adeliade (4-3) vs richmond (0-7) aami stadium friday night 740pm
richmond nearly ended their adeliade double with their first win but fell 9 points short to the crows. adeeliade (5-3) travel to play carlton at the dome saturday afternoon. richmond (0-8) host essendon at the g saturday night.
ADELAIDE 7.1 8.5 11.10 14.15 (99)
RICHMOND 3.3 8.3 9.3 14.6 (90)
GOALS: Adelaide: S Welsh 5 J Griffin 2 N Bock 2 S Thompson N Bassett C Knights S Goodwin R Douglas.
Richmond: M Richardson 3 D Meyer 2 C Howat 2 B Deledio J King G Polak D Polo K Pettifer N Foley D Jackson.
BEST: Adelaide: S Welsh, J Griffin, S Goodwin, S Thompson, N Bock.
Richmond: N Foley, A Pattison, M Richardson,J Bowden, B Deledio.
essendon (3-4) vs brisbane (4-3) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
essendon return to form with a 64 point win over brisbane. essendon (4-4) play richmond at the g saturday night. brisbane (4-4) host collingwood saturday night.
ESSENDON 3.6 7.10 13.15 18.19 (127)
BRISBANE 2.4 5.8 5.10 8.15 (63)
Goals: Essendon: M Lloyd 4 J Hird 2 A Monfries 2 M McVeigh 2 B Houli 2 J Watson J Johnson D Hille B Stanton S Lucas A Davey. Brisbane: T Selwood 2 T Notting A McGrath J Brown J Patfull J Drummond C Begley.
Best: Essendon: J Hird J Watson D Fletcher D Hille M McVeigh A Monfries. Brisbane: S Black T Selwood R Hadley N Lappin J Brown J Adcock.
geelong (4-3) vs freo (3-4) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
geelong keep their strong run going by 25 points over freo. geelong (5-3) travel to port sunday twillight . freo (3-5) host st kilda friday night.
GEELONG 6.0 9.5 11.9 14.10 (94)
FREMANTLE 3.2 4.6 5.7 10.9 (69)
GOALS: Geelong: S Johnson 4, G Ablett 2, N Ablett, Wojcinski, Ling, Varcoe, Ottens, Hunt, Stokes, Mooney.
Fremantle: Bell 3, Pavlich 3, Tarrant 2, Webster, Duffield
BEST: Geelong: Bartel, Egan, S. Johnson, Corey, Kelly, Wojcinski, Tenace, Ling
Fremantle: Johnson, Bell, McPharlin, Grover, M. Carr, Hayden
hawthorn (4-3) vs st kilda (4-3) mcg saturday night 710pm
hawks beat st kilda by 28 in a miserable match for most of it. hawthorn (5-3) host west coast in tasmania saturday afternoon. st kilda (4-4) travel to freo friday night.
HAWTHORN 2.3 2.6 4.9 10.12 (72)
ST KILDA 1.2 2.4 3.5 6.8 (44)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Roughead 3, Boyle 2, Dixon, McGlynn, Campbell, Franklin, Bateman.
St Kilda: Riewoldt 2, Gehrig 2, Blake, Fiora.
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Ladson, Sewell, Lewis, Crawford, Croad, Guerra, McGlynn.
St Kilda: L Fisher, Harvey, Riewoldt, S Fisher, Montagna, Ball, Gilbert.
north (4-3) vs carlton (2-5) carrara saturday night 710pm
north win a shootout at the gold coast over carlton by 17. north (5-3) face melbourne at the g sunday afternoon. carlton (2-6) host adeliade saturday afternoon at the dome.
KANGAROOS 4.5 8.10 15.14 22.15 (147)
CARLTON 5.4 12.6 14.9 20.10 (130)
GOALS: Kangaroos: S Grant 5 L Thomas 3 L Brown 3 B Harvey 3 C Jones 2 M Campbell 2 A Edwards K Green D Harris D Petrie.
Carlton: B Fevola 5 B Fisher 3 K Simpson 3 L Whitnall 3 M Lappin 2 C Ackland A Bentick E Betts A Koutoufides.
BEST: Kangaroos: C Jones S Grant L Thomas B Harvey H McIntosh.
