essendon (2-1-15) vs collingwood (11-7) mcg friday night
essendon get off the bottom with a 13 point win over collingwood. essendon (3-1-15) host hawthorn at the dome saturday night. collingwood (11-8) play port on the road friday night.
ESSENDON: 5.2 7.6 7.10 10.14 (74)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.0 4.2 6.4 9.7 (61)
GOALS – Essendon: Johns 3, Camporeale, J.Johnson, M.Johnson, Lovett-Murray, Lucas, Monfries, Stanton
Collingwood: Egan 2, Didak, Johnson, Licuria, Lockyer, Pendlebury, Swan, Tarrant
BEST – Essendon: Fletcher, Hird, McPhee, Stanton, Lucas, J.Johnson, Peverill, Johns
Collingwood: Clement, Swan, Fraser, Didak
melborune (12-6) vs sydney (11-7) mcg saturday afternoon
sydney stun melbourne by 32 points leaving the top 4 race ride open. sydney (12-7) travel to geelong saturday afternoon. melbourne (12-7) play north at the g sunday.
MELBOURNE: 4.0, 7.1, 9.2, 10.3 (63)
SYDNEY: 4.2, 8.4, 11.6, 14.11 (95)
GOALS: MELBOURNE: Neitz 4, Bruce, Godfrey, Bate, Jones, Ward, Brown SYDNEY: Hall 3, McVeigh 2, Grundy 2, Goodes 2, O’Loughlin 2, Ablett, Kirk, Fosdike
BEST: MELBOURNE: Bruce, Neitz, Ward, Bate, McDonald SYDNEY: Goodes, Kirk, McVeigh, Schneider, Hall, C.Bolton, Jolly
west coast (14-4) vs north (7-11) subiaco saturday afternoon
west coast beat north by 26 points. west coast (15-4) travel to brisbane sunday. north (7-12) host melbourne at the g sunday.
WEST COAST: 7.5, 8.7, 12.14, 14.23 (107)
KANGAROOS: 4.3, 8.6, 11.7, 12.9 (81)
GOALS – West Coast: Lynch 4, Embley 3, Cox, Sampi, Kerr, Staker, Fletcher, Cousins, Seaby Kangaroos: C Jones, Thompson 3, Harvey, Rocca 2, Harding, Pratt
BEST – West Coast: Kerr, Judd, Cousins, Lynch, Chick, Stenglein, Waters Kangaroos: C Jones, Harris, Simpson, Brown, Harvey, Sinclair, Thompson
richmond (8-10) vs brisbane (7-11) telstra dome saturday night
richmond stay alive mathmatically by 82 points over brisbane. richmond (9-10) play carlton at the dome sunday. brisbane (7-12) host west coast sunday.
RICHMOND: 7.4, 14.7, 17.11, 21.16 (142)
BRISBANE LIONS: 1.1, 1.5, 2.12, 8.12 (60)
GOALS – Richmond: Richardson 6, Krakouer 2, P.Bowden 2, Simmonds 2, Tambling 2, Stafford 2, Howat, Schulz, White, Deledio, Pattison
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 3, Roe, Sherman, Hooper, Power, Selwood
BEST – Richmond: P.Bowden, Simmonds, Richardson, Hyde, Tuck, Deledio, Johnson, Howat, J.Bowden
Brisbane Lions: Sherman, Adcock, Notting, Copeland, Scott
bulldogs (11-7) vs port (6-12) marrara oval saturday night
port break a 6 game losing streak beating the bulldogs by 14 points. port (7-12) host collingwood friday night. bulldogs (11-8) host adelaide saturday afternoon at the g.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.3, 6.6, 12.10, 13.13 (91)
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.3, 8.5, 9.11, 14.21 (105)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Johnson 4, Robbins 3, Birss 2, Minson 2, Cross, Grant
Port Adelaide: Pettigrew 3, Thurstans 2, S Burgoyne, Cassisi, Salopek, Surjan, Brogan, Bentley, Ebert, White, Logan
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Gilbee, Cross, West, Griffen, Johnson, McMahon, Ray
Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne, Lade, K.Cornes, C.Cornes, Cassisi, Pearce, Pettigrew, Thurstans
adelaide (15-3) vs freo (11-7) aami stadium sunday
freo make it 6 striaght stunning adeliade by 15 points. freo (12-7) host st kilda saturday night. adelaide (15-4) travel to play bulldogs at the g saturday afternoon.
