ash and friends fall in a trap from team rocket and are resuced by a superhero named gligar man and his gligar. they find he runs a store in the nearby town and his daughter wants to succeed him as gligar man but he doesn’t want her to (he offers it to ash but he refuses). but team rocket want to get revenge on him but the daughter (gligirl comes to the resuce). and he realises that his daughter will do a good job as his successor.

next time a local pokemon tornoument.

ash and friends are continuing their journey towards azaela town spotting a lot of grass types when they spot a hoppip and meet a girl who uses hopip to measure the wind and find there is an oddish in the group and when a hurricane attacks with team rocket also intefering have to get them back which they do and oddish realises its ok as it is.

next time a gligar based superhero.

ash is battling a local trainers raticate with chikorita with chikorita tired so he wants to switch to pikachu but it refuses which leads to an arugment between them it continues at the pokemon center until nurse joy explains that its suffering from envy and jelousy of pikachu. chikorita spends time in a green house which calms it down until fighitng types attack it but helps take them out but pikachu tries to bring it back but team rocket attack but the fighting types help beat them. and it ends all well chikorita gets to ride on ash’s shoulder.

next time a hoppip whose a bit oddish.

hawthorn (9-9) vs collingwood (12-6) mcg friday

hawthorn stay alive with an 8 point win over collingwood. hawthorn (10-9) face richmond at the g friday night. collingwood (12-7) play essendon at the g saturday night.

HAW 1.4 7.9 12.12 15.15 (105)
COL 3.3 9.5 10.9 14.13 (97)
GOALS: HAW – Barlow 3, Brown 3, Thompson 3, Lekkas 2, Dixon, S. Cox, Ries, Chick; COL – Didak 5, Burns 2, L. Davis, Buckley, Freeborn, Johnson, Lonie, McGough, Rocca
BEST: HAW – S. Cox, Crawford, Brown, Barlow, Holland, Lekkas; COL – Didak, Fraser, McGough, Burns, Lockyer
INJURY: HAW – Picioane (back), Vandenberg (corked thigh), Thompson (cramp), Hay (hand) replaced in selected side by Picioane

UMPIRES: McBurney, Allen, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 53,750 at MCG

carlton (2-16) vs port (14-4) optus oval saturday afternoon

carlton will finish last now certianly mathmatically after a 9 point loss to port. port (15-4) host adelaide in the showdown sunday. carlton (2-17) face the roos at colonial saturday afternoon.

PA 2.3 3.9 7.10 7.12 (54)
CARL 0.3 0.4 3.13 5.15 (45)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Cockatoo-Collins, Dew, Poulton; CARL – McKernan, Bradley, Beaumont, Hotton, Plunkett
BEST: PA – James, Dew, Montgomery, Wakelin, Tredrea, Francou; CARL – Beaumont, Cranage, McKernan, Bradley

INJURY: PA – Bishop (hip); CARL – Murphy (illness) replaced in selected side by Beasy, Bradley (ribs)
X-rays cleared Bradley of serious injury

UMPIRES: Schmitt, Corcoran, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 14,115 at Optus Oval

richmond (5-13) vs freemantle (8-10) mcg saturday afternoon

richmond end freos hopes by 50 points. richmond (6-13) host hawthorn at the g friday night. freo (8-11) host geelong on saturday afternoon.

RICH 4.3 7.6 10.10 18.14 (122)
FRE 2.3 3.8 6.11 10.12 (72)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 6, Stafford 4, Tivendale 3, Bowden 2, Rogers, Ottens, Zantuck;
FRE – McPharlin 4, Hasleby 2, Cunningham, Farmer, Carr, Bell
BEST: RICH – Bowden, Campbell, Zantuck, Richardson, Chaffey, Tivendale, Coughlan;
FRE – Hasleby, McPharlin, Grover, Simmonds, Farmer, Bell

INJURY: FRE – Parker (neck), McManus (corked thigh), Hayden (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Rowston, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 19,509 at MCG

kangaroos (10-8) vs sydney (5-1-12) scg saturday night
sydney put a dent in the roos finals hopes by 47 points.

sydney (6-1-12) face st kilda at home sunday. kangarooS (10-9) host carlton saturday afternoon.

SYD 5.4 6.5 12.7 22.12 (144)
KANG 4.3 10.3 14.6 15.7 (97)
GOALS: SYD – Williams 4, O’Keefe 4, Kelly 3, Fixter 3, Bolton 2, Nicks 2, Kirk, Cresswell, Seymour, Stevens; KANG – Morrell 5, Rocca 4, Grant, Sinclair, King, Blakey, Pickett, Harding
BEST: SYD – Kelly, Kirk, Williams, O’Keefe, Fixter, Bolton; KANG – Grant, Simpson, Morrell, Sinclair, King, Robbins
INJURY SYD – O’Loughlin (hamstring) replaced in the selected side by Nicks, Stevens (leg), Crouch (leg); KANG – Stevens (chest)
Anthony Stevens (KANG) has a suspected torn pectoralis muscle. Worst case scenario is surgery and he would be out for the season. If not that serious, he could miss 2 weeks and be back for the finals if the Kangaroos get there.

UMPIRES: Morris, McInerney, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 14,776 at the SCG

brisbane (14-4) vs bulldogs (8-1-9) gabba saturday night

brisbane are still on top with a 38 point win over the bulldogs ending the laters finals hopes. brisbane (15-4) host west coast saturday night. bulldogs (8-1-10) play melbourne at the g sunday.

BRIS 3.7 6.12 10.16 14.21 (105)
WB 3.4 5.7 7.10 9.13 (67)
GOALS: BRIS – Leppitsch 3, Akermanis 2, Power 2, McRae, Notting, Pike, Charman, Shattock, Bradshaw, Lappin; WB – Smith 2, Garlick, Bandy, Darcy, Dimattina, McGuinness, Alvey, Birss
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Power, Headland, Akermanis, Johnson, C. Scott, B. Scott; WB – Darcy, Smith, West, Hargrave, Garlick, McMahon

INJURY: WB – Grant (ankle), Harrison (corked thigh) replaced in selected side by McGuinness

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Sheehan, Rowe

ATTENDANCE: 27,443 at the Gabba

adelaide (12-6) vs essendon (9-1-8) aami stadium sunday

crows move into 3rd with their 5th straight win by 8 goals over essendon levaing the dons in trouble to get back into the 8. adelaide (13-6) play port in the showdown sunday. essendon (9-1-9) host collingwood at the g saturday night.

ADE 5.3 8.7 14.11 18.16 (124)
ESS 3.3 6.5 7.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 3, Stevens 3, Edwards 2, Johncock 2, Biglands 2, Massie, Stenglein, Johnson, Goodwin, Ladhams, Ricciuto; ESS – Moorcroft 2, M. Johnson, Salmon, Wellman, Peverill, J. Johnson, Barnard, Lloyd, Misiti, Lucas
BEST: ADE – Biglands, Stevens, Ladhams, Smart, Stenglein, Edwards; ESS – Peverill, Fletcher, Blumfield, Hird, Barnard, Salmon

INJURY: ADE – Ricciuto (hamstring), Bode (corked thigh), Goodwin (ankle); ESS – Ramanauskas (ankle)

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Coates, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 43,720 at AAMI Stadium

st kilda (5-1-12) vs geelong (10-8) colonial sunday

a bad finish didn’t cost geelong a 1 point win over st kilda. geelong (11-8) travel to play freo saturday afternoon. st kilda (5-1-13) face sydney in sydney sunday.

GEEL 7.1 11.1 16.6 16.6 (102)
STK 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.11 101)
GOALS: GEEL – Johnson 4, Mooney 3, Kelly 2, Kingsley 2, Chapman 2, Burns, Corey, Wojcinski; StK – Wulf 4, Loewe 3, Riewoldt 2, Milne 2, Hamill, Thompson, Begley, Baker
BEST: GEEL – Corey, Graham, King, Johnson, Riccardi, Mooney; StK – Loewe, Thompson, Hamill, Riewoldt, Lawrence, Wulf

INJURY: GEEL – Scarlett (leg cramps), Burns (pinched shoulder nerve)

UMPIRES: Kelsey, Dore, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 25,552 at Colonial

west coast (10-8) vs melbourne (9-9) subiaco sunday

melbourne become the first travelling team to beat west coast in perth all year by 1 goal. melbourne (10-9) host bulldogs at the g sunday. west coast (10-9) travel to play brisbane saturday night.

MELB 1.4 8.7 10.12 15.16 (106)
WCE 5.2 6.5 11.9 15.10 (100)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 4, Powell 2, Woewodin 2, Ward, Robertson, Bruce, Vardy, Armstrong, Johnstone; Wheatley; WCE – Lynch 5, Judd 3, Kerr 2, Ph. Matera 2, Pt. Matera, Wirrpunda, Chambers
BEST: MELB – Johnstone, Wheatley, Brown, Godfrey, Walsh, Bizzell, Powell; WCE – Gardiner, Kerr, Lynch, Fletcher, Collica, Wooden

INJURY: MELB – Williams replaced in selected side by Miller

UMPIRES: James, Rosebury, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 36,195 at Subiaco

goals

GOALS
Niter (MELB) 63
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 52
Rocca (KANG) 46
Milne (STK) 44
Hall (SYD) 43
Tredrea (PA) 43
Johnson (WB) 41
Burton (ADE) 41
Ph. Matera (WCE) 37
Dew (PA) 36
Bradshaw (BRIS) 36
Croad (FRE) 36
J. Longmuir (FRE) 34

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	19	15	0	4	2190	1609	136.11%	60
2	Port Adelaide	19	15	0	4	2083	1558	133.70%	60
3	Adelaide	19	13	0	6	2025	1778	113.89%	52
4	Collingwood	19	12	0	7	1860	1591	116.91%	48
5	Geelong	19	11	0	8	1749	1727	101.27%	44
6	Melbourne	19	10	0	9	1924	1888	101.91%	40
7	West Coast	19	10	0	9	1911	1889	101.16%	40
8	Nth Melbourne	19	10	0	9	1882	1927	97.66%	40
9	Hawthorn	19	10	0	9	1666	1824	91.34%	40
10	Essendon	19	9	1	9	1628	1667	97.66%	38
11	Wstn Bulldogs	19	8	1	10	2029	1967	103.15%	34
12	Fremantle	19	8	0	11	1631	1866	87.41%	32
13	Sydney	19	6	1	12	1775	1743	101.84%	26
14	Richmond	19	6	0	13	1553	1876	82.78%	24
15	St Kilda	19	5	1	13	1522	1972	77.18%	22
16	Carlton	19	2	0	17	1451	1997	72.66%	8

round 20 matches

friday

richmond v hawthorn MCG (N)

saturday

kanagroos v carlton CS

freemantle v geelong S

essendon v collingwood MCG (N)

brisbane v west coast G (N)

sunday

sydney v st kilda SCG

melbourne v bulldogs MCG

port v adeliade AAMI

collingwood (11-6) vs carlton (2-15) mcg friday night

carlton will get the wooden spoon unless they win every game from here on out after a 108 point loss to collingwood. collingwood (12-6) face hawthorn at the g friday night. carlton (2-16) host port at optus oval saturday afternoon.

COL 5.5 9.8 15.12 21.15 (141)
CARL 1.2 1.3 2.6 4.9 (33)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 5, Tarrant 3, Buckley 2, Lockyer 2, Licuria 2, Davis, O”Bree, Burns, Rocca, McGough, Prestigiacomo, Betheras; CARL – McKernan 3, Fletcher
BEST: COL – Buckley, Fraser, Tarrant, Lockyer, Licuria, Betheras, McGough; CARL – McKernan

REPORTS: COL – Betheras for striking Fletcher; CARL – Lappin for striking Johnson

UMPIRES: James, Ellis, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 54,233 at MCG

geelong (10-7) vs kangaroos (9-8) skilled stadium saturday afternoon

roos move into the 8 with a 64 point demoliton over geelong at geelong. kangaroos (10-8) play sydney in a “home” game at the scg saturday night. geelong (10-8) face st kilda at coloinal sunday.

KANG 4.5 8.6 10.8 17.13 (115)
GEEL 1.2 4.4 4.8 7.9 (51)
GOALS: KANG – Harding 6, Makepeace 2, Rocca 2, Grant 2, Morrell, King, Simpson, Sinclair, D. Motlop; GEEL – Johnson 2, Mooney 2, King, Ling, Ablett
BEST: KANG – Sinclair, Colbert, Harding, Stevens, Makepeace, Martyn, Teague; GEEL – King, Rahilly, Enright, Harley, Sholl, Ling

INJURY: KANG – Watt (replaced in selected side by Clayton); GEEL – Milburn (dislocated shoulder), Graham (corked calf), Lord (groin, replaced in selected side by Ablett)
Milburn is out for the season. It’s at least a 6-week layoff, with his only chance of returning this year a being the Cats making it as far as the preliminary final.

UMPIRES: Coates, Head, Wenn, McBurney

ATTENDANCE: 23,163 at Skilled Stadium

freo (7-10) vs hawthorn (9-8) subiaco saturday afternoon

freemantle stay alive with a 61 point win over the hawks. freo (8-10) travel to paly richmond at the g saturday afternoon. hawthorn (9-9) host collingwood friday night at the g.

