bulldogs (10-11) vs collingwood (5-16) telstra dome friday night
bulldogs stay alive with a 41 point win over collingwood. bulldogs (11-11) just miss out though on the finals. collingwood (5-17) barely avoid last.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 9.4, 12.7, 15.10, 21.15 (141)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.2, 4.9, 10.14, 14.16 (100)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs:Robbins 6, Johnson 5, Eagleton 3, Grant 2, West 2, Murphy, Boyd, Gilbee
Collingwood: Buckley 3, Licuria 2, Woewodin 2, Cloke 2, Burns 2, Davis, O’Bree, Holland
BEST – Western Bulldogs: West, Johnson, Robbins, Giansiracusa, Cooney, Eagleton, McMahon, Smith
Collingwood: Buckley, Licuria, Holland, Davies, Lockyer
hawthorn (5-16) vs sydney (14-7) mcg saturday afternoon
sydney secure 3rd with a 9 goal win over the hawks. sydney (15-7) travel to play west coast in the qual final friday night. hawthorn (5-17) avoid the wooden spoon.
HAWTHORN: 1.2, 4.4, 6.9, 11.9 (75)
SYDNEY SWANS: 5.5, 12.5, 15.7, 20.9 (129)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Dixon 3, Lonie 2, Everitt, Osborne, Miller, Hodge, Franklin, Young
Sydney: Davis 4, Hall 3, O’Keefe 2, Goodes 2, Fosdike, Schneider, O’Loughlin, Ablett, Ball, Crouch, Kirk, Buchanan, Vogels
BEST – Hawthorn: Hodge, Everitt, Thurgood, Crawford, Clarke
Sydney: Hall, Kirk, O’Loughlin, Williams, Buchanan, Fosdike, O’Keefe
west coast (17-4) vs adelaide (16-5) subiaco saturday afternoon
adelaide get their 10th straight win and their first minor premership beating west coast by 8 points. adeliade (17-5) host st kilda saturday night in one qual final. west coast (17-5) host sydney in the other one friday night.
WEST COAST: 3.7, 3.8, 9.9, 10.14 (74)
ADELAIDE: 5.1, 6.2, 11.7, 12.10 (82)
GOALS – West Coast: Lynch 2, Nicoski 2, Cox, Embley, Hansen, Hunter, Staker Kerr
Adelaide: Perrie 3, Ricciuto 2, Hentschel 2, Thompson 2, McGregor, Reilly, Welsh
BEST – West Coast: Cousins, Feltcher, Judd, Wirrpunda, Kerr, Cox, Banfield
Adelaide: Edwards, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Johncock, McLeod, Perrie
st kilda (13-8) vs brisbane (10-11) telstra dome saturday night
st kilda wrap up a top 4 finish in style with a 139 point win over brisbane ending the lions hopes of a 5th straight grand final. st kilda (14-8) travel to play adelaide saturday night. brisbane (10-12) miss the finals.
ST KILDA: 5.4 14.8 20.16 28.18 (186)
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.2 5.3 6.5 7.5 (47)
GOALS – St Kilda: Milne 11, Riewoldt 6, Dal Santo 3, Ball 2, Hamill 2, Harvey 2, Jones, Peckett
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 2, Drummond 2, Brennan, Corrie, McLaren
BEST – St Kilda: Milne, Riewoldt, Ball, Dal Santo, Hayes, Baker, Powell, Harvey, Peckett
Brisbane Lions: Voss, Drummond, Power
port (10-1-10) vs freo (11-10) aami stadium saturday night
port sneak into the finals by 45 points over freo. port (11-1-10) travel to play north sunday in an elim final. freo (11-11) just miss the 8.
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.2, 7.6, 11.10, 18.12 (120)
FREMANTLE: 6.3, 8.5, 9.7, 11.9 (75)
GOALS – Port: Mahoney 4, Cassisi 4, Dew 3, Tredrea 2, Pickett 2 C. Cornes, Kingsley, S.Burgoyne.
