essendon (2-1) vs bulldogs (3-0) telstra dome friday night 740pm
bulldogs stay undefeated with a 30 point win over esssendon. bulldog (4-0) host richmond sunday. essendon (2-2) play st kilda at the dome friday night.
ESSENDON: 1.2, 7.7, 14.12, 14.14 (98)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 5.4, 10.6, 13.8, 19.14 (128)
GOALS: Essendon: Stanton 3, Davey 2, Hille 2, McVeigh 2, Laycock, Lovett, Lovett-Murray, Reimers, Winderlich
Western Bulldogs: Welsh 3, Akermanis 2, Giansiracusa 2, Griffen 2, Harbrow 2, Minson 2, Cooney, Eagleton, Hahn, Johnson, Lake, Murphy
BEST: Essendon: Fletcher, McVeigh, Stanton, Hille, Davey, Ryder
Western Bulldogs: Akermanis, Cross, Griffen, Lake, Welsh, Hudson
st kilda (2-1) vs geelong (3-0) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
geelong beat st kilda by 7 goals. geelong (4-0) host sydney saturday afternoon. st kilda (2-2) host essendon friday night.
ST KILDA: 4.7, 7.8, 10.11, 13.16 (94)
GEELONG: 4.0, 10.6, 17.9, 21.10 (136)
GOALS: St Kilda: Riewoldt 3, Koschitzke 3, Milne 2, Gilbert 2, Gehrig 2, L.Fisher,
Geelong: Johnson 4, Mooney 3, Hawkins 3, Kelly 2, Wojcinski 2, Stokes 2, Gamble, Chapman, Ling, Selwood, Hunt
BEST: St Kilda: Hayes, Ball, Goddard, King, Riewoldt, Montagna
Geelong: Johnson, Bartel, Corey, Kelly, Stokes, Scarlett, Ling
north (1-2) vs melbourne (0-3) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
melbourne go from bad to worse in a 8 goal loss to north. north (2-2) play collingwood at the g saturday night. melbourne (0-4) host carlton sunday at the g.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 4.8, 8.11, 13.15, 18.19 (127)
MELBOURNE: 1.0, 3.6, 5.10, 11.13 (79)
GOALS: North Melbourne: Thompson 5, Edwards 3, Thomas 3, Jones 2, Campbell 2, Grant, Smith, Harvey
Melbourne: Robertson 3, Davey 2, Wonaeamirri 2, Dunn, McLean, White, Wheatley
BEST: North Melbourne: Harvey, Power, Thompson, Brown, Firrito, Campbell
Melbourne: Bruce, White, McDonald, Sylvia, Wheatley
sydney (2-1) vs west coast (1-2) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
a bad incident that got barry hall out for 8 weeks didn’t hurt sydney in a 62 point win over west coast. sydney (3-1) travel to geelong saturday afternoon. west coast (1-3) host port sunday twillight.
SYDNEY: 4.2, 8.6,12.8, 16.11 (107)
WEST COAST: 1.2, 2.3, 4.5, 5.15 (45)
GOALS: Sydney O’Loughlin 4, McVeigh 2, Barlow 2, Hall, Mattner, Goodes, O’Keefe, Kirk, J.Bolton, Jolly, Jack
West Coast: McKinley 4, Armstrong
BEST: Sydney: Mattner, Kirk, Kennelly, Goodes, O’Loughlin
West Coast: Matt Rosa, Ben McInley
port (0-3) vs brisbane (1-2) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
a 53 point turnaround in one quarter got brisbane a 20 point win over port (who are still suffering from a grand final hangover). brisbane (2-2) host hawthorn saturday night. port (0-4) travel to west coast sunday twillight.
PORT ADELAIDE: 6.3, 10.5, 15.7, 16.8 (104)
BRISBANE LIONS: 2.2, 4.6, 9.10, 18.16 (124)
GOALS:PORT: C.Cornes 2, Rodan 2, Tredrea 2, Surjan 2, Cassisi, Brogan, K.Cornes, Westhoff, Ebert, Salopek, Pearce, S.Burgoyne
BRISBANE: Bradshaw 5, Brown 4, Corrie, Mills, Black, Rischitelli, Adcock, Notting, Johnstone, Stiller, Hooper
BEST: PORT: Salopek, Carlile, C.Cornes, Brogan, Rodan, Boak
BRISBANE: Black, Bradshaw, Macdonald, Johnstone, Power, Sherman, Corrie, Brown, Lappin
hawthorn (3-0) vs adeliade (2-1) auoura stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
hawthorn beat adelaide by 44 points. hawthorn (4-0) travel to brisbane saturday night. adelaide (2-2) host freo saturday afternoon.
