west coast (12-6) vs geelong (12-6)
eagles edge cats by 5. west coast (13-6) geelong (12-7)
| Team | Score | SC |
| West Coast | 102 | |
| Geelong | 97 |
adeliade (14-4) vs freo (11-7)
crows beat freo by 28. adelaide (15-4) freo (11-8)
st kilda (9-9) vs melbourne (3-15)
saints beat dees by 25. st kilda (10-9) melbourne (3-16)
gold coast (1-17) vs gws (2-16)
suns beat giants by 30. gold coast (2-17) gws (2-17)
sydney (15-3) vs collingwood (14-4)
pies stun swans by 8. collingwoood (15-4) sydney (15-4)
carlton (9-9) vs brisbane (7-11)
blues beat lions by 36. carlton (10-9) brisbane (7-12)
hawthorn (13-5) vs port (5-13)
hawks beat port by 72. hawthorn (14-5) port (5-14)
richmond (8-10) vs bulldogs (5-13)
tigers beat dogs by 70. richmond (9-10) bulldogs (5-14)
essendon (11-7) vs north (11-7)
roos beat dons by 24. north (12-7) essendon (11-8)
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| SYD | 19 | 60 | 146.62 |
| ADEL | 19 | 60 | 127.90 |
| COLL | 19 | 60 | 122.34 |
| HAW | 19 | 56 | 156.55 |
| WCE | 19 | 52 | 122.76 |
| NM | 19 | 48 | 114.07 |
| GEEL | 19 | 48 | 112.88 |
| ESS | 19 | 44 | 110.07 |
| FREM | 19 | 44 | 108.60 |
| STK | 19 | 40 | 120.74 |
| CARL | 19 | 40 | 105.12 |
| RICH | 19 | 36 | 112.04 |
| BRIS | 19 | 28 | 85.11 |
| PORT | 19 | 20 | 78.54 |
| WB | 19 | 20 | 69.67 |
| MELB | 19 | 12 | 67.70 |
| GC | 19 | 8 | 60.77 |
| GWS | 19 | 8 | 45.81 |
round 21 matches
geelong v st kilda
essendon v carlton
gws v melbourne gor
collingwood v north
brisbane v adeliade
port v west coast
bulldogs v sydney
hawthorn v gold coast