essendon (8-5) vs geelong (10-3) telstra dome friday night 740pm
geelong make it 9 straight beating essendon by 50 points. geelong (11-3) host collingwood at the g saturday afternoon. essendon (8-6) host bulldogs saturday night at the dome.
ESSENDON: 3.4, 6.9, 11.10, 12.11 (83)
GEELONG: 4.3, 7.9, 12.14, 19.19 (133)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 3, Watson 2, Welsh 2, Hislop, Lovett, Ramanauskas, Ryder, Slattery
Geelong: Chapman 3, Ling 3, Mooney 3, Enright 2, Ottens 2, Stokes 2, G. Ablett, Hawkins, S. Johnson, Milburn
BEST: Essendon: Watson, Welsh, Fletcher, Peverill, Slattery, McPhee
Geelong: Ablett, Chapman, Mooney, Ling, Egan, Selwood
collingwood (8-5) vs st kilda (6-7) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
collingwood stay in the top 4 race with a 9 point win over st kilda. collingwood (9-5) play geelong a the g saturday afternoon. st kilda (6-8) host adelaide friday night at the dome.
COLLINGWOOD: 4.5, 8.9, 8.11, 12.17 (89)
ST KILDA: 3.3, 6.7, 11.8, 12.8 (80)
GOALS: Collingwood: Cloke 2, Fraser 2, Thomas 2, Davis, Johnson, Licuria, Didak, O’Bree, Swan
St Kilda: Gehrig 4, Milne 2, Koschitzke, R.Clarke, X.Clarke, Hayes, Fiora, Gilbert
BEST: Collingwood: Thomas, Fraser, Swan, Shaw, O’Brien, Lockyer
St Kilda: Dal Santo, Gehrig, Harvey, X.Clarke, S.Fisher, Gilbert
bulldogs (7-6) vs port (8-5) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs upset port by 20 points. bulldogs (8-6) play essendon at the dome saturday night. port 98-6) host west coast saturday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.4, 6.9, 12.11, 20.13 (133)
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.3, 8.5, 11.7, 17.11 (113)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Johnson 5, Robbins 3, Akermanis 2, Boyd 2, Grant, Murphy, Giansiracusa, Harbrow, Street, Cooney, Hahn
Port Adelaide: Tredrea 4, Ebert 2, Cassisi 2, Motlop 2, S Burgoyne 2, Rodan 2, Westhoff, P Burgoyne, Lade
BEST: Western Bulldogs:: Boyd, Cooney, Darcy, Harris, Johnson, Ray, Grant
Port Adelaide: Cassisi, C Cornes, P Burgoyne, S Burgoyne, K Cornes, Boak
adeliade (7-6) vs hawthorn (9-4) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
adelaide smash hawthorn by 71 points. adelaide (8-6) play st kilda at the dome friday night. hawthorn (9-5) host richmond at the g sunday.
ADELAIDE: 4.2, 8.6, 11.10, 15.12 (102)
HAWTHORN: 1.1, 3.3, 4.4, 4.7 (31)
GOALS: Adelaide: Ricciuto 4, McGregor 2, Welsh 2, Bock 2, Maric 2, Goodwin, Edwards, Knights
Hawthorn: McGlynn, Roughead, Franklin, Croad
BEST: Adelaide: Edwards, McLeod, Thompson, Goodwin, Knights, Johncock, Ricciuto
Hawthorn: Ladson, Crawford, Young, Lewis, Birchall, Sewell
west coast (9-4) vs brisbane (4-1-8) subaico saturday night 740pm
brisbane break a 7 game winless run stunning west coast by 27 points. brisbane (5-1-8) play melbourne at the gabba saturday night. west coast (9-5) travel to port saturday afternoon.
