essendon (7-5) vs melbourne (2-10) telstra dome friday night 740pm
a sad way to end melbournes coaches history a 2 point loss to essendon the club he played for. esssendon (8-5) host geelong at the dome friday night. melbourne (2-11) play carlton at the g sunday.
ESSENDON: 8.3, 12.5, 14.8, 19.11 (125)
MELBOURNE: 2.2, 9.4, 16.9, 18.15 (123)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 5, Lloyd 4, Davey 2, Laycock 2, Lovett 2, McVeigh 2, Hird, McPhee
Melbourne: Neitz 3, Robertson 3, Davey 2, Petterd 2, Sylvia 2, Bate, Bruce, Godfrey, Johnstone, Newton, Ward
BEST: Essendon: Hird, Laycock, Lucas, Lloyd, Watson, Fletcher
Melbourne: McDonald, Bruce, Bate, Jones, Neitz, Sylvia
geelong (9-3) vs sydney (6-6) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
geelong beat sydney by 3 goals leaving the swans in trouble. geelong (10-3) face essendon at the dome friday night. sydney (6-7) host freo sunday.
GEELONG: 5.1, 9.4, 11.8, 13.9 (87)
SYDNEY: 2.1, 2.5, 5.8, 10.9 (69)
GOALS: Geelong: Mooney 4, Johnson 3, G.Ablett 2, N.Ablett, Varcoe, Chapman, Corey
Sydney: O’Keefe 3, Schmidt 2 Davis, Vogels, L.Ablett, Jolly, O’Loughlin
BEST: Geelong: G.Ablett, Enright, Corey, Mooney, Mackie, Johnson
Sydney: Malceski, Kirk, Goodes, L.Ablett, O’Keefe
freo (5-7) vs carlton (4-8) subiaco saturday afternoon 410pm
freo keep their finals hopes alive with a 77 point win over carlton. freo (6-7) travel to sydney sunday. carlton (4-9) host melbourne at the g sunday.
FREMANTLE: 4.3, 10.7, 18.8, 27.11 (173)
CARLTON: 5.4, 6.6, 8.11, 13.18 (96)
GOALS: Fremantle: Headland 5, Pavlich 4, Farmer 4, Bell 4, Thornton 2, Dodd, Solomon, M.Carr, Grover, Mundy, Parker, Murphy, Black 1
Carlton: Waite 5, Young 2, Fevola, Bentick, O’Hailpin, Lappin, Hartlett, Fisher 1
BEST: Fremantle: Farmer, Pavlich, Headland, Grover, McPharlin, Dodd, Bell
Carlton: Carrazzo, Simpson, Waite, Young, Bentick, Scotland
brisbane (4-1-7) vs port (7-5) gabba saturday night 710pm
port revive their top 4 hopes with a 7 point win over brsibane. port (8-5) travel to play bulldogs saturday afternoon. brisbane (4-1-8) travel to west coast saturday night.
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.3, 9.5, 14.7, 17.10 (112)
BRISBANE LIONS: 3.4, 5.10, 8.15, 15.15 (105)
GOALS: Port Adelaide: Motlop 6, Westhoff 3, Rodan 2, Pearce, S.Burgoyne, Gray, N.Lonie, C.Cornes, Ebert Brisbane Lions: Brown 4, Notting 3, Brennan 2, Charman 2, Drummond 2, Rischitelli, Begley
BEST: Port Adelaide: Motlop, C.Cornes, K.Cornes, P.Burgoyne, Pearce, Rodan, Wakelin, S.Burgoyne Brisbane Lions: Lappin, Power, Notting, Macdonald, Charman, Merrett, Selwood, Drummond, Brown
st kilda (5-7) vs richmond (1-1-10) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
st kilda stay in the finals hunt by 17 points over richmond. st kilda (6-7) play collingwood at the g saturday afternoon. richmond (1-1-11) host north sunday at the dome.