FRE 4.3 8.6 11.11 14.12 (96)
HAW 1.1 2.5 2.8 4.11 (35)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Medhurst 3, Farmer 3, Croad 3, Bell, Koops; HAW – Holland, A. Cox, Vandenberg, Hodge
BEST: FRE – Simmonds, Hasleby, J. Longmuir, Bell, Hayden, Pavlich, McPharlin; HAW – Lekkas, Hodge, Crawford, Vandenberg, S. Cox

INJURY: FRE – McManus (back), Croad (cut lip), Parker (cut nose); HAW – Ries (concussion), Hay (knee)

REPORTS: FRE – McManus for engaging in rough play on Barlow, Farmer for striking Brown

UMPIRES: McLaren, Corcoran, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 24330 at Subiaco

essendon (9-1-7) vs brisbane (13-4) colonial saturday night

brisbane maintain their dominance in the grand final rematch by 37 points over essendon. brisbane (14-4) host bulldogs saturday night. essendon (9-1-8) travel to play adeliade sunday.

BRIS 5.2 9.3 11.5 16.12 (108)
ESS 3.0 7.2 8.3 11.5 (71)
GOALS: BRIS -Headland 3, McRae 3, Akermanis 2, Hart, Daniel Bradshaw, Lynch, Black, Notting, Power, B. Scott, Voss; ESS – Caracella 2, Hird 2, Barnard, Heffernan, Bolton, J. Johnson, Lloyd, Lucas, Rioli
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Headland, Black, White, B. Scott, Hart; ESS – Peverill, Fletcher, Rioli, Hird, Bolton

INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (thigh); ESS – Lloyd (thigh)

REPORTS: ESS – Heffernan for striking Charman

UMPIRES: Schmitt, Morris, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 43,036 at Colonial

port (13-4) vs st kilda (5-1-11) aami stadium saturday night

port secure a top 2 finish with a 7 goal win over st kilda. port (14-4) face carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon. st kilda (5-1-12) host geelong sunday at colonial.

PA 3.3 9.5 12.7 16.9 (105)
STK 4.1 4.4 5.8 9.9 (63)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Primus 2, Dew 2, Stevens 2, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Francou, Poulton, French; StK – Hayes 2, Milne 2, Thompson, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Everitt
BEST: PA – Primus, Francou, S. Burgoyne, Carr, Stevens, C. Cornes; StK – Riewoldt, Thompson, Hudghton, Hayes, Jones, Hamill

INJURY: PA – Bassett (knee), P Burgoyne (ankle)

UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Rowston, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 22,885 at AAMI Stadium

sydney (5-1-11) vs adeliade (11-6) scg sunday

crows will make the top 4 with a 3 goal win over sydney. adelaide (12-6) host essendon sunday. sydney (5-1-12) face the roos saturday night at the scg.

ADE 7.5 13.7 16.9 17.14 (116)
SYD 3.3 7.4 11.6 15.8 (98)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 4, Stevens 2, Beinke 2, Goodwin 2, Ladhams 2, Bode, McGregor, Johncock, McLeod, Biglands; SYD – Fosdike 2, Stevens 2, Mathews, Cresswell, Williams, Kelly, McPherson, Kennelly, Nicks, Bolton, Crouch, Mott, Bennett
BEST: ADE – Goodwin, Ricciuto, Johnson, Biglands, Burton, Ladhams;
SYD – Williams, Fosdike, Goodes, Crouch, Bolton, Stevens

INJURY: SYD – O’Loughlin (hamstring), Fixter (thigh)

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Quigley, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 18,766 at the SCG

bulldogs (7-1-9) vs west coast (10-7) optus oval sunday

bulldogs are back alive with a 51 point win over west coast. bulldogs (8-1-9) travel to brisbane saturday night. west coast (10-8) host melbourne sunday.

WB 5.2 13.2 18.6 22.10 (142)
WCE 5.2 11.5 13.6 14.7 (91)
GOALS: WB – Brown 7, Johnson 5, Gilbee 2, Power 2, Giansiracusa, McMahon, Penny, Hahn, Smith. West; WCE – Ph. Matera 5, Lynch 3, Kerr, Collica, Chambers, Sierakowski, Williams, Wirrpunda
BEST: WB – Brown, Johnson, Darcy, McMahon, Hahn, Garlick, Kretiuk; WCE – Cousins, Ph. Matera, Kerr, Banfield

INJURY: WB – Harrison (corked thigh), Grant (illness) replaced in selected side by Penny, Croft (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Robbins

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Allen, Rowe

ATTENDANCE: 11,809 at Optus Oval.

melbourne (9-8) vs richmond (4-13) mcg sunday

richmond broke a 9 game losing streak by 5 points over melbourne. richmond (5-13) host freo at the g saturday afternoon. melbourne (9-9) travel to play west coast sunday.

RICH 4.3 6.9 12.11 14.15 (99)
MELB 3.2 6.4 7.8 14.10 (94)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Rodan 2, Stafford 2, Coughlan, D. Kellaway, Rogers, Mills, Tivendale; MELB – Robertson 5, Neitz 4, Yze 2, Johnstone, Vardy, Leoncelli
BEST: RICH – Richardson, Bowden, Coughlan, Hall, Rodan, D. Kellaway, Chaffey; MELB – Yze, Jolly, Bruce, Leoncelli, Neitz, Bizzell, Woewodin

INJURY: MELB – Broadbridge (knee), Green (groin) replaced in selected side by McDonald

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kelsey, Baldwin

ATTENDANCE: 28,815 at MCG

goals

GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 59
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Kingsley (GEEL) 50
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 42
Rocca (KANG) 42
Tredrea (PA) 41
Brown (WB) 41
Johnson (WB) 41
Burton (ADE) 38
Croad (FRE) 36
Dan Bradshaw(BRIS)35
Ph. Matera (WCE) 35
Dew (PA) 35
J. Longmuir (FRE) 34

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	18	14	0	4	2085	1542	135.21%	56
2	Port Adelaide	18	14	0	4	2029	1513	134.10%	56
3	Collingwood	18	12	0	6	1763	1486	118.64%	48
4	Adelaide	18	12	0	6	1901	1702	111.69%	48
5	West Coast	18	10	0	8	1811	1783	101.57%	40
6	Geelong	18	10	0	8	1647	1626	101.29%	40
7	Nth Melbourne	18	10	0	8	1785	1783	100.11%	40
8	Essendon	18	9	1	8	1552	1543	100.58%	38
9	Melbourne	18	9	0	9	1818	1788	101.68%	36
10	Hawthorn	18	9	0	9	1561	1727	90.39%	36
11	Wstn Bulldogs	18	8	1	9	1962	1862	105.37%	34
12	Fremantle	18	8	0	10	1559	1744	89.39%	32
13	Sydney	18	5	1	12	1631	1646	99.09%	22
14	St Kilda	18	5	1	12	1421	1870	75.99%	22
15	Richmond	18	5	0	13	1431	1804	79.32%	20
16	Carlton	18	2	0	16	1406	1943	72.36%	8

round 19 matches

friday

hawthorn v collingwood MCG (N)

saturday

carlton v port OO

richmond v freemanlte MCG

brisbane v bulldogs G (N)

kanagroos v sydney SCG (N)

sunday

adeliade v essendon AAMI

st kilda v geelong CS

west coast v melbourne S

a 727 is on approach to san diego from la when it hits a cessna both plans crash killing 144 (including 7 on the ground) the cause is determined to be confusion over the word passing and passed which led to the controller thinking the 727 had the cesna still in sight when it didn’t.

next time pilgrims burn on a dc-8.

richmond (4-12) vs essendon (8-1-7) mcg friday night

essendon keep their finals hopes alive by 1 point over richmond. essendon (9-1-7) host brisbane at colonial saturday night in the grand final rematch. richmond (4-13) face melbourne at the g sunday.

ESS 4.2 5.8 5.9 7.12 (54)
RICH 1.2 2.3 6.6 7.11 (53)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 2, Lucas 2, Salmon 2, Hille; RICH – Stafford 3, Richardson 2, Hall, Coughlan
BEST: ESS – J Johnson, Rioli, McVeigh, Wellman, Hille, Peverill; RICH – Rodan, Fiora, Richardson, Stafford, D. Kellaway, Gaspar

INJURY: ESS – Hird (concussion), Moorcroft (ankle), Fletcher (infected eye) replaced in selected side by Bannister
Hird left the ground in the 3rd term suffering blurred vision after copping a knock to the head, but is expected to be OK

UMPIRES: Allen, Avon, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 39,650 at MCG

hawthorn (9-7) vs brisbane (12-4) mcg saturday afternoon

brisbane are back on top with a 56 point win over the hawks. brisbane (13-4) face essendon at colonial saturday night. hawthorn (9-8) travel to perth to play freo saturday.

BRIS 1.3 7.6 15.10 18.16 (124)
HAW 3.2 6.5 9.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: Lynch 5, Voss 2, Power 2, Bradshaw 2, Headland, McRae, Pike, Brown, Black, Shattock, McDonald; HAW – Holland 2, S. Cox 2, Lekkas 2, Hodge, Chick, Rawlings, Thompson
BEST: Voss, Lynch, Black, McDonald, Headland, Johnson; HAW – Lekkas, Ries, Rawlings, Thompson

INJURY: HAW – A. Cox (illness) replaced in selected side by Barker

UMPIRES: Vozzo, James, Dore

ATTENDANCE: 35,202 at MCG

west coast (9-7) Vs collingwood (11-5) subiaco saturday afternoon

west coast keep their top 4 hopes alive by 58 points over collingwood. west coast (10-7) travel to play bulldogs at optus oval sunday. collingwood (11-6) host cartlon friday night at the g.

WCE 7.2 9.7 13.9 17.12 (114)
COL 5.2 5.4 6.6 8.8 (56)
GOALS: WCE – Ph. Matera 4, Williams 2, Hunter 2, Gardiner 2, Haynes 2, Wirrpunda, Wooden, Sierakowski, Lynch, Chambers; COL – Fraser 2, Licuria 2, N. Davis 2, Buckley, Dimattina
BEST: WCE – Jakovich, McIntosh, Kerr, Ph. Matera, Fletcher, Hunter, Carroll; COL – Buckley, Licuria, Adkins, Wakelin

INJURY: WCE – Wilson (calf) replaced in selected side by Lynch; COL – Prestigiacomo (illness) replaced in selected side by Dimattina

UMPIRES: Coates, Ellis, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 38,877 at Subiaco

sydney (4-1-11) vs carlton (2-14) anz stadium saturday night

carlton are closer to their first wooden spoon in a 23 point loss to out of form sydney. sydney (5-1-11) host adelaide sunday. carlton (2-15) face collingwood at the g friday night.

SYD 3.5 9.9 12.12 13.14 (92)
CARL 3.3 5.4 7.8 10.9 (69)
GOALS: SYD – Goodes 2, Kelly 2, Saddington 2, O’Keefe 2, Williams, Fosdike, O’Loughlin, Kennelly, Fixter; CARL – McKernan 3, Bradley 2, Plunkett 2, Hickmott 2, Murphy
BEST: SYD – Goodes, Saddington, Williams, O’Loughlin, Barry, Seymour; CARL – Bradley, Murphy, Plunkett, McKay, Livingston

INJURY: SYD – Mott (back) replaced in the selected side by Buchanan; CARL – Mansfield (virus) replaced in selected side by Cranage, Koutoufides (knee), Campbell (ankle)

REPORTS: SYD – O’Loughlin for charging Franchina

UMPIRES: Schmitt, McInerney, Baldwin

ATTENDANCE: 34,404 at Stadium Australia

port (12-4) vs melbourne (9-7) aami stadium saturday night

port survive a melbourne scare by 4 points which despite losing 1st place on percenttage shows they are not done. port (13-4) host st kilda saturday night. melbourne (9-8) host richmond at the g sunday.

PA 6.4 12.7 14.10 17.14(116)
MELB 3.2 9.4 11.6 17.10(112)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 3, Primus 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Montgomery, Carr, Francou, Guerra, James; MELB – Neitz 6, Bruce 4, Vardy 4, Johnstone, Walsh, Robertson
BEST: PA – Primus, James, P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, Francou, Carr; MELB – Neitz, Leoncelli, Bruce, Jolly, Bizzell, Johnstone

INJURY: PA – Kingsley (hamstring), Cockatoo-Collins (shoulder); MELB – McDonald (ankle)

REPORTS: PA – Ellis for striking

UMPIRES: Corcoran, Woodcock, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 25,283 at AAMI Stadium

geelong (10-6) vs adeliade (10-6) skilled stadium sunday

adelaide hold off geelong by 3 ponits to end the cats 7 game winning streak. adeliade (11-6) play sydney in sydney on sunday. geelong (10-7) host kangaroos saturday afternoon.

ADE 6.1 7.1 11.3 15.3 (93)
GEEL 2.3 7.7 8.13 12.18 (90)
GOALS: ADE – Ricciuto 5, Bode 2, Beinke 2, Doughty, Edwards, Johncock, McLeod, Stevens, Clarke; GEEL – Riccardi 4, Johnson 2, Chapman 2, Enright, Kelly, Kingsley, Harley
BEST: ADE – Smart, Edwards, Ladhams, Bode, Ricciuto, Beinke; GEEL – Corey, King, Ling, Enright, Riccardi

CHANGES: Wojcinski (Geelong) replaced in selected team by Ablett

UMPIRES: McLaren, Head, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE; 24,325 at Skilled Stadium

bulldogs (6-1-9) vs kanagroos (9-7) colonial sunday

bulldogs keep their slim finals hopes alive by 34 points over the roos. bulldogs (7-1-9) host west coast at optus oval sunday. kangaroos (9-8) play geelong at geelong saturday afternoon.

