port (7-12) vs collingwood (11-8) aami stadium friday night
collingwood beat port by 2 points. collingwood (12-8) host carlton at the g sunday. port (7-13) host adelaide in the showdown sunday.
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.4, 9.6, 12.8, 12.15 (87)
COLLINGWOOD: 6.5, 10.10, 10.13, 12.17 (89)
GOALS – Port Adelaide: Ebert 4, S.Burgoyne 2, C.Cornes, Logan, Salopek, Thurstans, K.Cornes, Lade
Collingwood: Rusling 3, Buckley 2, O’Bree, Lockyer, T.Cloke, H.Shaw, Fraser, Johnson, Didak
BEST – Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne, C.Cornes, K.Cornes, Salopek, Ebert, Lade, Brogan
Collingwood: Buckley, Johnson, H.Shaw, Holland, Licuria, R.Shaw
geelong (9-10) vs sydney (12-7) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
geelong stay in the finals hunt barely by beating sydney by 27 ponits. geelong (10-10) host melbourne saturday afternoon. sydney (12-8) host brisbane saturday night at the olympic stadium.
GEELONG: 5.3, 7.4, 11.5, 14.6 (90)
SYDNEY: 3.1, 6.2, 7.4, 9.9 (63)
GOALS – Geelong: Ottens 3, S Johnson 2, Milburn, Lonergan, Prismall, Bartel, Hunt, Mooney, Ablett, Rooke, Corey Sydney: O’Loughlin 3, Grundy 2, O’Keefe 2, J Bolton, Richards
BEST – Geelong: Rooke, Chapman, Milburn, Scarlett, Mooney, Ottens, Corey Sydney: Goodes, O’Keefe, , Jolly, Kirk, Buchanan, J Bolton
bulldogs (11-8) vs adeliade (15-4) mcg saturday afternoon
bulldogs beat adelaide by 7 points to secure a spot in the 8. bulldogs (12-8) host st kilda friday night at the dome. adeliade (15-5) play port sunday in the showdown.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.4, 5.5, 11.7, 16.9 (105)
ADELAIDE: 1.4, 6.11, 10.12, 14.14 (98)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Cooney 5, Johnson 3, Smith 2, Robbins 2, Griffen, Boyd, Ray, McMahon Adelaide: Hentschel 4, Welsh 3, Bode 3, Biglands 2, Bock, Edwards
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Cooney, West, Boyd, Cross, Harris, Robbins, McMahon Adelaide: Goodwin, McLeod, Edwards, Hentschel, Bode, Biglands, Johncock
essendon (3-1-15) vs hawthorn (6-13) telstra dome saturday night
hawks beat essendon by 3 goals. hawthorn (7-13) host north in tasmania saturday afternoon. essendon (3-1-16) play richmond at the g saturday night.
ESSENDON: 3.2 6.6 9.14 15.16 (106)
HAWTHORN: 8.5 16.7 18.8 19.10 (124)
GOALS – Essendon: Lucas 4, Monfries 3, Hird 2, Watson, McVeigh, Peverill, Stanton, Rioli, Bolton
Hawthorn: Roughead 4, Dixon 3, Vandenberg 3, Franklin 3, Williams 2, Ladson, Crawford, Bateman, Clarke
BEST – Essendon: Hird, Watson, Stanton, Hille, Dyson, Lucas
Hawthorn: Crawford, Mitchell, Bateman, Hodge, Smith, Brown, Dixon, Birchall
freo (12-7) vs st kilda (12-7) subiaco saturday night
freo move into 4th beating st kilda by 58 points. freo (13-7) play west coast sunday in the derby. st kilda (12-8) face bulldogs at the dome friday night.
FREMANTLE: 6.4, 9.5, 14.10, 17.12 (114)
ST KILDA: 2.1, 2.4, 5.8, 7.14 (56)
GOALS – Fremantle: Farmer 4, Pavlich 3, McManus 3, Longmuir 2, Headland 2, Schammer 2, M Carr
St Kilda: Gehrig 2, Koschitzke, Riewoldt, Harvey, Dal Santo, Goddard
BEST – Fremantle: McManus, McPharlin, Bell, Sandilands, Farmer, Mundy, Black
St Kilda: Harvey, Riewoldt, S.Fisher, Goddard, Gram
brisbane (7-12) vs west coast (15-4) gabba sunday
west coast go on top with a 62 point win over brisbane. west coast (16-4) host freo in the derby sunday. brisbane (7-13) play sydney on the road saturday night.
