bulldogs (12-9) vs essendon (3-1-17) telstra dome friday night
bulldogs make the 8 by 22 points over essendon. bulldogs (13-9) play collingwood at the g sunday in an elim final. essendon (3-1-18) barely avoid last.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 8.2 13.5 18.9 22.15 (147)
ESSENDON: 2.3 10.9 14.14 18.17 (125)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Johnson 5, Giansiracusa 4, Montgomery 3, Robbins 3, Smith 2, Cooney, McMahon, Minson, Power, Wight
Essendon: Lucas 8, J.Johnson 5, Hird 2, Heffernan, Johns, Solomon
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Johnson, S.West, Cooney, Giansiracusa, Gilbee, Boyd, Montgomery
Essendon: Lucas, Peverill, J.Johnson, Dyson, Stanton, Lovett-Murray
richmond (11-10) vs west coast (16-5) mcg saturday afternoon
west coast win the minor premership by smashing richmond by 88 points. west coast (17-5) host sydney saturday night in a qualifing final. richmond (11-11) miss the 8.
RICHMOND: 1.1 2.6 7.8 12.13 (85)
WEST COAST: 5.8 10.12 21.13 26.17 (173)
GOALS – Richmond: Stafford 3, J.Bowden 2, Richardson 2, Howat, Hyde, Johnson, Pettifer, Tambling
West Coast: LeCras 5, Armstrong 4, Lynch 4, Butler 3, Judd 3, Banfield, Cousins, Cox, Fletcher, Hunter, Rosa, Seaby
BEST – Richmond: J.Bowden, Deledio, Raines, Roach, Stafford
West Coast: LeCras, Rosa, Stenglein, Judd, Cousins, Fletcher, Lynch, Armstrong, Butler
adelaide (15-6) vs melborune (13-1-7) aami stadium saturday afternoon
adeladie finish 2nd by costing melbourne a top 4 finish by 58 points. adelaide (16-6) host freo saturday afternoon in a qual finla. melbourne (13-1-8) play st kilda at the g in a elim final friday night.
ADELAIDE: 7.3, 12.8, 17.10, 23.14 (152)
MELBOURNE: 4.3, 9.3, 13.6, 14.10 (94)
GOALS – Adelaide: Welsh 5, Thompson 3, Bock 3, Perrie 2, Stevens 2, Bode, van Berlo, Porplyzia, Reilly, Doughty, Clarke, Douglas, Edwards
Melbourne: Neitz 5, Davey 2, Sylvia 2, Robertson, McLean, Jamar, White, McDonald
BEST – Adelaide: Thompson, Goodwin, Edwards, Bassett, Welsh Johncock, Porplyzia, Bock
Melbourne: Bruce, Johnstone, Neitz, Green, Bell, McLean, Ward
brisbane (7-14) vs st kilda (13-8) gabba saturday night
st kilda smash brisbane by 51 to get a home final. st kilda (14-8) host melbourne friday night at the g. brisbane (7-15) miss the 8.
BRISBANE: 3.4, 4.7, 7.14, 7.15 (57)
ST KILDA: 4.1, 10.5, 13.6, 16.12 (108)
GOALS – Brisbane: Sherman 4, Johnson, Adcock, Bradshaw
St Kilda: Brooks 3, Harvey 3, Gehrig 3, Milne 2, Riewoldt, Goddard, Koschitzke, Gram, Fisher
BEST – Brisbane: Voss, Adcock, Sherman, Black, Merret, Harding
St Kilda: Ball, Dal Santo, Baker, Harvey, Brooks, Goddard, Gram
freo (14-7) vs port (8-13) subiaco saturday night
freo win 9 straight for the first time smashing port by 79 points. freo (15-7) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon in the qual final. port (8-14) miss the 8 for just the 4th time ever.