WB 8.5 12.7 16.9 21.13 (139)
KANG 2.3 7.6 11.8 16.9 (105)
GOALS: WB -Brown 6, Johnson 4, West 2, McMahon 2, Garlick 2, Giansiracusa 2, Darcy, Murphy, Birss; KANG – Rocca 4, Petrie 3, Pickett 2, Harding 2, King, Clayton, Archer, Colbert
BEST: WB – Brown, West, Smith, Johnson, McMahon, Grant, Hunter; KANG – Stevens, Simpson, Archer, Rocca, Robbins, Pickett, Petrie

INJURY: WB – Liberatore (broken nose), Grant (concussion)

CHANGES: KANG – Grant replaced in selected side by D. Motlop

UMPIRES: McBurney, Rosebury, Rowston

ATTENDANCE: 31,576 at Colonial

st kilda (4-1-11) vs freo (7-9) optus oval sunday

st kilda end freos hopes by 39 points. st kilda (5-1-11) play port in adeliade saturday night. freo (7-10) host hawthorn saturday afternoon.

STK 3.0 4.3 10.8 18.10 (118)
FRE 4.5 6.7 9.11 11.13 (79)
GOALS: StK – Everitt 3, Gehrig 3, Milne 3, Baker 2, Hamill 2, Thompson 2, Jones, Loewe, Voss;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Grover, Hasleby, Koops, McPharlin, Medhurst, Pavlich, Simmonds, Woods
BEST: StK – Riewoldt, Gehrig, Moyle, Thompson, Everitt, Black, Schwarze; FRE – Simmonds, McPharlin, Grover, Hasleby, Pavlich, Bell

INJURY: StK – Gehrig (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: Kelsey, Quigley, Sheehan

ATTENDANCE: 8,078 at Optus Oval

goals

GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 55
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Kingsley (GEEL) 50
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 40
Rocca (KANG) 40
Tredrea (PA) 38
Johnson (WB) 36
Brown (WB) 34
Burton (ADE) 34
Bradshaw (BRIS) 34
Croad (FRE) 33
Dew (PA) 33
P. Burgoyne (PA) 31
Wilson (WCE) 31

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	17	13	0	4	1977	1471	134.40%	52
2	Port Adelaide	17	13	0	4	1924	1450	132.69%	52
3	Collingwood	17	11	0	6	1622	1453	111.63%	44
4	Adelaide	17	11	0	6	1785	1604	111.28%	44
5	Geelong	17	10	0	7	1596	1511	105.63%	40
6	West Coast	17	10	0	7	1720	1641	104.81%	40
7	Essendon	17	9	1	7	1481	1435	103.21%	38
8	Melbourne	17	9	0	8	1724	1689	102.07%	36
9	Nth Melbourne	17	9	0	8	1670	1732	96.42%	36
10	Hawthorn	17	9	0	8	1526	1631	93.56%	36
11	Wstn Bulldogs	17	7	1	9	1820	1771	102.77%	30
12	Fremantle	17	7	0	10	1463	1709	85.61%	28
13	Sydney	17	5	1	11	1533	1530	100.20%	22
14	St Kilda	17	5	1	11	1358	1765	76.94%	22
15	Richmond	17	4	0	13	1332	1710	77.89%	16
16	Carlton	17	2	0	15	1373	1802	76.19%	8

round 18 matches

friday

colllingwood v carlton MCG (N)

saturday

geelong v kangaroos SS

freo v hawthorn S

essendon v brisbane CS (N)

port v st kilda AAMI (N)

sunday

sydney v adeliade SCG

melbourne v richmond MCG

bulldogs v west coast OO

collingwood (10-5) vs richmond (4-11) mcg friday night

collingwood survive a determined richmond scare by 40 points. collingwood (11-5) travel to play west coast in perth saturday afternoon. richmond (4-12) have now lost 8 striaght host essendon friday night.

COL 0.3 2.6 8.7 13.11 (89)
RICH 4.4 4.7 6.7 7.7 (49)
GOALS: COL – N. Davis 3, Fraser 3, Didak 2, Tarrant, L. Davis, Betheras, Freeborn, Lockyer; RICH – Stafford 2, Coughlan, Ottens, Pettifer, Bowden, Richardson
BEST: COL – Didak, Licuria, Betheras, Scotland, Wakelin, Cloke, Prestigiacomo; RICH – D. Kellaway, A. Kellaway, Rogers, Gaspar, Chaffey, Ottens

INJURY: Richardson (calf) replaced in selected side by Steinfort; RICH – Richardson (corked thigh)

UMPIRES – McBurney, Head, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 48,620 at MCG

kangaroos (8-7) vs port (12-3) optus oval saturday afternoon

port still can’t beat the roos as the roos end an 8 game wining streak by port keepig their record intact against port. kangaroos (9-7) face bulldogs at colonial sunday. port (12-4) host melbourne saturday night.

KANG 4.3 7.6 11.9 14.15 (99)
PA 2.4 4.7 10.10 10.10 (70)
GOALS: KANG – Morrell 3, Rocca 3, Pickett 2, Stevens 2, Burton, Cochrane, Clayton, Harding; PA – James 3, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Carr, P. Burgoyne, Bishop, Primus, Stevens
BEST: KANG – Stevens, Archer, Morrell, Teague, Burton, Colbert, Cochrane; PA – Primus, James, Montgomery, Wakelin, Wanganeen, P. Burgoyne

INJURY: KANG – Grant (rib) replaced in selected side by S Cochrane, Harvey (shoulder); PA – Hardwick (strained knee), Wanganeen (ankle)
Harvey will miss two weeks with the injury

UMPIRES: Dore, Nicholls, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 9398 at Optus Oval

melbourne (9-6) vs hawthorn (8-7) mcg saturday afternoon

hawks stay alive with their 4th straight win over melbourne by 26 points. hawthorn (9-7) host brisbane saturday afternoon at the g. melbourne (9-7) travel to play port saturday night.

HAW 2.3 5.4 10. 6 14.9 (93)
MELB 0.6 4.10 5.11 9.13 (67)
GOALS: HAW – Holland 3, Chick 3, A. Cox 3, Dixon, Rawlings, Greene, Brown, Barlow; MELB – Powell 2, Neitz 2, Leoncelli 2, Johnstone, Wheatley, Walsh
BEST: HAW – Rawlings, Vandenberg, A. Cox, Brown, Hodge, Chick, Holland; MELB – White, Ellis, Godfrey, Neitz, Powell

INJURY: MELB – Vardy (Corked thigh)

REPORTS: HAW – Tallis McLaren for wrestling Wheatley; MELB – Wheatley for wrestling Tallis

UMPIRES: McLaren, McKenzie, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 37,442 at MCG

essendon (8-1-6) vs geelong (9-6) colonial saturday night

essendon are out of the 8 for the first time in 4 years losing by 39 points to geelong who have now won 7 straight. geelong (10-6) host adeliade sunday. essendon (8-1-7) play richmond at the g friday night.

GEEL 4.3 8.5 11.7 14.11 (95)
ESS 2.2 4.2 7.4 8.8 (56)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 6, Mooney 3, Riccardi 2, Johnson, Lord, Chapman; ESS – Caracella 3, Lloyd 2, Lucas, Hille, Reynolds
BEST: GEEL – King, Kingsley, Kelly, Mooney, Scarlett, Rahilly; ESS – Hird, Rioli, Caracella, J Johnson, Moorcroft

INJURY: GEEL – Wojcinski (ankle); ESS – Barnard
CHANGES: ESS – Fletcher replaced in selected team by Reynolds

UMPIRES: James, Ellis, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 47,778 at Colonial

freo (6-9) vs west coast (9-6) subiaco saturday night

freo win only their third derby ever by 30 points over west coast. freo (7-9) play st kilda at optus oval sunday. west coast (9-7) host collingwood saturday afternoon.

FRE 3.1 5.5 10.7 15.10 (100)
WCE 5.0 6.1 7.3 11.4 (70)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 4, Carr 3, Croad 3, Pavlich 2, Koops, Hasleby, Brown; WCE – Wirrpunda 3, Judd 2, Kerr, Williams, Lynch, Haynes, Cox, Matera
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, Carr, Pavlich, Medhurst, McPharlin, Simmonds; WCE – Cousins, Kerr, Wirrpunda, McIntosh, Judd, Hunter

REPORTS: WCE – Jakovich for striking Croad

UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, McInerney, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 41,776 at Subiaco Oval

brisbane (11-4) vs sydney (4-1-10) gabba sunday

brisbane beat sydney by 38 points to stay in the top of the table race. brisbane (12-4) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. sydney (4-1-11) host carlton saturday night at the olympic stadium.

BRIS 4.5 9.9 13.13 17.15 (117)
SYD 3.0 6.3 9.4 12.7 (79)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 7, McRae 3, Headland 2, Voss 2, White 2, Johnson; SYD – O’Loughlin 4, Goodes 2, Fosdike, Kelly, Stevens, Saddington, Kirk, Bennett
BEST: BRIS – Headland, Lynch, Voss, B. Scott, McRae, Power; SYD – Mathews, Saddington, Cresswell, Kennelly, Barry, O’Loughlin

INJURY: SYD – Seymour (virus) replaced in selected side by Bennett

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Kelsey, Baldwin

ATTENDANCE: 25,720 at the Gabba

carlton (2-13) vs st kilda (3-1-11) colonial sunday

st kilda hand carlton their first wooden spoon by 43 points meaning carltons only hope is to start winning more often. st kilda (4-1-11) host freo sunday. carlton (2-14) face sydney at the olympic stadium saturday night.

STK 9.2 12.3 16.5 22.8 (140)
CARL 1.1 10.4 13.10 14.13 (97)
GOALS: StK – Hamill 3, Lawrence 3, Milne 3, Black 2, Loewe 2, Baker 2, Peckett, Jones, Gehrig, Everitt, Riewoldt, Wulf, Schwarze;’
CARL – McKernan 4, Hickmott 4, Lappin 2, Davies, Murphy, Houlihan, Campbell
BEST: StK – Black, Baker, Peckett, Loewe, Milne, Riewoldt; CARL – McKernan, Hickmott, Franchina, Murphy, Livingston

INJURY: STK – Baker (cramp), Gehrig (knee);
CARL – Davies (cork thigh), McKernan (knee)

REPORTS: STK – Peckett for striking Lappin; CARL – Livingston for charging Lawrence

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Rowston, Wenn

ATTENDANCE: 33,813 at Colonial Stadium

adelaide (9-6) vs bulldogs (6-1-8) aami stadium sunday

adeliade return to the top 4 by 43 points over the bulldogs. adelaide (10-6) travel to play geelong sunday. bulldogs (6-1-9) host kangaroos sunday at colonial.

ADE 6.2 9.6 16.8 21.12 (138)
WB 1.1 8.2 10.7 14.11 (95)
GOALS: ADEL – Burton 4, Bode 4, Stevens 4, McLeod 3, Goodwin 3, Ricciuto 3; WB – Brown 4, Giansiracusa 3, Murphy 2, Smith, Johnson, Bandy, Birss, McMahon;
BEST: ADE – Bode, Bickley, Goodwin, McLeod, Smart, Stevens; WB – West, Dimattina, Brown, Johnson, Darcy, Smith

INJURY: ADE – Bassett (wrist)
Bassett could miss 4 weeks

UMPIRES: Allen, Morris, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 41,247 at AAMI Stadium

goals

GOALS
Kingsley (GEEL) 49
Neitz (MELB) 49
Lynch (BRIS) 48
Hall (SYD) 43
Milne (STK) 37
Tredrea (PA) 36
Rocca (KANG) 35
Burton (ADE) 34
Croad (FRE) 33
Dew (PA) 33
Johnson (WB) 32
Bradshaw (BRIS) 32
Wilson (WCE) 31
Akermanis (BRIS) 30
Tarrant (COL) 29

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Port Adelaide	16	12	0	4	1808	1338	135.13%	48
2	Brisbane	16	12	0	4	1853	1403	132.07%	48
3	Collingwood	16	11	0	5	1566	1339	116.95%	44
4	Adelaide	16	10	0	6	1692	1514	111.76%	40
5	Geelong	16	10	0	6	1506	1418	106.21%	40
6	Melbourne	16	9	0	7	1612	1573	102.48%	36
7	West Coast	16	9	0	7	1606	1585	101.32%	36
8	Nth Melbourne	16	9	0	7	1565	1593	98.24%	36
9	Hawthorn	16	9	0	7	1458	1507	96.75%	36
10	Essendon	16	8	1	7	1427	1382	103.26%	34
11	Fremantle	16	7	0	9	1384	1591	86.99%	28
12	Wstn Bulldogs	16	6	1	9	1681	1666	100.90%	26
13	Sydney	16	4	1	11	1441	1461	98.63%	18
14	St Kilda	16	4	1	11	1240	1686	73.55%	18
15	Richmond	16	4	0	12	1279	1656	77.23%	16
16	Carlton	16	2	0	14	1304	1710	76.26%	8

round 17 matches

friday

richmond v essendon MCG (N)

saturday

hawthorn v brisbane MCG

west coast v collingwood S

sydney v carlton ANZ (N)

port v melbourne AAMI (N)

sunday

geelong v adeliade SS

st kilda v freemantle OO

bulldogs v kangaroos CS

qantas have returned to the melbourne/tokyo route after 3 years due to covid. ana to paint planes in pokemon colours again. russia airlines are no longer being rated due to the war in ukraine hurting their safety standards. the safeguard mechanism imrpvements will pass parliament. how is right that sky news puts disgraced former host alan jones and former prime minister tony abbott on their network but not any one who has sensible views. moira deeming has been suspended from the liberals for 9 mounths when she should have been expelled due to a controversal speech to the party room. former nsw treasurer matt kean is conisdering a federal tilit after the liberals lost the nsw election. garreth ward who is facing criminal issues has gotten back it looks like at nsw state level.

it was time for the anuual horse riding camp mia and darah where going for the first time and wanted to expeerience horse riding in a unique way when they arrived darah was taken seperately to the stable in the first group where she realised there was probably more people than horses which confused her he said that some of the horses were stolen last night and looked for volunteers based on the application to fill the rolls saying they only need 5 supprisingly darah and four other girls volentered quickly so the man put a thing on them and they changed into horses he said its only for the camp not permanant mia was waiting for her friend and than the man said its time to meet their horses mia was confused and when the man called darah to her she realised that he changed her but she treated her well for the camp and it was a great bonding experience for the friends.

hawthorn (7-7) vs bulldogs (6-1-7) colonial friday night

hawks stay alive with a 23 point win over the bulldogs. hawthorn (8-7) face melbourne at the g saturday. bulldogs (6-1-8) play adeliade on the road sunday.

