collingwood (10-6) vs hawthorn (5-11) mcg friday night
collingwood keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 45 point win over the struggling hawks. collingwood (11-6) travel to adelaide saturday night. hawthorn (5-12) travel to freo sunday.
COLLINGWOOD: 5.4 11.9 13.14 16.17 (113)
HAWTHORN: 0.1 3.1 6.2 11.2 (68)
GOALS – Collingwood: Rocca 4, Didak 3, Buckley 2, T.Cloke 2, H.Shaw 2, Lockyer, O’Bree, Tarrant
Hawthorn: Barker 2, Crawford 2, Franklin 2, Birchall, Brown, Lewis, Mitchell, Roughead
BEST – Collingwood: T.Cloke, J.Cloke, Didak, Buckley, H.Shaw, Clement, Johnson, Fraser, Rocca
Hawthorn: Brown, Mitchell, Hodge, Crawford
st kilda (10-6) vs richmond (8-8) mcg saturday afternoon
st kilda end the tigers likely hopes by 103 points. st kilda (11-6) host west coast friday night at the dome. richmond (8-9) host bulldogs at the g saturday afternoon.
ST KILDA: 5.5, 14.6, 23.6, 27.12 (174)
RICHMOND: 2.2, 6.7, 8.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS – St Kilda: Gehrig 10, Gram 4, Montagna 3, Goddard 2, Riewoldt 2, Dal Santo, Ackland, Milne, Voss, Fiora, Harvey
Richmond: Richardson 4, Schulz 2, Tivendale 2, Johnson, Tambling
BEST – St Kilda: Gehrig, Gram, Montagna, Ball, Powell, Goddard, S Fisher, Harvey, Voss
Richmond: Raines, Johnson, Chaffey, Richardson, Deledio
west coast (12-4) vs adeliade (14-2) subaico saturday afternoon
west coast win the top of the table clash by 82 points over adeliade. west coast (13-4) travel to st kilda at the dome friday night. adeliade (14-3) host collingwood saturday night.
WEST COAST: 6.3, 10.4, 19.6, 26.9 (165)
ADELAIDE: 1.0, 4.6, 8.6, 12.11 (83)
GOALS – West Coast: Lynch 4, Judd, Armstrong, Hansen 3, Sampi, Kerr, Cousins, Staker 2, Butler, Braun, Seaby, Morton, Stenglein
Adelaide: Burton 3, Ricciuto 2, Goodwin, Edwards, Thompson, Hentschel, McGregor, Mattner, Reilly
BEST – West Coast: Kerr, Cousins, Braun, Glass, Chick, Butler, Hansen, Lynch
Adelaide: Thompson, Edwards, Burton, Stevens
essendon (1-1-14) vs brisbane (7-9) telstra dome saturday night
essendon break a 15 game winless run by beating brisbane by 37 points. essendon (2-1-14) travel to sydney saturday night at the scg. brisbane (7-10) host geelong sunday.
ESSENDON: 5.4, 10.6, 17.7, 25.10 (160)
BRISBANE: 6.3, 10.8, 15.11, 18.15 (123)
GOALS – Essendon: Lucas 7, Bradley 4, Hird 4, Hille 3, McVeigh 2, Dyson 2, McPhee, Johnson, Stanton
Brisbane: Bradshaw 6, Hooper 4, Drummond 2, Fixter, Moody, Black, Stiller, Sherman, Rischitelli
BEST – Essendon: Hird, Lucas, Bradley, J Johnson, Hille, Fletcher Brisbane: Black, Hooper, Bradshaw, Charman, Voss, Roe
port (6-10) vs sydney (9-7) aami stadium saturday night
sydney keep their title defence alive by 27 points over port. sydney (10-7) host essendon saturday night. port (6-11) play north at the dome sunday.
