north (3-3) vs essendon (3-3) telstra dome friday night 740pm
north go 4 straight by 22 points over essendon. north (4-3) host carlton at the gold coast saturday night. essendon (3-4) host brisbane saturday night at the dome.
KANGAROOS 4.0 8.5 14.8 18.9 (117)
ESSENDON 2.9 5.11 8.14 13.17 (95)
Goals: Kangaroos: L Brown 4 S Grant 3 C Jones 2 A Edwards 2 D Petrie J Smith B Harvey A Swallow H McIntosh D Hale J Sinclair. Essendon: S Lucas 5 A Davey 2 B Stanton 2 A Monfries J Laycock B Houli C Johns.
Best: Kangaroos: D Harris B Harvey L Brown B Rawlings G Archer H McIntosh J Smith. Essendon: S Lucas J Hird M Johnson D Peverill B Stanton A Lovett J Watson.
collingwood (4-2) vs carlton (2-4) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
collingwood overrun carlton by 4 goals. collingwood (5-2) face bulldogs at the dome sunday afternoon. carlton (2-5) travel to play north at gold coast saturday night.
COLLINGWOOD 1.6 4.11 11.15 17.11 (119)
CARLTON 5.2 8.6 12.8 14.11 (95)
Goals: Collingwood: A Didak 4 T Cloke 3 A Rocca 2 J Fraser 2 S Pendlebury D Thomas S Wakelin T Lockyer A Toovey D Swan. Carlton: B Fevola 4 M Lappin 2 J Kennedy K Simpson E Betts J Waite R Young A Carrazzo J Russell B Fisher.
Best: Collingwood: D Swan S Pendlebury A Didak J Fraser T Lockyer H Shaw. Carlton: H Scotland M Murphy A Carrazzo R Houlihan B Fevola K Simpson.
port (5-1) vs richmond (0-6) aami stadium saturday afternoon 310pm
port move on top by 40 points over winless richmond. port (6-1) travel to sydney sunday afternoon. richmond (0-7) travel to adeliade friday night.
PORT ADELAIDE 5.4 10.10 14.16 16.19 (115)
RICHMOND 3.2 3.9 5.12 10.15 (75)
GOALS: Port Adelaide: B Lade 3 D White 2 D Rodan 2 D Motlop 2 D Pearce 2 S Burgoyne P Burgoyne K Cornes N Lonie W Tredrea.
Richmond: J Schulz 2 K Pettifer 2 M Richardson 2 B Deledio 2 G Polak S Tuck.
BEST: Port Adelaide: B Lade D White K Cornes C Cornes P Burgoyne D Pearce D Cassisi.
Richmond: N Foley K Johnson J Bowden G Tivendale B Deledio.
brisbane (4-2) vs adeliade (3-3) gabba saturday night 710pm
adelaide upset brisbane by 31 points. adelaide (4-3) host richmond friday night. brisbane (4-3) play essendon at the dome saturday afternoon.
Adelaide 4.2 6.8 10.13 14.16 (100)
Brisbane Lions 3.6 5.8 6.12 9.15 (69)GOALS: Adelaide: S Thompson 3, S Welsh 3, S Goodwin 2, C Knights, R Shirley, I Perrie, N Bock, T Edwards, J Griffin
Brisbane Lions: T Notting 2, J Brown 2, J Charman, C Johnson, A McGrath, S Harding, M Rischitelli
BEST: Adelaide: S Goodwin, T Edwards, C Knights, S Welsh, S Thompson
Brisbane Lions: S Black, M Rischitelli, J Brennan, J Adcock
st kilda (3-3) vs sydney (3-3) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
st kilda upset sydney by 26 points. st kilda (4-3) play hawthorn at the g saturday night. sydney (3-4) host port sunday afternoon.
