collingwood (4-9) vs port (6-1-6 ) telstra dome friday night
collingwood stun port by 31 points leaving the regining premiers in trouble again. collingwood (5-9) travel to brisbane saturday night. port (6-1-7) host melbourne sautrday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.5, 5.10, 9.15, 14.18 (102)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.4, 2.9, 6.13, 9.17 (71)
GOALS – Collingwood: Holland 3, Didak 2, Caracella 2, Rusling, O’Bree, Tarrant, Buckley, Fanning, T.Cloke, Egan
Port Adelaide: Pickett 2, Primus, C.Cornes, P.Burgoyne, Wanganeen, Ebert, Kingsley, Tredrea
BEST – Collingwood: Holland, O’Bree, Licuria, Lockyer, Wakelin, Didak, Swan, Lonie
Port Adelaide: Dew, K.Cornes, C.Cornes, P.Burgoyne, Tredrea, S.Burgoyne
richmond (7-6) vs sydney (8-5) mcg saturday afternoon
richmond end a 4 game losing streak stunning sydney by 1 point to hold spot in the 8. richmond (8-6) host essendon saturday afternoon at the g. sydney (8-6) host geelong saturday night.
RICHMOND: 2.4, 8.8, 12.12, 12.13 (85)
SYDNEY: 2.3, 3.6, 7.9, 12.12 (84)
GOALS – Richmond: Richardson 4, Krakouer 3, Pettifer, Tambling, Chaffey, Bowden, Hilton
Sydney: Fosdike 3, O’Loughlin 3, McVeigh, Goodes, Williams, Davis, Crouch, Buchanan
BEST – Richmond: Krakouer, Newman, Richardson, Campbell, Gaspar
Sydney: Fosdike, Crouch, O’Keefe, Buchanan, C. Bolton
west coast (12-1) vs carlton (2-1-10) subiaco saturday afternoon
a 15 goal to 1 second half saw leaders west coast destroy last place carlton by 77 points. west coast (13-1) travel to the roos friday night at the dome. carlton (2-1-11) face st kilda at the dome sunday.
WEST COAST: 3.3, 6.8, 16.13, 21.13 (139)
CARLTON: 6.3, 8.6, 8.7, 9.8 (62)
GOALS: WEST COAST: Staker 4, Matera, Cousins 3, Judd 2, Braun, Chick, Hansen, Hunter, Stenglein, Embley, Cox, Seaby, Fletcher
CARLTON: Fevola 4, Johnson 2, Lappin, Camporeale, Houlihan
BEST: WEST COAST: Judd, Cox, Cousins, Braun, Fletcher, Stenglein
CARLTON: Bryan, Livingston, Thornton, Johnson, Fevola, Teague
melbourne (9-4) vs brisbane (6-7) gabba saturday night
brisbane smash melbourne by 74 points. brisbane (7-7) host collingwood saturday night. melbourne (9-5) travel to port saturday afternoon.
MELBOURNE: 3.6, 8.9, 11.12, 13.14 (92)
BRISBANE: 7.2, 10.5, 18.8, 25.16 (166)
GOALS – Melbourne: Robertson, Green 4, Neitz 2, Holland, McLean, Yze
Brisbane: Bradshaw 9, Akermanis 5, Corrie 3, McGrath, Merrett 2, Brown, Sherman, Lappin, Selwood BEST – Melbourne: Green, Robertson, Sylvia, Johnstone
Brisbane: Akermanis, Bradshaw, Corrie, Johnson, Voss, Michael, MacDonald
essendon (5-8) vs kangaroos (8-5) telstra dome saturday night
roos keep their run against essendon intact by 7 goals. kanagroos (9-5) host west coast friday night at the dome. essendon (5-9) play richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
ESSENDON: 2.3, 7.5, 8.6, 13.8 (86)
KANGAROOS: 7.3, 11.6, 14.13, 19.14 (128)
GOALS – Essendon: M.Johnson 3, Lloyd 2, Lucas 2, Monfries, Lovett, Lovett-Murray, J.Johnson, McPhee, Cupido
Kangaroos: Thompson 5, Harding 4, Hale 3, Grant 2, Rocca 2, Brown, Jones, Wells
BEST – Essendon: M.Johnson, Fletcher, J.Johnson, McPhee, Murphy
Kangaroos: Harvey, Simpson, Archer, Rawlings, Colbert, Thompson, Hale
adelaide (8-5) vs freo (5-8) aami stadium sunday
adelaide hold off freo by a goal to leaving freo season on life support. adelaide (9-5) travel to play hawthorn in tasmania sunday. freo (5-9) host bulldogs sunday.
