west coast (2-2) vs melbourne (2-1-1)
eagles beat dees by 54. west coast (3-2) melbourne (2-1-2)
| West Coast | 106 | |
| Melbourne | 52 |
sydney (2-1-1) vs carlton (3-1-1)
blues beat swans by 16. carlton (4-1-1) sydney (2-1-2)
north (0-4) vs port (1-4)
roos smash port by 10 goals. north (1-4) port (1-5)
adelaied (1-3) vs st kilda (1-1-2)
crows beat saints by 19. adelaide (2-3) st kilda (1-1-3)
richmond (1-1-3) vs brisbane (0-4)
tigers beat lions by 26. richmond (2-1-3) brisbane (0-5)
essendon (2-1-2) vs gold coast (1-3)
dons beat suns by 139. essendon (3-1-2) gold coast (1-4)
| Essendon | 197 | |
| Gold Coast | 58 |
collingwood (5-0) vs bulldogs (2-2)
pies beat dogs by 48. collingwood (6-0) bulldogs (2-3)
bye freo (4-1) hawthorn (3-2) geelong (5-0)
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| COLL | 6 | 24 | 178.11 |
| GEEL | 5 | 20 | 142.81 |
| CARL | 6 | 18 | 128.48 |
| FREM | 5 | 16 | 112.65 |
| ESS | 6 | 14 | 143.60 |
| HAW | 5 | 12 | 118.27 |
| WCE | 5 | 12 | 113.63 |
| MELB | 5 | 10 | 100.44 |
| SYD | 5 | 10 | 94.23 |
| RICH | 6 | 10 | 82.40 |
| WB | 5 | 8 | 109.77 |
| ADEL | 5 | 8 | 94.26 |
| STK | 5 | 6 | 86.74 |
| NM | 5 | 4 | 87.39 |
| PORT | 6 | 4 | 70.83 |
| GC | 5 | 4 | 44.53 |
| BRIS | 5 | 0 | 74.61 |
round 7 matches
port v hawthorn
bulldogs v sydney gor
geelong v north
richmond v freo
gold coast v brisbane
essendon v west coast
melbourne v adeliade
st kilda v carlton
bye collingwood