freo (3-5) vs st kilda (4-4) subiaco friday night 840pm
the close season conitnues with freo smashing st kilda by 46 points closing the gap of the teams. freo (4-5) face collingwood friday night at the g. st kilda (4-5) host geelong at the dome sunday twillight.
FREMANTLE: 6.6, 8.6, 10.9, 15.11 (101)
ST KILDA: 1.4, 2.11, 5.16, 6.19 (55)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 3, Tarrant 3, Bell 3, Black, Cook, Headland, Johnson, Solomon, Collard 1
St Kilda: Gehrig, Riewoldt, Koschitzke, Dal Santo, Gilbert, Rix 1
BEST: Fremantle: Bell, Hasleby, Pavlich, Black, Tarrant, Hayden, Johnson
St Kilda: Hayes, Riewoldt, Dal Santo, L. Fisher, Gilbert
carlton (2-6) vs adelaide (5-3) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
crows keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 19 point win over carlton. adeliade (6-3) travel to the g to play melbourne saturday afternoon. carlton (2-7) host bulldogs at the g sunday afternoon.
CARLTON 5.2 5.4 11.11 12.14 (86)
ADELAIDE 2.5 8.10 12.12 15.15 (105)GOALS: Carlton: Waite 4, Koutoufides 2, Fevola 2, Fisher 2, Scotland, Whitnall.
Adelaide: Welsh 4, Jericho 3, Porplyzia 3, Reilly 2, Perrie, Bock, Shirley.
BEST: Carlton: Carrazzo, Koutoufides, Waite, Simpson, Murphy, Walker, Houlihan, Scotland.
Adelaide: Goodwin, Shirley, Mattner, Hudson, Reilly, Knights, Thompson, Welsh.
hawthorn (5-3) vs west coast (7-1) auoura stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
hawthorn move into 3rd beating leaders west coast by 35 points. hawthorn (6-3) travel to port sunday afternoon. west coast (7-2) host north saturday afternoon.
HAWTHORN 5.3 5.6 12.7 15.9 (99)
WEST COAST 2.2 5.6 6.9 8.16 (64)GOALS: Hawthorn: L Hodge 3 T Boyle 3 J Lewis 2 L Franklin M Osborne J Smith D Jacobs S Mitchell S Crawford R Ladson.
West Coast: M LeCras 3 M Seaby 2 Q Lynch R Jones S Hurn.
BEST: Hawthorn: J Lewis C Young S Gilham B Sewell B McGlynn L Hodge B Guerra G Birchall.
West Coast: M Braun D Glass R Jones M Priddis C Fletcher C Judd.
richmond (0-8) vs essendon (4-4) mcg sautrday night 710pm
essendon win the dream time at the g game by 8 points over winless richmond. essendon (5-4) travel to sydney at the scg saturday night. richmond (0-9) host brisbane at the dome saturday night.
ESSENDON 3.4 5.9 7.14 12.20 (92)
RICHMOND 2.3 6.6 10.9 12.12 (84)
Goals: Essendon: S Lucas 3 M Lloyd 3 D Hille 2 R Dyson A Davey A McPhee D Fletcher. Richmond: M Richardson 4 D Jackson 3 A Krakouer 2 B Deledio A Pattison R Tambling.
Best: Essendon: S Lucas J Watson J Hird B Stanton A McPhee. Richmond: B Deledio M Richardson G Polak W Thursfield C Newman.
brisbane (4-4) vs collingwood (5-3) gabba saturday night 710pm
collingwood keep brisbanes inconsistancy by 33 points. collingwood (6-3) host freo friday night at the g. brisbane (4-5) travel to play richmond at the dome saturday night.
COLLINGWOOD 5.2 8.7 12.10 18.12 (120)
BRISBANE LIONS 4.4 7.6 11.7 13.9 (87)
Goals: Collingwood: L Davis 3 S Burns 2 S Pendlebury 2 J Fraser 2 A Didak 2 T Cloke 2 P Medhurst D Swan B Johnson S O’Bree T Lockyer. Brisbane: M Clark 5 A McGrath 2 L Power 2 J Brown 2 J Patfull S Black.