ADELAIDE: 2.3, 5.10, 10.14, 10.20 (80)
FREMANTLE: 3.6, 8.10, 10.11, 13.17 (95)
GOALS – Adelaide: Bode 4, Hentschel 3, Bock, Welsh, Van Berlo
Fremantle: Farmer 3, Schammer 2, Pavlich 2, J.Carr, Peake, Longmuir, Bell, Murphy, M.Carr
BEST – Adelaide: Edwards, Doughty, Bode, McLeod, Reilly Mattner, Thompson
Fremantle: Black, Bell, Schammer, Peake, Cook, Dodd, Hayden, Pavlich
geelong (9-9) vs st kilda (11-7) telstra dome sunday
st kilda all but end geelongs season by 23 points. st kilda (12-7) travel to freo saturday night. geelong (9-10) host sydney saturday afternoon.
GEELONG: 2.5, 6.7, 8.11, 11.14 (80)
ST KILDA: 3.1, 7.5, 12.7, 15.13 (103)
GOALS – Geelong: Ling 2, S. Johnson 2, Mackie 2, Hunt, Mooney, Byrnes, Ottens, Enright
St Kilda: Gehrig 3, Koschitzke 2, Riewoldt 2, Fiora, Voss, Peckett, Dal Santo, S. Fisher, Montagna, R. Clarke, Milne
BEST – Geelong: Mackie, Ling, Byrnes, Wojcinski, Corey
St Kilda: Dal Santo, Montagna, Riewoldt, S. Fisher, Gram, Goddard, Hudghton
hawthorn (5-13) vs carlton (3-1-14) mcg sunday
hawthorn break a 6 game losing streak beating carlton by 23 points. hawthorn (6-13) face essendon at the dome saturday night. carlton (3-1-15) host richmond at the dome sunday.
HAWTHORN: 7.3, 12.6, 14.10, 17.11 (113)
CARLTON: 2.3, 4.6, 8.10, 13.12 (90)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Franklin 6, Williams 4, Clarke, Murphy, Birchall, Campbell, Dixon, Crawford, Vandenberg
Carlton: Fevola 8, Bannister, Waite, Bryan, Betts, Scotland
BEST – Hawthorn: Franklin, Crawford, Sewell, Mitchell, Bateman, Hodge, Williams
Carlton: Lappin, Fevola, Stevens, Fisher, Simpson, Scotland
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Adelaide | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2000 | 1346 | 148.59% | 60 |
| 2 | West Coast | 19 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1909 | 1619 | 117.91% | 60 |
| 3 | Sydney | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1802 | 1456 | 123.76% | 48 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1768 | 1489 | 118.74% | 48 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1826 | 1629 | 112.09% | 48 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 19 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1696 | 1704 | 99.53% | 48 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1961 | 1695 | 115.69% | 44 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1967 | 1808 | 108.79% | 44 |
| 9 | Geelong | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1726 | 1712 | 100.82% | 36 |
| 10 | Richmond | 19 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1580 | 1864 | 84.76% | 36 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1657 | 1830 | 90.55% | 28 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1695 | 1920 | 88.28% | 28 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1565 | 1838 | 85.15% | 28 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1519 | 1926 | 78.87% | 24 |
| 15 | Essendon | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1677 | 2069 | 81.05% | 14 |
| 16 | Carlton | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1540 | 1983 | 77.66% | 14 |
round 20 matches
friday
port v collingwood AAMI (N)
saturday
geelong v sydney SS
bulldogs v adelaide MCG
essendon v hawthorn TD (N)
freo v st kilda S (N)
sunday
brisbane v west coast G
carlton v richmond TD
north v melbourne MCG
Harrison’s world 