HAW 2.2 8.7 10.11 17.14 (116)
WB 3.3 8.6 12.8 14.9 (93)
GOALS: HAW – Crawford 3, Brown 2, Chick 2, Thompson 2, Vandenberg 2, Graham, Holland, Johnson, Lonie, S. Cox, Barlow; WB – Darcy 2, Johnson 2, Robbins 2, Bandy, Garlick, Giansiracusa, Grant, Harrison, Hunter, Brown, Cross
BEST: HAW – Johnson, Vandenberg, Crawford, A. Cox, Rehn, Chick; WB- Harrison, Johnson, Darcy, Smith, Grant

INJURY: WB – Smith (shoulder), Dimattina (concussion)

UMPIRES: James, Allen, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 35,434 at Colonial

kangaroos (7-7) vs freo (6-8) manaka saturday afternoon

freo remain without an away win losing by 1 point to the roos. kangaroos (8-7) host port saturday afternoon at optus oval. freo (6-9) host west coast in the derby saturday night.

KANG 2.3 6.5 10.9 12.11 (83)
FRE 5.3 10.5 12.7 12.10 (82)
GOALS: KANG – Rocca 3, King 3, Stevens, Petrie, Clayton, Harvey, Morrell, Harding; FRE – Farmer 3, Medhurst 3, Hasleby, Cook, J. Longmuir, Koops, Brown, Bell
BEST: KANG – Archer, King, Clayton, Stevens, Rocca, Simpson; FRE – McPharlin, Cook, Grover, Bell, Norrish, Medhurst, Haines

INJURY: KANG – Colbert (shoulder); FRE – Haines (bruised leg)

UMPIRES: Wenn, Jeffery, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 9,242 at Manuka Oval

collingwood (10-4) vs geelong (8-6) mcg saturday afternoon

geelong may have won 6 straight but finally claimed a big scalp away from skilled. with a 28 point win over collingwood. geelong (9-6) face essendon at colonial saturday night. collingwood (10-5) host richmond friday night at the g.

GEEL 5.5 7.9 13.11 19.13 (127)
COL 2.2 5.4 12.8 15.9 (99)
GOALS: GEEL – Johnson 4, Kingsley 4, Mooney 4, Burns 2, Rahilly 2, Lord, Harley, Chapman;
COL – Lockyer 3, Rocca 3, N. Davis 2, Davis 2, Didak, Fraser, Betheras, O’Bree, Cloke
BEST: GEEL – Enright, King, Ling, Scarlett, Kingsley, Rahilly, Mooney; COL – Rocca, Cole, Lockyer, N. Davis, Fraser, Cloke

INJURY: GEEL – Sanderson (ankle)

REPORTS: COL – Buckley by field umpire Morris for misconduct in that he wiped blood on the shirt of Ling

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Humphery-Smith, Morris

ATTENDANCE: 65,331 at MCG

richmond (4-10) vs brisbane (10-4) colonial saturday night

richmonds horror run continues with a 63 point loss to brisbane in the prelim rematch. brisbane (11-4) host sydney sunday. richmond (4-11) face collingwood at te g friday night.

BRIS 6.3 11.6 15.9 18.10 (118)
RICH 1.2 3.6 5.8 7.13 (55)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 7, Voss 3, Headland 2, Notting, Pike, Power, B. Scott, McRae, White; RICH – Ednie 2, Torney 2, Pettifer, Stafford, Chaffey
BEST: BRIS – Headland, Power, Lynch, B. Scott, Michael, Johnson, Voss, C. Scott;
RICH – Coughlan, Fiora, Chaffey, Campbell, Rodan, Newman

INJURY: RICH – Fiora (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Schmitt, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 22,642 at Colonial

adelaide (8-6) vs st kilda (3-1-10) aami stadium saturday night

adelaide keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 3 goal win over st kilda snapping a 3 game losing streak. adelaide (9-6) host bulldogs sunday. st kilda (3-1-11) face carlton at colonial sunday in the bototm of the ladder clash.

ADE 4.3 6.4 10.5 15.9 (99)
STK 3.0 4.5 7.7 12.9 (81)
GOALS: ADE – Stevens 3, Johncock 2, Gallagher 2, Goodwin 2, Shir, Smart, Edwards, Bode, Burton, Ladhams; StK – Gehrig 4, Lawrence 2, Hamill, Clarke, Milne, Dal Santo, Moyle, Schwarze
BEST: ADE – Gallagher, Ladhams, Bode, Edwards, Shir, Stevens; StK – Thompson, Gehrig, Peckett, Jones, Black, Riewoldt

INJURY: StK – Harvey (shoulder)

UMPIRES: Avon, McInerney, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 29,875 at AAMI Stadium

sydney (4-1-9) vs port (11-3) scg sunday

port hold off sydney to make it 8 striaght wins. port (12-3) play the roos at optus oval the only side they haven’t beaten yet ever. sydney (4-1-10) travel to brisbane sunday.

PA 2.4 4.7 10.7 14.10 (94)
SYD 1.6 6.8 9.10 13.14 (92)
GOALS: PA – Poulton 2, Francou 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Dew 2, Primus, Lade, Schofield, Tredrea, C. Cornes, Stevens; SYD – Williams 3, Doyle 2, O’Loughlin 2, Stevens 2, Fosdike, Hall, Mathews, Goodes
BEST: PA – Poulton, Schofield, Stevens, Francou, Tredrea, James; SYD – Goodes, Cresswell, Williams, Kelly, Saddington, Fixter

INJURY: PA – Kingsley (ankle); SYD – Doyle (ankle)

REPORTS: PA – S. Burgoyne reported by field umpire McLaren for charging Doyle

UMPIRES: McLaren, Rowe, McKenzie

Crowd: 18,974 at the SCG

carlton (2-12) vs melbourne (8-6) colonial sunday

carlton are a step closer to their first wooden spoon after losing to melbourne by 44 points. melbourne (9-6) host hawthorn saturday afternoon at the g. carlton (2-13) host st kilda sunday at colonial.

MELB 6.3 13.7 15.8 21.13 (139)
CARL 6.2 6.5 9.9 14.11 (95)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 9, Vardy 4, Robertson 3, Walsh 2, Lamb, Wheatley, Woewodin; CARL – Fevola 3, Koutoufides 3, Houlihan 2, Beaumont, Doering, McKernan, Merrington, Murphy, Whitnall
BEST: MELB – Neitz, Yze, Ellis, White, Walsh, Whelan, Leoncelli; CARL – Murphy, Houlihan, Camporeale, Beaumont, Fletcher

INJURY: CARL – Whitnall (shoulder), McKernan
Whitnall could be out for the rest of the season with a damaged AC joint

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Coates, Baldwin

ATTENDANCE: 37,915 at Colonial Stadium

west coast (8-6) vs essendon (8-1-5) subiaco sunday

essendon slip to 8th with a 27 point loss to west coast in perth. west coast (9-6) face freo in the derby saturday night. essendon (8-1-6) host geelong at colonial saturday night.

WCE 3.4 6.9 7.10 13.12 (90)
ESS 1.2 3.6 6.10 8.15 (63)
GOALS: WCE – Gardiner 2, Wirrpunda 2, Wilson 2, Fletcher 2, Chambers, Cox, Kerr, Ph. Matera, Cousins; ESS – Hird 2, Ramanauskas, Blumfield, Rioli, Hille, Caracella, Lloyd
BEST: WCE – Jakovich, Fletcher, Wirrpunda, Gardiner, Cousins, Green, McIntosh; ESS – Hird, Peverill, J. Johnson, Caracella, Hille, Jacobs

INJURY: WCE – Pt. Matera (calf)
Matera was on crutches by 1/2 time and could miss up to 3 weeks

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Dore, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 37,600 at Subiaco Oval

goals

GOALS
Neitz (MELB) 47
Kingsley (GEEL) 43
Hall (SYD) 43
Lynch (BRIS) 41
Tredea (PA) 36
Milne (STK) 34
Dew (PA) 33
Bradshaw (BRIS) 32
Rocca (KANG) 32
Johnson (WB) 31
Wilson (WCE) 31
Croad (FRE) 30
Akemanis (BRIS) 30
Burton (ADE) 30
Whitnall 28
ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Port Adelaide	15	12	0	3	1738	1239	140.27%	48
2	Brisbane	15	11	0	4	1736	1324	131.12%	44
3	Collingwood	15	10	0	5	1477	1290	114.50%	40
4	Adelaide	15	9	0	6	1554	1419	109.51%	36
5	Melbourne	15	9	0	6	1545	1480	104.39%	36
6	Geelong	15	9	0	6	1411	1362	103.60%	36
7	West Coast	15	9	0	6	1536	1485	103.43%	36
8	Essendon	15	8	1	6	1371	1287	106.53%	34
9	Nth Melbourne	15	8	0	7	1466	1523	96.26%	32
10	Hawthorn	15	8	0	7	1365	1440	94.79%	32
11	Wstn Bulldogs	15	6	1	8	1586	1528	103.80%	26
12	Fremantle	15	6	0	9	1284	1521	84.42%	24
13	Sydney	15	4	1	10	1362	1344	101.34%	18
14	Richmond	15	4	0	11	1230	1567	78.49%	16
15	St Kilda	15	3	1	11	1100	1589	69.23%	14
16	Carlton	15	2	0	13	1207	1570	76.88%	8

round 16 matches

friday

collingwood v richmond MCG (N)

saturday

kangaroos v port OO

melbourne v hawthorn MCG

essendon v geelong CS (N)

freemantle v west coast S (N)

sunday

brisbane v sydney G

carlton v st kilda CS

adeliade v bulldogs AAMI

ash and friends are now in another town where they run into a woman gardening who is getting her sunflora ready for a competition but team rocket want to steal the prize instant noodles but there plan fails partly due to snubble appearing.

next time chikorita gets jelous.

ash and friends are getting tired on their journey to azaela town. they have an argument over if using charizard is fair when they run into a woman named liza with her charizard who trains them. ash has to learn how to fly on charizard which he hasn’t yet. ash struggles to get charizard there and he challenges a wild one to a match but loses badly. so ash works on charizards strength to get into the valley but doesn’t work in convincing it and eventually it works in getting it in.

next time a sunflora friendship.

ash and friends continue their journey and are having a break when team rocket attack with a arbotank meanwhile togepi makes friends with a sentret and they get in the tank and when ash and friends find out they have to stop it so they work with team rocket to make a plan to stop the tank. it takes a lot of effort but they stop it and make a path into town for the locals in the process.

next time charizard goodbye.

ash and friends head for azaela town when they spot a girl looking out over a cliff and a crying marril which misty tries to catch but team rocket attack and than the girl reveals herself as marrils trainer. meanwhile misty maril and pikachu barely get to safety from a waterfall and misty has to keep it under control. while ash and brock help the girl find marrill but it all ends well (well except for brock who wanted the girl to love him)

next time togepi makes a friend that leads to problems.

ash and friends are ready for ash’s gym battle when team rocket try and take pikachu but the gym leader falkner helps beat them with his hoothoot. the match is 3 on 3 ash uses chikorita despite the type disadvantage against hoothoot and loses the first match but pikachu beats hoothoot. so he uses dodrio (a flying type that can’t fly) and pikachu wins but pidgeot is too tough for pikachu so ash uses charizard in an aerial battle ash comes from behind to win his first johto badge.

next time an annoying maril.

ash and friends arrive in violet city and run into a teacher from the pokemon accedemy and her students who brocks agrees to help show the class pokemon. ash explains to the class about how many pokemon he has battled and how well he did at the pokemon league. one of the kids wants pikachu and tries to take it from ash or agree to a trade but it doesn’t work and he accidentally catches a bellsprout instead during a team rocket scheme. meanwhile misty and brock go with the class to the sprout tower where team rocket try and destroy it in exchange for pikachu but the plan fails and the kid realises how valuable bellsprout is and gives up on pikachu.

next time violet gym battle.

carlton (1-12) vs richmond (4-9) mcg friday night

carlton broke a 10 game losing streak to give their avoiding last hopes alive with a 1 point win over richmond. carlton (2-12) host melbourne at colonial sunday. richmond (4-10) host brisbane saturday night at colonial.