HAWTHORN: 3.4, 8.5, 14.8, 17.12 (114)
ADELAIDE: 2.2, 5.5, 8.7, 10.10 (70)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 6, Williams 3, Bateman 2, Clarke, Crawford, Hodge, Rioli, Roughead, Young
Adelaide: Burton 2, Stevens 2, Edwards, Goodwin, McGregor, Symes, Thompson, Vince
BEST: Hawthorn: Bateman, Franklin, Young, Rioli, Guerra, Hodge
Adelaide: Doughty, Porplyzia, Edwards, Symes
carlton (0-3) vs collingwood (2-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
carlton break a 14 game losing streak by 23 points over the old enermy collingwood. carlton (1-3) play melbourne at the g sunday. collingwood (2-2) host north saturday night at the g.
CARLTON: 6.0, 10.2, 12.6, 17.9 (111)
COLLINGWOOD: 3.4, 6.6, 7.9, 13.10 (88)
GOALS: Carlton: Fevola 7, Fisher 2, Gibbs, Hadley, O’hAilpin, Betts, Stevens, Pfeiffer, Grigg, Simpson
Collingwood: Brown 2, L Davis 2, Thomas 2, Didak, Medhurst, Pendlebury, Cloke, Swan, Clarke, Rocca
BEST: Carlton: Fevola, Murphy, Gibbs, Waite, Judd, Scotland, Stevens, Thornton, Bower, Carazzo
Collingwood: Johnson, Swan, Wakelin, Clarke, R Shaw
freo (1-2) vs richmond(1-2) subiaco sunday afternoon 440pm
richmond stun freo by 64 points. richmond (2-2) play bulldogs sunday at the dome. freo (1-3) play adeliade saturday afternoon on the road.
FREMANTLE: 3.3, 6.7, 8.9, 10.13 (73)
RICHMOND: 5.7, 10.11, 14.13, 20.17 (137)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 3, McPharlin 2, Farmer, Tarrant, Mayne, Crowley, Bell 1
Richmond: Richardson 4, Tambling 3, Hyde 3, Brown 2, Morton 2, Polak, McMahon, Edwards, Deledio, Newman, Tuck 1
BEST: Fremantle: Pavlich, McPharlin, Bell, Gilmore, Mayne
Richmond: Richardson, Johnson, Foley, Simmonds, McMahon, Tambling, Brown
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Hawthorn | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 482 | 303 | 159.08% | 16 |
| 2 | Geelong | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 503 | 323 | 155.73% | 16 |
| 3 | Wstn Bulldogs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 540 | 374 | 144.39% | 16 |
| 4 | Sydney | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 390 | 245 | 159.18% | 12 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 415 | 370 | 112.16% | 8 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 411 | 376 | 109.31% | 8 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 407 | 389 | 104.63% | 8 |
| 8 | Richmond | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 410 | 401 | 102.24% | 8 |
| 9 | Brisbane | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 367 | 378 | 97.09% | 8 |
| 10 | St Kilda | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 357 | 395 | 90.38% | 8 |
| 11 | Essendon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 421 | 479 | 87.89% | 8 |
| 12 | Carlton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 409 | 472 | 86.65% | 4 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 342 | 433 | 78.98% | 4 |
| 14 | West Coast | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 267 | 403 | 66.25% | 4 |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 357 | 460 | 77.61% | 0 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 277 | 554 | 50.00% | 0 |
round 5 matches
friday
st kilda v essendon TD (N)
saturday
geelong v sydney SS
adeliade v freo AAMI
brisbane v hawrthorn G (N)
collingwood v north MCG (N)
sunday
melbourne v carlton MCG
bulldogs v richmond TD
west coast v port S (T)
Harrison’s world 