st kilda (2-2) vs essendon (2-2) telstra dome friday night 740pm
despite good kicking essendon lost by 6 goals to st kilda. st kilda (3-2) travel to port saturday night. essendon (2-3) play collingwood on anzac day friday.
ST KILDA: 5.3, 12.9, 14.12, 18.15 (123)
ESSENDON: 3.0, 6.1, 12.1, 14.3 (87)
GOALS: St Kilda: Riewoldt 3, Armitage 2, Ball 2, C. Gardiner 2, Koschitzke 2, Milne 2, X. Clarke, Dempster, Hayes, King, Montagna
Essendon: Houli 2, Lovett 2, McPhee 2, Stanton 2, Laycock, Nash, Pears, Ramanauskas, Ryder, Welsh
BEST: St Kilda: Hayes, Harvey, Riewoldt, Hudghton, Milne, Dal Santo
Essendon: Houli, Hille, Slattery, Fletcher
geelong (4-0) vs sydney (3-1) skilled stadium saturday afternoon 210pm
geelongs title defence continues strong with a 7 goal win over sydney. geelong (5-0) travel to freo friday night. sydney (3-2) play north sunday at the dome.
GEELONG: 6.2, 7.8, 8.13, 16.18 (114)
SYDNEY: 1.2, 6.7, 7.9, 10.12 (72)
GOALS: Geelong: Johnson 4, Stokes 4, Ablett 3, Bartel 2, Wojcinski, Hunt, Mooney
Sydney: Barlow 2, Moore 2, Davis, J.Bolton, O’Keefe, Jolly, Bevan, Ablett
BEST: Geelong: Ablett, Johnson, Ling, Bartel, Selwood, Chapman
Sydney: Jolly, Kirk, McVeigh, Mattner, Barry
adeliade (2-2) vs freo (1-3) aami stadium saturday afternoon 310pm
adelaide beat freo by 17 points. adelaide (3-2) travel to play carlton saturday afternoon at the g. freo (1-4) host geelong friday night.
ADELAIDE: 3.4, 6.6, 8.13, 12.16 (88)
FREMANTLE: 1.2, 2.5, 6.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Goodwin 3, Burton 3, Porplyzia 2, McLeod 2, Tippett, Thompson
FREMANTLE: Farmer 3, Johnson 2, McPharlin 2, Hinkley, Thornton, Solomon
BEST: ADELAIDE: McLeod, Symes, Doughty, Bassett, Bock, Goodwin, Burton
FREMANTLE: Palmer, Johnson, Bell, Hayden, Drum, Schammer
brisbane (2-2) vs hawthorn (4-0) gabba saturday night 710pm
in a two man shootout hawks remain unbeaten by 2 goals over brisbane. hawthorn (5-0) host richmond sunday twillight. brisbane (2-3) host melbourne sunday.
BRISBANE: 5.3, 9.7, 14.11, 17.16 (118)
HAWTHORN: 4.5, 10.9, 14.13, 19.16 (130)
GOALS: Brisbane: Bradshaw 7, Johnstone, McGrath 2, Adcock, Begley, Charman, Corrie, Hooper, Leuenberger
Hawthorn: Franklin 8, Williams, Rioli 2, Ellis, Hodge, Mitchell, Osborne, Roughead, Sewell, Young
BEST: Brisbane: Bradshaw, Black, Power, Selwood, Johnstone, Sherman
Hawthorn: Franklin, Sewell, Crawford, Mitchell, Birchall, Ladson
collingwood (2-2) vs north (2-2) mcg saturday night 710pm
north beat collingwood by 7 points. north (3-2) host sydney sunday. collingwood (2-3) host essendon friday afternoon on anzac day.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 3.4, 5.9, 9.12, 16.16 (112)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.4, 8.6, 10.11, 15.15 (105)
NORTH MELBOURNE: Thomas 3, Campbell 3, Grant 3, Thompson 2, Lower 2, Simpson, Jones, Hale
GOALS: COLLINGWOOD: Medhurst 5, Fraser 4, Davis 2, Pendlebury, Didak, Rocca, R Shaw
BEST: NORTH MELBOURNE: Harvey, Grant, Harding, Power, McIntosh, Smith
COLLINGWOOD: Lockyer, Medhurst, R Shaw, Fraser, Pendlebury, Didak
melbourne (0-4) vs carlton (1-3) mcg sunday afternoon 110pm
carlton beat melbourne by 33 points. carlton (2-3) host adeliade saturday afternoon. melbourne (0-5) travel to brisbane sunday.