CARL 3.5 6.6 10.6 13.8 (86)
RICH 4.3 8.5 10.10 12.13 (85)
GOALS: CARL – McKernan 5, Doering 2, Wiggins 2, Hickmott, Camporeale, Whitnall, Fletcher;
RICH – Ottens 4, Pettifer 4, Bowden 2, Tivendale, Zantuck
BEST: CARL – McKernan, Beaumont, McKay, Doering, Wiggins, Camporeale; RICH – Coughlan, Cameron, Campbell, Ottens, Pettifer, Fiora

INJURY: CARL – Mansfield (chest infection) replaced in selected side by Cranage;
RICH – Torney (neck)

UMPIRES: Morris, McKenzie, Kennedy, Quigley (subs)

ATTENDANCE: 36,941 at MCG

geelong (7-6) vs west coast (8-5) skilled stadium saturday afternoon

geelong make it 5 striaght by 32 points over west coast. geelong (8-6) face collingwood at the g saturday afternoon. west coast (8-6) host essendon sunday.

GEEL 3.5 3.8 5.15 8.17 (65)
WCE 1.5 4.7 4.9 4.9 (33)
GOALS: Lord 3, Burns, Milburn, Wojcinski, Chapman, Riccardi; WCE – Kerr, Braun, Sampi, Embley
BEST: GEEL – Lord, Kelly, Harley, Ling, Sanderson, Enright, Milburn; WCE – Wirrpunda, Fletcher, Jakovich, McIntosh, Kerr

INJURY: WCE – Wirrpunda (concussion)

CHANGES: GEEL – Rooke (flu) replaced in selected side by Bartel; WCE – Gardiner (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Sampi

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Mitchell, Humphery-Smith

ATTENDANCE: 18,608 at Skilled Stadium

hawthorn (6-7) vs sydney (4-1-8) mcg saturday afternoon

hawks stay alive with a 10 point win over sydney. hawhtorn (7-7) host bulldogs at colonial friday night. sydney (4-1-9) host port sunday.

HAW 3.5 7.6 9.8 11.8 (74)

SYD 1.2 3.5 7.7 9.10 (64)GOALS: HAW – A. Cox 2, Chick 2, S. Cox 2, Johnson, Dixon, Thompson, Barker, Brown;SYD – Kelly 2, Hall, Mathews, Williams, Doyle, O’Loughlin, Nicks, GoodesBEST: HAW – A. Cox, S. Cox, Hay, Chick, Johnson, Graham, Vandenberg, Brown; SYD – Williams, Dunkley, Kelly, Kennelly, Doyle, Goodes, CresswellINJURY: HAW – Barlow (lacerated arm)UMPIRES: McLaren, Dore, NichollsATTENDANCE: 25,079 at MCG

bulldogs (6-7) vs essendon (8-5) colonial saturday night

essendon scrape into the top 4 with a draw against the bulldogs. bulldogs (6-1-7) play hawthorn at colonial friday night. essendon (8-1-5) travel to play west coast sunday.

WB 3.3 9.5 14.6 18.10 (118)
ESS 5.4 8.9 13.13 17.16 (118)
GOALS: WB – Brown 4, McGuiness 3, Darcy 3, Johnson 2, Bandy 2, Smith, Grant, Hunter, Alvey; ESS – Lloyd 5, Caracella 2, Rioli 2, Ramanauskas, Salmon, Lucas, Reynolds, Blumfield, Alessio, Jacobs, Wellman
BEST: WB -Darcy, Bandy, Brown, Croft, Johnson, Garlick; ESS – Hird, J. Johnson, Caracella, Lloyd, Peverill, Wellman

INJURY: WB – Grant (ankle); ESS – Salmon (ribs)

CHANGES: WB -Liberatore (calf) replaced in selected side by Cross

UMPIRES: McBurney, Sheehan, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 44,864 at Colonial Stadium

freo (6-7) vs port (10-3) subaico saturday night

port beat freo by 84 points to end the perth teams run at home. port (11-3) play sydney in sydney sunday. freo (6-8) travel to canberra to play the roos.

PA 4.5 8.10 14.12 22.15 (147)
FRE 3.5 6.5 7.8 9.9 (63)
GOALS: PA – Dew 6, Tredrea 5, Primus 2, Wanganeen 2, C. Cornes 2, Stevens 2, Cockatoo-Collins, Lade, S. Burgoyne; FRE – McPharlin 2, Farmer 2, Kickett, J. Longmuir, Medhurst, McPhee, Siegert
BEST: PA – Dew, James, Tredrea, Primus, Wanganeen, Carr, Stevens; FRE – Simmonds, Bell, Carr, Koops, Kickett

INJURY: FRE – Croad (concussion)

REPORTS: PA – French for striking Croad

UMPIRES: James, Rosebury, Corcoran

ATTENDANCE: 24194 at Subiaco

melbourne (7-6) vs brisbane (10-3) gabba sunday

for not even a day brisbane was the only trip without a win for a travelling team as brisbane were stunned by 21 points by melbourne. melbourne (8-6) face carlton at colonial sunday. brisbane (10-4) travel to play richmond at colonial saturday night.

MELB 2.2 6.7 13.8 20.11 (131)
BRIS 8.3 11.8 14.11 16.14 (110)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 7, Ward 4, Robertson 2, Yze, Johnstone, Green, Vardy, Wheatley, Bruce, Leoncelli; BRIS – Headland 5, Akermanis 4, Lynch 2, Bradshaw 2, Notting, Leppitsch, Shattock
BEST: MELB – Neitz, Bizzell, White, Powell, Ward, Johnstone, Lamb, Bruce; BRIS – Headland, Akermanis, White, Ashcroft, Pike, B. Scott

INJURY: MELB – J.McDonald (ankle)
BRIS – Bradshaw (knee), Copeland (sternum), Charman (ribs)

UMPIRES: Wenn, Avon, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 25,166 at the Gabba

st kilda (3-1-9) vs kangaroos (6-7) colonial sunday

roos stay in the finals hunt by 44 points over st kilda. kangaroos (7-7) host freo saturday in canberra. st kilda (3-1-10) play adelaide on the road saturday night.

KANG 3.0 8.1 15.2 20.8 (128)
STK 5.1 10.2 11.4 13.6 (84)
GOALS: KANG – Harding 4, Petrie 3, Sinclair 3, Baird 2, Rawlings 2, Porter, Harvey, Burton, Smith, Morrell, King; StK – Milne 4, Peckett 2, Black 2, Cripps, Loewe, Harvey, Hamill, Clarke
BEST: KANG – Burton, Harvey, Simpson, Robbins, Harding, Archer; StK – Hayes, Peckett, Jones, Hamill, Thompson, Milne

INJURY: KANG -Grant (shoulder), Martyn (eye)

CHANGES: KANG -McCartney replaced in selected side by Baird

UMPIRES: Head, Woodcock, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 23,864 at Colonial Stadium

adelaide (8-5) vs collingwood (9-4) aami stadium (football park) sunday

collingwood are looking good for 3rd holding off the fast finishing crows by 22 points. collingwood (10-4) host geelong saturday afternoon. adelaide (8-6) host st kilda saturday night in a must win game

COL 4.6 13.8 18.10 21.12 (138)
ADE 2.4 4. 9.11 17.14 (116)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 4, L Davis 3, Didak 3, Lockyer 2, N Davis 2, Rocca 2, Burns 2, Buckley, O’Bree, Licuria; ADE -Burton 4, Ricciuto 3, Bassett 2, Bode 2, Goodwin, Doughty, Edwards, McLeod, Johnson, Biglands
BEST: COL – Buckley, Scotland, Burns, Didak, Licuria, Fraser; ADE – Goodwin, McGregor, Johnson, Burton, Edwards, Bode

INJURY: COL – Licuria (ankle); ADE – McLeod (abductor strain, ankle), Stenglein (abductor strain)

UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, Coates

ATTENDANCE: 46,368 at Football Park

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Port Adelaide	14	11	0	3	1644	1147	143.33%	44
2	Brisbane	14	10	0	4	1618	1269	127.50%	40
3	Collingwood	14	10	0	4	1378	1163	118.49%	40
4	Essendon	14	8	1	5	1308	1197	109.27%	34
5	Adelaide	14	8	0	6	1455	1338	108.74%	32
6	West Coast	14	8	0	6	1446	1422	101.69%	32
7	Geelong	14	8	0	6	1284	1263	101.66%	32
8	Melbourne	14	8	0	6	1406	1385	101.52%	32
9	Nth Melbourne	14	7	0	7	1383	1441	95.98%	28
10	Hawthorn	14	7	0	7	1249	1347	92.72%	28
11	Wstn Bulldogs	14	6	1	7	1493	1412	105.74%	26
12	Fremantle	14	6	0	8	1202	1438	83.59%	24
13	Sydney	14	4	1	9	1270	1250	101.60%	18
14	Richmond	14	4	0	10	1175	1449	81.09%	16
15	St Kilda	14	3	1	10	1019	1490	68.39%	14
16	Carlton	14	2	0	12	1112	1431	77.71%	8

goals

GOALS
Hall (SYD) 42
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Neitz (MELB) 38
Tredrea (PA) 35
Lynch (BRIS) 34
Milne (STK) 33
Bradshaw (BRIS) 32
Dew (PA) 31
Akermanis (BRIS) 31
Croad (FRE) 30
Rocca (KANG) 29
Burton (ADE) 29
Johnson (WB) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Tarrant (COL) 28

round 15 matchese

friday

hawthorn v bulldogs CS (N)

saturday

kangaroos v freo MO

collingwood v geelong MCG

richmond v brisbane CS (N)

adelaide v st kilda AAMI (N)

sunday

sydney v port SCG

carlton v melbourne CS

west coast v essendon S

essendon (7-5) vs melbourne (7-5) colonail friday night

a last quarter fight back couldn’t save melbourne in a 2 goal loss to essendon. essendon (8-5) face bulldogs at colonial saturday night. melbourne (7-6) travel to play brisbane in a “home” game sunday.

ESS 7.2 12.7 17.11 18.12 (120)
MELB 3.4 5.5 10.9 16.12 (108)
GOALS: ESS – McVeigh 3, Ramanauskas 3, Heffernan 2, Barnard 2, Mercuri 2, Lucas, Bolton, Hille, Blumfield, Rioli, Salmon; MELB – Neitz 5, Robertson 4, Woewodin 2, Brown, Bruce, Schwarz, Vardy, Green
BEST: ESS – Jacobs, Ramanauskas, Heffernan, McVeigh, Blumfield, M. Johnson; MELB – Ellis, Ward, Bruce, White, Bizzell

INJURY: ESS – Mercuri (groin), Alessio (groin) replaced in selected side by Salmon, Rioli (chest), Salmon (cramp); MELB – Brown (shin)
Mercuri could miss 2-3 weeks with a suspected torn groin muscle

REPORTS: MELB – Schwarz by field umpire Ellis for striking Welsh

UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 41,817 at Colonial

richmond (4-8) vs geelong (6-6) mcg saturday afternon

geelong move back into the 8 with a 7 goal win over struggling richmond. geelong (7-6) host west coast saturday afternoon. richmond (4-9) play carlton at the g friday night.

GEEL 1.2 8.5 11 8 14.12 (96)
RICH 1.5 3.6 5.10 7.12 (54)
GOALS: GEEL – Graham 5, Chapman 3, King 2, Johnson, Riccardi, Corey, Burns; RICH – Ottens, Coughlan, Tivendale, Richardson, Fiora, Bowden, Campbell
BEST: GEEL – King, Corey, Chapman, Harley, Graham, Rahilly, Scarlett, Enright; RICH – Rodan, Coughlan, Fiora, A. Kellaway

INJURY: GEEL – Kilpatrick (jarred knee) replaced in selected side by Johnson;
RICH – Chaffey (ankle)

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Margetts, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 30,975 at MCG

port (9-3) vs bulldogs (6-6) football park saturday afternoon

port make it 6 striaght with a 46 point win over the bulldogs lead by the burgoynes. port (10-3) travel to play freo saturday night. bulldogs (6-7) host essendon at colonial saturday night.

