bulldogs (9-7) vs west coast (10-6) telstra dome friday night 740pm
west coast smash bulldogs by 87 points. west coast (11-6) host freo in the derby sunday twillight. bulldogs (9-8) host st kilda friday night at the dome.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2,5, 4.7, 6.12, 9.17 (71)
WEST COAST: 4.4, 11.9, 15.11, 24.14 (158)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Tiller 2, Akermanis, Eagleton, Giansiracusa, Hargrave, Ray, Skipper, Wight
West Coast: Lynch 5, Staker 4, LeCras 3, A. Embley 2, Hansen 2, Judd 2, Cousins, Hunter, Hurn, Kerr, Priddis, Seaby
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Eagleton, Everitt, Morris, Boyd
West Coast: Kerr, Cousins, Staker, Braun, Lynch, Cox
carlton (4-12) vs st kilda (8-8) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
st kilda scrape home against struggling carlton by 10 points. st kilda (9-8) play bulldogs at the dome friday night. carlton (4-13) host collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
CARLTON: 6.1, 7.3, 9.7, 15.11 (101)
ST KILDA: 5.4, 10.7, 14.12, 16.15 (111)
GOALS: Carlton: Fevola 5, Fisher 3, O’hAilpin 2, Ackland, Bower, Lappin, Bannister, Saddington
St Kilda Gehrig 6, Riewoldt 4, Milne 2, Dal Santo, Birss, Baker, Blake
BEST: Carlton: Fisher, Carrazzo, Lappin, Jackson, Murphy, Fevola,
St Kilda: Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Gehrig, Baker, S.Fisher, Gilbert
freo (7-9) vs geelong (13-3) subiaco saturday afternoon 410pm
geelong make it 12 straight by 68 points ending freos finals hopes. geelong (14-3) host richmond saturday afternoon. freo (7-10) play west coast in the derby sunda ytwillight.
FREMANTLE: 1.3, 4.5, 8.9, 10.12 (72)
GEELONG: 6.4, 8.11, 12.18, 20.20 (140)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 4, Headland 2, Tarrant, Mundy, Hayden, Farmer
Geelong: Stokes 5, Mooney 2, Kelly 2, Johnson 2, Milburn, Byrnes, Enright, Ling, Hunt, N.Ablett, Wojcinski, G.Ablett, Harley 1
BEST: Fremantle: Pavlich, McPharlin, Headland, Gilmore, Solomon
Geelong: Ablett, Stokes, Johnson, Ottens, Ling, Corey, Harley, Mooney
collingwood (10-6) vs brisbane (7-1-8) mcg saturday night 710pm
brisbane stun collingwood by 93 points to stay in the top 8 race. bribsane (8-1-8) host north saturday night. collingwood (10-7) face carlton at the g saturday afternoon.
COLLINGWOOD: 1.3, 3.7, 5.12, 7.14 (56)
BRISBANE: 7.6, 11.13, 16.15, 22.17 (149)
GOALS: Collingwood: Maxwell 4, Cloke, Rocca, H Shaw,
Brisbane: Brennan 7, Adcock 4, Brown 3, Hooper 3, Charman 2, Black, Roe, Rischitelli
BEST: Collingwood: H Shaw, O’Bree, Swan, Lonie, Maxwell
Brisbane: Brennan, Black, Brown, Adcock, Hooper, Power, Lappin, Stiller
sydney (8-8) vs richmond (1-1-14) scg saturday night 710pm
sydney smashed richmond by 11 goals. sydney (9-8) play melbourne at the canberra sunday. richmond (1-1-15) travel to geelong saturday afternoon.
SYDNEY: 4.3 9.5 16.7 21.12 (138)
RICHMOND: 3.2 6.7 9.9 10.12 (72)
GOALS: Sydney: Hall 6, Davis 4, Schneider 3, Everitt, O’Keefe 2, Bevan, J. Bolton, Jolly, Schmidt
Richmond: Brown 3, Hughes 2, Edwards, Krakouer, Moore, Pettifer, Riewoldt
BEST: Sydney: Goodes, C Bolton, Davis, O’Keefe, Hall, McVeigh, Kirk
Richmond: Brown, Raines, Edwards, Thursfeld, Newman
hawthorn (10-6) vs north (11-5) auoura stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
roos secure 2nd beating hawthorn by 37 points. north (12-5) travel to brisbane saturday night. hawthorn (10-7) host essendon sunday.
