collingwood (3-7) vs geelong (7-3) telstra dome friday night
collingwood stun geelong by 25 points. collingwood (4-7) face melbourne at the g monday. geelong (7-4) host adelaide sunday.
COLLINGWOOD: 5.2, 11.6, 14.11, 18.13 (121)
GEELONG: 3.3, 4.5, 9.10, 14.12 (96)
GOALS – Collingwood: Didak 5, Rusling 2, Caracella 2, T. Cloke 2, Burns 2, Tarrant 2, O’Bree, Maxwell, Holland
Geelong: Kingsley 3, Lonergan 2, Mackie 2, Ablett 2, Ottens 2, Riccardi, Chapman, Ling
BEST – Collingwood: Didak, Holland, Lockyer, Shaw, Licuria, Swan, Clement, O’Bree
Geelong: Enright, Kingsley, Ling, Kelly, Chapman, Ablett, Milburn
carlton (2-1-7) vs sydney (5-5) telstra dome saturday afternoon
sydney keep carlton down by 25 points. sydney (6-5) host freo sunday. carlton (2-1-8) play brisbane at the dome saturday night.
CARLTON: 2.1, 5.3, 11.7, 14.7 (91)
SYDNEY: 6.1, 8.4, 12.6, 18.8 (116)
GOALS – Carlton: Waite 4, Whitnall 4, Fevola 3, Betts, Bryan, Teague
Sydney: Hall 5, O’Loughlin 4, O’Keefe 2, Ablett 2, Jolly, Malceski, Davis, Goodes, Buchanan,
BEST – Carlton: Whitnall, Stevens, Bryan, Waite, McGrath
Sydney: Hall, Goodes, J.Bolton, C.Bolton, Malceski, Mathews
richmond (7-3) vs west coast (9-1) mcg saturday night
west coast scrape home against richmond by 2 points. west coast (10-1) host essednon friday night. richmond (7-4) play north at the dome sunday.
RICHMOND: 3.4 3.7 8.10 15.13 (103)
WEST COAST: 5.3 8.8 11.12 15.15 (105)
GOALS – Richmond: Richardson 5, Pettifer 3, Campbell 2, Coughlan, Deledio, Hilton, Johnson, Krakouer
West Coast: Matera 5, Judd 3, Edwards 2, Butler, Chick, Kerr, Lynch, Seaby
BEST – Richmond: Richardson, Tuck, Coughlan, Johnson, Deledio, Bowden, Kellaway
West Coast: Judd, Matera, Cousins, Braun, A.Embley, Fletcher, Edwards
freo (5-5) vs brisbane (3-7) subiaco saturday night
brisbane stun freo by 39 to keep their grand final hopes alive. brisbane (4-7) face carlton at the dome saturday night. freo (5-6) travel to sydney sunday.
FREMANTLE: 4.2, 6.6, 7.6, 10.7 (67)
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.2, 7.8, 10.11, 15.16 (106)
GOALS – Fremantle: Murphy 3, Farmer 2, Longmuir 2, Haselby, Bell, Medhurst
Brisbane Lions: McGrath 3, Bradshaw 3, Power 2, Drummond 2, Macdonald 2, Corrie, Keating, Akermanis
BEST – Fremantle: Bell, J Carr, Parker, Pavlich, Black, Schofield
Brisbane Lions: Brown, Black, Voss, Akermanis, Power, Macdonald, Drummond
adelaide (6-4) vs essendon (4-6) aami stadium saturday night
adeliade put on a clinic in a 88 point win over essendon. adelaide (7-4) travel to geelong sunday. essendon (4-7) travel to play west coast friday night.
