freo (6-7) vs essendon (1-12) subiaco friday night
freo keep their finals hopes alive with a 37 point win over essendon who have now lost 13 straight. freo (7-7) face collingwood at the g sunday. essendon (1-13) host st kilda at the g saturday afternoon.
FREMANTLE: 7.3, 8.5, 15.7, 19.11 (125)
ESSENDON: 3.1, 5.7, 10.11, 12.16 (88)
GOALS – Fremantle: Murphy 4, Crowley 4, Pavlich 4, Longmuir 2, M Carr, Sandilands, Bell, Schammer, Black, Essendon: Johns 3, Monfries 2, J Johnson 2, M Johnson, Bolton, McVeigh, McPhee, Lucas
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, Crowley, Murphy, McManus, Hayden, Haselby, Dodd, Cook Essendon: J Johnson, Camporeale, Stanton, Welsh, Johns, M Johnson
carlton (2-11) vs geelong (5-8) telstra dome saturday afternoon
geelong keep their finals hopes alive by 65 points over carlton. geelong (6-8) host port sunday. carlton (2-12) host bulldogs at the dome sunday.
CARLTON: 2.5 4.7, 7.10, 11.11 (77)
GEELONG: 5.0, 11.1, 17.2, 23.4 (142)
GOALS – Carlton: Fevola 4, Kennedy 2, Simpson, Houlihan, Carrazzo, French, Whitnall
Geelong: McCarthy 5, Ablett 4, Mooney 2, Mackie 2, Chapman 2, Scarlett, Enright, Bartel, Prismall, Ling, Johnson, Ottens, Stokes
BEST – Carlton: Fevola, Scotland, Simpson, McGrath, Whitnall
Geelong: Ling, Chapman, Ablett, Ottens, King, Enright, Corey, Mooney, McCarthy
hawthorn (5-8) vs west coast (10-3) mcg saturday afternoon
west coast survive another scare by 10 points over the hawks. west coast (11-3) finally host sydney in the grand final rematch saturday night. hawthorn (5-9) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon.
HAWTHORN: 5.3 10.4 14.6 16.8 (104)
WEST COAST: 5.1 9.3 13.7 17.12 (114)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Williams 5, Croad 3, Dixon 2, Campbell, Clarke, Everitt, Franklin, Hodge, Miller
West Coast: Lynch 5, Cousins 2, A.Embley 2, Braun, Gardiner, Graham, Hansen, Judd, Selwood, Waters, Wirrpanda
BEST – Hawthorn: Everitt, Williams, Mitchell, Hodge, Croad, Birchall
West Coast: Judd, Lynch, A.Embley, Cousins, Braun, Selwood
melbourne (9-4) vs brisbane (5-8) gabba saturday night
melbourne keep their top 4 spot with an 8 point win over brisbane. melbourne (10-4) face richmond at the g friday night. brisbane (5-9) face north at the dome saturday night.
MELBOURNE: 2.2, 5.6, 10.9, 14.14 (98)
BRISBANE LIONS: 5.2, 7.5, 10.10, 13.12 (90)
GOALS – Melbourne: Neitz 4, Green 2, Sylvia 2, Davey, McLean, Robertson, Whelan, White, Yze
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 8, Akermanis 2, Sherman, Charman, Moody
BEST – Melbourne: Bruce, Johnstone, Sylvia, Rivers, McLean, Ward, Neitz
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw, Black, Power, Stiller, Charman
port (6-7) vs richmond (7-6) aami stadium saturday night
richmond stun port by 38 points. richmond (8-6) host melbourne friday night at te g. port (6-8) travel to geelong sunday.
