st kilda (6-8) vs adeliade (8-6) telstra dome friday night 740pm
st kilda keep their hopes alive by 2 points over adeliade. st kilda (7-8) host hawthorn at the dome saturday night. adeliade (8-7) host freo saturday afternoon.
ST KILDA: 2.3, 6.8, 9.13, 11.16 (82)
ADELAIDE: 5.2, 6.5, 9.8, 12.8 (80)
GOALS: St Kilda: Gehrig 4, Birss 2, Milne 2, Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke
Adelaide: Welsh 3, Bock 2, Burton 2, Ricciuto 2, Maric, McGregor, McLeod
BEST: St Kilda: Riewoldt, S.Fisher, Koschitzke, Hayes, Montagna, Harvey, Birss
Adelaide: McLeod, Goodwin, Doughty, Knights, Bock, Thompson
geelong (11-3) vs collingwood (9-5) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
geelong make it 10 straight by 16 points over collingwood. geelong (12-3) host bulldogs at the dome friday night. collingwood (9-6) host essendon saturday afternoon at the g.
GEELONG: 4.3, 7.5, 9.10, 11.14 (80)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.4, 6.5, 7.8, 9.10 (64)
GOALS: Geelong Ling 2, Johnson 2, Mooney, Stokes, Enright, Wojcinski, Selwood, Chapman, Bartel
Collingwood: Cloke 4, Medhurst, Burns, Lockyer, Maxwell, Rocca
BEST: Geelong: Scarlett, Corey, Ling, Ablett, Selwood, Harley, Mooney
Collingwood: Cloke, Shaw, Lockyer, Pendlebury, Licuria
port (8-6) vs west coast (9-5) aami stadium saturday afternoon 310pm
port keep their top 4 hopes alive by 91 points over west coast. port (9-6) travel to play richmond at the g sunday. west coast (9-6) host sydney saturday night in the grand final rematch.
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.9, 10.13, 17.16, 22.21 (153)
WEST COAST: 1.1, 3.4, 6.6, 9.8 (62)
GOALS: Port Adelaide: Westhoff 4, C. Cornes 4, Motlop 4, Tredrea 3, Thomson 2, Lonie, Ebert, Pearce, Lade, Rodan
West Coast: Lynch 3, Seaby, McKinley, B. Jones, Cox, LeCras, Armstrong
BEST: Port Adelaide: C. Cornes, Cassisi, K. Cornes, P. Burgoyne, Westhoff, Lonie, Motlop, Rodan, Pearce
West Coast: Embley, R. Jones, Priddis, Lynch, Rosa
essendon (8-6) vs bulldogs (8-6) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
bulldogs beat esseendon by 33 points. bulldogs (9-6) play geelong at the dome friday night. essendon (8-7) face collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
ESSENDON: 4.5, 5.10, 9.12, 14.14 (98)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.4, 9.8, 12.9, 20.11 (131)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 4, Nash 2, Monfries 2, Ramanauskas, Lloyd, Stanton, Lovett-Murray, Michael, Lovett
Western Bulldogs: Johnson 5, Cooney 3, Eagleton 2, Murphy 2, Gilbee, Akermanis, Harbrow, Robbins, Everitt, Ray, Higgins, Hahn
BEST: Essendon: Peverill, Watson, Nash, Monfries, Stanton, J Johnson
Western Bulldogs: Cooney, Akermanis, Eagleton, Giansiracusa, Boyd, Hahn, Johnson
melbourne (3-11) vs brisbane (5-1-8) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbane save their finals hopes with a 44 point win over melbourne. brisbane (6-1-8) host carlton sunday. melbourne (3-12) play north at the dome sunday twillight.
