in the crulest finish of the year almost the hawks lost by 1 point to ricmhond. carlton smashed west coast by 71 points. brisbane beat geelong by 11. collingwood secured the minor premership by 2 points over port and sydney stayed alive beating freo by 29 points. newcastle stun storm 26-18 while cowboys beat eels 24-16 and roosters hold off titans 36-18. pondering to the extreme right will only destroy duttons chances of being pm. the liberals were disgraceful taking money from public schools and giving them to wealthy private schools that don’t nearly as much goverement funding. perth glory who were the best nsl team by results are now in receivership probably due to the change to the a-league nearly 20 years ago has seen their success dry up.