west coast (1-5) vs carlton (2-4)
blues beat eagles by 37. carlton (3-4) west coast (1-6)
| Team | Score | SC |
| West Coast | 74 | |
| Carlton | 111 |
geelong (6-0) vs brisbane (3-3)
cats beat lions by 27. geelong (7-0) bribsane (3-4)
hawthorn (6-0) vs collingwood (3-3)
hawks beat pies by 65. hawthorn (7-0) collingwood (3-4)
| Hawthorn | 154 | |
| Collingwood | 89 |
adelaide (4-2) vs north (3-1-2)
crows beat roos by 33. adelaide (5-2) north (3-1-3)
richmond (2-1-3) vs st kilda (3-3)
saints beat tigers by 3. st kilda (4-3) richmond (2-1-4)
sydney (3-1-2) vs bulldogs (5-1-0)
dogs beat swans by 18. bulldogs (6-1-0) sydney (3-1-3)
melborune (0-6) vs freo (1-5)
dees come from 50 down at half time beating freo by 6. melbourne (1-6) freo (1-6)
essendon (2-4) vs port (2-4)
port beat dons by 64. port (3-4) essendon (2-5)
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| GEEL | 7 | 28 | 144.56 |
| HAW | 7 | 28 | 144.37 |
| WB | 7 | 26 | 136.31 |
| ADEL | 7 | 20 | 119.10 |
| STK | 7 | 16 | 97.02 |
| SYD | 7 | 14 | 115.89 |
| NM | 7 | 14 | 98.80 |
| COLL | 7 | 12 | 106.42 |
| PORT | 7 | 12 | 100.83 |
| BRIS | 7 | 12 | 100.29 |
| CARL | 7 | 12 | 96.83 |
| RICH | 7 | 10 | 99.20 |
| ESS | 7 | 8 | 74.73 |
| FREM | 7 | 4 | 84.22 |
| WCE | 7 | 4 | 66.88 |
| MELB | 7 | 4 | 60.66 |
round 8 matches
st kilda v collingwood
richmond v geelong
hawthorn v port
carlton v brisbane gor
north v west coast
adelaide v melbourne
sydney v essendon
freo v bulldogs