essendon (3-1) vs collingwood (2-2) mcg wenesday afternoon anzac day
collingwood bring essendon back to earth by 17 points. collingwood (3-2) travel to adeliade saturday night. essendon (3-2) host hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.
Collingwood 1.5 5.12 9.16 12.23 (95)
Essendon 3.4 6.6 8.10 11.12 (78)GOALS: Collingwood: Didak 3, Rocca 3, Johnson, Pendlebury, Cloke, Lockyer, Dick
Essendon: Lloyd 3, Davey 3, Johns 2, Bolton, Johnson, Monfries
BEST: Collingwood: H Shaw S Burns J Clement T Lockyer R Shaw T Cloke H O’Brien
Essendon: D Peverill D Fletcher P Ryder A McPhe
port (3-1) vs st kilda (2-2) aami stadium friday night
port are too good for st kilda by 53 points. port (4-1) play melbourne at the g sunday. st kilda (2-3) host carlton friday night at the dome.
PORT ADELAIDE 4.2 5.6 11.12 14.12 (96)
ST KILDA 1.2 3.3 3.4 6.7 (43)
Goals: Port Adelaide: W Tredrea 3 S Burgoyne 2 B Ebert 2 D Rodan 2 T Chaplin S Salopek P Burgoyne B Symes D White. St Kilda: B Voss 3 S Milne 2 B Goddard.
Best: Port Adelaide:C Cornes S Burgoyne W Tredrea K Cornes S Salopek P Burgoyne D Wakelin T Chaplin. St Kilda: R Harvey B Voss B Goddard N Dal Santo.
richmond (0-4) vs west coast (4-0) mcg saturday afternoon
west coast survive a scare in first v last by 23 points over richmond. west coast (5-0) host bulldogs saturday afternoon. richmond (0-5) host geelong at the dome sunday twillight.
West Coast 2.6 8.10 10.13 14.15 (99)
Richmond 5.3 6.4 8.7 11.10 (76)GOALS: West Coast: Lynch 4, Wirrpanda 3, Hansen 3, Hunter 2, R Jones, Glass
Richmond:Tambling 4, Hughes 3, J Bowden, Deledio, Jackson, Pettifer
BEST: West Coast: Selwood, Kerr, Embley, Hansen, Rosa, Lynch, Wirrpanda, Judd
Richmond: Polak, Raines, Newman, J Bowden, Tambling, Deledio,
carlton (2-2) vs brisbane (2-2) telstra dome saturday night
brisbane iwn a high scoring game by 12 ponits over carlton. brisbane (3-2) host freo sunday. carlton (2-3) play st kilda at the dome friday night.
BRISBANE LIONS 6.1 13.1 18.4 21.10 (136)
CARLTON 5.6 14.8 17.11 18.16 (124)
Goals: Brisbane: C Johnson 3 J Brown 3 J Charman 3 L Power 2 T Notting 2 A McGrath 2 J Patfull 2 R Hadley J Roe C Stiller C Begley. Carlton: K Simpson 3 L Whitnall 3 E Betts 3 B Fevola 3 C Cloke 3 A Walker M Murphy M Lappin.
Best: Brisbane: J Brown S Black L Power C Stiller T Notting J Charman C Johnson. Carlton: R Houlihan H Scotland L Whitnall M Lappin K Simpson E Betts.
sydney (2-2) vs melbourne (0-4) scg saturday night
sydney beat struggling melbourne by 49 points. sydney (3-2) play north at the dome saturday night. melbourne (0-5) host port at the g sunday.
SYDNEY 6.2 10.5 12.7 17.7 (109)
MELBOURNE 1.2 4.4 6.9 8.12 (60)
Goals: Sydney: B Hall 4 N Davis 2 A Schneider 2 N Malceski J Bolton R O’Keefe A Goodes D Jolly J McVeigh T Schmidt J Moore B Kirk. Melbourne: A Davey 3 L Dunn B Miller M Bate C Bruce R Petterd.