ST KILDA: 5.1, 8.7, 11.13, 17.15 (117)
RICHMOND: 5.1, 9.5, 11.9, 15.10 (100)
GOALS: St Kilda: Gehrig 5, Riewoldt 4, Gram 2, Voss, Gilbert, Hayes, Fiora, Milne, Montagna
Richmond: Pettifer 4, Richardson 3, Brown 3, Foley 2, Edwards, Tivendale, Jackson
BEST: St Kilda: Montagna, Harvey, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Gram, Hayes
Richmond: Bowden, Foley, Pettifer, Richardson, Tuck, Brown, Newman
adelaide (7-5) vs west coast (8-4) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
west coast keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 21 point win over adeliade. west coast (9-4) host brisbane saturday night. adelaide (7-6) host hawthorn saturday night.
ADELAIDE: 4.3, 6.6, 8.10, 10.14 (74)
WEST COAST: 3.3, 7.7, 11.10, 14.11 (95)
GOALS: Adelaide: Bock 2, McGregor 2, Stevens 2, Hudson, Torney, Reilly, van Berlo
West Coast: C. Jones 3, Seaby 3, LeCras 3, Embley 2, Hurn, Fletcher, Lynch
BEST: Adelaide: McLeod, Johncock, van Berlo, Torney, Thompson, Edwards
West Coast: Kerr, Cox, Fletcher, Hunter, Embley, Waters, Priddis
north (7-5) vs bulldogs (7-5) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
north beat bulldogs by 26 points. north (8-5) play richmond at the dome sunday twillight. bulldogs (7-6) host port at the dome saturday afternoon.
KANGAROOS: 8.2, 12.5, 15.6, 17.9 (111)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.4, 6.7, 8.13, 11.19 (85)
GOALS: Kangaroos: Petrie 7, Harvey 2, Jones 2, McMahon 2, Brown, B. Rawlings, Sinclair, Wells
Western Bulldogs: Giansiracusa 3, Johnson 3, Gilbee, Grant, Hahn, Higgins, Ray
BEST: Kangaroos: Petrie, Simpson, Rawlings, Jones, Harvey, McIntosh, Green
Western Bulldogs: Boyd, Giansiracusa, Johnson, Cooney
collingwood (8-4) vs hawthorn (8-4) telstra dome sunday twillight 510pm
hawks beat collingwood by 8 points to stay 2nd. hawthorn (9-4) travel to adeliade saturday night. collingwood (8-5) host st kilda at the g saturday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.5, 6.9, 9.12, 12.15 (87)
HAWTHORN: 4.2, 7.4, 11.5, 15.5 (95)
GOALS: Collingwood: Clarke 3, Medhurst 2, Didak 2, Thomas 2, Reid, Cloke, Davis
Hawthorn: Franklin 4, Roughead 3, Boyle 2, Osborne 2, Crawford 2, Ladson, Young
BEST: Collingwood: Shaw, Swan, Davis, Clarke, Lockyer, Pendlebury
Hawthorn: Mitchell, Young, Franklin, McGlynn, Crawford, Brown, Osborne
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1445 | 943 | 153.23% | 40 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1252 | 1032 | 121.32% | 36 |
| 3 | West Coast | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1195 | 986 | 121.20% | 36 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1207 | 1138 | 106.06% | 32 |
| 5 | Essendon | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1326 | 1285 | 103.19% | 32 |
| 6 | Port Adelaide | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1239 | 1235 | 100.32% | 32 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1212 | 1222 | 99.18% | 32 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1063 | 980 | 108.47% | 28 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1308 | 1333 | 98.12% | 28 |
| 10 | Sydney | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1068 | 991 | 107.77% | 24 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1328 | 1284 | 103.43% | 24 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1030 | 1132 | 90.99% | 24 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1063 | 1188 | 89.48% | 18 |
| 14 | Carlton | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1335 | 1697 | 78.67% | 16 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1061 | 1370 | 77.45% | 8 |
| 16 | Richmond | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1149 | 1465 | 78.43% | 6 |
round 14 matches
friday
essendon v geelong TD (N) 740pm
saturday
collingwood v st kilda MCG 210pm
bulldogs v port TD 210pm
adeliade v hawthorn AAMI (N) 740pm
west coast v brisbane S (N) 740pm
sunday
sydney v freo SCG 110pm
carlton v melbourne MCG 210pm
richmond v north TD (T) 510pm
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