adeliade (13-2) vs north (5-10) Aami stadium friday night
adelaide remain title favourites with a 12 goal win over north. adelaide (14-2) travel to west coast saturday afternoon. north (5-11) host geelong in canberra sunday.
ADELAIDE: 4.3, 7.6, 14.7, 19.10 (124)
KANGAROOS: 1.3, 4.4, 6.8, 7.10 (52)
GOALS – Adelaide: Ricciuto 5, McGregor 4, Biglands 2, Bode 2, Thompson 2, Bock, Burton, Stevens, Torney
Kangaroos: Grant 2, Thompson, Pratt, Hale, Harvey, Swallow
BEST – Adelaide: McLeod, Bassett, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Doughty, Thompson, Stevens, McGregor
Kangaroos: Grant, Harvey, Wells, Simpson, Rawlings
essendon (1-14) vs carlton (2-13) mcg saturday afternoon
the first draw of the year between the bottom 2 sides essendon and carlton. essendon (1-1-14) host brisbane saturday night at the dome. carlton (2-1-13) host freo at the dome sunday.
ESSENDON: 4.2, 9.4, 13.6, 16.9 (105)
CARLTON: 5.3, 8.5, 11.13, 15.15 (105)
GOALS – Essendon: Lucas 6, Stanton 2, Monfries 2, Lovett, McVeigh, Peverill, M Johnson, Lee, Hille
Carlton: Fevola 5, Betts 3, Koutoufides 2, Bryan, Simpson, Walker, Houlihan, Bannister
BEST – Essendon: Lucas, Stanton, Peverill, Welsh, Hille, McVeigh, Lovett
Carlton: Fevola, Scotland, Stevens, Betts, O’hAilpin, Koutoufides, Simpson
collingwood (9-6) vs west coast (12-3) telstra dome saturday afternoon
collingwood stay in the top 4 hunt stunning west coast by 37 points. collingwood (10-6) host hawthorn friday night at the g. west coast (12-4) host adeliade saturday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.3, 10.7, 12.11, 19.13 (127)
WEST COAST: 5.5, 8.8, 10.11, 13.12 (90)
GOALS – Collingwood: Tarrant 4, O’Bree 3, Buckley 2, Egan 2, Fraser 2, Holland, Davies, Didak, Thomas, Rocca, Swan
West Coast: Seaby 3, Staker 2, Lynch 2, Kerr, Butler, Wirrpanda, McDougall, Braun, Waters
BEST – Collingwood: Fraser, Buckley, Johnson, Egan, Holland, O’Bree, Tarrant, Prestigiacomo
West Coast: Kerr, Judd, Embley, Seaby, Wirrpanda, Glass
sydney (8-7) vs richmond (8-7) scg saturday night
sydney stay in the 8 with an 8 goal win over richmond. sydney (9-7) travel to port saturday night. richmond (8-8) play st kilda at the g saturday afternoon.
SYDNEY: 4.3, 7.8, 12.13, 14.17 (101)
RICHMOND: 2.0, 4.6, 5.9, 7.11 (53)
GOALS – Sydney: Grundy 3, O’Keefe 3, O’Loughlin 3, Hall 2, Goodes, Phillips, Buchanan
Richmond: Schulz 2, Brown 2, Polo, Bowden, Meyer
BEST – Sydney: O’Keefe, J. Bolton, Grundy, Roberts-Thomson, Goodes
Richmond: K. Johnson, Foley, Simmonds, Pettifer
brisbane (6-9) vs hawthorn (5-10) gabba saturday night
brisbane stay alive with a 10 point win over hawthorn. brisbane (7-9) face essendon at the dome saturday night. hawthorn (5-11) face collingwood at the g friday night.