FREMANTLE: 6.6, 11.9, 18.11, 23.13 (151)
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.1, 4.7, 5.14, 9.18 (72)
GOALS – Fremantle: Farmer 6, Pavlich 5, Peake 2, Headland 2, Longmuir 2, Crowley 2, McManus, Schammer, Bell, Hayden
Port Adelaide: Thurstans 2, Pearce, Thomas, Salopek, Bentley, Ebert, Mahoney, Willits
BEST – Fremantle: Pavlich, Farmer, Crowley, Peake, Hayden, Cook, Bell
Port Adelaide: K Cornes, Cassisi, Salopek, S Burgoyne, Lade
sydney (13-8) vs carlton (3-1-17) scg sunday
sydney give carlton the wooden spoon by 92 points giving them 4th. sydney (14-8) travel to west coast saturday night in a qual final. carlton (3-1-18) win the wooden spoon.
SYDNEY: 5.1, 9.3, 15.9, 21.10 (136)
CARLTON: 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 6.8 (44)
GOALS – Sydney: Goodes 4, Hall 3, O’Keefe 3, Buchanan 2, O’Loughlin 2, Malceski, Davis, McVeigh, Fosdike, Richards, Mathews, Schneider
Carlton: Whitnall, Fisher, Fevola, Waite, Blackwell, French
BEST – Sydney: Goodes, Buchanan, C. Bolton, O’Loughlin, Kennelly, Barry Carlton: Scotland, Lappin, Koutoufides
collingwood (13-8) vs north (7-14) mcg sunday
collingwood beatt north by 68 points. collingwood (14-8) host the bulldogs sunday in a elim final. north (7-15) miss the 8.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.3, 6.7, 10.13, 20.19 (139)
KANGAROOS: 3.4, 5.5, 7.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS – Collingwood: Licuria 4, Egan 3, Tarrant 3, Lockyer 2, Johnson, Lonie, Buckley, R. Shaw, Didak, Swan, Holland, A. Rocca
Kangaroos: S. Rocca 3, Jones 3, Watt, Green, B. Rawlings, Harvey
BEST – Collingwood: Licuria, Burns, Egan, O’Bree, Johnson, Lockyer, R. Shaw, Swan, Buckley, Tarrant
Kangaroos: Harris, Sinclair, Harvey, Co. Jones, B. Rawlings
hawthorn (8-13) vs geelong (10-1-10) telstra dome sunday
in a dead rubber the hawks beat geelong by 61 points. hawthorn (9-13) and geelong (10-1-11) don’t make the 8.
HAWTHORN: 7.1, 11.2, 15.4, 21.7 (133)
GEELONG: 2.2, 6.4, 7.8, 10.12 (72)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Williams 8, Crawford 3, Sewell 2, Frankiln 2, Roughead 2, Guerra, McGlynn, Dixon, Barker
Geelong: Enright 2, Chapman 2, Johnson 2, N.Ablett, Prismall, Scarlett, G.Ablett.
BEST: Hawthorn: Williams, Mitchell, Birchall, Crawford, Bateman, Smith, Hodge, Sewell
Geelong: Chapman, G.Ablett, Enright, Prismall, Corey
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 2257 | 1874 | 120.44% | 68 |
| 2 | Adelaide | 22 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2331 | 1640 | 142.13% | 64 |
| 3 | Fremantle | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 2079 | 1893 | 109.83% | 60 |
| 4 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2098 | 1630 | 128.71% | 56 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2345 | 1965 | 119.34% | 56 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 2074 | 1752 | 118.38% | 56 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2146 | 1957 | 109.66% | 54 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2311 | 2173 | 106.35% | 52 |
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1934 | 2245 | 86.15% | 44 |
| 10 | Geelong | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1982 | 2002 | 99.00% | 42 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1834 | 2140 | 85.70% | 36 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1911 | 2151 | 88.84% | 32 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1844 | 2239 | 82.36% | 28 |
| 14 | Nth Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 1754 | 2167 | 80.94% | 28 |
| 15 | Essendon | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2021 | 2469 | 81.86% | 14 |
| 16 | Carlton | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 1791 | 2415 | 74.16% | 14 |
finals week 1 matches
friday
st kilda v melbourne MCG (N)
saturday
adelaide v freo AAMI
west coast v sydney S (N)
sunday
collingwood v bulldogs MCG
Harrison’s world 