essendon v hawthorn
hawks almost produce one of the all time finals upsets after at 1/2 time it looked like this would be a formality but fell 9 points short despite missing a shot to get the lead in the last quarter. dons will play lions in the grand.
ESS 4.2 8.7 8.8 11.10 (76)
HAW 2.6 2.7 5.11 9.13 (67)
GOALS: ESS – Alessio 2, Lucas 2, Heffernan, Rioli, Blumfield, Caracella, Wellman, Misiti, Barnard; HAW – Holland 3, Cox, Woods, Barlow, Greene, Thompson, Dixon
BEST: ESS – Fletcher, Misiti, Alessio, Solomon, Wellman, Jacobs, Heffernan; HAW – Hay, Harford, Thompson, Lekkas, Chick, Greene, Rawlings
INJURY: ESS – Hird (groin), Mercuri (ankle), Wallis (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Bolton; HAW – Dixon (ankle), Barker (ankle)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 86,468 at MCG
brisbane v richmond
3rd attempt but brisbane are in the grand ending the tigers by 68 in win 15 on the trot them against dons will be a ripper for the flag.
BRIS 6.1 12.6 16.11 20.16 (136)
RICH 4.1 6.4 7.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 4, Voss 3, Lappin 3, C. Scott 2, Akermanis 2, Black, B. Scott, Notting, Keating, Copeland, Bradshaw; RICH – Tivendale 3, Holland 2, Richardson 2, Campbell, Cameron, Torney
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Keating, Brown, C. Scott, White, Lappin; RICH – Knights, Gaspar, Cameron, Holland, Chaffey, Sziller
REPORTS: BRIS – Michael for wrestling Hall, White wrestling Hall; RICH – Hall for wrestling White
UMPIRES: James, Allen, McLaren
ATTENDANCE: 37,032 (ground record) at Gabba
grand final
essendon v brisbane
Harrison’s world 