richmond (8-6) vs melbourne (10-4) mcg friday night
melbourne continue thier momentum with a 3 goal win over richmond. melbourne (11-4) travel to play freo sunday. richmond (8-7) travel to sydney saturday night.
RICHMOND: 1.2, 2.3, 3.8, 7.10 (52)
MELBOURNE: 1.4, 5.9, 8.12, 9.16 (70)
GOALS – Richmond: Richardson 2, Simmonds 2, Pettifer, Schulz, Kellaway
Melbourne: Robertson 4, Davey, Dunn, Rivers, Sylvia, Ward
BEST – Richmond: Deledio, Kellaway, Johnson, Polo, Richardson Johnson
Melbourne: Robertson, McDonald, Whelan, Godfrey, Green, Holland, Rivers, Pickett, Wheatley
essendon (1-13) vs st kilda (8-6) mcg saturday afternoon
essendons horor year continues with a 3 point loss to st kilda. st kilda (9-6) host port in tasmania sunday. essendon (1-14) host carlton saturday afternoon at the g.
ESSENDON: 4.5, 6.8, 8.10, 10.11 (71)
ST KILDA: 2.4, 4.6, 7.7, 11.8 (74)
GOALS – Essendon: Lovett 3, Lucas 2, Reynolds 2, J. Johnson, Watson, Peverill
St Kilda: Milne 3, Gehrig 3, Riewoldt 2, Voss, Gram, Ackland
BEST – Essendon: J. Johnson, Peverill, Lovett, Stanton, Camporeale, Lucas
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Harvey, Milne, Goddard, S. Fisher, Gram
adeliade (12-2) vs hawthorn (5-9) aami stadium saturday afternoon
adelaide beat the hawks by 6 goals. adelaide (13-2) host north friday night. hawthorn (5-10) travel to brisbane saturday night.
ADELAIDE: 2.3, 5.6, 10.9, 16.13 (109)
HAWTHORN: 2.3, 4.5, 8.6, 11.7 (73)
GOALS – Adelaide: Burton 7, Thompson 3, Goodwin 2, McGregor, Johncock, Edwards, Bode
Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Campbell 2, Ladson 2, Dixon 2,Williams, Roughead
BEST – Adelaide: Burton, Johncock, Goodwin, Thompson, McLeod, Edwards, Massie, Reilly
Hawthorn: Mitchell, Hodge, Ladson, Ball, Birchall, Sewell, Brown, Campbe
north (5-9) vs brisbane (5-9) telstra dome saturday night
brisbane beat north by 1 point. brisbane (6-9) host hawthorn saturday night. north (5-10) travel to adeliade friday night.
KANGAROOS 4.4 7.12 8.16 11.18 (84)
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.3 5.5 7.9 12.13 (85)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Thompson 3, Harding 2, Harvey 2, Wells 2, Green, Schwarze
Brisbane Lions: Akermanis 3, Bradshaw 2, Rischitelli 2, Charman, Moody, Pask, Sherman, Voss
BEST – Kangaroos: B.Rawlings, Thompson, Petrie, Makepeace, Sinclair, Pratt
Brisbane Lions: Akermanis, Moody, Drummond, Sherman Rischitelli, Voss
west coast (11-3) vs sydney (8-6) subiaco saturday night
west coast win the long awaited grand final rematch by 2 points over sydney. west coast (12-3) travel to play collingwood at the dome saturday afternoon. sydney (8-7) host richmond saturday night.
WEST COAST: 3.1, 3.3, 6.11, 9.13 (67)
SYDNEY: 6.3, 8.5, 8.8, 9.11 (65)
GOALS – West Coast: Selwood, Lynch 2, Judd, Banfield, Waters, Hunter, Stenglein
Sydney: Hall 4, Goodes 2, O’Keefe, Vogels, Dempster
BEST – West Coast: Selwood, Judd, Stenglein, Wirrpanda, Cousins, B Jones
Sydney: Goodes, Hall, Buchanan, Kirk, J Bolton, Barry
geelong (6-8) vs port (6-8) skilled stadium sunday
geelong stay alive with a 10 point win over port. geelong (7-8) host bulldogs at the dome sunday. port (6-9) travel to tasmania to play st kilda sunday.