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.0, 4.3, 5.7, 7.8 (50)
SYDNEY: 5.3, 7.11, 9.14, 10.17 (77)
GOALS – Port Adelaide: Thurstans 2, White 2, Dew, Thompson, Mahoney
Sydney: Hall 3, O’Keefe 2, Jolly 2, McVeigh, Buchanan, Schneider
BEST – Port Adelaide: Pearce, K.Cornes, Ebert, Symes, C.Cornes, Mahoney
Sydney: Goodes, Kirk, Buchanan, O’Keefe, Bevan, Jolly, Kennelly, Hall, Barry
north (5-11) vs geelong (8-8) manaka oval sunday
north stun geelong by 30 points. north (6-11) host port sunday at the dome. geelong (8-9) travel to brisbane sunday.
KANGAROOS: 6.1, 9.3, 11.9, 13.12 (90)
GEELONG: 2.2, 3.6, 5.7, 8.12 (60)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Thompson 4, Rawlings 2, Grant 2, Swallow, McIntosh, Watt, Harvey, Urch
Geelong: Ottens 3, Mooney 2, Enright, Hunt, Mackie
BEST – Kangaroos: Jones, Sinclair, Harvey, Grant, Petrie, Thompson, Swallow
Geelong: Bartel, D. Johnson, Enright, Mackie, Hunt, Chapman, Wojcinski
carlton (2-1-13) vs freo (9-7) telstra dome sunday
freo stay on track with a 3 goal win over carlton. freo (10-7) host hawthorn sunday. carlton (2-1-14) host melbourne at the dome saturday afternoon.
CARLTON: 1.2 5.6 7.10 13.11 (89)
FREMANTLE: 3.6 8.10 14.13 15.17 (107)
GOALS – Carlton:Fevola 5, Koutoufides 2, Walker, Russell, Simpson, Whitnall, Waite, Wiggins
Fremantle: Murphy 5, Pavlich 2, Farmer 2, Webster, Carr, Cook, Crowley, Sandilands, Bell
BEST – Carlton: Simpson, Walker, Fevola, Koutoufides, Scotland, Thornton
Fremantle: Bell, Johnson, Murphy, Pavlich, Mundy, McPharlin, Sandilands, Black
melbourne (11-5) vs bulldogs (10-6) mcg sunday
melbourne secure 3rd with a 51 point win over the bulldogs. melbourne (12-5) face carlton at the dome saturday afternoon. bulldogs (10-7) play richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
MELBOURNE: 5.2 9.5 13.9 18.11 (119)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 6.3 6.7 7.12 9.14 (68)
GOALS – Melbourne: Yze 5, Neitz 3, Davey 2, McLean 2, Robertson 2 Holland, Godfrey, Bate, Bartram
Bulldogs: Cross 2, Ray, Grant, Smith, Johnson, Robbins, Eagleton, Minson
BEST – Melbourne: Bruce, Yze, Godfrey, Ward, McLean, Whelan, Neitz, Carroll
Bulldogs: Cross, Morris, Boyd, Griffen, Cooney
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Adelaide | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1862 | 1197 | 155.56% | 56 |
| 2 | West Coast | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1704 | 1479 | 115.21% | 52 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1690 | 1454 | 116.23% | 48 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1606 | 1311 | 122.50% | 44 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1846 | 1563 | 118.11% | 44 |
| 6 | Sydney | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1591 | 1320 | 120.53% | 40 |
| 7 | Wstn Bulldogs | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1776 | 1625 | 109.29% | 40 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1497 | 1573 | 95.17% | 40 |
| 9 | Geelong | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1542 | 1522 | 101.31% | 32 |
| 10 | Richmond | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1360 | 1704 | 79.81% | 32 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1548 | 1674 | 92.47% | 28 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1487 | 1655 | 89.85% | 24 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1400 | 1666 | 84.03% | 24 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1355 | 1732 | 78.23% | 20 |
| 15 | Essendon | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1530 | 1892 | 80.87% | 10 |
| 16 | Carlton | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1370 | 1797 | 76.24% | 10 |
round 18 matches
friday
st kilda v west coast TD (N)
saturday
carlton v melbourne TD
richmond v bulldogs MCG
sydney v essendon SCG (N)
adeliade v collingwood AAMI (N)
sunday
brisbane v geelong G
north v port TD
freo v hawthorn S
Harrison’s world 