ADELAIDE: 7.2, 10.3, 17.5, 24.7 (151)
ESSENDON: 2.1, 7.4, 7.5, 9.9 (63)
GOALS – Adelaide: McGregor 4, Jericho 4, Goodwin 4, Thompson 3, Perrie 3, Burton 2, Hudson 2, Edwards, Biglands
Essendon: Lloyd 2, McPhee 2, Hille 2, Cupido, Winderlich, Lovett-Murray
BEST – Adelaide: McGregor, Goodwin, Thompson, Jericho, McLeod, Riccuito, Burton, Perrie, Hudson, Skipworth, Edwards
Essendon: Hird, Hille, Welsh, M. Johnson, McPhee
north (6-4) vs melbourne (7-3) manaka oval sunday
melbourne beat the roos by 6 goals. melbourne (8-3) host collingwood monday. kanagroos (6-5) host richmond sunday at the dome.
KANGAROOS: 3.6 4.7 6.9 11.14 (80)
MELBOURNE: 3.4 6.8 12.11 17.14 (116)
GOALS: Kangaroos: Thompson 2, Grant 2, Rawlings, C Jones, Hale, Rocca, Harvey, Harding, Sinclair Melbourne: Robertson 6, Bruce 4, Green 3, Yze, Brown, Davey, White
BEST: Kangaroos: Sinclair, Rawlings, Archer, Brown Melbourne: Bruce, Johnstone, Robertson, Green, Miller, Bizzell, Wheatley, Nicholson, Brown
st kilda (5-5) vs port (3-1-6) york park sunday
in a battle of supprising strugglers port stun st kilda by 23 points. port (4-1-6) host bulldogs saturday night. st kilda (5-6) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
ST KILDA: 3.2 6.6 10.11 11.15 (81)
PORT ADELAIDE: 7.3 13.4 15.5 16.8 (104)
GOALS – St Kilda: Gehrig 3, Milne 2, Riewoldt 2, Ball, Harvey, McQualter, Voss Port Adelaide: Tredrea 3, Primus 3, Kingsley 2, Brogan, Cassisi, Dew, Ebert, Lade, Mahoney, Montgomery, Wanganeen
BEST – St Kilda: Hayes, X.Clarke, Riewoldt, McQualter, Harvey, Maguire Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne, Kingsley, P.Burgoyne, C.Cornes, Montgomery, Primus, K.Cornes, Cassisi, Tredrea
bulldogs (4-6) vs hawthorn (3-7) telstra dome sunday
bulldogs keep the hawks misery going by 22 points. bulldogs (5-6) travel to port saturday night. hawthorn (3-8) host st kilda at the g saturday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 5.1, 10.5, 14.9, 17.9 (111)
HAWTHORN: 2.1, 6.4, 9.7, 13.11 (89)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Robbins 4, Giansiracusa 3, Cooney 2, Murphy 2, Smith 2, Hargrave 2, Eagleton, Griffen Hawthorn: Williams 6, Holland, Everitt, Vandenberg, Clarke, Smith, Ladson, Brennan
BEST – Western Bulldogs: West, Cross, McMahon, Giansiracusa, Cooney, Ray, Robbins Hawthorn: Hodge, Everitt, Brown, Lewis, Smith, Williams
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1203 | 857 | 140.37% | 40 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1205 | 1016 | 118.60% | 32 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1003 | 805 | 124.60% | 28 |
| 4 | Geelong | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1212 | 986 | 122.92% | 28 |
| 5 | Richmond | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1099 | 1042 | 105.47% | 28 |
| 6 | Sydney | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 888 | 937 | 94.77% | 24 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 969 | 1082 | 89.56% | 24 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1044 | 1000 | 104.40% | 20 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1014 | 1010 | 100.40% | 20 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1152 | 1159 | 99.40% | 20 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 870 | 1083 | 80.33% | 18 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1000 | 1054 | 94.88% | 16 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 986 | 1130 | 87.26% | 16 |
| 14 | Essendon | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 957 | 1146 | 83.51% | 16 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1004 | 1038 | 96.72% | 12 |
| 16 | Carlton | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 964 | 1225 | 78.69% | 10 |
round 12 matches
friday
west coast v essendon S (N)
saturday
hawthorn v st kilda MCG
carlton v brisbane TD (N)
port v bulldogs AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v freo SCG
kanagroos v richmond TD
geelong v adelaide SS
monday
melbourne v collingwood MCG
Harrison’s world 