PA 7.2 14.4 21.8 25.11 (161)
WB 2.1 6.3 12.5 18.7 (115)
GOALS: PA – P. Burgoyne 6, S. Burgoyne 5, Primus 3, Dew 3, Tredrea 2, C. Cornes 2, Montgomery, Lade, Guerra, James; WB – Alvey 4, Smith 2, Bandy 2, Saunders 2, Giansiracusa 2, Johnson 2, Grant, West, Brown, Eagleton
BEST: PA – P Burgoyne, S. Burgoyne, Schofield, Kingsley, Hardwick, Primus, Francou, C. Cornes; WB: Alvey, Giansiracusa, West, Brown, Darcy

INJURY: WB – Grant (ankle)

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Rowe, Head

ATTENDANCE: 24,751 at Football Park

kangaroos (6-6) vs collingwood (8-4) colonial saturday night

collingwood secure 3rd with a 33 point win over the roos. collingwood (9-4) travel to adelaide sunday to play adeliade. kangaroos (6-7) play st kilda at colonial sunday.

COL 2.3 4.8 9.10 13.15 (93)
KANG 2.2 5.4 5.8 8.12 (60)
GOALS: COL – Didak 3, Freeborn, Tarrant, Rocca, Fraser 2, L Davis, Lockyer; KANG – Burton 2, Pickett 2, Harvey 2, Baird, Sinclair
BEST: COL – Lockyer, Scotland, Burns, Licuria, Johnson, McKee, Betheras, Prestigiacomo;
KANG – Harvey, Archer, Simpson, Robbins, Rawlings, King, Colbert.

INJURY: COL – Cummings (hip)

UMPIRES: McBurney, Dore, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 48,288 at Colonial

brisbane (9-3) vs carlton (1-11) gabba saturday night

carlton are looking closer to their first wooden spoon after nearly causing one of the upsets of all time but falling 15 points short. brisbane (10-3) play melbourne at the gabba sunday in a “away’ game. carlton (1-12) host richmond friday night at the g.

BRIS 3.2 8.5 14.7 19.10 (124)
CARL 4.5 7.9 12.12 16.13 (109)
GOALS: BRIS – Headland 6, Bradshaw 3, McRae 2, Akermanis, Black, Brown, Hart, Lynch, Power, C.Scott; CARL – Fevola 2, Mansfield 2, Murphy 2, Ratten 2, Whitnall 2, Bradley, Doering, Franchina, Lappin, McKernan, Merrington
BEST: BRIS – Headland, Black, C. Scott, B. Scott, McRae, Akermanis; CARL – Ratten, Murphy, Doering, Whitnall, Hickmott, Lappin

INJURY: BRIS – Brown (ankle); CARL – Camporeale (broken nose)

REPORTS: BRIS – McDonald by umpire Vozzo for tripping Lance Whitnall

UMPIRES:James, Jeffrey, Vozzo

ATTENDANCE: 27329 at the Gabba

sydney (3-1-8) vs freo (6-6) scg sunday afternoon

sydney after sacking their coach smash freo by 77 to snap a 6 game losing streak. sydney (4-1-8) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon. freo (6-7) host port saturday night.

SYD 6.3 10.4 15.11 20.19 (139)
FRE 2.3 7.4 9.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 6, Fosdike 3, O’Loughlin 3, Goodes 2, Kennelly 2, Bolton, Doyle, Buchanan, Nicks; FRE – J. Longmuir 2, Farmer 2, Medhurst 2, Simmonds 2, Croad
BEST: SYD – Hall, O’Loughlin, Saddington, Dunkley, Kennelly, Doyle, Fosdike, Williams; FRE – Koops, McManus, Carr

INJURY: SYD – O’Loughlin (calf); FRE – McPharlin (knee)

UMPIRES: Coates, Schmitt, Morris

ATTENDANCE: 16,844 at the SCG

st kilda (3-1-8) vs hawthorn (5-7) colonial sunday

hawks break a 4 game losing streak to save their finals hopes by 9 points. hawthorn (6-7) host sydney saturday afternoon. st kilda (3-1-9) host the roos sunday.

HAW 3.4 7.6 11.7 13.9 (87)
STK 2.2 4.5 6.10 11.12 (78)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 7, A. Cox 2, S. Cox, Chick, Brown, Barlow;StK – Baker 2, Everitt 2, Hamill, Thompson, Gehrig, Riewoldt, Clarke, Wulf, Maguire
BEST: HAW – Thompson, Vandenberg, Hodge, S. Cox, Rehn, Johnson, Graham; StK – Harvey, Thompson, Everitt, Black, Riewoldt, Baker, Gehrig

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Humphrey-Smith, Rowston

ATTEDANCE: 28,928 at Colonial Stadium

west coast (7-5) vs adeliade (8-4) subiaco sunday

west coast make it 3 striaght by 3 goals over the crows for the first time since 1999. west coast (8-5) play geelong at geelong saturday afternoon. adelaide (8-5) host collingwood sunday.

WCE 5.2 10.7 15.11 20.15 (135)
ADE 3.2 4.3 9.7 18.9 (117)
GOALS: WCE – Lynch 5, Ph. Matera 4, Chambers 3, Cousins 2, Judd, Embley, Cox, Hunter, Kerr, Pt. Matera; ADE – Burton 6, Ricciuto 3, Doughty 2, Nelson, Goodwin, Biglands, Perrie, Gallagher, Bassett, McLeod
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Hunter, Lynch, Jakovich, Fletcher, Judd; ADE – McLeod, Stenglein, Burton, Ricciuto, Hart, Bickley

UMPIRES: Sheehan, McLaren, Corcoran

ATTENDNANCE: 35,293 at Subiaco Oval

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Port Adelaide	13	10	0	3	1497	1084	138.10%	40
2	Brisbane	13	10	0	3	1508	1138	132.51%	40
3	Collingwood	13	9	0	4	1240	1047	118.43%	36
4	Adelaide	13	8	0	5	1339	1200	111.58%	32
5	Essendon	13	8	0	5	1190	1079	110.29%	32
6	West Coast	13	8	0	5	1413	1357	104.13%	32
7	Melbourne	13	7	0	6	1275	1275	100.00%	28
8	Geelong	13	7	0	6	1219	1230	99.11%	28
9	Wstn Bulldogs	13	6	0	7	1375	1294	106.26%	24
10	Nth Melbourne	13	6	0	7	1255	1357	92.48%	24
11	Hawthorn	13	6	0	7	1175	1283	91.58%	24
12	Fremantle	13	6	0	7	1139	1291	88.23%	24
13	Sydney	13	4	1	8	1206	1176	102.55%	18
14	Richmond	13	4	0	9	1090	1363	79.97%	16
15	St Kilda	13	3	1	9	935	1362	68.65%	14
16	Carlton	13	1	0	12	1026	1346	76.23%	4

goals

Barry Hall (SYD) 41
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Lynch (BRIS) 32
Neitz (MELB) 31
Croad (FRE) 30
Bradshaw (BRIS) 30
Tredrea (PA) 30
Milne (STK) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Rocca (KANG) 29
Tarrant (COL) 28
Pickett (KANG) 27
Johnson (WB) 27
P. Burgoyne (PA) 26
J. Longmuir (FRE) 26

round 14 matches

friday

carlton v richmond MCG (N)

saturday

geelong v west coast SS

hawthorn v sydney MCG

bulldogs v essendon CS (N)

freo v port S (N)

sunday

melbourne v brisbane G

st kilda v kangaroos CS

adelaide v collingwood AAMI

a 747 cargo crew get disorienated after a delay leaving stansted and fly the plane into the ground killing all 4 on board the cause was the captain got obsessed with a problem with the direction indicator and the lack of communication within the crew lead to a loss of control.

next time a colision in san diego.

essendon (6-5) vs hawthorn (5-6) mcg friday night

hawks return to melbourne failed to result in a win in a 7 point loss to essendon. essendon (7-5) host melbourne friday night at colonial. hawthorn (5-7) face st kilda sunday at colonial in a must win game.

ESS 3.3 6.6 8.11 10.12 (72)
HAW 3.2 4.3 9.3 10.5 (65)
GOALS: ESS – Barnard 3, Heffernan 2, Alessio, J. Johnson, McVeigh, Blumfield, Lucas; HAW – Dixon 4, A. Cox, Hay, Barlow, Greene, Chick, Mitchell
BEST: ESS – M. Johnson, Ramanauskas, Fletcher, Wellman, Heffernan, McVeigh, Barnard;
HAW – Crawford, Vandenberg, Greene, Dixon, Loats, Ries, BarlowI

NJURY: ESS – Moorcroft (illness) replaced in selected side by McAlister, Lucas (cut head); HAW – Holland (hamstring), Barker (bruised ribs)

REPORTS: ESS – Lucas for striking Barker

UMPIRES: Mitchell, McLaren, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 40,470 at MCG

carlton (1-10) vs west coast (6-5) optus oval saturday afternoon

carltons club worse losing streak is now 9 in a 1 point loss to west coast giving the eagles their first away win of the season. west coast (7-5) host adelaide sunday. carlton (1-11) face brisbane in brisbane saturday night.

WCE 3.4 7.8 9.14 12.17 (89)
CARL 2.4 6.9 10.12 12.16 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Williams 2, Pt. Matera 2, Lynch 2, Hunter 2, Fletcher, Merenda, Ph. Matera, Haynes; CARL – Beaumont 3, Merrington 2, Camporeale 2, Mansfield 2, Whitnall 2, Fevola
BEST: WCE – McIntosh, Pt. Matera, Lynch, Cousins, Wooden, Merenda; CARL – Merrington, Fletcher, Beaumont, Doering, Camporeale, Wiggins

INJURY: WCE – Gaspar (foot); CARL – McKernan (knee)
McKernan damaged his PCL and will miss about 8 weeks

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Rowe, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 16,353 at Optus Oval

sydney (3-1-7) vs geelong (5-6) scg saturday night

geelong keep their finals hopes alive with a 2 point win over sydney to stay in touch with the 8. geelong (6-6) face richmond at the g saturday afternoon. sydney (3-1-8) host freemantle sunday.

GEEL 3.1 6.5 9.10 15.11 (101)
SYD 4.4 9.4 11.6 15.9 (99)
GOALS: Riccardi 4, Kingsley 4, Burns 2, Mooney 2, King, Gardiner, Ling; SYD – Williams 4, Nicks 3, Cresswell 2, Hall, Fosdike, Crouch, Lockett, O’Loughlin, Mott
BEST: GEEL – Riccardi, King, Kingsley, Enright, Scarlett, Burns; SYD – Williams, Goodes, Nicks, Kennelly, Cresswell, Maxfield

UMPIRES: Head, Dore, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 21,767 at the SCG

freemantle (5-6) vs collingwood (8-3) subiaco sunday

freo stay in touch with the 8 by 11 points over collingwood meaning no team has won on the road in perth yet this season. freo (6-6) travel to play sydney sunday. collingwood (8-4) face the roos at colonial saturday night.

FRE 2.3 3.11 9.13 12.18 (90)
COL 6.1 8.1 10.5 12.7 (79)
GOALS: FRE – FRE – Medhurst 4, J. Longmuir 2, Hasleby 2, Haines, Farmer, Croad, Carr; COL – L. Davis 3, Fraser 3, Scotland 2, Buckley, Rocca, Freeborn, Tarrant
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, Bell, Medhurst, Cook, Carr, Cunningham; COL – Scotland, L. Davis, Lockyer, Fraser, Burns, McKee

INJURY: COL – Tarrant (groin), Rocca (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Allen, Woodcock, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 33088 at Subiaco

bulldogs (5-6) vs st kilda (3-1-7) colonial friday night

5 wins in a row has the bulldogs go from level last to 8th with a 47 point win over the saints. bulldogs (6-6) face the other form team port in adelaide saturday afternoon. st kilda (3-1-8) host hawthorn sunday.

WB 5.4 10.11 13.15 19.19 (133)
STK 4.2 7.4 12.5 13.8 (86)
GOALS: WB – Darcy 5, Grant 3, Johnson 3, Bandy 2, West 2, Brown, Eagleton, Smith, Saunders;
StK – Milne 3, Hamill 2, Harvey 2, Knobel, Wulf, Dal Santo, Loewe, Clarke, Riewoldt
BEST: WB – Johnson, Grant, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Bandy, Hargrave, West; StK – Harvey, Hamill, Lawrence, Thompson, Riewoldt, Maguire

INJURY: StK – Riewoldt (soreness), Moyle (thigh), Jones (hamstring)

UMPIRES: McBurney, Avon, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 29,453 at Colonial Stadium

melbourne (6-5) vs adelaide (8-3) optus oval saturday afternoon

melbourne stun the crows by 25 points to stay in the 8. melbourne (7-5) play essendon at colonial friday night. adeliade (8-4) travel to play west coast sunday.

MELB 2.3 7.8 12.11 14.14 (98)
ADE 3.4 5.8 9.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz, Green 3, Jolly, Leoncelli 2, Yze, Johnstone, Robertson, Brown; ADE – Massie, Bode 2, Stevens, McLeod, Burton, Bickley, Schell, Ricciuto
BEST: MELB – Yze, Brown, Ward, Ellis, Whelan, White, Bruce, Johnstone; ADE – Bickley, Hart, McLeod, Goodwin, Massie, Stenglein, Bode

INJURY: MELB – Jolly (corked thigh), Whelan (calf cramp); ADE – Goodwin (ankle), Biglands (corked buttock)
Goodwin was cleared of serious damage and will miss 1-2 weeks with sprained ligaments

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Dore, Schmitt

ATTENDANCE: 12,210 at Optus Oval

brisbane (8-3) vs kangaroos (6-5) gabba saturday night

the roos became the lions latest home victim by 15 points. brisbane (9-3) host carlton saturday night. kangaroos (6-6) host collingwood at colonial saturday night.

