essendon (6-4) vs west coast (8-2) telstra dome friday night 740pm
essendon stun west coast by 1 point continuing their revival. essendon (7-4) travel to port sunday twillight. west coast (8-3) host st kilda a week later on sunday twillight.
ESSENDON: 1.0, 6.2, 12.4, 15.5 (95)
WEST COAST: 5.5, 10.8, 13.9, 14.10 (94)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 5, Lloyd 3, Camporeale 2, Laycock 2, Davey, Monfries, Winderlich
West Coast: Staker 3, Lynch 2, Brown, Hunter, Hurn, Judd, LeCras, Morton, Priddis, Rosa, Seaby
BEST: Essendon: Hird, Fletcher, Lucas, Winderlich, Hille, Slattery, Peverill
West Coast: Priddis, Rosa, Stenglein, Judd, B.Jones, Cox
hawthorn (7-3) vs sydney (5-5) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
sydney stay in the race by 9 points over hawthorn. sydney (6-5) host collingwood saturday night 2. hawthorn (7-4) play carlton at the dome friday night.
HAWTHORN: 4.3, 5.5, 7.9, 9.12 (66)
SYDNEY: 1.3, 5.3, 9.6, 11.9 (75)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 6, Osborne, Bateman, Campbell
Sydney: Davis 3, Barry 2, O’Loughlin, Dempster, Richards, Schneider, Schmidt, Buchanan
BEST: Hawthorn: Sewell, Franklin, McGlynn, Crawford, Hodge
Sydney: Kirk, Everitt, Goodes, Davis, Barry, Malceski
carlton (3-7) vs port (6-4) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
ports slump continues from flag favourites to barely in the 8 losing by 39 points to carlton. carlton (4-7) host hawthorn friday night. port (6-5) host essendon sunday twillight.
CARLTON: 8.3, 11.5, 13.5, 22.9 (141)
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.3, 5.8, 5.10, 14.18 (102)
GOALS: Carlton: Waite 4, Houlihan 3, Fisher 3, Fevola 2, Whitnall 2, O’hAilpin 2, Bannister 2, Murphy, Walker, Simpson, Carrazzo,
Port Adelaide: Westhoff 4, Rodan 2, Gray 2, S Burgoyne, C Cornes, Lade, P Burgoyne, Tredrea, Cassisi
BEST: Carlton: Houlihan, Carrazzo, Walker, Waite, Scotland, Wiggins, Whitnall, Lappin
Port Adelaide: Westhoff, K Cornes, Pearce, Salopek, S Burgoyne, P Burgoyne
brisbane (4-1-5) vs bulldogs (5-5) gabba saturday night 710pm
after a form slump bulldogs beat brisbane by 23 points. bulldogs (6-5) host freo in darwin saturday night. brisbane (4-1-6) travel to geelong sunday.
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.3, 2.6, 7.8, 10.12 (72)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 6.8, 7.12, 13.15, 13.17 (95)
GOALS: Brisbane Lions: Brennan 3, Notting 3, Brown 2, Allan, Lappin
Western Bulldogs: Johnson 4, Eagleton 2, Akermanis 2, Boyd, Cooney, Hahn, Higgins, Ray
BEST: Brisbane Lions: Adcock, Charman, Hadley, Brennan, Notting
Western Bulldogs: Gilbee, Eagleton, Harris, Cooney, Boyd, Johnson
adeliade (6-4) vs geelong (7-3) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
geelong make it 6 straight by 7 points over adeliade. geelong (8-3) host brisbane sunday. adelaide (6-5) travel to gold coast to play north saturday night.
GEELONG: 2.2, 4.11, 7.13, 9.15 (69)
ADELAIDE: 3.4, 5.5, 8.6, 9.8 (62)
GOALS: Geelong: Mooney 3, Ling 2, G. Ablett, Kelly, Ottens, Johnson
Adelaide: McGregor 3, van Berlo 2, Stevens, Thompson, Bock, Johncock
BEST: Geelong: Bartel, G. Ablett, Enright, Corey, Mackie, Harley, Milburn, Ling, Kelly
Adelaide: Thompson, van Berlo, Bassett, Edwards, McLeod, Knights, Shirley, Doughty
st kilda (4-6) vs north (6-4) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
north beat st kilda by 22 points. north (7-4) host adeliade at the gold coast saturday night. st kilda (4-7) travel to west coast sunday twillight.
