streak by 43 points over sydney. st kilda (5-5) host port in tasmania sunday. sydney (5-5) travel to the dome to play carlton saturday afternoon.
ST KILDA: 4.1, 5.6, 9.8, 15.11 (101)
SYDNEY: 1.0, 3.1, 6.6, 8.10 (58)
GOALS – St Kilda: Gehrig 7, Milne 3, Riewoldt 3, Goddard, Fisher
Sydney: Hall 3, O’Loughlin 2, O’Keefe, Crouch, Nicks
BEST – St Kilda: Gehrig, Milne, Hayes, X. Clarke, Blake, Dal Santo, Maguire, Fisher
Sydney: Goodes, Crouch, Kirk, Bolton
adelaide (5-4) vs carlton (2-1-6) aami stadium sunday
adeliade knock carlton to last by 14 points. adelaide (6-4) host essendon saturday night. carlton (2-1-7) host sydney at the dome saturday afternoon.
ADELAIDE: 2.6, 5.11, 6.15, 9.17 (71)
CARLTON: 4.1, 6.4, 7.7, 8.9 (57)
GOALS – Adelaide: Bock 2, Welsh 2, Shirley, Hart, Edwards, Reilly, McGregor Carlton: Fevola 4, Whitnall, Koutoufides, Stevens, Lappin
BEST – Adelaide: Goodwin, Shirley, Ricciuto, Doughty, Skipworth, Burton, Rutten, Bock, Bassett Carlton: Lappin, Stevens, Camporeale, Morrell, Fevola, Koutoufides, Thornton
essendon (3-6) vs bulldogs (4-5) telstra dome sunday
essendon stun bulldogs by 27 points. essendon (4-6) face adeliade on the road saturday night. bulldogs (4-6) host hawthorn sunday at the dome.
ESSENDON: 7.1, 11.3, 17.8, 21.11 (137)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.1, 6.1, 11.5, 17.8 (110)
GOALS – Essendon: McPhee 3, Lloyd 3, Hird 3, Lucas 2, Murphy 2, Bradley 2, M.Johnson, Welsh, J. Johnson, Lovett, Laycock, Hille Western Bulldogs: Murphy 6, Giansiracusa 3, Grant 3, Johnson 2, Hargrave 2, Smith
BEST – Essendon: Hird, McPhee, Fletcher, J. Johnson, Lovett-Murray, M. Johnson, Lucas Western Bulldogs: Murphy, West, Johnson, Giansiracusa, Smith, Cross, Gilbee
west coast (8-1) vs port (3-1-5) subiaco sunday
west coast return to form with a 117 point demoltion of port. west coast (9-1) travel to play richmond at the g saturday afternoon. port (3-1-6) travel to tasmania to play st kilda sunday in a must win game for their title defence.
WEST COAST: 4.4, 10.8, 19.12, 27.17 (179)
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.2, 5.4, 8.8, 9.8 (62)
GOALS – West Coast: Lynch 4, Sampi 3, Kerr 3, Nicoski 2, LeCras 2, Braun 2, Embley 2, Gardiner, Jones, Hunter, Banfield, Fletcher, Seaby, Chick, Hansen, Judd Port Adelaide: K Cornes 2, Tredrea, Lade, Cassisi, Montgomery, Kingsley, Primus, White
BEST – West Coast: Cousins, Sampi, Lynch, Embley, Cox, Hunter, Braun Port Adelaide: K Cornes, Kingsley, Wanganeen, Walsh, Burgoyne
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1098 | 754 | 145.62% | 36 |
| 2 | Geelong | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1116 | 865 | 129.02% | 28 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1089 | 936 | 116.35% | 28 |
| 4 | Richmond | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 996 | 937 | 106.30% | 28 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 852 | 742 | 114.82% | 24 |
| 6 | Nth Melbourne | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 889 | 966 | 92.03% | 24 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 963 | 896 | 107.48% | 20 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 947 | 904 | 104.76% | 20 |
| 9 | Sydney | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 772 | 846 | 91.25% | 20 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1041 | 1070 | 97.29% | 16 |
| 11 | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 894 | 995 | 89.85% | 16 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 766 | 1002 | 76.45% | 14 |
| 13 | Hawthorn | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 915 | 927 | 98.71% | 12 |
| 14 | Brisbane | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 894 | 987 | 90.58% | 12 |
| 15 | Collingwood | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 865 | 1034 | 83.66% | 12 |
| 16 | Carlton | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 873 | 1109 | 78.72% | 10 |
round 11 matches
friday
collingwood v geelong TD (N)
saturday
richmond v west coast MCG
carlton v sydney TD
adelaide v essendon AAMI (N)
freo v brisbane S (N)
sunday
st kilda v port YP
kangaroos v melbourne MO
bulldogs v hawthorn TD
Harrison’s world 