St Kilda 4.4 7.4 12.6 15.7 (97)
Sydney 4.1 6.4 8.5 11.5 (71)GOALS: St Kilda: Gehrig 4, X. Clarke 2, Milne 2, Montagna, Riewoldt, Voss, Fiora, Birss, Koschitzke, Dal Santo
Sydney: Hall 3, Davis 2, O’Keefe 2, Bolton, Everitt, Schneider, Goodes
BEST: St Kilda: Riewoldt, Gehrig, Montagna, Koschitzke, Ball, Milne
Sydney: Kirk, O’Keefe, Bolton, Buchanan
geelong (3-3) vs west coast (6-0) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
geelong end the regining premiers west coasts run by 39 points. geelong (4-3) host freo saturday afternoon. west coast (6-1) host melbourne sunday twillight.
Geelong 4.4 6.8 11.12 16.13 (109)
West Coast 4.2 5.5 5.9 10.10 (70)GOALS: Geelong: Mooney 4, N Ablett 3, S Johnson 2, Ottens 2, G Ablett 2, Bartel, Stokes, Varcoe
West Coast: Hansen 3, Rosa 2, Braun, Hunter, Hurn, Priddis, Judd
BEST: Geelong: Bartel, Ottens, Scarlett, G Ablett, Corey, Ling, N Ablett, Enright, Mooney
West Coast: Hansen, Waters, Hunter, Judd, Wirrpanda, Rosa, Braun
bulldogs (3-3) vs melbourne (0-6) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs scrape home against winless melbourne by a goal. bulldogs (4-3) host collingwood sundayt afternoon. melbourne (0-7) travel to west coast sunday twillight.
Western Bulldogs 4.1 10.5 12.12 16.16 (112)
Melbourne 6.1 7.6 10.9 16.10 (106)GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Johnson 4, Hahn 2, Higgins 2, Cross, Gilbee, Eagleton, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Cooney, Akermanis, Hargrave.
Melbourne: Sylvia 3, Davey 3, Yze 2, Green 2, Bate, Neitz, Dunn, Johnstone, Bell, White
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Johnson, Cross, Gilbee, Harris, Giansiracusa, Eagleton
Melbourne: Davey, Johnstone, Sylvia, White, Bruce, Yze
freo (2-4) vs hawthorn (4-2) subiaco sunday twillight 440pm
freo beat hawthorn by 16 points. freo (3-4) play geelong on the road saturday afternoon. hawthorn (4-3) host st kilda saturday night.
FREMANTLE 1.1 6.6 10.10 14.12 (96)
HAWTHORN 3.3 6.6 9.11 11.14 (80)
Goals: Fremantle: A Campbell 4, D Headland 2, C Tarrant 2, J Walker 2, P Hasleby, R Crowley, M Pavlich, J Carr.
Hawthorn: T Boyle 3, T Croad 2, B McGlynn 2, J Lewis, R Ladson, L Franklin, T Murphy.
Best: Fremantle: Tarrant, Crowley, McPharlin, Campbell, Black.
Hawthorn: Brown, Mitchell, Hodge, Bateman, Boyle.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 677 | 551 | 122.87% | 24 |
| 2 | West Coast | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 608 | 504 | 120.63% | 24 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 638 | 576 | 110.76% | 20 |
| 4 | Geelong | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 869 | 583 | 149.06% | 16 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 551 | 497 | 110.87% | 16 |
| 6 | Brisbane | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 628 | 576 | 109.03% | 16 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 686 | 650 | 105.54% | 16 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 631 | 607 | 103.95% | 16 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 592 | 578 | 102.42% | 16 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 667 | 695 | 95.97% | 16 |
| 11 | Sydney | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 576 | 544 | 105.88% | 12 |
| 12 | Essendon | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 718 | 722 | 99.45% | 12 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 653 | 693 | 94.23% | 12 |
| 14 | Carlton | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 664 | 862 | 77.03% | 8 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 542 | 752 | 72.07% | 0 |
| 16 | Richmond | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 576 | 886 | 65.01% | 0 |
round 8 matches
friday
adeliade v richmond AAMI (N) 740pm
saturday
essendon v brisbane TD 210pm
geelong v freo SS 210pm
north v carlton C (N) 710pm
hawthorn v st kilda MCG (N) 710pm
sunday
sydney v port SCG 110pm
bulldogs v collingwood TD 210pm
west coast v melbourne S (T) 440pm
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