collingwood (5-10) vs essendon (5-10)
dons beat pies by 26. essendon (6-10) collingwood (5-11)
ESS 6.1 10.5 18.5 21.5 (131)
COL 2.1 5.4 8.9 15.15 (105)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 8, Lucas 5, Stanton, Dyson, Cartledge, Winderlich, J. Johnson, McVeigh, Bradley, Peverill; COL – Buckley 5, Egan 2, Davis 2, Licuria 2, Maxwell, Tarrant, Holland, O’Bree
BEST: ESS – Lloyd, Stanton, Lucas, Fletcher, Peverill, J. Johnson, Rioli, M. Johnson;
COL – Buckley, Holland, Egan, Licuria, Clement
INJURY: ESS – Rioli (ankle); COL – T. Cloke (bruised hip)
CHANGES: COL – Sean Rusling replaced in the selected side by Richard Cole
UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, Jeffery
CROWD: 52,507 at the MCG
richmmond (9-6) vs st kilda (8-7)
saints smash tigers by 69. st kilda (9-7) richmond (9-7)
STK 1.4 6.5 9.8 16.10 (106)
RICH 3.2 4.4 4.6 5.7 (37)
GOALS: StK – Koschitzke 5, Milne 3, Gehrig 2, Guerra, Peckett, Ackland, Thompson, Jones, Powell; RICH – Richardson 2, Hilton 2, Deledio
BEST: StK – Koschitzke, Dal Santo, Hayes, Peckett, Jones, Maguire, Fisher, Hudghton, Powell; RICH – Richmond: Tuck, Coughlan, Deledio, Chaffey, Bowden
INJURY: RICH – Gaspar (hamstring), Campbell (calf), Simmonds (hip)
UMPIRES: Margetts, Grun, Stevic
CROWD: 40,043 at the MCG
geelong (9-6) vs port (7-1-7)
ports title defence is in doubt losing to cats by 79. geelong (10-6) port (7-1-8)
GEEL 3.4 10.10 13.16 18.18 (126)
PA 2.1 4.1 5.3 7.5 (47)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 5, Bartel 3, Chapman 2, Milburn 2, Thurley 2, Ablett, Playfair, Hunt, Ling; PA – Tredrea 3, Dew, Ebert, Kingsley, Lade
BEST: GEEL – Bartel, Milburn, Corey, Hunt, Koulouriotis, Scarlett, Ling, Kingsley; PA – K. Cornes, S. Burgoyne, P. Burgoyne, C. Cornes, Kingsley
INJURY: GEEL – Johnson (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Head, McInerney, Pannell
CROWD: 19,362 at Skilled Stadium
melbourne (9-6) vs sydney (9-6)
swans beat dees by 26. sydney (10-6) melbourne (9-7)
SYD 6.2 8.5 14.5 16.8 (104)
MELB 4.3 6.7 8.10 11.12 (78)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 7, Davis 2, O’Loughlin, Goodes, Mathews, O’Keefe, Jolly, Kirk, Buchanan; MELB – Neitz 6, Johnstone 2, Sylvia, Holland, Davey
BEST: SYD – Goodes, Hall, Kirk, O’Keefe, Bolton, O’Loughlin; Neitz, Moloney, Whelan, Johnstone, White, McDonald
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Nicholls, Wenn
CROWD: 28,749 at Telstra Dome
west coast (14-1) vs brisbane (8-7)
eagles beat lions by 23. west coast (15-1) Brisbane (8-8)
WCE 8.3 10.7 13.8 17.9 (111)
BRIS 1.3 4.8 6.10 13.10 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Cousins 4, Chick 3, Lynch 3, Gardiner 2, Nicoski, Judd, Matera, Braun, McDougall; BRIS – Bradshaw 4, Notting 3, Merrett 2, Corrie 2, Voss, McGrath
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Judd, Fletcher, Wirrpunda, Lynch, Braun; BRIS – Black, Power, Adcock, Johnson, Voss, Notting
