melbourne (2-16) vs geelong (17-1)
cats beat dees by 116. geelong (18-1) melbourne (2-17)
carlton (8-10) vs port (5-13)
blues beat port by 11 goals. carlton (9-10) port (5-14)
| Carlton | 132 | |
| Port Adelaide | 66 |
hawthorn (14-4) vs brisbane (9-9)
hawks beat lions by 69. hawthorn (15-4) brisbane (9-10)
collingwood (9-9) vs st kilda (10-8)
pies beat saints by 14. collingwood (10-9) st kilda (10-9)
sydney (10-1-7) vs freo (5-13)
swans beat freo by 4. sydney (11-1-7) freo (5-14)
north (10-1-7) vs bulldogs (14-1-3) uor
roos stun dogs by 20. north (11-1-7) bulldogs (14-1-4)
adelaide (10-8) vs richmond (8-1-9)
crows beat tigers by 63. adelaide (11-8) richmond (8-1-10)
west coast (3-15) vs essendon (8-10)
eagles beat dons by 10. west coast (4-15) essendon (8-11)
| West Coast | 113 | |
| Essendon | 103 |
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| GEEL | 19 | 72 | 160.28 |
| HAW | 19 | 60 | 129.29 |
| WB | 19 | 58 | 119.99 |
| SYD | 19 | 46 | 116.36 |
| NM | 19 | 46 | 99.56 |
| ADEL | 19 | 44 | 110.11 |
| COLL | 19 | 40 | 109.78 |
| STK | 19 | 40 | 100.23 |
| BRIS | 19 | 36 | 100.63 |
| CARL | 19 | 36 | 99.28 |
| RICH | 19 | 34 | 91.51 |
| ESS | 19 | 32 | 87.71 |
| FREM | 19 | 20 | 94.21 |
| PORT | 19 | 20 | 89.24 |
| WCE | 19 | 16 | 69.38 |
| MELB | 19 | 8 | 63.20 |
round 20 matches
port v collingwood
essendon v adelaide
melbourne v west coast gor
brisbane v bulldogs
sydney v geelong
richmond v hawthorn
carlton v north
freo v st kilda