MELBOURNE: 1.3, 4.5, 4.9, 9.14 (68)
CARLTON: 3.3, 10.6, 12.10, 15.11 (101)
GOALS: Melbourne: Green 4, Robertson 2, Jamar, Jones, McDonald
Carlton: Fevola 7, Judd 3, Fisher, Kreuzer, Murphy, S. O’hAilpin, Pfeiffer
BEST: Melbourne: Green, Robertson, Bruce, Whelan, McLean
Carlton: Judd, Fevola, Scotland, Carrazzo, Waite, Murphy
bulldogs (4-0) vs richmond (2-2) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs and richmond play first draw of the season. bulldogs (4-1-0) host west coast saturday night. richmond (2-1-2) play hawthorn sunday twrillight.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 4.10, 9.11, 12.14, 19.16 (130)
RICHMOND: 4.2, 9.3, 15.8, 20.10 (130)
GOALS: Bulldogs: Gilbee 3, Minson 3, Johnson 2, Akermanis, Hahn, Hudson, Cooney, Hill, Hargrave, Lake, Giansiracusa, Griffen, Cross, Murphy
Richmond: Richardson 3, Brown 3, Riewoldt 3, Deledio 2, Edwards 2, Morton 2, Polak, Schulz, Hyde, White, Simmonds
BEST: Bulldogs: Akermanis, Boyd, Giansiracusa, Cooney, Gilbee, Minson
Richmond: Johnson, Deledio, Richardson, Schulz, King, Thursfield, White
west coast (1-3) vs port (0-4) subiaco sunday twillight 440pm
port finally recover from last years grand final in a 4 goal win over west coast. port (1-4) host st kilda saturday night. west coast (1-4) play bulldogs saturday night at the dome.
WEST COAST: 3.3, 5.4, 9.5, 16.8 (104)
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.7, 10.11, 15.11, 19.14 (128)
GOALS: West Coast: McKinley 5, Lynch 2, Wirrpanda 2, Selwood 2, Cox, Armstrong, Spangher, C.Jones, Kerr 1
Port Adelaide: Ebert 4, Motlop 4, S.Burgoyne 3, Thomson 2, Tredrea 2, Lade, Westhoff, Rodan, Cassisi
BEST: West Coast: McKinley, Wirrpanda, Selwood, Embley
Port Adelaide: K.Cornes, Motlop, Rodan, C.Cornes, Cassisi, S.Burgoyne, P.Burgoyne, Ebert
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 617 | 395 | 156.20% | 20 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 612 | 421 | 145.37% | 20 |
| 3 | Wstn Bulldogs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 670 | 504 | 132.94% | 18 |
| 4 | Sydney | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 462 | 359 | 128.69% | 12 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 499 | 447 | 111.63% | 12 |
| 6 | Nth Melbourne | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 519 | 494 | 105.06% | 12 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 480 | 482 | 99.59% | 12 |
| 8 | Richmond | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 540 | 531 | 101.69% | 10 |
| 9 | Collingwood | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 520 | 482 | 107.88% | 8 |
| 10 | Brisbane | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 485 | 508 | 95.47% | 8 |
| 11 | Carlton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 510 | 540 | 94.44% | 8 |
| 12 | Essendon | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 508 | 602 | 84.39% | 8 |
| 13 | Port Adelaide | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 485 | 564 | 85.99% | 4 |
| 14 | Fremantle | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 413 | 521 | 79.27% | 4 |
| 15 | West Coast | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 371 | 531 | 69.87% | 4 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 345 | 655 | 52.67% | 0 |
round 6 matches
friday
collingwood v essendon MCG
freo v geelong S (N)
saturday
carlton v adeliade MCG
bulldogs v west coast TD (N)
port v st kilda AAMI (N)
sunday
brisbane v melbourne G
north v sydney TD
hawthorn v richmond MCG (T)
Harrison’s world 