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.3, 5.8, 5.14, 6.18 (54)
RICHMOND: 5.3, 8.5, 12.6, 14.8 (92)
GOALS – Port Adelaide: Lade, Salopek, Tredrea, Thomas, Lonie, Thompson
Richmond: Brown 3, Schulz 2, Krakouer 2, Simmonds 2, Tuck 2, Hyde, Polo, P.Bowden
BEST – Port Adelaide: K.Cornes, Walsh, Lonie, Salopek, Dew, Chaplin
Richmond: Johnson, Simmonds, P.Bowden, J.Bowden, Tuck, Krakouer, Tivendale, Pettifer
sydney (8-5) vs adelaide (11-2) scg sunday
adeliade beat sydney by 39 points. adelaide (12-2) host hawthorn saturday afternoon. sydney (8-6) travel to west coast saturday night.
SYDNEY: 2.2, 3.5, 4.10, 8.14 (62)
ADELAIDE: 1.4, 7.7, 9.8, 15.11 (101)
GOALS – Sydney: McVeigh 2, O’Keefe, O’Loughlin, Davis, Buchanan, Williams, Goodes. Adelaide: Hentschel 3, Johncock 2, Ricciuto 2, McGregor 2, Biglands, Goodwin, Bode, Thompson, Edwards, Burton.
BEST – Sydney: McVeigh, Vogels, Dempster, Goodes, O’Loughlin
Adelaide: Goodwin, Ricciuto, Hentschel, Johncock, Mattner
st kilda (7-6) vs collingwood (9-4) telstra dome sunday
st kilda stun collingwood by 59 points. st kilda (8-6) face essendon at the g saturday afternoon. collingwood (9-5) host freo sunday.
ST KILDA: 4.3 9.4 15.8 19.8 (122)
COLLINGWOOD: 3.3 5.6 8.7 9.9 (63)
GOALS – St Kilda: Milne 3, Riewoldt 3, Gehrig 2, Montagna 2, Gram 2, Voss 2, X Clarke, Goddard, Fiora, Harvey, Maguire
Collingwood: Buckley 2, Burns 2, Clement, Thomas, Lockyer, Fraser, H Shaw
BEST – St Kilda: Maguire, Montagna, Baker, Hudghton, Goddard, Ball, Riewoldt, Gram
Collingwood: Buckley, Burns, Fraser, H Shaw
bulldogs (9-4) vs north (4-9) mcg sunday
north stun bulldogs by 2 goals. north (5-9) host brisbane saturday night at the dome. bulldogs (9-5) play carlton at the dome sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.3, 4.7, 10.8, 12.10 (82)
KANGAROOS: 4.2, 7.7, 10.13, 13.16 (94)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Robbins 4, Smith 3, Grant 2, Eagleton, Gilbee, Street
Kangaroos: Thompson 5, Harding 2, McIntosh, Hale, Brown, Harris, Makepeace, Green
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Robbins, Griffen, Cross, Smith, West, Morris
Kangaroos: Petrie, Thompson, Makepeace, Hale, Sinclair, Co. Jones, Schwarze
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Adelaide | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1546 | 907 | 170.45% | 48 |
| 2 | West Coast | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1382 | 1204 | 114.78% | 44 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1434 | 1238 | 115.83% | 40 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1502 | 1286 | 116.80% | 36 |
| 5 | Wstn Bulldogs | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1509 | 1336 | 112.95% | 36 |
| 6 | Sydney | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1348 | 1150 | 117.22% | 32 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1294 | 1109 | 116.68% | 32 |
| 8 | Richmond | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1184 | 1359 | 87.12% | 32 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1175 | 1313 | 89.49% | 28 |
| 10 | Geelong | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1324 | 1285 | 103.04% | 24 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1319 | 1446 | 91.22% | 24 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1256 | 1356 | 92.63% | 20 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1174 | 1397 | 84.04% | 20 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1140 | 1426 | 79.94% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1096 | 1475 | 74.31% | 8 |
| 16 | Essendon | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1194 | 1590 | 75.09% | 4 |
round 15 matches
friday
richmond v melbourne MCG (N)
saturday
essendon v st kilda MCG
adeliade v hawthorn AAMI
north v brisbane TD (N)
west coast v sydney S (N)
sunday
geelong v port SS
collingwood v freo MCG
carlton v bulldogs TD
Harrison’s world 