collingwood (2-3) vs essendon (2-3) mcg friday afternoon 210pm
collingwood returned to the winners list in style by 73 points over essendon. collingwood (3-3) face hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. essendon (2-4) host port sunday twillight.
COLLINGWOOD: 5.3, 11.7, 15.12, 23.16 (154)
ESSENDON: 5.2, 6.6, 7.7, 12.9 (81)
GOALS: Collingwood: Medhurst 6, Cloke 5, Lockyer 3, Davis 3, Johnson, Thomas, Goldsack, Swan, Wood, Didak
Essendon: Lloyd 3, Nash, Laycock, Fletcher, Reimers, Welsh, Stanton, Michael, Johns, Dyson
BEST: Collingwood: Medhurst, Pendlebury, Cloke, Swan, Johnson, Davis, H.Shaw
Essendon: Fletcher, Watson, Slattery, Houli, Stanton
freo (1-4) vs geelong (5-0) subiaco friday night 840pm
geelong hold off freo by 1 point in what could have been the upset of the year. geelong (6-0) host brisbane saturday afternoon. freo (1-5) travel to play melbourne at the g sunday.
FREMANTLE: 3.6, 8.6, 12.8, 13.10 (88)
GEELONG: 1.1, 8.4, 8.7, 13.11 (89)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 5, Solomon 2, Murphy, Crowley, Palmer, Sandilands, Farmer, Ibbotson 1
Geelong: S.Johnson 3, Mooney 3, Chapman 2, Milburn, Ablett, Wojcinski, Hawkins, Stokes 1
BEST: Fremantle: Sandilands, Pavlich, Crowley, Thornton, Farmer, Solomon, Johnson
Geelong: Selwood, Corey, S.Johnson, Enright, Mooney, Hunt, Kelly
carlton (2-3) vs adelaide (3-2) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
adelaide beat carlton by 5 goals. adeliade (4-2) host north saturday night. carlton (2-4) travel to west coast friday night.
CARLTON: 5.7, 7.11, 9.13, 11.15 (81)
ADELAIDE: 3.3, 6.7, 12.11, 16.15 (111)
GOALS: Carlton: Betts 2, Judd 2, Fisher, Fevola, Murphy, Cloke, Brown, Simpson, Stevens
Adelaide: Burton 4, Douglas 3, Porplyzia 2, Tippett 2, Bock, Goodwin, McLeod, Doughty, Vince
BEST: Carlton: Stevens, Scotland, Simpson, Carrazzo, Cloke
Adelaide: McLeod, Goodwin, Thompson, Shirley, Burton, Bock, Edwards
bulldogs (4-1-0) vs west coast (1-4) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
bulldogs afirm theire top 4 spot with a 10 goal win over west coast. bulldogs (5-1-0) travel to sydney suinday. west coast (1-5) host carlton friday night.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 7.3, 11.6, 19.10, 20.14 (134)
WEST COAST: 4.1, 8.3, 9.4, 11.8 (74)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Akermanis 4, Murphy 4, Hahn 2, Welsh 2, Cooney 2, Giansiracusa 2, Eagleton, Wight, Addison, Gilbee
West Coast: C Jones 3, McKinley 2, Lynch 2, Wirrpanda, Kerr, Braun, Kennedy
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Murphy, Akermanis, Cross, Cooney, Boyd, Gilbee, Lake
West Coast: Kerr, Wirrpanda, Embley, Cox
port (1-4) vs st kilda (3-2) Aami stadium saturday night 740pm
port beat st kilda by 21 points. port (2-4) travel to essendon sunday. st kilda (3-3) play richmond at the dome saturday night.