GEELONG: 1.1, 4.5, 5.9, 9.14 (68)
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.4, 3.5, 6.7, 8.10 (58)
GOALS – Geelong: Ottens 3, Chapman 2, Stokes 2, Ling, Mooney
Port Adelaide: Motlop 2, Tredrea, Mahoney, Walsh, S Burgoyne, Ebert, Thomas
BEST – Geelong: Milburn, Bartel, Enright, Ottens, Harley, Stokes, Chapman
Port Adelaide: Lade, C Cornes, Salopek, Pearce, Motlop, S Burgoyne
carlton (2-12) vs bulldogs (9-5) telstra dome sunday
bulldogs stay in the top 4 hunt with a 5 goal win over carlton. bulldogs (10-5) play geelong at the dome sunday. carlton (2-13) face essendon at the g saturday afternoon.
CARLTON: 3.2, 7.5, 10.10, 11.14 (80)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.3, 7.6, 10.10, 16.14 (110)
GOALS – Carlton: Betts 2, Bentick, Blackwell, Fevola, French, Simpson, Kennedy, Whitnall, Scotland, O’hAilpin
Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa 3, Robbins 3, Johnson 3, Cooney 2, Smith 2, Grant, S.West, Minson
BEST – Carlton: Stevens, Carrazzo, Whitnall, Scotland, Simpson, Bentick
Western Bulldogs: Johnson, Gilbee, Cross, Giansiracusa, West, McMahon, Ray, Morris
collingwood (9-5) vs freo (7-7) mcg sunday
freo stun collingwood by 15 points to stay in the finals hunt. freo (8-7) host melbourne sunday. collingwood (9-6) Host west coast at the dome saturday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.6, 7.9, 10.13, 15.14 (104)
FREMANTLE: 3.4, 9.5, 14.7, 18.11 (119)
GOALS – Collingwood: Didak 3, Tarrant 3, Rocca 2, Buckley 2, Burns, Thomas, Pendlebury, Swan, Fraser
Fremantle: Farmer 6, Pavlich 4, Crowley 2, Murphy 2, Headland 2, Drum, M. Carr
BEST – Collingwood: Swan, H. Shaw, Pendlebury, Buckley, Johnson
Fremantle: Farmer, Pavlich, J. Carr, Mundy, Bell, Johnson, Drum, Crowley
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Adelaide | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1655 | 980 | 168.88% | 52 |
| 2 | West Coast | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1449 | 1269 | 114.18% | 48 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1504 | 1290 | 116.59% | 44 |
| 4 | Wstn Bulldogs | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1619 | 1416 | 114.34% | 40 |
| 5 | St Kilda | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1368 | 1180 | 115.93% | 36 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1606 | 1405 | 114.31% | 36 |
| 7 | Sydney | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1413 | 1217 | 116.11% | 32 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1294 | 1417 | 91.32% | 32 |
| 9 | Richmond | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1236 | 1429 | 86.49% | 32 |
| 10 | Geelong | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1392 | 1343 | 103.65% | 28 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1341 | 1440 | 93.12% | 24 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1377 | 1514 | 90.95% | 24 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1258 | 1482 | 84.89% | 20 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1213 | 1535 | 79.02% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1176 | 1585 | 74.20% | 8 |
| 16 | Essendon | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1265 | 1664 | 76.02% | 4 |
round 16 matches
friday
adelaide v north AAMI (N)
saturday
essendon v carlton MCG
collingwood v west coast TD
sydney v richmond SCG (N)
brisbane v hawthorn G (N)
sunday
st kilda v port YP
geelong v bulldogs TD
freo v melbourne S