ADELAIDE: 5.3, 8.8, 13.10, 14.10 (94)
FREMANTLE: 2.1, 3.2, 8.3, 14.4 (88)
GOALS – Adelaide: Welsh 3, Edwards 2, Shirley 2, Hentschel 2, Perrie 2, McGregor 2, McLeod Fremantle : Pavlich 8, Polak 2, Medhurst, Carr, Headland, Black
BEST – Adelaide: Edwards, Perrie, Goodwin, Burton, Shirley, McLeod, Ricciuto, Thompson Fremantle: Pavlich, Black Haselby, Schammer, J.Carr, Mundy, Cook
geelong (8-5) vs hawthorn (3-10) telstra dome sunday
geelong keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 55 point win over the hawks. geelong (9-5) travel to sydney saturday night. hawthorn (3-11) host adeliade in tasmania sunday.
GEELONG: 5.3, 8.7, 13.12, 16.17 (113)
HAWTHORN: 1.4, 4.6, 5.9, 8.10 (58)
GOALS – Geelong: Kingsley 4, Chapman 4, Chambers 2, Gardiner 2, McCarthy, Byrnes, Milburn, King Hawthorn: Lekkas 3, Williams 2, Mitchell, Lonie, Osbourne
BEST – Geelong: Ling, Corey, Milburn, Kingsley, Mooney, Sanderson, Bartel, Scarlett Hawthorn: Lekkas, Crawford, Everitt, Greene, Brennan, Croad
bulldogs (6-7) vs st kilda (6-7) mcg sunday
st kilda beat bulldogs by 3 goals to keep their finals hopes alive. st kilda (7-7) host carlton sunday at the dome. bulldogs (6-8) travel to freo sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.3, 6.4, 10.5, 15.8 (98)
ST KILDA: 5.3, 8.8, 13.13, 17.14 (116)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Robbins 2, Johnson 2, Gilbee 2, Eagleton 2, Griffen, Murphy, Smith, Faulkner, Hargrave, Birss, Ray St Kilda: Gehrig 4, Koschitzke 3, Milne 2, Guerra 2, Harvey, Riewoldt, Penny, Ball, Ackland, Goddard
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Johnson, Gilbee, Cooney, Eagleton, Hargrave, McMahon St Kilda: Ball, Powell, Goddard, Koschitzke, Maguire, Gehrig, Milne
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1553 | 1091 | 142.35% | 52 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1286 | 1016 | 126.57% | 36 |
| 3 | Geelong | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1433 | 1217 | 117.75% | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1504 | 1359 | 110.67% | 36 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1272 | 1292 | 98.45% | 36 |
| 6 | Sydney | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1158 | 1169 | 99.06% | 32 |
| 7 | Richmond | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1326 | 1367 | 97.00% | 32 |
| 8 | Brisbane | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1422 | 1275 | 111.53% | 28 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1364 | 1271 | 107.32% | 28 |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1247 | 1359 | 91.76% | 26 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1469 | 1463 | 100.41% | 24 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1217 | 1279 | 95.15% | 20 |
| 13 | Collingwood | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1236 | 1395 | 88.60% | 20 |
| 14 | Essendon | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1244 | 1484 | 83.83% | 20 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1187 | 1439 | 82.49% | 12 |
| 16 | Carlton | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1178 | 1620 | 72.72% | 10 |
round 15 matches
friday
kangaroos v west coast TD (N)
saturday
richmond v essendon MCG
port v melbourne AAMI
brisbane v collingwood G (N)
syndey v geelong SCG (N)
sunday
hawthorn v adeliade YP
st kilda v carlton TD
freo v bulldogs S