collingwood (1-7) vs adeliade (2-6)
pies break drought against crows by 3. collingwood (2-7) adelaide (2-7)
COL 1.2 4.6 7.10 9.14 (68)
ADE 5.2 6.5 7.8 9.11 (65)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Didak, Lonie, Richards, Rocca; ADE – McLeod 2, Bock, Carey, Edwards, Hudson, Jericho, Johncock, Welsh
BEST: COL – Licuria, Tarrant, Wakelin, Johnson, Cole; ADE – McGregor, Ricciuto, McLeod, Jericho
UMPIRES: McLaren, Ellis, Jeffery
ATTENDANCE: 37,881 at Telstra Dome
melbourne (6-2) vs north (4-4)
dees beat roos by 18. melbouurne (7-2) north (4-5)
MELB 3.5 7.10 11.14 13.18 (96)
KANG 2.2 4.5 8.9 11.12 (78)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 4, Green 2, Bruce 2, Davey 2, Yze, Johnstone, Vardy;
KANG – Rawlings 2, Rocca 2, Harding 2, Brown, Motlop, Petrie, Harvey, Sansbury
BEST: MELB – White, Brown, Rivers, Whelan, Miller, Heffernan; KANG – Simpson, Makepeace, Harris, Stevens, Colbert
INJURY: KANG – Colbert (concussion) McKernan (quad) – a late withdrawal.- replaced by Sansbury; MELB – Bizzell (fractured cheekbone)
Bizzell will miss 4-6 weeks
UMPIRES: McBurney, Meredith, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 31,291 at the MCG
freo (5-3) vs brisbane (6-2)
freo beat lions by 59. freo (6-3) brisbane (6-3)
FRE 5.6 10.8 15.14 20.17 (137)
BRIS 3.4 8.5 9.7 11.12 (78)
GOALS: FRE: Medhurst 9, Farmer 3, Waterhouse, Bell 2, Longmuir, Hasleby, Polak, Pavlich; BRIS – Power, Pike 3, Pratt, Adcock, Akermanis, Johnson, Voss
BEST: FRE – Medhurst, Hasleby, Bell, Pavlich, Farmer; BRIS – Akermanis, Power, Hart, Pike, B Scott
INJURY: BRIS – Keating (shoulder), Michael (thigh)
CHANGES: FRE – Waterhouse in for Sandilands; BRIS – Pratt in for McRae
UMPIRES: Rosebury, Allen, Margetts
ATTENDANCE: 32,575 at Subiaco Oval
geelong (4-4) vs essendon (6-2) uor
cats stun dons by 23. geelong (5-4) essendon (6-3)
GEEL 6.5 10.6 13.10 18.12 (120)
ESS 6.1 8.8 12.11 14.13 (97)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 7, Chapman 3, Graham 2, Kelly 2, Haynes, Riccardi, Milburn, Ling; ESS – M. Johnson 3, Lovett-Murray 2, Lloyd 2, Cupido, Hille, J. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Solomon, Murphy, McPhee
BEST: GEEL – Scarlett, Kingsley, Ling, Kelly, Mooney, Chapman, Riccardi, Haynes;
ESS – Solomon, M Johnson, J. Johnson, McPhee, Rioli, Murphy
CHANGES: GEEL – Gardiner (ankle) replaced in selected side by Enright; ESS – Haynes (quad) replaced in selected side by Dyson
UMPIRES: James, Kennedy, Woodcock
Crowd: 51,400 at Telstra Dome
port (5-3) vs richmond (4-4)
port destroy tigers by 13 goals. port (6-3) richmond (4-5)
PA 4.6 9.10 12.12 19.14 (128)
RICH 0.2 1.3 4.4 7.8 (50)
GOALS: PA – White 3, Salopek 3, Tredrea 3, Brogan 2, S. Burgoyne 2, Ebert, Cochrane, Dew, Mahoney, P. Burgoyne, Wilson; RICH – Bowden 2, Krakouer, Richardson, Schulz, Stafford, Tivendale
BEST: PA – C. Cornes, Tredrea, Wilson, K. Cornes, James, White, Bishop; RICH – Bowden, Johnson, Campbell