Best: Sydney: B Kirk B Hall J Bolton N Malceski J McVeigh L Barry D Jolly. Melbourne: C Bruce A Davey B Moloney S Godfrey R Petterd.
hawthorn (3-1) vs bulldogs (2-2) mcg sunday
bulldogs beat the hawks by 17 points. bulldogs (3-2) play west coast in perth saturday afternoon. hawthorn (3-2) face essendon at the g saturday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS 5.2 11.4 16.7 16.14 (110)
HAWTHORN 3.7 7.11 10.13 13.15 (93)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: R Murphy 3 S Higgins 3 L Darcy 2 F Ray 2 B Johnson L Gilbee N Eagleton S Power A Cooney M Robbins.
Hawthorn: L Franklin 6 J Roughead 2 C Bateman B Sewell L Hodge T Boyle C Brown.
BEST: Western Bulldogs: S West B Harris D Cross L Gilbee S Higgins J Akermanis.
Hawthorn: L Franklin J Lewis B Sewell C Brown R Ladson S Crawford.
geelong (2-2) vs north (1-3) skilled stadium sunday afternoon
north stun geelong by 16 points. north (2-3) host sydney saturday night at the dome. geelong (2-3) face richmond at the dome sunday.
GEELONG 4.3 6.8 10.10 15.12 (102)
KANGAROOS 6.3 12.5 15.7 18.10 (118)
GOALS: Geelong: J Bartel 3, C Ling 3, C Mooney 3, T Varcoe 2, N Ablett, P Chapman, A Mackie, M Stokes
Kangaroos: B Harvey 3, M Campbell 2, S Grant 2, A Swallow 2, D Wells 2, L Brown, A Edwards, B Grima, H McIntosh, D Petrie, A Simpson, J Sinclair
BEST: Geelong: P Chapman, J Bartel, J Selwood, M Scarlett, J Corey
Kangaroos: A Simpson, M Firrito, A Swallow, H McIntosh, D Harris, D Pratt, J Sinclair, G Archer
freo (1-3) vs adeliade (3-1) subiaco sunday
freo stun adeliade by 1 point in perth. freo (2-3) travel to brisbane sunday. adelaide (3-2) host collingwood saturday night.
FREMANTLE: 2.3, 3.7, 5.13, 7.16 (58)
ADELAIDE: 3.0, 4.2, 6.5, 8.9 (57)
GOALS: Fremantle: Cook 3, Tarrant, Crowley, Solomon, Bell 1
Adelaide: Stevens 3, Perrie 2, Thompson, Van Berlo, Bock 1
BEST: Fremantle: Webster, Cook, Black, Bell, Tarrant, Mundy, Crowley
Adelaide: Thompson, Rutten, Knights, Stevens, Edwards
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 461 | 333 | 138.44% | 20 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 486 | 405 | 120.00% | 16 |
| 3 | Sydney | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 410 | 336 | 122.02% | 12 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 389 | 342 | 113.74% | 12 |
| 5 | Essendon | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 527 | 474 | 111.18% | 12 |
| 6 | Brisbane | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 439 | 401 | 109.48% | 12 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 433 | 419 | 103.34% | 12 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 420 | 415 | 101.20% | 12 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 493 | 512 | 96.29% | 12 |
| 10 | Geelong | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 538 | 448 | 120.09% | 8 |
| 11 | Nth Melbourne | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 458 | 460 | 99.57% | 8 |
| 12 | Fremantle | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 482 | 493 | 97.77% | 8 |
| 13 | St Kilda | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 370 | 425 | 87.06% | 8 |
| 14 | Carlton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 487 | 618 | 78.80% | 8 |
| 15 | Richmond | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 436 | 549 | 79.42% | 0 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 365 | 564 | 64.72% | 0 |
round 6 matches
friday
st kilda v carlton TD (N)
saturday
essendon v hawthorn MCG
west coast v bulldogs S
north v sydney TD (N)
aadeliade v collingwood AAMI (N)
sunday
brisbane v freo G
melbourne v port MCG
richmond v geelong TD (T)
Harrison’s world 