WEST COAST: 3.5, 6.8, 8.10, 9.10 (64)
BRISBANE: 2.1, 5.7, 10.9, 13.13 (91)
GOALS: West Coast: LeCras 4, Kerr, Embley, Cox, Hurn, Seaby
Brisbane: Brown 4, Brennan 4, Copeland 3, Notting, Black,
BEST: West Coast: LeCras, Cox, Judd, Kerr, Seaby
Brisbane: Brennan, Brown, Lappin, Black, Notting, Copeland, Roe
sydney (6-7) vs freo (6-7) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
sydney beat freo by 28 to stay in the finals hunt. sydney (7-7) host carlton sunday. freo (6-8) host north sunday twillight.
SYDNEY: 1.6, 4.11, 8.17, 11.23 (89)
FREMANTLE: 1.3, 5.3, 6.6, 9.7 (61)
GOALS: Sydney: Hall(3), O’Loughlin(2), O’Keefe(2), Schneider, Kirk, J Bolton, Schmidt.
Fremantle: Farmer (2), Pavlich(2), McManus(2), Tarrant, Headland, Thornton
BEST: Sydney: Goodes, O’Loughlin, O’Keefe, Malceski, C Bolton.
Fremantle: Headland, Solomon, McManus, Sandilands.
carlton (4-9) vs melbourne (2-11) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
melbourne beat carlton by 23 points to get a bit off the bottom. melbourne (3-11) play brisbane at the gabba saturday night. carlton (4-10) travel to sydney sunday.
CARLTON: 3.4, 8.7, 10.14, 14.17 (101)
MELBOURNE: 4.1, 9.4, 14.6, 19.10 (124)
GOALS: Carlton: Fisher 2, Kennedy 2, Murphy 2, S. O’hAilpin 2, Simpson 2, Betts, Gibbs, Koutoufides, Waite
Melbourne: Robertson 5, Bate 3, Newton 3, Wheatley 2, Davey, Dunn, Godfrey, P. Johnson, Sylvia, Ward
BEST: Carlton: Houlihan, O’hAilpin, Simpson, Carrazzo, Murphy, Koutoufides
Melbourne: McDonald, Bate, Wheatley, Brown, White, Ward, Bizzell
richmond (1-1-11) vs north (8-5) telstra dome sunday twillight 510pm
north keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 25 point win over last place richmond. north (9-5) travel to freo sunday twillight. richmond (1-1-12) play hawthorn at the g sunday.
RICHMOND: 1.1 5.5 8.9 11.13 (79)
KANGAROOS: 4.4 6.6 11.12 14.20 (104)
GOALS: Richmond: Richardson 4, Pettifer 3, Tambling 2, Pattison, Howat
Kangaroos: Petrie 6, Jones 3, McMahon 2, Wells, Sinclair, Brown
BEST: Richmond: Richardson, Newman, Pettifer, Edwards, Howat
Kangaroos: Harvey, Sinclair, Petrie, Jones, Grant, Wells
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1578 | 1026 | 153.80% | 44 |
| 2 | West Coast | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1259 | 1077 | 116.90% | 36 |
| 3 | Hawthorn | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1283 | 1134 | 113.14% | 36 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1296 | 1218 | 106.40% | 36 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1316 | 1301 | 101.15% | 36 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1165 | 1011 | 115.23% | 32 |
| 7 | Wstn Bulldogs | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1441 | 1446 | 99.65% | 32 |
| 8 | Essendon | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1409 | 1418 | 99.37% | 32 |
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1352 | 1368 | 98.83% | 32 |
| 10 | Sydney | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1157 | 1052 | 109.98% | 28 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1389 | 1373 | 101.17% | 24 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1110 | 1221 | 90.91% | 24 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1154 | 1252 | 92.17% | 22 |
| 14 | Carlton | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1436 | 1821 | 78.86% | 16 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1185 | 1471 | 80.56% | 12 |
| 16 | Richmond | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1228 | 1569 | 78.27% | 6 |
round 15 matches
friday
st kilda v adeliade TD (N) 740pm
saturday
geelong v collingwood MCG 210pm
port v west coast AAMI 310pm
melbournee v brisbane G (N) 710pm
essendon v bulldogs TD (N) 710pm
sunday
sydney v carlton SCG 110pm
hawthorn v richmond MCG 210pm
freo v north S (T) 440pm
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