Best: Collingwood: B Johnson S Pendlebury S Burns S Prestigiacomo T Lockyer.
Brisbane: S Black M Clark J Brown J Charman L Power.
bulldogs (5-3) vs sydney (4-4) manaka oval sunday afternoon 110pm
sydney beat bulldogs by 43 in canberra. sydney (5-4) host essendon saturday night. bulldogs (5-4) play carlton at the g sunday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.3, 4.4, 6.7, 8.9 (57)
SYDNEY: 5.4, 10.6, 12.8, 15.10 (100)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Robbins 3, Johnson 2, Akermanis, Hahn, Ray
Sydney: O’Loughlin 4, Jolly 3, Schneider 3, Buchanan, Everitt, Hall, Malceski, McVeigh
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Johnson, Robbins, Eagleton
Sydney: Kirk, Everitt, Malceski, Ablett, Hall, O’Loughlin, Fosdike, Jolly
melbourne (0-8) vs north (5-3) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
north make it 6 striaght by 1 point over melbourne. north (6-3) travel to west coast saturday afternoon. melbourne (0-9) host adeliade saturday afternoon.
MELBOURNE: 2.4, 4.8, 4.10, 11.12 (78)
KANGAROOS: 3.5, 7.7, 8.14, 10.19 (79)
GOALS: Melbourne: Neitz 4, Robertson 3, Bruce 2, Jones, Green
Kangaroos: Grant 5, Jones 2, Thomas, Swallow, Campbell
BEST: Melbourne: Bruce, Jones, Bell, McDonald, Carroll, McLean, Neitz
Kangaroos: Grant, Simpson, Harvey, Sinclair, Petrie, Swallow, Gibson, Rawlings
port (6-2) vs geelong (5-3) aami stadium sunday twilight 440pm
geelong are now the team to beat stunning port by 56 points on the road. geelong (6-3) play st kilda at the dome sunday twillight. port (6-3) host hawthorn sunday afternoon.
GEELONG: 5.4, 13.9, 14.15, 16.20 (116)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.3, 2.4, 4.10, 8.12 (60)
GOALS: Geelong: Rooke 3, Johnson 2, Bartel 2, Mooney 2, Wojcinski 2, Varcoe, N. Ablett, Stokes, Ling, G. Ablett
Port Adelaide: Rodan 2, Cassisi, Tredrea, P. Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Ebert, Krakouer
BEST: Geelong: Corey, G. Ablett, Tenace, Bartel, Hunt, Wojcinski, Enright
Port Adelaide: K. Cornes, C. Cornes, Rodan, Pearce, Lade
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | West Coast | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 809 | 663 | 122.02% | 28 |
| 2 | Geelong | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1079 | 712 | 151.54% | 24 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 755 | 673 | 112.18% | 24 |
| 4 | Hawthorn | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 802 | 715 | 112.17% | 24 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 860 | 798 | 107.77% | 24 |
| 6 | Nth Melbourne | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 912 | 858 | 106.29% | 24 |
| 7 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 824 | 785 | 104.97% | 24 |
| 8 | Sydney | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 794 | 688 | 115.41% | 20 |
| 9 | Essendon | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 937 | 869 | 107.83% | 20 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 859 | 897 | 95.76% | 20 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 823 | 842 | 97.74% | 16 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 778 | 823 | 94.53% | 16 |
| 13 | St Kilda | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 691 | 751 | 92.01% | 16 |
| 14 | Carlton | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 880 | 1114 | 78.99% | 8 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 680 | 968 | 70.25% | 0 |
| 16 | Richmond | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 750 | 1077 | 69.64% | 0 |
round 10 matches
friday
collingwood v freo MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
melbourne v adelaide MCG 210pm
west coast v north S 410pm
richmond v brisbane TD (N) 710pm
sydney v essendon SCG (N) 710pm
sunday
port v hawthorn AAMI 110pm
carlton v bulldogs MCG 210pm
st kilda v geelong TD (T) 510pm
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