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.2, 6.5, 10.7, 12.10 (82)
ST KILDA: 0.2, 3.4, 7.5, 9.7 (61)
GOALS: PORT: Motlop 3, Tredrea 2, Boak 2, S.Burgoyne, Lade, Pettigrew, Ebert, Cassisi
ST KILDA: Riewoldt 3, Koschitzke 2, X. Clarke, Armitage, Gram, Montagna
BEST: PORT: K.Cornes, Salopek, Chaplin, P.Burgoyne, Cassisi, Tredrea, Surjan, Thomson
ST KILDA: Hayes, Montagna, Gram, Harvey, Birss
brisbane (2-3) vs melbourne (0-5) gabba sunday afternoon 110pm
brisbane returned to form with a 52 point win over melbourne. brisbane (3-3) travel to geelong saturday afternoon. melbourne (0-6) host freo sunday.
BRISBANE LIONS: 3.6, 10.13, 15.17, 19.23 (137)
MELBOURNE: 2.1, 5.2, 8.3, 13.7 (85)
GOALS: Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 6, Hooper 4, Corrie 3, Brown 2, Johnstone 2, Adcock, Rischitelli.
Melbourne: Jones 4, Wonaeamirri 3, Miller 2, Sylvia 2, Green, Robertson
BEST: Brisbane Lions: Black, Corrie, Macdonald, Hooper, Brennan, Bradshaw, Power
Melbourne: Jones, Moloney, Bruce, Green.
north (3-2) vs sydney (3-2) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
a controversal draw due to a interchange error between north and sydney. north (3-1-2) travel to adeliade saturday night. sydney (3-1-2) host bulldogs sunday.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 1.2, 3.7, 7.9, 9.10 (64)
SYDNEY: 3.5, 4.7, 6.10, 8.16 (64)
GOALS: North Melbourne: Hale 2, Jones 2, N. Thompson 2, Campbell, Harding, McIntosh
Sydney: O’Loughlin 3, Goodes 2, Bird, N. Davis, Jolly
BEST: North Melbourne: Petrie, Hale, Wells, Simpson, Harvey, Harris
Sydney: Goodes, Kennelly, Bevan, O’Keefe, Buchanan
hawthorn (5-0) vs richmond (2-1-2) mcg sunday twillight 440pm
hawks stay unbeaten by 2 goals over richmond. hawthorn (6-0) host collingwood saturday afternoon. richmond (2-1-3) host st kilda saturday night at the dome.
HAWTHORN: 4.7, 6.12, 10.18, 14.22 (106)
RICHMOND: 4.1, 6.1, 11.4, 15.4 (94)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Roughead 5, Williams 2, Osborne 2, Rioli 2, Franklin, Young, McGlynn
Richmond: Richardson 4, Brown 3, Morton 2, Riewoldt, Johnson, Tuck, Schulz, Tambling, Deledio
BEST: Hawthorn: Roughead, Hodge, Crawford, Rioli, Croad, Mitchell, Osborne
Richmond: Richardson, Tuck, Johnson, Brown, Moore, Foley
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 706 | 483 | 146.17% | 24 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 718 | 515 | 139.42% | 24 |
| 3 | Wstn Bulldogs | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 804 | 578 | 139.10% | 22 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 610 | 528 | 115.53% | 16 |
| 5 | Sydney | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 526 | 423 | 124.35% | 14 |
| 6 | Nth Melbourne | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 583 | 558 | 104.48% | 14 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 674 | 563 | 119.72% | 12 |
| 8 | Brisbane | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 622 | 593 | 104.89% | 12 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 541 | 564 | 95.92% | 12 |
| 10 | Richmond | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 634 | 637 | 99.53% | 10 |
| 11 | Carlton | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 591 | 651 | 90.78% | 8 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 567 | 625 | 90.72% | 8 |
| 13 | Essendon | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 589 | 756 | 77.91% | 8 |
| 14 | Fremantle | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 501 | 610 | 82.13% | 4 |
| 15 | West Coast | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 445 | 665 | 66.92% | 4 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 430 | 792 | 54.29% | 0 |
round 7 matches
friday
west coast v carlton S (N)
saturday
hawthorn v collingwood MCG
geelogn v brisbane SS
richmond v st kilda TD (N)
adelaide v north AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v bulldogs SCG
melborune v freo MCG
essendon v port TD (T)
Harrison’s world 