BRIS 6.3 12.9 17.12 20.18 (138)
KANG 5.3 9.5 15.7 19.9 (123)
GOALS: Bradshaw 4, Lynch 4, Shattock 3, Akermanis 3, Johnson 2, B. Scott, C. Scott, Hart, Black; KANG – Rocca 6, Harding 3, Pickett 3, Harvey 2, King 2, Morrell, Clayton, Teague
BEST: BRIS – Shattock, Headland, B. Scott, C. Scott, Akermanis, Bradshaw; KANG – Grant, King, Burton, Rocca, Simpson, Colbert

UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, Morris, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 27,940 at Gabba

port (8-3) vs richmond (4-7) football park sunday

port go on top for the first time by 14 goals over struggling richmond. port (9-3) host bulldogs saturday afternoon. richmond (4-8) host geelong saturday afternoon at the g.

PA 6.3 15.5 20.10 23.16 (154)
RICH 3.1 4.3 7.5 10.10 (70)
GOALS: PA -Tredrea 4, Dew 4, C. Cornes 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Schofield 2, Francou 2, S. Burgoyne 2, Lade 2, Guerra, Carr, French;
RICH – Richardson 3, Tivendale 2, Rodan 2, Coughlan, Torney, Krakouer
BEST: PA – Stevens, C. Cornes, Carr, Francou, Wanganeen, Montgomery, Tredrea; RICH – Bowden, D. Kellaway, Campbell, Cameron, Coughlan

INJURY: RICH – Hall (corked knee), Gaspar (calf), A. Kellaway (cut head), Richardson (knee)

REPORTS: RICH – Stafford reported by umpire Sheehan for allegedly striking Kingsley

UMPIRES: Sheehan, McKenzie, Rowston

ATTENDANCE: 25,770 at Football Park

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Port Adelaide	12	9	0	3	1336	969	137.87%	36
2	Brisbane	12	9	0	3	1384	1029	134.50%	36
3	Collingwood	12	8	0	4	1147	987	116.21%	32
4	Adelaide	12	8	0	4	1222	1065	114.74%	32
5	Essendon	12	7	0	5	1070	971	110.20%	28
6	West Coast	12	7	0	5	1278	1240	103.06%	28
7	Melbourne	12	7	0	5	1167	1155	101.04%	28
8	Wstn Bulldogs	12	6	0	6	1260	1133	111.21%	24
9	Geelong	12	6	0	6	1123	1176	95.49%	24
10	Nth Melbourne	12	6	0	6	1195	1264	94.54%	24
11	Fremantle	12	6	0	6	1077	1152	93.49%	24
12	Hawthorn	12	5	0	7	1088	1205	90.29%	20
13	Richmond	12	4	0	8	1036	1267	81.77%	16
14	Sydney	12	3	1	8	1067	1114	95.78%	14
15	St Kilda	12	3	1	8	857	1275	67.22%	14
16	Carlton	12	1	0	11	917	1222	75.04%	4

goals

GOALS
Kingsley (GEEL) 39
Hall (SYD) 35
Lynch (BRIS) 31
Croad (FRE) 29
Rocca (KANG) 29
Milne (STK) 29
Wilson (WCE) 29
Tredrea (PA) 28
Bradshaw (BRIS) 27
Welsh (ADE) 26
Tarrant (COL) 26
Neitz (MELB) 26
Pickett (KANG) 25
Johnson (WB) 25
J. Longmuir (FRE) 24

round 13 matches

friday

essendon v melbourne CS (N)

saturday

richmond v geelong MCG

port v bulldogs FP

kangaroos v collingwood CS (N)

brisbane v carlton G (N)

sunday

sydney v freemantle SCG

st kilda v hawthorn CS

west coast v adelaide S

hawthorn got destroyed by sydney while essendon overrun goldcoast and west coast beat gws. croulla destroy dragons while warriors beat bulldogs and newcastle stun canberra in the nrl. labor leader chris mimms had nothing to owrry about in his electorate with the wilkie endoursed candidate getting almost no votes.

kangaroos (5-5) vs richmond (4-6) colonial friday night

roos are back in the 8 with an 11 point win over richmond. kangaroos (6-5) travel to brisbane saturday night 2 of the split round. richmond (4-7) travel to port sunday 2 of the split round.

KANG 6.3 10.7 10.8 14.11 (95)
RICH 5.2 7.6 10.12 11.18 (84)
Goals: KANG – Picket 4, Harvey 3, Burton 2, Stevens 2, McCartney, Morell, Teague; RICH – Houlihan 3, Bowden 2, Hall, Knights, Krakouer, Rodan, Rogers, Torney
Best: KANG – Harvey, Stevens, Teague, Burton, Pickett, Makepeace, Archer; RICH – D. Kellaway, A. Kellaway, Knights, Chaffey, Gaspar, Bowden, Rogers

INJURY: KANG – Burton (lung)
Burton was taken to hospital after the match where 2 hours of tests revealed a bruised lung. The split round break will give him time to recover for the next match

UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 30,889 at Colonial Stadium

adelaide (7-3) vs hawthorn (5-5) football park saturday afternoon

3 weeks on the road proved too much for the hawks getting overrun by the crows by 44 points. adelaide (8-3) face melbourne at optus oval saturday afternoon 2. hawthorn (5-6) face essendon at the g friday night 1.

ADE 1.4 3.12 8.14 14.18 (102)
HAW 2.0 5.3 6.7 8.10 (58)
GOALS: ADE – Burton 3, Ricciuto 3, Biglands 3, Stevens 2, Bode, Hart, Edwards; HAW – Barlow 3, Hay, Tallis, S. Cox, Hodge, Dixon
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Johnson, Hart, Burton, Stenglein, McLeod; HAW – Barlow, Crawford, McCabe, S. Cox, Vandenberg, Mitchell

INJURY: ADE – Johnson (ankle); HAW – Smith (hamstring)

UMPIRES: McBurney, Woodcock, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 42,162 at Football Park

essendon (6-4) vs port (7-3) colonial saturday night

port became the 2nd team to beat essendon at colonial by 59 points. port (8-3) host richmond sunday 2. essendon (6-5) host hawthorn at the g friday night 1.

PA 4.2 7.6 10.10 16.12 (108)
ESS 1.1 4.3 5.7 7.7 (49)
GOALS: PA – Dew 6, Tredrea 4, Montgomery, Cockatoo-Collins, Poulton, James, Guerra, Primus; ESS – Salmon 2, Jacobs 2, Lucas 2, Hille
BEST: PA – Dew, Tredrea, Kingsley, Primus, N Stevens, Hardwick, Francou, James; ESS – J. Johnson, Lucas, Ramanauskas, Salmon, Peverill

INJURIES PA – Montgomery (jarred knee)

CHANGES: ESS – Fletcher by Welsh in selected team; PA – Wanganeen by K Cornes in selected team.

REPORTS: ESS – Jason Johnson (for unduly rough play against Damien Hardwick in the first quarter

UMPIRES: James, Dore, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 40,044 at Colonial Stadium

west coast (5-5) vs sydney (3-1-6) subiaco saturday night

they can’t win on the road but in perth they are unstoppable as west coast prove it with a 13 point win over the struggling swans. west coast (6-5) face carlton at optus oval saturday afternoon 1. sydney (3-1-7) host geelong saturday night 1.

WCE 3.3 8.8 10.11 15.12 (102)
SYD 2.3 5.6 10.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: WCE – Merenda 3, Jones 3, Wirrpunda 3, Wooden, Sierakowski, Haynes, Ph. Matera, Cousins, Cox; SYD – Hall 4, Nicks 4, Cresswell, O’Keefe, McPherson, Fixter, Mott
BEST: WE – Wooden, Cousins, Wirrpunda, Cox, Fletcher, Judd; SYD – Williams, Goodes, Hall, Nicks, Cresswell, Fixter

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Margetts, Corcoran

ATTENDANCE: 35,014 at Subiaco Oval

brisbane (7-3) vs st kilda (3-1-6) gabba sunday

brisbane continue to build their gabba fortress with a 61 point win over the saints. brisbane (8-3) host the roos saturday night 2 of the split round. st kilda (3-1-7) face the bulldogs friday night 2 at colonial.

BRIS 2.3 5.10 9.12 16.17 (113)
STK 3.3 3.8 6.8 7.10 (52)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 2, Voss 2, Pike 2, Akermanis 2, Lynch 2, McRae, Bradshaw, Keating, Johnson, Lappin, B. Scott; StK – Milne 3, Wulf, Everitt, Black, Dal Santo
BEST: BRIS – Pike, Lappin, Black, Akermanis, B. Scott, Michael, Johnson, Voss; StK – Thompson, Black, Cripps, Moyle, Milne

INJURY: BRIS – Voss (groin); STK – Hayes (hand)
Voss has sucumbed to OP, which he has been struggling with off and on since last year. He will have minor surgery and will miss 3-4 weeks
Hayes will miss 4-6 weeks with a broken hand

REPORTS: STK – Everitt for striking C. Scott
While this report was withdrawn, Everitt was later booked on a video charge for striking Aaron Shattock

ATTENDANCE: 23157 at the Gabba

geelong (4-6) vs carlton (1-9) colonial sunday

geelong rob carlton after the siren by 4 points meaning the blues will need a great run to avoid their first wooden spoon. geelong (5-6) travel to play sydney saturday night 1. carlton (1-10) host west coast saturday afternoon 1 at optus oval.

GEEL 4.4 8.4 13.6 15.10 (100)
CARL 2.1 5.7 6.11 14.12 (96)
GOALS: GEEL – Riccardi 4, Kingsley 4, Lord 3, Burns, Kelly, Sholl, Clarke; CARL – Fevola 4, Whitnall 3, Lappin 2, McKernan, Fletcher, Wiggins, Campbell, Plunkett
BEST: GEEL – King, Riccardi, Kelly, Ling, Sholl, Graham, Enright; CARL – Ratten, McKay, Bradley, Fletcher, Fevola

INJURIES: CARL – Merrington (corked thigh)

CHANGES: CARL – Davies (ill) replaced in selected side by Doering

REPORTS: CARL – Merrington reported for striking Street

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Head, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 37,294 at Colonial Stadium

bulldogs (4-6) vs freo (5-5) Optus oval sunday

bulldogs have turned their season around by 65 points over freo. bulldogs (5-6) host st kilda friday night 2 at colonial. freo (5-6) host collingwood sunday afternoon 1.

WB 7.3 12.6 16.10 22.13 (145)
FRE 3.2 6.4 10.4 12.8 (80)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 4, Alvey 3, Dimattina 2, Giansiracusa 2, Darcy 2, Hargrave 2, Brown 2, Grant, Saunders, Gilbee, Garlick, Hunter;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Croad 3, Medhurst, Carr, Farmer, Simmonds, Cunningham, Haines
BEST: WB -Darcy, Alvey, Brown, Johnson, Harrison, Dimattina, Giansiracusa, Croft; FRE – Bell, Pavlich, Jones, Hasleby, Simmonds, Siegert

INJURIES: FRE – Farmer (corked knee), Grover (ankle), Jones (shoulder)

CHANGES: WB – West (groin) replaced in selected side by Cross

REPORTS: FRE – Cook (Fremantle) for charging Giansiracusa

UMPIRES: Rowe, Schmitt, Morris

ATTENDANCE: 11,539 at Optus Oval

melbourne (6-4) vs collingwood (7-3) mcg monday

collingwood smash melbourne by 51 points. collingwood (8-3) travel to play freo sunday 1. melbourne (6-5) host adelaide at optus oval saturday afternoon 2.

COL 5.4 10.7 15.8 19.12 (126)
MELB 1.5 4.8 8.12 10.15 (75)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 7, Fraser 4, Rocca 2, L. Davis, Holland, Licuria, McKee, Didak, Cole; MELB – Jolly 2, Woewodin 2, Green, Johnstone, Bizzell, Robertson, Walsh, Brown
BEST: COL – Cloke, Tarrant, Fraser, McGough, Clement, Licuria, McKee; MELB – Walsh, Woewodin, Johnstone, Ellis, Ward

INJURY: COL – Steinfort replaced in selected side by Cole, Holland (back), Cloke (leg); MELB – Nicholson (knee)

UMPIRES: McKenzie, Sheehan, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 65,860 at MCG

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	11	8	0	3	1246	906	137.53%	32
2	Port Adelaide	11	8	0	3	1182	899	131.48%	32
3	Collingwood	11	8	0	3	1068	897	119.06%	32
4	Adelaide	11	8	0	3	1149	967	118.82%	32
5	Essendon	11	6	0	5	998	906	110.15%	24
6	West Coast	11	6	0	5	1189	1152	103.21%	24
7	Melbourne	11	6	0	5	1069	1082	98.80%	24
8	Nth Melbourne	11	6	0	5	1072	1126	95.20%	24
9	Wstn Bulldogs	11	5	0	6	1127	1047	107.64%	20
10	Geelong	11	5	0	6	1022	1077	94.89%	20
11	Fremantle	11	5	0	6	987	1073	91.99%	20
12	Hawthorn	11	5	0	6	1023	1133	90.29%	20
13	Richmond	11	4	0	7	966	1113	86.79%	16
14	Sydney	11	3	1	7	968	1013	95.56%	14
15	St Kilda	11	3	1	7	771	1142	67.51%	14
16	Carlton	11	1	0	10	829	1133	73.17%	4

GOALS

KentKingsley (GEEL) 35
Hall (SYD) 34
Wilson (WCE) 34
Croad (FRE) 28
Lynch (BRIS) 27
Welsh (ADE) 26
Milne (STK) 26
Tarrant (COL) 26
Tredrea (PA) 24
Bradshaw (BRIS) 23
Rocca (KANG) 23
Neitz (MELB) 23
Pickett (KANG) 22
J. Longmuir (FRE) 22
Whitnall (CARL) 22

round 12 matches

friday

essendon v hawthorn MCG (N)

saturday

carlton v west coast OO

sydney v geelong SCG (N)

sunday

freo v collingwood S

friday

bulldogs v st kilda CS (N)

saturday

melbourne v adelaide OO

brisbane v kangaroos G (N)

sunday

port v richmond FP

kangaroos (4-5) vs essendon (6-3) mcg friday night

north return to the winners list by 8 points over essendon. kangaroos (5-5) host richmond friday night at colonial. essendon (6-4) host port saturday night at colonial.