Carlton: B Fisher L Whitnall B Fevola K Simpson A Carrazzo.
sydney (3-4) vs port (6-1) scg sundy afternoon 110pm
sydney stun port by 31 points to end ports good run. sydney (4-4) play bulldogs in canberra sunday afternoon. port (6-2) host geelong sunday twillight.
Sydney Swans 6.4 10.9 13.14 17.16 (118)
Port Adelaide 3.1 6.3 8.6 13.9 (87)GOALS: Sydney Swans: O’Loughlin 4, Ablett 2, Hall 2, McVeigh 2, Buchanan, Davis, Everitt, Goodes, Jolly, Malceski, Schneider
Port Adelaide: Ebert 4, Motlop 2, Salopek 2, Bentley, S Burgoyne, K Cornes, Pearce, Thomas
BEST: Sydney Swans: Ablett, Bolton, O’Loughlin, Kennelly, Malceski, Barry, Buchanan
Port Adelaide: Ebert, K Cornes, P Burgoyne, Bentley, Wakelin
bulldogs (4-3) vs collingwood (5-2) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs beat collingwood by 33 in an elim final rematch. bulldogs (5-3) host sydney in canberra sunday afternono. collingwood (5-3) travel to brisbane saturday night.
Western Bulldogs 5.3, 8.8, 15.12, 20.15 (135)
Collingwood 5.3, 11.7, 13.13, 14.18 (102)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Cooney 4, Higgins 4, Boyd 2, Darcy 2, Akermanis 2, Hargrave, Giansiracusa, Eagleton, Hahn, Gilbee, Johnson.
Collingwood: Rocca 3, Cloke 2, Davis 2, Didak 2, Fraser 2, Burns, Pendlebury, Dick.
BEST: Western Bulldogs: West, Cooney, Higgins, Boyd, Hargrave, Cross, Akermanis, Giansiracusa, Street.
Collingwood: Lockyer, Burns, O’Brien, O’Bree, Pendlebury, Fraser.
west coast (6-1) vs melbourne (0-7) subiaco sunday twillight 440pm
west coast remind everyone who the regiing premiers are by 77 points over melbourne. west coast (7-1) travel to tasmania to play hawthorn sautrday afternoon. melbourne (0-8) host north sunday afternoon at the g.
WEST COAST 5.8 8.14 13.18 19.23 (137)
MELBOURNE 1.0 3.3 7.4 9.6 (60)
GOALS: West Coast: Q Lynch 5 D Wirrpanda 3 M Morton 3 C Judd 3 A Hansen D Kerr B Staker T Stenglein S Hurn.
Melbourne: C Sylvia 3 T Johnstone 2 D Neitz J McDonald R Petterd J White.
BEST: West Coast: C Judd Q Lynch A Hansen T Stenglein D Kerr B Staker.
Melbourne: T Johnstone J McDonald C Sylvia B Green.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 745 | 564 | 132.09% | 28 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 764 | 669 | 114.20% | 24 |
| 3 | Geelong | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 963 | 652 | 147.70% | 20 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 650 | 587 | 110.73% | 20 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 703 | 651 | 107.99% | 20 |
| 6 | Nth Melbourne | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 833 | 780 | 106.79% | 20 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 740 | 711 | 104.08% | 20 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 802 | 797 | 100.63% | 20 |
| 9 | Sydney | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 694 | 631 | 109.98% | 16 |
| 10 | Essendon | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 845 | 785 | 107.64% | 16 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 691 | 703 | 98.29% | 16 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 636 | 650 | 97.85% | 16 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 722 | 787 | 91.74% | 12 |
| 14 | Carlton | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 794 | 1009 | 78.69% | 8 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 602 | 889 | 67.72% | 0 |
| 16 | Richmond | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 666 | 985 | 67.61% | 0 |
round 9 matches
friday
freo v st kilda S (N) 840pm
saturday
carlton v adleiade TD 210pm
hawthorn v west coast AU 210pm
brisbane v collingwood G (N) 710pm
richmond v essendon MCG (N) 710pm
sunday
bulldogs v sydney MO 110pm
melbourne v north MCG 210pm
port v geelong AAMI (T) 440pm
Harrison’s world 