richmond (7-8) vs melbourne (6-9)
tigers regain 8th but for how long beating dees by 25. richmond (8-8) melbourne (6-10)
st kilda (8-7) vs brisbane (9-6)
lions beat saints by 39. brisbane (10-6) st kilda (8-8)
bulldogs (9-1-5) vs adelaide (6-9)
dogs beat crows by 2. bulldogs (10-1-5) adelaide (6-10)
north (11-4) vs geelong (6-9)
roos beat cats by 55. north (12-4) geelong (6-10)
carlton (8-7) vs essendon (11-4)
dons beat blues by 76. essendon (12-4) carlton (8-8)
hawthorn (5-1-9) vs collignwood (2-13)
pies beat hawks by 32. collingwood (3-13) hawthorn (5-1-10)
| Hawthorn | 92 | |
| Collingwood | 124 |
port (8-7) vs sydney (8-7)
it only took 3 years but port might be in the finals for the first time beating swans by 8. port (9-7) brisbane (8-8)
west coast (11-4) vs freo (4-11) uor
after 9 failures the dockers win their first derby in a massive upset over eagles by 47. freo (5-11) West coast (11-5)
| West Coast | 72 | |
| Fremantle | 119 |
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| ESS | 16 | 48 | 122.11 |
| NM | 16 | 48 | 113.93 |
| WCE | 16 | 44 | 124.29 |
| WB | 16 | 42 | 116.47 |
| BRIS | 16 | 40 | 127.44 |
| PORT | 16 | 36 | 93.20 |
| STK | 16 | 32 | 102.80 |
| RICH | 16 | 32 | 99.08 |
| SYD | 16 | 32 | 98.31 |
| CARL | 16 | 32 | 92.69 |
| ADEL | 16 | 24 | 90.46 |
| GEEL | 16 | 24 | 87.86 |
| MELB | 16 | 24 | 84.94 |
| HAW | 16 | 22 | 84.82 |
| FREM | 16 | 20 | 92.55 |
| COLL | 16 | 12 | 87.23 |
round 17 matches
melbounre v st kilda
essendon v north gor
geelong v bulldogs
sydney v richmond
freo v port
adelaide v hawthorn
brisbane v west coast
collingwood v carlton