north (8-9) vs carlton (11-1-5)
blues beat roos by 18. carlton (12-1-5) north (8-10)
geelong (15-2) vs melbourne (7-1-8)
cats fall a goal short of their own record of highest score and also 4 points short of melbouns record of biggest loss ever in a 186 point win. geelong (16-2) melbourne (7-1-9)
bulldogs (7-10) vs west coast (11-5)
eagles beat dogs by 8. west coast (12-5) bulldogs (7-11)
freo (9-7) vs hawthorn (12-4)
hawks beat freo by 51. hawthorn (13-4) freo (9-8)
gold coast (3-13) vs st kilda (8-1-7)
saints beat suns by 20. st kilda (9-1-7) gold coast (3-14)
collignwood (15-1) vs essendon (8-1-8)
pies beat dons by 74. collingwood (16-1) essendon (8-1-9)
| Collingwood | 166 | |
| Essendon | 92 |
adelaide (4-12) vs port (2-14)
crows beat port by 32. adelaide (5-12) port (2-15)
bye brisbane (3-14) sydney (9-1-7) richmond (5-1-11)
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| COLL | 17 | 64 | 175.81 |
| GEEL | 18 | 64 | 150.97 |
| HAW | 17 | 52 | 136.70 |
| CARL | 18 | 50 | 132.38 |
| WCE | 17 | 48 | 118.82 |
| SYD | 17 | 38 | 109.58 |
| STK | 17 | 38 | 109.41 |
| FREM | 17 | 36 | 95.53 |
| ESS | 18 | 34 | 100.00 |
| NM | 18 | 32 | 99.71 |
| MELB | 17 | 30 | 86.82 |
| WB | 18 | 28 | 93.89 |
| RICH | 17 | 22 | 82.50 |
| ADEL | 17 | 20 | 76.59 |
| BRIS | 17 | 12 | 76.98 |
| GC | 17 | 12 | 57.53 |
| PORT | 17 | 8 | 69.73 |
round 20 matches
st kilda v freo
geelong v gold coast
carlton v melbourne
port v collingwood
essendon v sydney gor
brisbane v adeliade
hawthorn v north
west coast v richmond
bye bulldogs