freo (10-10) vs st kilda (13-7) subiaco friday night
freo end st kildas 7 game winning streak after the siren by 5 points. freo (11-10) travel to port saturday night in a do or die clash to make the 8. st kilda (13-8) host brisbane saturday night.
FREMANTLE: 5.2, 7.2, 8.6, 12.8 (80)
ST KILDA: 4.2, 9.3, 11.4, 11.9 (75)
GOALS – Fremantle: Pavlich 4, McPharlin 4, Medhurst, Peake, Farmer, Longmuir
St Kilda: Gehrig 4, Harvey 3, Dal Santo 2, Peckett, Ackland
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, Haselby, Longmuir, Grover, Peake, McPharlin
St Kilda: Harvey, Dal Santo, Montagna, Gehrig, Ball, Baker
geelong (10-10) vs west coast (17-3) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
geelong broke a 4 game losing streak stunning leaders west coast by 76 points. geelong (11-10) host richmond sunday. west coast (17-4) host adeliade saturday afternoon to decide the minor premership.
GEELONG: 5.4, 10.7, 12.12, 16.13 (109)
WEST COAST: 1.2, 3.3, 3.3, 5.3 (33)
GOALS – Geelong: N.Ablett 4, S.Johnson 3, Riccardi 2, Kingsley 2, King, Tenace, Mackie, Ling, G.Ablett West Coast: Staker 2, Cousins, Seaby, Nicoski,
BEST – Geelong: S.Johnson, Bartel, N.Ablett, King, Rooke, Corey, Scarlett, Mooney West Coast: Braun, Fletcher, Nicoski
adelaide (15-5) vs collingwood (5-15) aami stadium saturday afternoon
adeliade make it 9 straight by 110 points over collingwood. adelaide (16-5) travel to play west coast saturday afternoon to decide first place. collingwood (5-16) finish with the bulldogs at the dome friday night.
ADELAIDE: 4.9, 10.12, 17.15, 22.19 (151)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.1, 2.4, 5.7, 5.11 (41)
GOALS – Adelaide: Hentschel 5, McGregor 3, Perrie 3, Welsh 3, Ricciuto 2, Thompson 2, Shirley, Bock, Edwards, Burton Collingwood: Lockyer, J. Cloke, Caracella, Shaw, Lokan
BEST – Adelaide: Hentschel, Burton, Thompson, Bock, Ricciuto, Edwards, Clarke, Perrie, Hart Collingwood: Clement, Holland, O’Bree, Davies, Licuria, Lockyer
melbourne (10-10) vs bulldogs (10-10) mcg saturday night
melbourne ended the dogs run by 4 points. melbourne (11-10) face essendon at the g sunday. bulldogs (10-11) host collingwood friday night at the dome both must win games.
MELBOURNE: 4.2, 8.5, 11.8, 16.13 (109)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 7.2, 9.6, 13.7, 16.9 (105)
GOALS – Melbourne: Robertson 6, Yze 2, White 2, Neitz, Holland, Rigoni, Green, Armstrong, Davey
Western Bulldogs: Murphy 3, Johnson 3, Smith 2, Hahn 2, Grant 2, Robbins, Ray, Giansiracusa, Eagleton
BEST – Melbourne: Rigoni, Robertson, Brown, White, Johnstone, Green, Yze, Carroll
Western Bulldogs: Smith, West, Murphy, Griffen, McMahon, Cooney, Cross, Gilbee
brisbane (10-10) vs port (9-1-10) gabba saturday night
it looks like port will be the one to defend their grnad final spot after beating brisbane by 30 points. port (10-1-10) host freo saturday night. brisbane (10-11) travel to play st kilda saturday night at the dome.
BRISBANE: 2.0, 5.2, 6.7, 7.9 (51)
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.4, 7.6, 9.12, 11.15 (81)
GOALS: Brisbane: Sherman, Voss, McGrath, Black, Notting, Johnson, Drummond
Port Adelaide: C Cornes, Tredrea 2, Kingsley, Mahoney, Brogan, Dew, Pettigrew, K Cornes, Montgomery
BEST: Brisbane: Voss, Drummond, Adcock, Power, Notting
Port Adelaide: S Burgoyne, C Cornes, Mahoney, K Cornes, Cassisi, Dew
sydney (13-7) vs north (12-8) scg sunday
sydney secured a top 4 finish with a 37 point win over the roos. sydney (14-7) travel to play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. north (12-9) play carlton at the dome sunday.