BRISBANE LIONS: 1.4, 5.9, 11.12, 11.18 (84)
HAWTHORN: 5.3, 8.3, 10.6, 11.8 (74)
GOALS – Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 4, Charman 2, Drummond, Moody, Power, Hooper, Brennan
Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Williams, Bateman, Croad, Dixon, Vandenberg, Ladson, Hodge, Campbell
BEST – Brisbane Lions: Power, Sherman, Voss, Black, Keating, Charman, Roe
Hawthorn: Brown, Hodge, Ladson, Franklin, Mitchell, Sewell
st kilda (9-6) Vs port (6-9) york park sunday
st kilda win their last home game in tasmania ending the 4 year experimenet by 4 points over port. st kilda (10-6) host richmond at the g saturday afternoon. port (6-10) host sydney saturday night.
ST KILDA: 3.4, 6.7, 7.11, 8.16 (64)
PORT ADELAIDE: 0.2, 2.5, 6.10, 8.12 (60)
GOALS – St Kilda: Gehrig 3, Riewoldt 2, Milne, Harvey, Blake Port Adelaide: Mahoney 2, Motlop, White, Salopek, Pearce, K. Cornes, Ebert
BEST – St Kilda: Dal Santo, Gram, S. Fisher, Voss, Goddard, L. Fisher
Port Adelaide: C. Cornes, K. Cornes, Symes, Lade, S. Burgoyne, Salopek
geelong (7-8) vs bulldogs (10-5) telstra dome sunday
geelong stay alive by 1 point over the bulldogs. geelong (8-8) travel to play the roos in canberra sunday. bulldogs (10-6) face melbourne at the g sunday.
GEELONG: 2.3 7.4 11.8 13.12 (90)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.2 8.3 11.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS – Geelong: Chapman 3, S Johnson 2, Ottens 2, Kelly, Egan, McCarthy, Rooke, Ling, Corey
Bulldogs: Johnson 5, Baird 2, Gilbee 2, McMahon, Robbins, Harris, Grant
BEST – Geelong: Chapman, Scarlett, Ling, Rooke, Ottens, Corey, Enright, Hunt
Bulldogs: Johnson, Cross, Eagleton, Griffen, Gilbee, McMahon
freo (8-7) vs melbourne (11-4) subiaco sunday
freo move into the 8 with a 29 point win over melbourne. freo (9-7) travel to play carlton at the dome sunday. melbourne (11-5) host bulldogs at the g sunday.
FREMANTLE: 4.2, 8.3, 12.4, 15.6 (96)
MELBOURNE: 4.3, 4.7, 5.12, 9.13 (67)
GOALS – Fremantle: Pavlich 3, Farmer, Crowley 2, Gilmore, Peake, Sandilands, McManus, Headland, Webster, Murphy, Schammer
Melbourne: Davey 3, Dunn, Robertson 2, Johnstone, Jamar
BEST – Fremantle: M Carr, Hayden, Sandilands, Black, McManus Peake, McPharlin
Melbourne: Johnstone, McDonald, Yze, Green, Godfrey, Bruce
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Adelaide | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1779 | 1032 | 172.38% | 56 |
| 2 | West Coast | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1539 | 1396 | 110.24% | 48 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1571 | 1386 | 113.35% | 44 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1733 | 1495 | 115.92% | 40 |
| 5 | St Kilda | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1432 | 1240 | 115.48% | 40 |
| 6 | Wstn Bulldogs | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1708 | 1506 | 113.41% | 40 |
| 7 | Sydney | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1514 | 1270 | 119.21% | 36 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1390 | 1484 | 93.67% | 36 |
| 9 | Geelong | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1482 | 1432 | 103.49% | 32 |
| 10 | Richmond | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1289 | 1530 | 84.25% | 32 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1425 | 1514 | 94.12% | 28 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1437 | 1578 | 91.06% | 24 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1310 | 1606 | 81.57% | 20 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1287 | 1619 | 79.49% | 20 |
| 15 | Carlton | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1281 | 1690 | 75.80% | 10 |
| 16 | Essendon | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1370 | 1769 | 77.44% | 6 |
round 17 matches
friday
collingwood v hawthorn MCG (N)
saturday
st kilda v richmond MCG
west coast v adeliade S
essendon v brisbane TD (N)
port v sydney AAMI (N)
sunday
kangaroos v geelong MO
carlton v freo TD
melbourne v bulldogs MCG