st kilda (10-1-9) vs west coast (13-7) telstra dome friday night 740pm
west coast leave st kilda on life support in the finals race by 8 points. west coast (14-7) host essendon saturday afternonon. st kilda (10-1-10) play richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
ST KILDA: 5.5, 9.8, 10.9, 14.14 (98)
WEST COAST: 1.1, 6.4, 11.9, 16.10 (106)
GOALS: St Kilda: Riewoldt 4, Koschitzke 3, Gehrig 2, Ball, X. Clarke, Fiora, L. Fisher, Voss
West Coast: Lynch 5, LeCras 3, Wirrpanda 3, R. Jones 2, Fletcher, Hansen, Priddis
BEST: St Kilda: Riewoldt, S.Fisher, Hayes, Montagna, Dal Santo, Gilbert
West Coast: Priddis, Lynch, Glass, Cox, Cousins, Wirrpanda
carlton (4-16) vs north (12-8) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
north stay in the top 4 hunt handing carlton loss number 10 on the trot by 82 points. north (13-8) play bulldogs at the dome sunday. carlton (4-17) face melbourne at the g sunday.
CARLTON: 2.2, 4.9, 8.11, 11.13 (79)
KANGAROOS: 3.8, 9.11, 17.14, 24.17 (161)
GOALS: Carlton: Waite 3, Jackson 2, Whitnall 2, O’hAilpin, Gibbs, Kennedy, Ackland
Kangaroos: Edwards 4, Petrie 4, Sansbury 3, Grant 2, Swallow 2, Hale, Jones, Rawlings, Harvey, Wells, Simpson, Brown, McMahon, Lower
BEST: Carlton: Bentick, Carrazzo, Whitnall, Waite
Kangaroos: Harvey, Sansbury, Wells, Petrie, Edwards, Rawlings
freo (9-11) vs melbourne (4-16) subiaco saturday afternoon 410pm
freo may have their finals hopes all but over but a 59 point win over melbourne gives them one more chance. freo (10-11) travel to port saturday night. melbourne (4-17) host carlton sunday at the g.
FREMANTLE: 5.4, 14.6, 18.7, 22.12 (144)
MELBOURNE: 5.4, 6.7, 9.13, 12.13 (85)
GOALS: Fremantle: McPharlin 5, Farmer 3, Pavlich 3, Peake 2, Foster 2, Solomon Tarrant, Gilmore, J.Carr, McManus, Bell, Mundy 1
Melbourne: Robertson 3, Neitz 2, Green 2, Miller, Bode, Pickett, Ferguson, Newton 1
BEST: Fremantle: Bell, Mundy, McPharlin, Pavlich, Solomon, Gilmore, Farmer
Melbourne: McLean, Brown, Dunn, Robertson, Green
collingwood (12-8) vs sydney (11-1-8) mcg saturday night 710pm
collingwood saved several teams season while staying in the top 4 race by beating sydney by 25 points. collingwood (13-8) travel to adeliade friday night. sydney (11-1-9) host hawthorn sunday.
COLLINGWOOD: 3.6, 9.8, 12.10, 15.11 (101)
SYDNEY: 4.0, 7.4, 8.6, 11.10 (76)
GOALS: Collingwood: Rusling 4, Rocca 3, Thomas, Bryan, Medhurst, Clement, Swan, Didak, Burns, Pendlebury
Sydney: Hall 4, Davis 2, Kirk, Jolly, O’Keefe, O’Loughlin, Schneider,
BEST: Collingwood: Swan, Goldsack, Pendlebury, Richards, Burns
Sydney: Goodes, Kirk, Buchanan, Bolton, O’Keefe
adelaide (10-10) vs brisbane (9-2-9) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
adelaide get the ciitical 8th spot for the weak with only one game to go by 26 points over brisbane. adelaide (11-10) host collingwood friday night. brisbane (9-2-10) host geelong saturday night.