INJURY: WCE – Jones (leg); BRIS – Charman (quad)
CHANGES: WCE – Hansen (quad) replaced in selected side by Gardiner
REPORTS: Cox (WCE) and Charman (BRIS) for striking
UMPIRES: McBurney, Ryan, Woodcock
CROWD: 41,524 at Subiaco Oval
hawthorn (3-12) vs north (9-6)
roos beat hawks by 41. north (10-6) hawthorn (3-13)
KANG 6.0 10.4 12.9 16.13 (109)
HAW 3.2 6.5 9.7 10.8 (68)
GOALS: KANG – Thompson 3, Rocca 3, Rawlings 2, Harvey 2, Petrie 2, Makepeace, Corey Jones, Archer, Simpson; HAW – Croad 2, Osborne 2, Hodge, Williams, Lonie, Taylor, Ladson, Crawford
BEST: KANG – Archer, Simpson, Harvey, Watt, Rawlings, Corey Jones; HAW – Hodge, Everitt, Jacobs, Lewis, Roughead Kangaroos: Archer, Simpson, Harvey, Watt, Rawlings, Jones
INJURY: KANG – Hale (ribs)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Chamberlain, Nicholls
CROWD – 23,722 at Telstra Dome
carlton (2-1-12) vs freo (6-9)
freo beat blues by 35. freo (7-9) carlton (2-1-13)
FRE 8.3 15.3 19.7 24.8 (152)
CARL 4.3 9.4 11.9 17.15 (117)
GOALS: FRE – Pavlich 9, Crowley 4, Peake 2, Headland 2, Parker, McPharlin, Cook, Medhurst, Black, Carr, Murphy; CARL – Fisher 3, Simpson 3, Longmuir 2, McGrath 2, Waite 2, Stevens, Prendergast, Koutoufides, Scotland, Bryan
BEST: FRE – Pavlich, Crowley, Black, Headland, Peake, Parker, Schammer;
CARL – Scotland, Koutoufides, Fisher, Simpson
INJURY: CARL – Thornton (calf)
CHANGES: FRE – Bell (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Smith
UMPIRES: Donlon, Davis, Schmitt
CROWD: 16,076 at the MCG
adelaide (10-5) vs bulldogs (6-9)
crows beat dogs by 74. adelaide (11-5) bulldogs (6-10)
ADE 4.2 7.7 11.9 16.13 (109)
WB 2.0 4.0 5.3 5.5 (35)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 3, Burton 3, McGregor 2, Hentschel 2, Hudson, Thompson, McLeod, Hart, Ricciuto, Reilly; WB – Cooney, Hahn, Johnson, Eagleton, R. Murphy
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Mattner, Burton, Edwards, McLeod, McGregor, Bassett, Hart, Shirley; WB – Cooney, Eagleton, West, Boyd, Harris, Johnson
INJURY: ADE – Goodwin (groin); WB – Hahn (ankle)
CHANGES: WB – Smith (ankle) replaced in selected side by Power, McMahon (virus) replaced in the selected side by R. Murphy
UMPIRES: Meredith, Ellis, Avon
CROWD: 40,264 at AAMI Stadium
ladder
W L D FOR AGST % PTS
WCE 15 1 0 1765 1276 138.32 60
ADE 11 5 0 1473 1119 131.64 44
GEEL 10 6 0 1610 1369 117.60 40
SYD 10 6 0 1367 1298 105.32 40
KANG 10 6 0 1478 1461 101.16 40
STK 9 7 0 1623 1381 117.52 36
MELB 9 7 0 1657 1600 103.56 36
RICH 9 7 0 1455 1539 94.54 36
BRIS 8 8 0 1643 1441 114.02 32
PA 7 8 1 1431 1560 91.73 30
FRE 7 9 0 1514 1488 101.75 28
WB 6 10 0 1596 1717 92.95 24
ESS 6 10 0 1441 1681 85.72 24
COL 5 11 0 1396 1659 84.15 20
HAW 3 13 0 1323 1626 81.37 12
CARL 2 13 1 1368 1925 71.06 10
round 17 matches
st kilda v collingwood
hawthorn v carlton gor
port v richmond
bulldogs v geelong
brisbane v essendon
north v adelaide
sydney v west coast
freo v melbourne
Harrison’s world 