Fremantle: Bell 2, Farmer 2 Hasleby, Schammer, Medhurst, McPharlin, J.Carr, Peake, Headland.
BEST – Port: Francou, K.Cornes, C.Cornes, Wakelin, Cassisi, Kingsley, Montgomery.
Fremantle: Bell, Walker, Hasleby, Schammer, Black, Peake, Sandilands
geelong (11-10) vs richmond (10-11) skilled stadium sunday
geelong sneak into a home final by 1 point over richmond. geelong (12-10) host melbourne in an elim final saturday at the g. richmond (10-12) miss the finals.
GEELONG: 4.2, 7.2, 10.8, 10.9 (69)
RICHMOND: 0.2, 6.5, 6.6, 10.8 (68)
GOALS – Geelong: Milburn 2, Johnson 2, N Ablett, G Ablett, Harley, Kelly, Mooney, Riccardi Richmond: Richardson 2, Krakouer 2, Pettifer, Campbell, Bowden, Kellaway, Tambling, Simmonds
BEST – Geelong: Johnson, Corey, Milburn, Mooney, Ling, Chapman, G Ablett Richmond: Bowden, Tuck, Johnson, Hartigan, Coughlan, Deledio
essendon (8-13) vs melbourne (11-10) mcg sunday
melbourne sneak into the finals by 10 points over essendon. melbourne (12-10) play geelong at the g in an elim final. essendon (8-14) miss the finals.
ESSENDON: 4.1, 7.5, 9.7, 12.13 (85)
MELBOURNE: 1.3, 7.8, 11.14, 13.17 (95)
GOALS – Essendon:Lovett 3, Monfries 2, J.Johnson 2, Hille, Lloyd, Stanton, Dyson, HirdMelbourne: Robertson 4, Green 3, Brown, Yze, Davey, Johnstone, Holland, Motlop
BEST – Essendon: J.Johnson, Stanton, Lucas, M.Johnson, Peverill, Hille, Lovett-Murray Melbourne: Johnstone, White, Robertson, Green, Carroll, Wheatley, Motlop, Davey
carlton (4-1-16) vs north (12-9) telstra dome sunday
north give carlton the wooden spoon by 5 goals. north (13-9) host port sunday in an elim final. carlton (4-1-17) get the wooden spoon..
CARLTON: 4.1, 5.6, 8.9, 12.11 (83)
KANGAROOS: 2.2, 5.7, 11.8, 17.11 (113)
GOALS – Carlton: Fisher 3, Davies 2, Walker 2, French 2, Stevens, Koutoufides, Carrazzo Kangaroos: Rocca 5, Thompson 3, Petrie 2, Jones, Brown, Firrito, Grant, Rawlings, Picioane, Hale
BEST – Carlton: Koutoufides, Stevens, Camporeale, Houlihan, Scotland, Davies, Whitnall Kangaroos: Harvey, Wells, Grant, Brown, Makepeace, Colbert, Harris, Rocca
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2070 | 1517 | 136.45% | 68 |
| 2 | West Coast | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2261 | 1824 | 123.96% | 68 |
| 3 | Sydney | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1974 | 1696 | 116.39% | 60 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2407 | 1806 | 133.28% | 56 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2053 | 2069 | 99.23% | 52 |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2134 | 1906 | 111.96% | 48 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2171 | 2266 | 95.81% | 48 |
| 8 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 2028 | 2066 | 98.16% | 46 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2385 | 2351 | 101.45% | 44 |
| 10 | Fremantle | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2041 | 2038 | 100.15% | 44 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2139 | 2164 | 98.84% | 40 |
| 12 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2022 | 2190 | 92.33% | 40 |
| 13 | Essendon | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 2118 | 2302 | 92.01% | 32 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1904 | 2317 | 82.18% | 20 |
| 15 | Collingwood | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1884 | 2425 | 77.69% | 20 |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2016 | 2670 | 75.51% | 18 |
finals week 1 matches
friday
west coast v sydney S (N)
saturday
geelong v melbourne MCG
adelaide v st kilda AAMI (N)
sunday
north v port TD
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