richmond (0-3) vs bulldogs (1-2) mcg friday night
bulldogs beat richmond by 32 points. bulldogs (2-2) face hawthorn at the g sunday. richmond (0-4) host west coast saturday afternoon at the g.
WESTERN BULLDOGS 6.4 10.8 12.11 20.12 (132)
RICHMOND 4.2 5.5 8.13 14.16 (100)
Goals: Western Bulldogs: L Darcy 4 R Murphy 4 A Cooney 4 M Robbins 2 S Higgins 2 R Hargrave D Giansiracusa M Boyd B Johnson. Richmond: G Polak 3 C Hyde 3 M Richardson 3 J Schulz 2 P Bowden G Tivendale S Tuck.
Best: Western Bulldogs: A Cooney M Boyd S West R Griffen R Murphy J McMahon L Gilbee. Richmond: N Foley A Raines C Hyde J Bowden S Tuck G Polak K Johnson.
collingwood (2-1) vs port (2-1) mcg saturday afternoon
port stun collingwood by 3 goals. port (3-1) host st kilda friday night. collingwood (2-2) face essendon wenesday at the g in a anzac day match.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.5, 7.9, 9.10, 9.12 (66)
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.3, 7.7 9.9, 12.12 (84)
GOALS: Collingwood: Rocca 2, Swan 2, Pendlebury 2, Davis, Johnson, Maxwell
Port Adelaide: Ebert 3, Wilson 2, S.Burgoyne 2, Mahoney 2, White, C.Cornes, Rodan
BEST: Colligwood: R.Shaw, Pendlebury, Johnson, Cox, Burns
Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne, Wilson, C.Cornes, K.Cornes
st kilda (2-1) vs essendon (2-1) telstra dome saturday afternoon
essendon beat st kilda by 31 points. essendon (3-1) host collingwood wenesday at the g on anzac day. st kilda (2-2) travel to port friday night.
ST KILDA: 2.4, 4.6, 7.9, 9.14 (68)
ESSENDON: 1.2, 7.3, 11.8, 15.9 (99)
GOALS: St Kilda: Riewoldt 4, Milne 3, Harvey, Blake.
Essendon: Lloyd 3, Lucas 3, Lovett, Monfries, Stanton, Peverill, Fletcher, Ryder, Davey, Slattery, Laycock.
BEST: St Kilda: Riewoldt, Harvey, Hayes, Milne, Goddard, Gram.
Essendon: Stanton, Fletcher, Lloyd, Peverill, Watson, Ryder, McVeigh, Davey.
north (0-3) vs brisbane (2-1) carrara saturday night
north open thier gold coast experiment with a 4 goal win over brisbane. north (1-3) play geelong sunday at geelong. brisbane (2-2) travel to play carlton at the dome saturday night.
KANGAROOS 5.4 6.6 7.13 12.15 (87)
BRISBANE LIONS 1.6 5.9 6.13 8.15 (63)
Goals: Kangaroos: L Brown 3 D Wells 2 L Thomas C Jones D Harris D Petrie B Harvey H McIntosh J Sinclair. Brisbane Lions: S Black 2 A McGrath 2 S Harding C Johnson T Notting J Brown.
Best: Kangaroos: A Edwards H McIntosh B Rawlings D Wells G Archer. Brisbane Lions: S Black T Notting L Power A McGrath J Brennan
adelaide (2-1) vs sydney (2-1) aami stadium saturday night
adelaide beat bad kicking sydney by 17 points. adeliade (3-1) travel to freo sunday. sydney (2-2) host melbourne saturday night.
ADELAIDE 3.2 6.5 8.6 9.7 (61)
SYDNEY 0.4 1.6 5.10 5.14 (44)
Goals: Adelaide: B Burton 3 S Welsh 2 N Bock I Perrie T Edwards J Porplyzia. Sydney: M O’Loughlin 2 D Jolly 2 B Hall.