ADELAIDE: 3.1 6.7 10.13 12.14 (86)
BRISBANE LIONS: 3.0 3.1 5.8 8.12 (60)
GOALS: Adelaide: Goodwin, Porplyzia 2, Bock, Burton, Edwards, Gill, Johncock, McLeod, Thompson, Welsh
Brisbane Lions: Black, Copeland 2, Brown, Clark, Notting, Stiller
BEST: Adelaide: Burton, Reilly, Van Berlo, McLeod, Goodwin, Rutten
Brisbane Lions: Notting, Adcock, Merrett, Corrie, Sherman
bulldogs (9-1-10) vs hawthorn (12-8) telstra dome sunday afternoon 110pm
hawks end bulldogs hopes meaning 12 teams can still make the 8 matchmatically and staying 4th by 84 points. hawthorn (13-8) travel to sydney sunday. bulldogs (9-1-11) face north sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 5.3, 8.3, 10.6. 10.7 (67)
HAWTHORN: 1.7, 6.9, 13.14, 22.19 (151)
GOALS: Bulldogs: Gilbee 3, Darcy 2, Ray, Giansiracusa, Cooney, Akermanis, Skipper
Hawthorn: Hodge 6, Lewis 4, Dixon 3, Roughead 3, Franklin 2, Birchall, Campbell, Brown, Young
BEST: Bulldogs: Gilbee, West, Eagleton, Morris, McDougall
Hawthorn: Lewis, Hodge, Sewell, Mitchell, Crawford, Brown, Gilham, Young, Dixon
geelong (17-3) vs port (13-7) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
for the 2nd week running port had an impossible road trip and won ending geelongs 15 game winning streak by 5 points in another last minute win. port (14-7) host freo satruday night. geelong (17-4) travel to brisbane saturday night.
GEELONG: 2.1, 8.4, 10.7, 15.11 (101)
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.2, 9.3, 13.8, 16.10 (106)
GOALS: Geelong: N Ablett 3, S Johnson 3, Stokes 2, Varcoe, Mooney, Kelly, Mackie, Corey, Chapman, G Ablett
Port Adelaide: Ebert 3, S Burgoyne 3, Motlop 3, Westhoff 2, Salopek 2, Tredrea 2, Cassisi
BEST: Geelong: G Ablett, C Enright, P Chapman, A Mackie, J Hunt, J Kelly
Port Adelaide: C Cornes, K Cornes, S Burgoyne, S Salopek, P Burgoyne, J Surjan
essendon (10-10) vs richmond (2-1-17) mcg sunday twillight 510pm
for hirds last home game as a player and sheedys last home game as essendon coach few woudl have expected their season to be all but over in a 27 point loss to last place richmond. essendon (10-11) travel to west coast saturday afternoon. ricdhmond (3-1-17) host stkilda saturday afternoon.
ESSENDON: 5.3, 7.5, 9.11, 13.14 (92)
RICHMOND: 3.3, 7.9, 10.15, 17.17 (119)
GOALS: Essendon: Lloyd 4, Hille 2, Hird 2, Dempsey, Gumbleton, Lovett, McVeigh, Stanton
Richmond: Deledio 2, Newman 2, Pettifer 2, Riewoldt 2, J. Bowden, Brown, Foley, Johnson, Polak, Richardson, Tambling, Tivendale, Tuck
BEST: Essendon: Lloyd, Hird, Lovett, McVeigh
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2397 | 1561 | 153.56% | 68 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2197 | 1953 | 112.49% | 56 |
| 3 | West Coast | 21 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2030 | 1811 | 112.09% | 56 |
| 4 | Hawthorn | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2028 | 1714 | 118.32% | 52 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2026 | 1905 | 106.35% | 52 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 21 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1936 | 1898 | 102.00% | 52 |
| 7 | Sydney | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1890 | 1629 | 116.02% | 46 |
| 8 | Adelaide | 21 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1787 | 1637 | 109.16% | 44 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1772 | 1849 | 95.84% | 42 |
| 10 | Brisbane | 21 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1883 | 1740 | 108.22% | 40 |
| 11 | Fremantle | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2169 | 2081 | 104.23% | 40 |
| 12 | Essendon | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2060 | 2262 | 91.07% | 40 |
| 13 | Wstn Bulldogs | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2018 | 2312 | 87.28% | 38 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1751 | 2310 | 75.80% | 16 |
| 15 | Carlton | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2059 | 2772 | 74.28% | 16 |
| 16 | Richmond | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1866 | 2435 | 76.63% | 14 |
round 22 matches
friday
collingwood v adeliade TD (N) 740pm
saturday
richmond v st kilda MCG 210pm
west coast v essesndon S 410pm
brisbane v geelong G (N) 710pm
port v freo AAMI (N) 740pm
sunday
sydney v hawthorn SCG 110pm
north v bulldogs TD 210pm
melbourne v carlton MCG(t) 510pm
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