collingwood (12-9) vs north (12-9)
roos book a home final beating pies by 64 but because its now a top 8 the pies are still alive. north (13-9) host hawthorn collngwood (12-10) play west coast in the first week of the finals.
essendon (10-11) vs carlton (15-6) uor
dons stun blues by 18. essendon (11-11) finish 10th. carlton (15-7) host melbourne in the first week of the finals.
fitzroy (5-16) vs st kilda (6-1-14)
saints beat lions by 38. st kilda (7-1-14) finish 13th. fiztroy (5-17) finish 14th avoiding last for the final time.
hawthorn (12-9) vs adelaide (9-1-11)
hawks beat crows by 19. hawthorn (13-9) play north in the first week of the finals. adeliade (9-1-12) finish 11th.
richmond (12-9) vs geelong (12-9)
cats beat tigers by 76 costing the later a drought breaking finals appearence. geelong (13-9) host footsrcay in the first week of the finals. richmond (12-10) finish 9th.
sydney (4-17) vs melbourne (11-10)
dees sneak into finals giving swans their most recent wooden spoon by 46. melbourne (12-10) play carlton in the first week of the finals. sydney (4-18) finish 15th last.
west coast (15-6) vs footscray (13-8)
eagles beat dogs by 71 to finish 1st. west coast (16-6) host collingwood. foostcray (13-9) play geelong in the first week of the finals.
| West Coast | 117 | |
| Footscray | 46 |
bye brisbane (9-13) finish 12th.
ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Coast | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2078 | 1572 | 132.19 | 64 |
| 2 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2351 | 1774 | 132.53 | 60 |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2383 | 1848 | 128.95 | 52 |
| 4 | Geelong | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2403 | 2104 | 114.21 | 52 |
| 5 | Footscray | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2106 | 1905 | 110.55 | 52 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2188 | 2005 | 109.13 | 52 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2190 | 1879 | 116.55 | 48 |
| 8 | Collingwood | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2017 | 2019 | 99.90 | 48 |
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2033 | 2167 | 93.82 | 48 |
| 10 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2075 | 2119 | 97.92 | 44 |
| 11 | Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1876 | 2159 | 86.89 | 38 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1940 | 2195 | 88.38 | 36 |
| 13 | St. Kilda | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1809 | 2415 | 74.91 | 30 |
| 14 | Fitzroy | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1726 | 2456 | 70.28 | 20 |
| 15 | Sydney | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1987 | 2545 | 78.07 | 16 |
finals system
week 1 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5
two lowest losers out two highest winners get a week off
week 2 winner 3 v loser 1, winner 4 v loser 2
week 3 winner 1 v semi final 2, winner 2 v semi final 1
week 4 grand final
matches
geelong v footscray
north v hawthorn
carlton v melbourne
west coast v collingwood