BRISBANE LIONS: 1.2, 5.6, 6.8, 7.10 (52)
WEST COAST: 1.5, 8.8, 11.15, 16.18 (114)
GOALS – Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 3, Black 2, Drummond, T. Selwood
West Coast: Lynch 8, Embley 3, Seaby 2, Stenglein, Jones, A. Selwood
BEST – Brisbane Lions: Black, T. Selwood, Power, Voss, Stiller, Adcock
West Coast: Lynch, Braun, Cox, Cousins, Wirrpanda, Fletcher, Graham, A. Selwood
cartlon (3-1-15) vs richmond (9-10) telstra dome sunday
richmond beat carlton by 45 points giving their slim hopes a boost. richmond (10-10) host essendon saturday night at the g. carlton (3-1-16) face collingwood at the g sunday.
CARLTON: 5.2, 8.6, 13.7, 14.11 (95)
RICHMOND: 4.3, 13.5, 16.13, 21.14 (140)
GOALS – Carlton: Fevola 3, Whitnall 2, Waite 2, Houlihan, French, Walker, Betts, Koutoufides, Bryan, Bentick
Richmond: Stafford 4, Richardson 3, Krakouer 3, Schulz 2, Pettifer 2, Tivendale 2, Foley, Tuck, Deledio, Simmonds, Raines
BEST – Carlton: Scotland, Koutoufides, French, Whitnall, Lappin, Fevola
Richmond: Raines, Foley, Deledio, Johnson, J. Bowden, Hyde, Richardson, Tuck, Stafford
north (7-12) vs melbourne (12-7) mcg sunday
melbourne move into 3rd beating north by 50 points. melbourne (13-7) play geelong at geelong saturday afternoon. north (7-13) play hawthorn in tasmania saturday afternoon.
KANGAROOS: 4.3 9.6 11.8 12.10 (82)
MELBOURNE: 2.3 6.4 14.9 20.12 (132)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Thompson 2, Hale 2, Rocca 2, Sinclair, Green, Firrito, Lower, Sansbury, Harding
Melbourne: Neitz 8, Davey 4, Yze 2, Robertson 2, Ward, Green, Bruce, Godfrey
BEST – Kangaroos: Firrito, Rawlings, Harvey, Hale, Schwarze, Sinclair
Melbourne: Neitz, Green, McLean, Davey, McDonald, Bate, Whelan, Carroll, Holland
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2023 | 1671 | 121.07% | 64 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2098 | 1451 | 144.59% | 60 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1958 | 1711 | 114.44% | 52 |
| 4 | Fremantle | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1810 | 1760 | 102.84% | 52 |
| 5 | Sydney | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1865 | 1546 | 120.63% | 48 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2050 | 1782 | 115.04% | 48 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1824 | 1603 | 113.79% | 48 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2072 | 1906 | 108.71% | 48 |
| 9 | Geelong | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1816 | 1775 | 102.31% | 40 |
| 10 | Richmond | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1720 | 1959 | 87.80% | 40 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1744 | 1919 | 90.88% | 28 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1747 | 2034 | 85.89% | 28 |
| 13 | Nth Melbourne | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1647 | 1970 | 83.60% | 28 |
| 14 | Hawthorn | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1643 | 2032 | 80.86% | 28 |
| 15 | Essendon | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1783 | 2193 | 81.30% | 14 |
| 16 | Carlton | 20 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 1635 | 2123 | 77.01% | 14 |
round 21 matches
friday
bulldogs v st kilda TD (N)
saturday
hawthorn v north YP
geelong v melbourne SS
richmond v essendon MCG (N)
sydney v brisbane TS (N)
sunday
port v adeliade AAMI
collingwood v carlton MCG
west coast v freo S
Harrison’s world 