HAWTHORN: 1.2, 3.6, 4.11, 10.11 (71)
KANGAROOS: 2.5, 8.7, 11.10, 16.12 (108)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Croad 2, Dowler 2, Hodge, Dixon, McGlynn, Young, Roughead, Vandenberg 1
Kangaroos: Jones 7, Wyham 2, Sansbury 2, Petrie 2, McIntosh, Harvey, Edwards 1
BEST: Hawthorn: Hodge, Birchall, Lewis, Crawford, Bateman
Kangaroos: Jones, Harvey, Harris, McIntosh, Rawlings, Pratt, Smith, Firrito
essendon (8-8) vs adeliade (8-8) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
essendon save their season with a 2 goal win over adeliade. essendon (9-8) play hawthorn at the g sunday. adelaied (8-9) host port saturday night.
ESSENDON: 6.2, 10.4, 14.6, 18.9 (117)
ADELAIDE: 5.3, 10.4, 12.7, 16.9 (105)
GOALS: Essendon: Lloyd 5, M. Johnson 3, McVeigh 2, Welsh 2, Dyson, Lovett-Murray, Peverill, Ramanauskas, Watson, Winderlich
Adelaide:Burton 4, McGregor 4, Welsh 3, Edwards, Gill, Goodwin, Maric, Torney
BEST: Essendon: Watson, Stanton, Hille, Peverill, McVeigh, Lloyd
Adelaide: Bock, Thompson, McLeod, McGregor, Edwards, Goodwin
port (10-6) vs melbourne (3-13) aami stadium sunday twilight 440pm
port beat melbourne by 89 points. port (11-6) face adelaide in the showdown saturday night. melbourne (3-14) host sydney in canberra sunday.
PORT ADELAIDE: 8.3, 11.6, 19.10, 25.13 (163)
MELBOURNE: 2.3, 6.6, 7.7, 11.8 (74)
GOALS: Port Adelaide: C. Cornes 6, Ebert 6, S. Burgoyne 4, Rodan 3, Motlop 2, Chaplin, Lade, K. Cornes, Westhoff,
Melbourne: Green 2, Robertson 2, Bate 2, Newton 2, Bruce, Neitz, Holland
BEST: Port Adelaide: C. Cornes, P. Burgoyne, Cassisi, K. Cornes, Lade, Ebert, Wilson, S. Burgoyne, Lonie
Melbourne: Green, Brown, N. Jones, McDonald
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1936 | 1225 | 158.04% | 56 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1632 | 1512 | 107.94% | 48 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1823 | 1604 | 113.65% | 44 |
| 4 | West Coast | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1591 | 1401 | 113.56% | 44 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1561 | 1413 | 110.47% | 40 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1538 | 1540 | 99.87% | 40 |
| 7 | Sydney | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1557 | 1336 | 116.54% | 36 |
| 8 | Essendon | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1717 | 1776 | 96.68% | 36 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1398 | 1480 | 94.46% | 36 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1706 | 1840 | 92.72% | 36 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1592 | 1436 | 110.86% | 34 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1451 | 1336 | 108.61% | 32 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1665 | 1696 | 98.17% | 28 |
| 14 | Carlton | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1683 | 2257 | 74.57% | 16 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1403 | 1886 | 74.39% | 12 |
| 16 | Richmond | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1476 | 1991 | 74.13% | 6 |
round 18 matches
friday
bulldogs v st kilda TD (N) 740pm
saturday
geelong v richmond SS 210pm
carlton v collingwood MCG 210pm
brisbane v north G (N) 710pm
adeliade v port AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
melbourne v sydney MO 110pm
hawthorn v essendon MCG 210pm
west coast v freo S (T) 440pm
Harrison’s world 