INJURY: PA – Schofield (thigh), Ebert (jarred shoulder), Salopek (ankle); RICH – Ottens (knee), Stafford (foot)
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Schmitt, Rowston
ATTENDANCE: 25,761 at AAMI Stadium
sydney (3-5) vs hawthorn (2-6)
swans edge hawks by 1 point and a milmeter. sydney (4-5) hawthorn (2-7)
SYD 4.4 5.8 10.13 11.14 (80)
HAW 0.1 5.3 8.4 12.7 (79)
GOALS: SYD – Sydney: Hall 2, O’Keefe 2, O’Loughlin 2, Kirk, Maxfield, Saddington, Crouch, J. Bolton; HAW – Vandenberg 3, Croad 3, Ladson 2, Crawford, Jacobs, Everitt, Ries
BEST: SYD – Sydney: Kirk, Crouch, Hall, Mathews; HAW – Vandenberg, Crawford, Lekkas, Ladson
UMPIRES: Rowe, Head, Ryan
ATTENDANCE: 25127 at SCG
st kilda (8-0) vs west coast (3-5)
saints may finally get 2nd flag beating eagles by 101. st kilda (9-0) west coast (3-6)
STK 6.4 13.7 19.9 26.13 (169)
WCE 3.3 6.8 9.10 9.14 (68)
GOALS: STK – Guerra 7, Gehrig 5, Milne 4, Hamill 4, Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke, X Clarke, Hudghton, Jones; WCE – Matera 2, Sampi 2, Gaspar 2, McDougall, Morrison, Selwood
BEST: STK- Guerra, Riewoldt, Jones, Gehrig, Hamill, Dal Santo, Ball, Milne, Hayes, Powell; WCE – Cousins, Judd, Fletcher
INJURY: STK – Fisher (hamstring); WCE – Staker (knee/concussion); Selwood (groin)
REPORTS: STK – Koschitzke reported for striking Chambers by field umpire McLaren
UMPIRES: Avon, Nicholls, Goldspink
ATTENDANCE: 30,000 at Telstra Dome
carlton (3-5) vs bulldogs (2-6)
dogs beat blues by 25. bulldogs (3-6) carlton (3-6)
WB 7.3 10.5 16.5 16.8 (104)
CARL 5.1 10.4 12.4 12.7 (79)
GOALS: WB – Rawlings 4, Hahn 3, Darcy 2, Johnson 2, Robbins 2, Bowden, Eagleton, Smith; Fevola 3, Fisher 2, Scotland 2, Whitnall 2, Davies, Deluca, French
BEST: WB – Smith, Darcy, Hahn, Koops, Johnson, Murphy, Rawlings; CARL – Lappin, Stevens, Teague, Bowyer, Houlihan
INJURY: CARL – French (prolapsed lumbar disc in back); Hulme (groin)
French remained in hospital as of this writing and the extent of the injury will be known next week, but it could mean either surgery which would probably rule him out for most of the season or several weeks on the sidelines and in some serious rehab therapy
UMPIRES: Davis, Coates, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 26,041 at Optus Oval
ladder
W L FOR AGST % PTS
STK 9 0 1067 675 158.07 36
MELB 7 2 1002 759 132.02 28
BRIS 6 3 936 786 119.08 24
PA 6 3 1001 848 118.04 24
FRE 6 3 809 687 117.76 24
ESS 6 3 949 939 101.06 24
GEEL 5 4 826 788 104.82 20
SYD 4 5 802 777 103.22 16
KANG 4 5 911 889 102.47 16
RICH 4 5 685 914 74.95 16
WB 3 6 895 987 90.68 12
CARL 3 6 767 912 84.10 12
WCE 3 6 850 1031 82.44 12
ADE 2 7 779 889 87.63 8
HAW 2 7 726 896 81.03 8
COL 2 7 696 924 75.32 8
round 10 matches
friday
essendon v freo
saturday
hawthorn v adelaide gor
west coast v richmond
north v collingwood
bulldogs v sydney
sunday
melborune v brisbane
carlton v st kilda
port v geelong