collingwood (5-10) vs essendon (5-10) mcg friday night
essendon beat collingwood by 26 points. essendon (6-10) travel to brisbane saturday night. collingwood (5-11) face st kilda at the dome friday night.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.1, 5.4, 8.9, 15.15 (105)
ESSENDON: 6.1, 10.5, 18.5, 21.5 (131)
GOALS – Collingwood: Buckley 5, Egan 2, Davis 2, Licuria 2, Maxwell, Tarrant, Holland, O’Bree
Essendon: Lloyd 8, Lucas 5, Stanton 2, Cartledge, Winderlich, J.Johnson, McVeigh, Bradley, Peverill
BEST – Collingwood: Buckley, Holland, Egan, Licuria, Clement
Essendon: Lloyd, Stanton, Lucas, Fletcher, Peverill, J.Johnson, Rioli, M.Johnson
geelong (9-6) vs port (7-1-7) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
geelong smash port by 79 points to leave ports season in doubt. geelong (10-6) face bulldogs at the dome saturday afternoon. port (7-1-8) host richmond saturday night.
GEELONG: 3.4, 10.10, 13.16, 18.18 (126)
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.1, 4.1, 5.3 7.5 (47)
GOALS – Geelong: Kingsley 5, Bartel 3, Chapman 2, Milburn 2, Thurley 2, Ablett, Playfair, Hunt, Ling,
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 3, Dew, Ebert, Kingsley, Lade
BEST – Geelong: Bartel, Milburn, Corey, Hunt, Koulouriotis, Scarlett, Ling, Kingsley
Port Adelaide: K.Cornes, S.Burgoyne, P.Burgoyne, C.Cornes, Kingsley
richmond (9-6) vs st kilda (8-7) mcg saturday afternoon
st kilda keep their top 4 hopes alive by 69 points over richmond. st kilda (9-7) host collingwood friday night at the dome. richmond (9-7) travel to port saturday night.
RICHMOND: 3.2, 4.4, 4.6, 5.7 (37)
ST KILDA: 1.4, 6.5, 9.8, 16.10 (106)
GOALS – Richmond: Richardson 2, Hilton 2, Deledio
St Kilda: Koschitzke 5, Milne 3, Gehrig 2, Guerra, Peckett, Ackland, Thompson, Jones, Powell
BEST – Richmond: Tuck, Coughlan, Deledio, Chaffey, Bowden
St Kilda: Koschitzke, Dal Santo, Hayes, Peckett, Jones, Maguire, Fisher, Hudghton, Powell
melbourne (9-6) vs sydney (9-6) telstra dome saturday night
melbournes slump continues with a 26 point loss to sydney. sydney (10-6) host leaders west coast sunday. melbourne (9-7) travel to freo sunday.
MELBOURNE: 4.3, 6.7, 8.10, 11.12 (78)
SYDNEY: 6.2, 8.5, 14.5, 16.8 (104)
GOALS – Melbourne: Neitz 6, Johnstone 2, Sylvia, Holland, Davey
Sydney: Hall 7, Davis 2, O’Loughlin, Goodes, Mathews, O’Keefe, Jolly, Kirk, Buchanan
BEST – Melbourne: Neitz, Moloney, Whelan, Johnstone, White, McDonald
Sydney: Goodes, Hall, Kirk, O’Keefe, Bolton, O’Loughlin
west coast (14-1) vs brisbane (8-7) subiaco saturday night
brisbanes run ended with a 23 point loss to west coast. west coast (15-1) travel to sydney sunday. brisbane (8-8) host essendon saturday night.
WEST COAST: 8.3, 10.7, 13.8, 17.9 (111)
BRISBANE LIONS: 1.3, 4.8, 6.10, 13.10 (88)
GOALS – West Coast: Cousins 4, Chick 3, Lynch 3, Gardiner 2, Nicoski, Judd, Matera, Braun, McDougall
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 4, Notting 3, Merrett 2, Corrie 2, Voss, McGrath
BEST – West Coast: Cousins, Judd, Fletcher, Wirrpunda, Lynch, Braun
Brisbane Lions: Black, Power, Adcock, Johnson, Voss, Notting
adeliade (10-5) vs bulldogs (6-9) aami stadium sunday
adelaide secure 2nd with a 74 point demoltion of the bulldogs. adelaide (11-5) travel to the roos at the dome sunday. bulldogs (6-10) host geelong saturday afternoon at the dome.
