hawthorn (4-3) vs melbourne (4-3) mcg friday night
melbourne smash hawthorn by 75 points. melbourne (5-3) travel to west coast sunday. hawthorn (4-4) host sydney at the g saturday night.
HAWTHORN: 5.2, 6.4, 9.7, 9.7 (61)
MELBOURNE:6.4, 10.10, 13.12, 20.16 (136)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Williams 2, Clarke 2, Crawford 2, Dixon 2, Roughead
Melbourne: Neitz 6, Bruce 2, Dunn 2, White 2, Davey 2, Jamar 2, Robertson, Godfrey, Green, Johnstone
BEST – Hawthorn: Everitt, Mitchell, Crawford, Hodge, Bateman, Vandenberg
Melbourne: Johnstone, Neitz, McDonald, McLean, White, Pickett, Moloney, Bruce
richmond (3-4) vs adelaide (6-1) telstra dome saturday afternoon
richmond stun adelaide by 3 ponits. richmond (4-4) travel to geelong saturday afternoon. adeliade (6-2) host carlton saturday afternoon.
RICHMOND: 3.0 6.3 7.7 10.9 (69)
ADELAIDE: 2.4 3.6 4.8 9.12 (66)
GOALS – Richmond: Simmonds 2, Coughlan, Deledio, Krakouer, Newman, Pattison, Pettifer, Tambling, Tuck
Adelaide: Burton 2, Hentschel 2, Edwards, Johncock, Mattner, McLeod, Ricciuto
BEST – Richmond: J.Bowden, Krakouer, Simmonds, Kellaway, Raines, Pettifer
Adelaide: Edwards, McLeod, Goodwin, Doughty, Hentschel, Rutten
freo (4-3) vs north (2-5) subiaco saturday afternoon
freo beat the roos by 35 points. freo (5-3) travel to brisbane sunday. north (2-6) face st kilda sunday at the dome.
FREMANTLE: 2.3, 5.4, 9.4, 13.6 (84)
KANGAROOS: 1.5, 5.7, 5.9, 6.13 (49)
GOALS – Fremantle: Pavlich 6, Murphy 3, M Carr, Hasleby, Longmuir, Farmer
Kangaroos: Jones 2, Harding 2, Harvey, Grant
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, Bell, Murphy, Grover, Mundy
Kangaroos: Pratt, Wells, Sinclair, Jones, Petrie
collingwood (5-2) vs geelong (3-4) mcg saturday night
collingwood dismantle geelong by 102 points. collingwood (6-2) host bulldogs friday night at the g. geelong (3-5) host richmond saturday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 6.0, 12.3, 18.10, 22.14 (146)
GEELONG: 2.1, 2.4, 3.6, 6.8 (44)
GOALS – Collingwood: Davis 4, Rocca 4, Swan 4, Tarrant 3, Shaw 2, O’Bree, Johnson, Burns, Holland, Licuria
Geelong: Kelly 2, Kingsley, S.Johnson, Corey, Ablett
BEST – Collingwood: Swan, Fraser, Clement, Davis, Lockyer, Johnson, Shaw, O’Bree
Geelong: Kelly, Milburn, Egan
bulldogs (5-2) vs sydney (4-3) scg saturday night
sydney beat the buldogs by 26 points. sydney (5-3) travel to play hawthorn at the g saturday night. bulldogs (5-3) face collingwood at the g friday night.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.0, 8.4, 10.6, 14.6 (90)
SYDNEY: 6.3, 10.5, 16.9, 17.14 (116)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Robbins 5, Johnson 5, Eagleton, Morris, Ray, Grant
Sydney: Hall 5, Davis 3, Buchanan, McVeigh, Schneider, Kirk, Fosdike, Roberts-Thomson, Goodes, McVeigh, O’Keefe.
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Robbins, Johnson, Cooney, McMahon Sydney: Hall, Ablett, Kirk, Davis, J. Bolton, Goodes
port (2-5) vs brisbane (2-5) aami stadium sunday
brisbane stun port by 69 points on the road. brisbane (3-5) host freo sunday. port (2-6) travel to essendon saturday night at the dome.
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.6, 6.9, 7.13, 10.18 (78)
BRISBANE: 5.3, 9.8, 18.11, 22.15 (147)
GOALS – Port Adelaide: Mahoney 3, Ebert 2, Thurstans, Lonie, Tredrea, Deluca, Salopek
Brisbane: Brown 7, Bradshaw 6, McGrath 3, Power 2, Patfull, Notting, Sherman, Corrie
BEST – Port Adelaide: Salopek, Symes, C. Cornes, Ebert, Lade
Brisbane: Power, Bradshaw, Brown, B.Scott, Brennan, Akermanis, Moody, Notting, McGrath, Corrie
carlton (2-5) vs st kilda (3-4) mcg sunday
one man kicking goals in fevola is no where near enough in a 92 point loss to st kilda. st kilda (4-4) host the roos sunday. carlton (2-6) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon.
CARLTON: 1.2 1.5 2.6 4.10 (34)
ST KILDA: 7.7 9.13 14.15 18.18 (126)
GOALS – Carlton: Fevola 4
St Kilda: Riewoldt 9, Gehrig 3, Milne 2, Baker 2, Peckett, Voss
BEST – Carlton: Fevola, Scotland, Simpson
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Hayes, Gram, Baker, Goddard, Dal Santo, Maguire, Ball
essendon (1-6) vs west coast (6-1) telstra dome sunday
essendon lose despite being last against first place west coast by 21 points in a close game. west coast (7-1) host melborune sunday. essendon (1-7) host port saturday night at the dome.
WEST COAST: 3.4 6.7 10.9 16.17 (113)
ESSENDON: 2.3 6.6 12.7 14.8 (92)
Goals: West Coast: D Chick 5 Q Lynch 4 A Hansen 3 C Judd D Cox J Graham A Embley. Essendon: D Solomon 2 A Lovett 2 S Lucas 2 A McPhee 2 R Dyson C Johns B Stanton A Monfries J Watson J Laycock.
Best: West Coast: D Chick Q Lynch M Braun A Selwood B Cousins D Cox. Essendon: N Lovett-Murray M McVeigh D Solomon C Heffernan M Johnson J Laycock.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 835 | 656 | 127.29% | 28 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 957 | 661 | 144.78% | 24 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 788 | 560 | 140.71% | 24 |
| 4 | Sydney | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 839 | 692 | 121.24% | 20 |
| 5 | Wstn Bulldogs | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 895 | 762 | 117.45% | 20 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 786 | 710 | 110.70% | 20 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 681 | 686 | 99.27% | 20 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 771 | 658 | 117.17% | 16 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 685 | 750 | 91.33% | 16 |
| 10 | Richmond | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 635 | 898 | 70.71% | 16 |
| 11 | Geelong | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 691 | 710 | 97.32% | 12 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 708 | 800 | 88.50% | 12 |
| 13 | Carlton | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 616 | 788 | 78.17% | 8 |
| 14 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 641 | 843 | 76.04% | 8 |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 694 | 972 | 71.40% | 8 |
| 16 | Essendon | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 735 | 811 | 90.63% | 4 |
round 9 matches
friday
collingwood v bulldogs MCG (N)
saturday
geelong v richmond SS
adeliade v carlton AAMI
essendon v port TD (N)
hawthorn v sydney MCG (N)
sunday
brisbane v freo G
st kilda v north TD
west coast v melbourne S
Harrison’s world 