essendon (6-11) vs geelong (10-7) telstra dome friday night
essendon stun geelong by 13 points. essendon (7-11) host sydney saturday night at the dome. geelong (10-8) face st kilda at the dome friday night.
ESSENDON: 3.2, 7.5, 13.7, 16.11 (107)
GEELONG: 4.4, 8.7, 11.12, 13.16 (94)
GOALS – Essendon: Lucas 6, Lloyd 3, Hird 2, Dyson, Richards, Stanton, Hille, M. Johnson
Geelong: Kingsley 3, Ablett 2, Kelly 2, Bartel, S. Johnson, Chapman, Ottens, Riccardi, Milburn
BEST – Essendon: Lucas, Lovett-Murray, Hird, Peverill, Fletcher, M. Johnson, Welsh
Geelong: Corey, Ling, Bartel, Tenace, Chapman, Scarlett
melbourne (9-8) vs st kilda (10-7) mcg saturday afternoon
st kilda move into the top 4 by doubling melbournes score by 88 points in the dees 6th straight loss. st kilda (11-7) host geelong friday night at the dome. melbourne (9-9) travel to play adelaide saturday afternoon.
MELBOURNE: 5.3 7.6 11.6 13.10 (88)
ST KILDA: 8.3 13.6 23.12 27.14 (176)
GOALS – Melbourne: Robertson 6, Yze 3, Miller 2, Moloney, Wheatley
St Kilda: Gehrig 7, Dal Santo 5, Montagna 3, Guerra 2, Koschitzke 2, Ball, Hamill, Hayes, Maguire, Milne, Powell, Riewoldt, Voss
BEST – Melbourne: Robertson, Wheatley, Moloney, Miller, White
St Kilda: Dal Santo, Gehrig, Hayes, Hudghton, Hamill, Riewoldt, Koschitzke, Harvey, Baker
west coast (15-2) vs hawthorn (4-13) subiaco saturday afternoon
west coast smash the hawks by 8 goals moving them closer to the minor premership. west coast (16-2) travel to play bulldogs at the g sautrday afternoon. hawthorn (4-14) travel to brisbane sunday.
WEST COAST: 3.8, 7.11, 8.15, 12.25 (97)
HAWTHORN: 1.4, 3.5, 6.6, 7.7 (49)
GOALS – West Coast: Matera 3, Cox 2, Nicoski 2, Staker, McDougall, Sampi, Cousins, Selwood Hawthorn: Williams 2, Young, Lonie, Franklin, Jacobs, Dixon BEST – West Coast: Cox, Cousins, Judd, Wirrpunda, Glass, Nicoski Hawthorn: Smith, Hodge, Jacobs, Crawford, Clarke, Lewis
bulldogs (7-10) vs brisbane (9-8) telstra dome saturday night
bulldogs keep their finals hopes alive by 28 points over brisbane. bulldogs (8-10) host west coast at the g saturday afternoon. brisbane (9-9) host hawthorn sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.6, 13.7, 14.10, 23.13 (151)
BRISBANE LIONS: 3.5, 7.9, 12.12, 18.15 (123)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Robbins 5, Johnson 5, Grant 4, Giansiracusa 2, Eagleton 2, Hargrave, Hahn, Skipper, Minson, Ray
Brisbane: Black 3, Rischitelli 2, Notting 2, White 2, McGrath 2, Lappin, Voss, Adcock, Corrie, Bradshaw, Charman, Sherman
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Johnson, Giansiracusa, Robbins, Harris, Hahn, Cross, Eagleton
Brisbane: Black, Lappin, Power, Notting, McGrath, White
adeliade (12-5) vs sydney (11-6) aami stadium saturday night
2nd place adelaide beat 3rd place sydney by 7 points. adelaide (13-5) host melbourne saturday afternoon. sydney (11-7) travel to play essendon saturday night at the dome.