ADELAIDE: 4.2, 7.7, 11.9, 16.13 (109)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.0, 4.0, 5.3, 5.5 (35)
GOALS – Adelaide: Welsh 3, Burton 3, McGregor 2, Hentschel 2, Hudson, Thompson, McLeod, Hart, Ricciuto, Reilly Western Bulldogs: Cooney, Hahn, Johnson, Eagleton, R.Murphy
BEST – Adelaide: Ricciuto, Mattner, Burton, Edwards, McLeod, McGregor, Bassett, Hart Western Bulldogs: Cooney, Eagleton, West, Boyd, Harris, Johnson
carlton (2-1-12) vs freo (6-9) mcg sunday
freo stay alive with a 35 point win over last place carlton. freo (7-9) host melbourne sunday. carlton (2-1-13) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
CARLTON: 4.3, 9.4, 11.9, 17.15 (117)
FREMANTLE: 8.3, 15.3, 19.7, 24.8 (152)
GOALS – Carlton: Fisher 3, Simpson 3, Longmuir 2, McGrath 2, Waite 2, Stevens, Prendergast, Koutoufides, Scotland, Bryan Fremantle: Pavlich 9, Crowley 4, Peake 2, Headland 2, Parker, McPharlin, Cook, Medhurst, Black, Carr, Murphy
BEST – Carlton: Scotland, Koutoufides, Fisher, Simpson Fremantle: Pavlich, Crowley, Black, Headland, Peake, Parker, Schammer
hawthorn (3-12) vs kanagroos (9-6) telstra dome sunday
kanagroos unlucky run of missing the finals looks over after a 41 point win over the hawks. kanagroos (10-6) host adelaide sunday. hawthorn (3-13) host carlton at the g saturday afternoon.
HAWTHORN: 3.2, 6.5, 9.7, 10.8 (68)
KANGAROOS: 6.0, 10.4, 12.9, 16.13 (109)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Croad 2, Osborne 2, Hodge, Williams, Lonie, Taylor, Ladson, Crawford Kangaroos: Thompson 3, Rocca 3, Rawlings 2, Harvey 2, Petrie 2, Makepeace, Co. Jones, Archer, Simpson
BEST – Hawthorn: Hodge, Everitt, Jacobs, Lewis, Roughead Kangaroos: Archer, Simpson, Harvey, Watt, Rawlings, Jones
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1765 | 1276 | 138.32% | 60 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1473 | 1119 | 131.64% | 44 |
| 3 | Geelong | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1610 | 1369 | 117.60% | 40 |
| 4 | Sydney | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1367 | 1298 | 105.32% | 40 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1478 | 1461 | 101.16% | 40 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1623 | 1381 | 117.52% | 36 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1657 | 1600 | 103.56% | 36 |
| 8 | Richmond | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1455 | 1539 | 94.54% | 36 |
| 9 | Brisbane | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1643 | 1441 | 114.02% | 32 |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1431 | 1560 | 91.73% | 30 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1514 | 1488 | 101.75% | 28 |
| 12 | Wstn Bulldogs | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1596 | 1717 | 92.95% | 24 |
| 13 | Essendon | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1441 | 1681 | 85.72% | 24 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1396 | 1659 | 84.15% | 20 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1323 | 1626 | 81.37% | 12 |
| 16 | Carlton | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1368 | 1925 | 71.06% | 10 |
round 17 matches
friday
st kilda v collingwood TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v carlton MCG
bulldogs v geelong TD
brisbane v essendon G (N)
port v richmond AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v west coast SCG
kangaroos v adeliade TD
freo v melborune S
Harrison’s world 