ST KILDA: 1.3, 4.5, 5.7, 8.10 (58)
KANGAROOS: 4.2, 7.8, 8.11, 11.14 (80)
GOALS: St Kilda: Gehrig 2, Riewoldt, Gilbert, Attard, Gram, Gwilt, Koschitkze
Kangaroos: Jones 4, Simpson, Sinclair, Archer, Swallow, Hale, Lower, McIntosh
BEST: St Kilda: Dal Santo, Montagna, S Fisher, Hayes, Ball
Kangaroos: Jones, Petrie, Archer, Firrito, Harvey, Pratt, Rawlings, Sinclair
freo (4-6) vs richmond (0-1-9) subiaco sunday twillight 440pm
freo stay alive with a 21 point win over winless richmond. freo (5-6) travel to darwin to play bulldogs saturday night. richmond (0-1-10) host melborune friday nigth 2 of the split round at the g.
FREMANTLE: 1.3, 4.8, 10.10, 18.15 (123)
RICHMOND: 4.5, 6.9, 10.9, 15.12 (102)
GOALS: Fremantle: Headland 5, Pavlich 3, Tarrant 2, Peake 2, Mundy, Thornton, Black, Ibbotson, Warnock, Grover
Richmond: Pettifer 3, Tambling 3, Edwards 2, Richardson 2, Kingsley, Newman, Deledio, Hyde, Howat,
BEST: Fremantle: Headland, Pavlich, Bell, Johnson, Grover, J.Carr
Richmond: Deledio, Foley, Polak, King, Raines, Pettifer
melbourne (1-9) vs collingwood (7-3) mcg monday afternoon 210pm
melbourne for the 2nd week running have the upset of the year beating collingwood by 13 points. melbourne (2-9) face richmond friday night 2. collingwood (7-4) travel to sydney satruday night 2.
MELBOURNE: 6.6, 8.9, 9.14, 13.16 (94)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.3, 6.5, 9.11, 11.15 (81)
GOALS: Melbourne: Robertson 7, Bate 2, Johnstone, McDonald, Godfrey, Davey
Collingwood: Cloke 3, Johnson 3, Davis 2, Medhurst, Lockyer, Fraser
BEST: Melbourne: Robertson, Holland, McDonald, McLean, Bate, Bell, Jones, Bizzell
Collingwood: H. Shaw, Johnson, Holland, Cloke, Burns, Lockyer, Pendlebury, Swan
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1273 | 839 | 151.73% | 32 |
| 2 | West Coast | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1024 | 813 | 125.95% | 32 |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 977 | 865 | 112.95% | 28 |
| 4 | Essendon | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1106 | 1036 | 106.76% | 28 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1044 | 986 | 105.88% | 28 |
| 6 | Nth Melbourne | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1047 | 1037 | 100.96% | 28 |
| 7 | Sydney | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 942 | 828 | 113.77% | 24 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 889 | 831 | 106.98% | 24 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1082 | 1107 | 97.74% | 24 |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1001 | 1035 | 96.71% | 24 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1040 | 1047 | 99.33% | 20 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 923 | 991 | 93.14% | 18 |
| 13 | Carlton | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1159 | 1344 | 86.24% | 16 |
| 14 | St Kilda | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 814 | 956 | 85.15% | 16 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 863 | 1121 | 76.98% | 8 |
| 16 | Richmond | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 925 | 1273 | 72.66% | 2 |
round 12 matches
friday
carlton v hawthorn TD (N) 740pm
saturday
north v adeliaed C (N) 710pm
bulldogs v freo TIO (N) 710pm
sunday
geelong v brisbane SS 110pm
port v essendon AAMI (T) 440pm
friday
richmond v melbourne MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
sydney v collingwood TS (N) 720pm
sunday
west coast v st kilda S (T) 440pm
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