essendon (12-8) vs bulldogs (14-6)
dogs beat dons by 11 in a critical match. bulldogs (15-6) essendon (12-9)
richmond (11-9) vs brisbane (4-1-15)
two years after the merge brisbane have goenf rom one game short of a grand to wooden spooners losing to tigers by 77 keeping the tigers in the finals race. richmond (12-9) brisbane (4-1-16)
st kilda (12-8) vs west coast (12-8)
saints bounce back against eagles by 8. st kilda (13-8) west coast (12-9)
adelaide (12-8) vs north (14-6)
roos go 8 staright against crows by 13. north (15-6) adelaide (12-9)
collingwood (7-13) vs carlton (7-13)
blues beat pies by 55. carlton (8-13) collignwood (7-14)
| Collingwood | 63 | |
| Carlton | 118 |
freo (7-13) vs port (8-1-11)
port beat dockers by 53. port (9-1-11) freo (7-14)
hawthorn (6-14) vs geelong (8-12)
hawks stun cats by 21. hawthorn (7-14) geelong (8-13)
melbourne (12-8) vs sydney (13-7)
dees beat swans by 31. swans maybe 3rd but aren’t mathmatically in the finals yet. melbourne (13-8) sydney (13-8)
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| NM | 21 | 60 | 118.12 |
| WB | 21 | 60 | 117.79 |
| SYD | 21 | 52 | 106.29 |
| STK | 21 | 52 | 102.24 |
| MELB | 21 | 52 | 98.79 |
| ADEL | 21 | 48 | 122.83 |
| WCE | 21 | 48 | 111.52 |
| ESS | 21 | 48 | 109.72 |
| RICH | 21 | 48 | 109.37 |
| PORT | 21 | 38 | 98.14 |
| CARL | 21 | 32 | 92.84 |
| GEEL | 21 | 32 | 89.38 |
| HAW | 21 | 28 | 91.10 |
| COLL | 21 | 28 | 90.87 |
| FREM | 21 | 28 | 78.90 |
| BRIS | 21 | 18 | 74.85 |
round 22 matches
north v bulldogs gor
geelong v essndon
hawthorn v freo
brisbane v st kilda
adeliade v west coast
melbourne v richmond
sydney v collingwood
port v carlton
so sydney, mlebourne and st kilda are safe only because of crows/eagles clash. roos and bulldogs will verse to decide the minor premership.