Best: Adelaide: A McLeod B Rutten S Thompson J Torney B Reilly S Goodwin T Edwards. Sydney: R O’Keefe J Bolton D Jolly T Kennelly N Malceski.
hawthorn (2-1) vs geelong (2-1) Auoura stadium sunday
hawthorn stun geelong by 4 points in tasmania. hawthorn (3-1) host bulldogs at the g sunday. geelong (2-2) host north sunday.
HAWTHORN: 0.3, 4.7, 8.9, 10.16 (76)
GEELONG: 3.3, 4.8, 8.13, 9.18 (72)
Goals: Hawthorn: Williams 3, Boyle, Guerra, Franklin, Young, Taylor, Ellis, Crawford. Geelong: G. Ablett 2, Stokes 2, Kelly 2, Ling, Wojcinski, Milburn.
Best: Hawthorn: Hodge, Guerra, Crawford, Sewell, Jacobs, Young. Geelong: G. Ablett, Bartel, Milburn, Enright, Ling, Mackie.
melbourne (0-3) vs freo (0-3) mcg sunday
freo open their account beating melbourne by 45 points. freo (1-3) host adeliade sunday. melbourne (0-4) travel to sydney saturday night.
FREMANTLE 5.2 10.5 17.8 21.11 (137)
MELBOURNE 3.5 4.9 9.11 13.14 (92)
Goals
Fremantle: M Pavlich 6, D Headland 3, L Webster 3, A Sandilands 2, C Tarrant 2, A Campbell, J Carr, R Crowley, D Gilmore, S McManus.
Melbourne: L Dunn 3, B Miller 3, A Davey 2, M Bate, M Jamar, J McDonald, B Pickett, A Yze.
Best
Fremantle: M Pavlich, D Headland, P Hasleby, J Carr, S McManus, A Sandilands.
Melbourne: A Yze, J McDonald, B Green, N Brown, A Davey, C Bruce.
west coast (3-0) vs carlton (2-1) subaico sunday
west coast win by 61 points over carlton. west coast (4-0) travel to play richmond at the g saturday afternoon. carlton (2-2) host brisbane saturday night at the dome.
WEST COAST 5.2 6.8 9.11 14.16 (100)
CARLTON 1.2 2.6 3.11 4.15 (39)
Goals: West Coast: D Wirrpanda 4 A Hansen 4 D Kerr 2 D Cox S Hurn S Armstrong B Waters. Carlton: M Lappin B Fisher H Scotland B Fevola.
Best: West Coast: D Wirrpanda C Judd D Kerr D Glass B Jones. Carlton: N Lappin H Scotland S O’Hailpin K Simpson A Bentick.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 362 | 257 | 140.86% | 16 |
| 2 | Essendon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 448 | 379 | 118.21% | 12 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 332 | 284 | 116.90% | 12 |
| 4 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 390 | 362 | 107.73% | 12 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 305 | 107.21% | 12 |
| 6 | Geelong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 436 | 330 | 132.12% | 8 |
| 7 | Brisbane | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 303 | 277 | 109.39% | 8 |
| 8 | Sydney | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 301 | 276 | 109.06% | 8 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 338 | 340 | 99.41% | 8 |
| 10 | St Kilda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 327 | 329 | 99.39% | 8 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 383 | 419 | 91.41% | 8 |
| 12 | Carlton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 363 | 482 | 75.31% | 8 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 424 | 436 | 97.25% | 4 |
| 14 | Nth Melbourne | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 340 | 358 | 94.97% | 4 |
| 15 | Richmond | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 360 | 450 | 80.00% | 0 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 305 | 455 | 67.03% | 0 |
round 5 matches
wenesday
essendon v collingwood MCG
friday
port v st kilda AAMI (N)
saturday
richmond v west coast MCG
carlton v brisbane TD (N)
sydney v melbourne SCG (N)
sunday
hawthorn v bulldogs MCG
geelong v north SS
freo v adeliade S
Harrison’s world 