ADELAIDE: 1.0, 3.2, 8.4, 8.6 (54)
SYDNEY: 2.1, 4.4, 5.5, 6.11 (47)
GOALS – Adelaide: Welsh 3, McGregor, Ricciuto, Burton, Goodwin, Johncock
Sydney: O’Loughlin 2, Mathews, Buchanan, Davis, Goodes
BEST – Adelaide: Bock, Hart, Edwards, Johncock, Rutten, Burton, McLeod, Doughty
Sydney: Goodes, Kirk, Buchanan, Mathews, O’Keefe
kanagroos (10-7) vs port (8-1-8) manaka oval sunday
roos keep their top 4 hopes alive by beating port by 4 points. kanagroos (11-7) face collingwood at the dome sunday. port (8-1-9) travel to play carlton at the g sunday.
KANGAROOS: 1.2 3.3 10.7 15.10 (100)
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.3 9.7 11.11 14.12 (96)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Co.Jones 5, Rocca 2, Archer, Baird, Firrito, Grant, Harding, Makepeace, Petrie, Wells Port Adelaide: Tredrea 4, K.Cornes 2, Pearce 2, Pettigrew 2, Brogan, Kingsley, Lade, Mahoney
BEST – Kangaroos: Co.Jones, Wells, Sinclair, Archer, Harris, Makepeace
Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne, K.Cornes, Tredrea, Dew, Lade, Wanganeen
carlton (2-1-14) vs richmond (9-8) telstra dome sunday
carlton break an 11 game losing streak to cut their defecit to half a game in the wooden spoon race by 35 points over richmond leaving richmonds finals hopes in doubt. carlton (3-1-14) host port sunday at the g. richmond (9-9) travel to freo saturday night.
CARLTON: 7.0 12.4 18.6 22.9 (141)
RICHMOND: 3.5 8.8 11.8 16.10 (106)
GOALS – Carlton: Stevens 4, Fevola 4, Waite 3, Fisher 3, Longmuir 2, Koutoufides 2, Morrell 2, Scotland, Bryan Richmond: Simmonds 3, Stafford 2, Tambling 2, Deledio 2, Moore 2, Pettifer 2, Coughlan 2, Hilton
BEST – Carlton: Stevens, Koutoufides, Whitnall, Simpson, Scotland, Carazzo, Fisher, Waite Richmond: Pettifer, Hilton, Hartigan, Tuck
collingwood (5-12) vs freo (8-9) mcg sunday
freo keep their finals hopes alive by 13 points over collingwood. freo (9-9) host richmond saturday night. collingwood (5-13) host north sunday at the dome.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.4, 5.8, 9.11, 12.13 (85)
FREMANTLE: 4.3, 7.3, 10.5, 15.8 (98)
GOALS – Collingwood: Licuria 4, Tarrant 3, Buckley 2, O’Bree, Swan, Holland
Fremantle: Pavlich 5, Medhurst 3, J. Carr 2, Sandilands, Grover, McPharlin, Black, Headland
BEST – Collingwood: Licuria, Buckley, Holland, Wakelin, Clement, Lockyer, Egan Fremantle: Pavlich, J.Carr, Grover, Bell, Cook, Hasleby, Medhurst
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1929 | 1413 | 136.52% | 64 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1649 | 1275 | 129.33% | 52 |
| 3 | St Kilda | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1942 | 1539 | 126.19% | 44 |
| 4 | Sydney | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1502 | 1419 | 105.85% | 44 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1687 | 1679 | 100.48% | 44 |
| 6 | Geelong | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1802 | 1609 | 112.00% | 40 |
| 7 | Brisbane | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1880 | 1693 | 111.05% | 36 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1713 | 1649 | 103.88% | 36 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1821 | 1877 | 97.02% | 36 |
| 10 | Richmond | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1644 | 1776 | 92.57% | 36 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1623 | 1743 | 93.12% | 34 |
| 12 | Wstn Bulldogs | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1880 | 1938 | 97.01% | 32 |
| 13 | Essendon | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1649 | 1889 | 87.29% | 28 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1551 | 1900 | 81.63% | 20 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1499 | 1826 | 82.09% | 16 |
| 16 | Carlton | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1612 | 2158 | 74.70% | 14 |
round 19 matches
friday
st kilda v geelong TD (N)
saturday
bulldogs v west coast MCG
adeliade v melbourne AAMI
essendon v sydney TD (N)
freo v richmond S (N)
sunday
brisbane v hawthorn G
carlton v port MCG
collingwood v kangaroos TD
Harrison’s world 