MELBOURNE: 1.0, 3.4, 5.8, 12.10 (82)
BRISBANE LIONS: 6.5, 7.12, 14.14, 18.18 (126)
GOALS: Melbourne Demons: Davey 4, White 2, Brown, Robertson, Godfrey, Jones, Sylvia, McLean
Brisbane Lions: Brown 6, Copeland 3, Brennan 2, Notting, Power, Leuenberger, McGrath, Drummond, Adcock, Rischitelli
BEST: Melbourne Demons: White, Davey, McLean, Brown
Brisbane Lions: Brown, Lappin, Drummond, Patfull, Power, Adcock, Black
sydney (7-7) vs carlton (4-10) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
sydney win a shootout over carlton by 62 points to stay in the finals hunt. sydney (8-7) travel to west coast saturday night. carlton (4-11) travel to brisbane sunday.
SYDNEY: 3.3, 11.7, 17.9, 25.12 (162)
CARLTON: 5.3, 7.4, 12.9, 15.10 (100)
GOALS: Sydney: Everitt (4), Hall (4), Davis (3), Schneider (3), Kirk (2), McVeigh (2), Malceski (2), O’Loughlin (2), Jolly, Fosdike, Goodes.
Carlton: Fisher (3), Lappin (3), Fevola (2), Bannister, Houlihan, Betts, O’Hailpin, Simpson, Koutoufides, Scotland.
BEST: Sydney: Everitt, Malceski, Kirk, J Bolton, Schneider, Barry.
Carlton: Fisher, Scotland, Fevola, Bannister, Murphy.
hawthorn (9-5) vs richmond (1-1-12) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
hawthorn smash richmond by 53 points. hawthorn (10-5) face st kilda at the dome saturday night. richmond (1-1-13) host port sunday.
HAWTHORN: 4.2, 9.7, 14.10, 19.15 (129)
RICHMOND: 5.1, 8.4, 10.6, 11.10 (76)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Roughead 5, Franklin 4, McGlynn 2, Brown, Campbell, Crawford, Dixon, Hodge, Ladson, Lewis, Thorp
Richmond: Brown 2, Pettifer 2, Schulz 2, Edwards, Johnson, King, Richardson, Tuck
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Roughead, Crawford, Bateman, Smith, Brown
Richmond: Polak, Foley, Raines, Newman
freo (6-8) vs north (9-5) subiaco sunday twillight 440pm
north move into the top 4 by 4 points over freo. north (10-5) host melbourne sunday twillight. freo (6-9) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon.
FREMANTLE: 4.4, 6.6, 9.9, 11.12 (78)
KANGAROOS: 5.0, 7.5, 10.6, 12.10 (82)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 2 , Tarrant 2, Bell 2, Headland 2, Murphy, Dodd, Crowley
Kangaroos: Harvey 2, Jones 2, Hale 2, Archer 2, McIntosh, Harris, Lower, McMahon
BEST: Fremantle: Sandilands, Bell, McPharlin, Grover, Headland, Johnson
Kangaroos: Simpson, Grant, Harvey, Firrito, Watt, Archer, Rawlings
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1658 | 1090 | 152.11% | 48 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1412 | 1210 | 116.69% | 40 |
| 3 | Nth Melbourne | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1398 | 1379 | 101.38% | 40 |
| 4 | West Coast | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1321 | 1230 | 107.40% | 36 |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1505 | 1430 | 105.24% | 36 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1360 | 1298 | 104.78% | 36 |
| 7 | Wstn Bulldogs | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1572 | 1544 | 101.81% | 36 |
| 8 | Sydney | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1319 | 1152 | 114.50% | 32 |
| 9 | Adelaide | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1245 | 1093 | 113.91% | 32 |
| 10 | Essendon | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1507 | 1549 | 97.29% | 32 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1192 | 1301 | 91.62% | 28 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1280 | 1334 | 95.95% | 26 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1467 | 1455 | 100.82% | 24 |
| 14 | Carlton | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1536 | 1983 | 77.46% | 16 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1267 | 1597 | 79.34% | 12 |
| 16 | Richmond | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1304 | 1698 | 76.80% | 6 |
round 16 matches
friday
geelong v bulldogs TD (N) 740pm
saturday
collingwood v essendon MCG 210pm
adeliade v freo AAMI 310pm
west coast v sydney S (N) 740pm
st kilda v hawthorn TD (N) 710pm
sunday
brisbane v carlton G 110pm
richmond v port MCG 210pm
north v melbourne TD (T) 510pm
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