SYDNEY: 7.2, 12.3, 14.8, 15.11 (101)
KANGAROOS: 1.1, 4.3, 7.7, 9.10 (64)
GOALS – Sydney: Davis 5, Hall 3, O’Loughlin 2, O’Keefe 2, Goodes, Fosdike, Schneider Kangaroos: Grant 4, Co Jones 3, Makepeace, Harding
BEST – Sydney: Davis, Kirk, O’Loughlin, Barry, Kennelly, Hall, Crouch Kangaroos: Grant, Simpson, Co.Jones, Rawlings
essendon (7-13) vs carlton (4-1-15) mcg sunday
essendon setenced the old enermy carlton to a likely 2nd woodenspoon by 99 points. essendon (8-13) host melbourne sunday at the g. carlton (4-1-16) host the roos sunday at the dome.
ESSENDON: 9.4 18.6 23.10 28.14 (182)
CARLTON: 3.2 6.8 8.12 11.17 (83)
GOALS – Essendon: Lloyd 7, M.Johnson 6, Dyson 3, Hird 3, J.Johnson 2, Lovett, Lucas, Monfries, Nash, Stanton, Thomas, Watson Carlton: Morrell 3, Lappin 2, Waite 2, Camporeale, Carrazzo, Fisher, Whitnall
BEST – Essendon: Lloyd, M.Johnson, Hird, J.Johnson, Lucas, Dyson, Stanton, Hille Carlton: Camporeale, Whitnall, Scotland, Morrell
richmond (9-11) vs hawthorn (5-15) telstra dome sunday
richmond kept their mathmatical finals hopes alive with a 4 point win over the hawks in ex hawk mark grahams last game (as a richmond player). richmond (10-11) must beat geelong sunday on the road to make the 8 and have other results go there way. hawthorn (5-16) host sydney saturday afternoon at the g.
RICHMOND: 3.2 7.7 14.11 20.17 (137)
HAWTHORN: 6.2 13.2 17.5 21.7 (133)
GOALS: Richmond: Richardson 4, Pettifer 3, Hall 3, Stafford 2, Tambling 2, Simmonds 2, Hilton, Deledio, Tuck, Johnson Hawthorn: Dixon 5, Miller 4, Everitt 2, Lekkas 2, Croad 2, Franklin 2, Hodge, Clarke, Young, Ries
BEST: Richmond: Deledio, Tuck, Hall, Pettifer, Bowden, Richardson, Simmonds Hawthorn: Everitt, Hodge, Vandenberg, Crawford, Miller, Dixon
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2187 | 1742 | 125.55% | 68 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1988 | 1443 | 137.77% | 64 |
| 3 | Sydney | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1845 | 1621 | 113.82% | 56 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2221 | 1759 | 126.26% | 52 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 21 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1940 | 1986 | 97.68% | 48 |
| 6 | Geelong | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2065 | 1838 | 112.35% | 44 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1966 | 1918 | 102.50% | 44 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2076 | 2181 | 95.19% | 44 |
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1908 | 1991 | 95.83% | 42 |
| 10 | Brisbane | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2092 | 1978 | 105.76% | 40 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2244 | 2251 | 99.69% | 40 |
| 12 | Richmond | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1954 | 2121 | 92.13% | 40 |
| 13 | Essendon | 21 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 2033 | 2207 | 92.12% | 32 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1829 | 2188 | 83.59% | 20 |
| 15 | Collingwood | 21 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1784 | 2284 | 78.11% | 20 |
| 16 | Carlton | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1933 | 2557 | 75.60% | 18 |
round 22 matches
friday
bulldogs v collingwood TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v sydney MCG
west coast v adeliade S
st kilda v brisbane TD (N)
port v freo AAMI (N)
sunday
geelong v richmond SS
carlton v north TD
essendon v melborune MCG
Harrison’s world 