KANG 4.5 6.11 11.16 12.20 (92)
ESS 4.3 6.6 8.10 12.12 (84)
GOALS: KANG – Harvey 2, Morell 2, Baird, Grant, King, McCartney, Martyn, Pickett, Rocca, Stevens; ESS – Lucas 2, Fletcher 2, Alessio, Barnard, Harvey, Jacobs, Mercuri, Moorcroft, Ramanauskas, Reynolds
BEST: KANG – Archer, Simpson, Stevens, McCartney, Makepeace, Colbert; ESS – Fletcher, Jacobs, Ramanauskas, Mercuri, Wellman

INJURY: ESS – McGrath (ankle) replaced in selected side by Forster-Knight, Hille, (illness) replaced in selected side by Bolton, Fletcher (cramp), Peverill (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: McBurney, McLaren, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 34,352 at MCG

geelong (3-6) vs melbourne (6-3) skilled stadium saturday afternoon

geelong break a 4 game losing streak by 26 points over melbourne. geelong (4-6) host carlton at colonial sunday. melbourne (6-4) host collingwood on monday in the queens birthday clash.

GEEL 2.6 4.11 8.15 12.17 (89)
MELB 0.3 4.5 5.6 9.9 (63)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 6, Riccardi 2, Chapman, Corey, Harley, King; MELB – Jolly 2, Nicholson 2, Johnstone, Neitz, Robertson, Schwarz, White
BEST: GEEL – Kingsley, Harley, Riccardi, Chapman, Clarke, Grgic; MELB – White, Johnstone, Woewodin, Yze, Brown, Jolly

CHANGES: GEEL – Lord (ill) replaced in selected side by Street

UMPIRES: Allen, James, Quigley

ATTENDANCE: 20,031 at Skilled Stadium

richmond (4-5) vs bulldogs (3-6) mcg saturday

bulldogs continue their revival with a 19 point win over richmond. bulldogs (4-6) host freo at optus oval sunday. richmond (4-6) face the roos at colonial friday night.

WB 6.2 7.6 12. 9 17.15 (117)
RICH 3.0 7.5 11.12 14.14 (98)
GOALS: WB – Bandy 4, Garlick 3, Saunders 3, Grant 2, Smith, Johnson, Harrison, Alvey, Hargrave; RICH – Stafford 3, Ottens 2, Campbell 2, Gaspar, Rogers, Rodan, Hall, King, Tivendale, Zantuck
BEST: WB – Bandy, Johnson, West, Garlick, Darcy, Giansiracusa; RICH – Campbell, Ottens, King, Chaffey, Knights

INJURY: WB – Kretiuk (groin) replaced in selected side by Cross; RICH – Knights (nose)

UMPIRES: Coates, Morris, Dore

ATTENDANCE: 31,506 at MCG

collingwood (6-3) vs sydney (3-1-5) colonial saturday night

collingwood stay in the top 4 with an 11 point win over sydney. collingwood (7-3) face melbourne at the g monday. sydney (3-1-6) travel to play west coast saturday night.

COL 5.9 6.9 8.10 14.11 (95)
SYD 2.1 7.3 10.10 12.12 (84)
GOALS: COL – L. Davis 4, Tarrant 4, Burns 2, Didak, Holland, Molloy, N. Davis;
SYD – Schauble 4, Crouch, Lockett, Maxfield, Nicks, O’Keefe, Bolton, Schwass, Williams
BEST: COL – Burns, Licuria, O’Bree, Clement, Prestigiacomo, L. Davis, Tarrant;
SYD – Cresswell, Williams, Dunkley, Saddington, Nicks, Schauble, Goodes

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Corcoran, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 45,269 at Colonial Stadium

adeliade (6-3) vs brisbane (7-2) football park saturday night

adelaide maintain their winning streak against brisbane by 7 points. adeliade (7-3) host hawthorn saturday afternoon. brisbane (7-3) host st kilda sunday.

ADE 6.2 9.5 11.9 15.11 (101)
BRIS 5.3 6.5 9.6 14.10 (94)
Goals: ADE – Schell 4, Bode 2, Welsh 2, Stevens 2, McLeod 2, Burton 2, Johncock; BRIS – Lynch 4, Black 2, Voss, McRae, Power, Notting, Akermanis, Pike, Keating, Shattock
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Johnson, Bickley, Bode, Hart, Stevens; BRIS – Lappin, Voss, Pike, Lynch, Black, Akermanis

INJURY: ADE – Bickley (cut head); BRIS – B. Scott (concussion), Charman (shoulder), Ashcroft (cut head)

UMPIRES: Humphery-Smith, McKenzie, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 47,279 at Football Park

hawthorn (5-4) vs port (6-3) york park sunday

port move into the top 2 with a 40 point win over the hawks. port (7-3) travel to play essendon at colonial saturday night. hawthorn (5-5) travel to play adeliade saturday afternoon.

PA 5.3 8.5 12.11 17.15 (117)
HAW 1.2 4.3 8.4 12.5 (77)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Stevens 3, Dew 2, Burgoyne 2, Burgoyne 2, Montgomery, Cockatoo-Collins, Carr, K. Cornes, Poulton; HAW – Holland 3, Barlow 2, Lonie 2, Chick, Dixon, Osborne, Vandenberg, Crawford
BEST: PA – Stevens, Cockatoo-Collins, Burgoyne, Carr, Wakelin, Primus; HAW – Barlow, A. Cox, Rawlings, Dixon, Lonie

UMPIRES: Schmitt, Ellis, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 18,112 at York Park, Launceston

st kilda (2-1-6) vs west coast (5-4) colonial sunday

west coast couldn’t repeat their last away win in a 50 point loss to st kilda. st kilda (3-1-6) play brisbane on sunday on the road. west coast (5-5) host sydney saturday night.

STK 8.0 15.3 20.5 20.7 (127)
WCE 3.2 5.5 7.8 11.11 (77)
GOALS: StK -Milne 5, Voss 3, Hamill 2, Everitt 2, Riewoldt 2, Davis 2, Thompson, Hudghton, Loewe, Schwarze; WCE – Embley 4, Ph. Matera 3, Chambers 2, Fletcher, Wilson
BEST: StK – Thompson, Hayes, Hamill, Peckett, Voss, Milne, Baker, Everitt; WCE – Fletcher, Braun, Wirrpunda, Embley, Cousins

INJURY: STK – Harvey (calf), Hudghton (hamstring), Riewoldt (cut eye);
WCE – Gardiner replaced in selected side by Sierakowski, Wilson (shoulder)

UMPIRES: Rowe, Wenn, Kelsey

ATTENDANCE: 18,876 at Colonial Stadium

freo (4-5) vs carlton (1-8) subiaco sunday

carltons horror year continues with a 28 point loss to freo. freo (5-5) play bulldogs at optus oval sunday. carlton (1-9) play geelong sunday at coloinal.

FRE 1.4 8.6 13.9 14.12 (96)
CARL 4.3 7.5 8.8 10.8 (68)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 4, Croad 3, Medhurst 2, Pavlich, Hasleby, McManus, Norrish, Farmer; CARL – Ratten 2, Whitnall 2, Fevola 2, Murphy 2, Plunkett, Lappin
BEST: FRE – Pavlich, Simmonds, Hasleby, Carr, J. Longmuir, Bell, McManus; CARL – Ratten, Murphy, Plunkett, Hotton, Fletcher

INJURY: FRE – Polak (shoulder); CARL – McKernan (head)

UMPIRES: Head, McInerney, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 27,277 at Subiaco

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	10	7	0	3	1133	854	132.67%	28
2	Port Adelaide	10	7	0	3	1074	850	126.35%	28
3	Adelaide	10	7	0	3	1047	909	115.18%	28
4	Collingwood	10	7	0	3	942	822	114.60%	28
5	Essendon	10	6	0	4	949	798	118.92%	24
6	Melbourne	10	6	0	4	994	956	103.97%	24
7	West Coast	10	5	0	5	1087	1063	102.26%	20
8	Fremantle	10	5	0	5	907	928	97.74%	20
9	Nth Melbourne	10	5	0	5	977	1042	93.76%	20
10	Hawthorn	10	5	0	5	965	1031	93.60%	20
11	Wstn Bulldogs	10	4	0	6	982	967	101.55%	16
12	Geelong	10	4	0	6	922	981	93.99%	16
13	Richmond	10	4	0	6	882	1018	86.64%	16
14	Sydney	10	3	1	6	879	911	96.49%	14
15	St Kilda	10	3	1	6	719	1029	69.87%	14
16	Carlton	10	1	0	9	733	1033	70.96%	4

goals

GOALS
Kingsley (GEEL) 31
Hall (SYD) 30
Wilson (WCE) 29
Welsh (ADE) 26
Lynch (BRIS) 25
Croad (FRE) 25
Rocca (KANG) 23
Neitz (MELB) 23
Milne (STK) 23
Bradshaw (BRIS) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Bandy (WB) 21
Tredrea (PA) 20
J. Longmuir(FRE)19
Akermanis (BRIS)19

round 11 matches

friday

kangaroos v richmond CS (N)

saturday

adelaide v hawthorn FP

essendon v port CS (N)

west coast v sydney S (N)

sunday

brisbane v st kilda G

geelong v carlton CS

bulldogs v freemnatle OO

monday

melbourne v collingwood MCG

its a moonlit night ash and friends are in a place called happy town looking for a pokemon center to rest which they find with a blissey (the eovlved form of chansey) but the blissey is quite rough and careless. ash and friends don’t get food but the blissey feeds team rocket as its an old friend of jessie’s from when she went to pokemon nurse school which gets it in trouble. so when its found out team rocket decide to help blissey and leads to a battle with ash which doesn’t go well for team rocket deliberately.

next time a kid wants pikachu but gets a bellsprout.

ash and friends try and cross a bridge not realising they are being watched by team rocket when the bridge breaks ash and friends get help from a girl and her ledyba who agrees to help them get accross her name is aerielle. but team rocket take the ledyba and its tough to get them back after team rocket use supersonic to confuse them. brock uses zubat which we haven’t seen for ages to track it down. team rocket use aerieles whistle to control them but it all ends well and team rocket have the normal fate.

next time an old friend of jessies is in trouble.

ash and friends are in cherrygrove city taking a break before they continue to violet city while ash cleans his pokeballs when the gs ball is stolen by a quagsire which ash tries to get back when misty tries to catch it she is stopped by officer jenny who explains its a quagsire conservation area. officer jenny explains that there is a legend that the person who gets an item back from the quagsire last gets good luck. the quagsire gets the gs ball and takes it to the top of the waterfall to launch it up as part of the tradition. team rocket try and take the quagsire but fail as usual. the gs ball lands last so there is good luck for ash he hopes.

next time ledyba transport.

ash and friends are in the mountains when they spot snow and than a chikorita which ash wants to catch so he tries to and eventually uses charizard which beats it so he catches it and takes it to the pokemon center team rocket want to steal it.and pretends to be nurses to get it but ash follows them to get chikorita back which is tough due to the snow in the area but ash wins chikorita over and catches it.

next time a pokemon protected area over the top.

ash and friends are in another town heading for the violet gym when they spot a stantler which can create illusions with its horns brock tries to bond with it but does’t work initally. ash and friends get confused about the stampede they thought they saw and officer jenny explains a lot of people have seen the same thing. brock realises its an illusion as they don’t trample over some things. brock than realises it he bonds with the stantler to return it to its herd. team rocket try and steal the stantler but fail as usual even though they are helped by the stantler wanting to go with brock so wouldn’t leave.

next time ash gets a stubborn chikorita.

ash and friends are in a wealthy neighbourhood and are impressed with the mansions and find people looking for something when they spot a snubble biting a growlithe the snubble has a ribbon on it and they meet its trainer madam muchmoney who overlooks after snubble which it doesn’t like after a tour brokc realises it and when they find it its trainer arranged a marriage for it it doesn’t help the situation at all and team rocket try and steal snubble against meowths wishes as snubble is a dog pokemon even after snubble stands up for meowth. team rockets plan fails but the snubble escapes the mansion to go after meowth.

next time a stantler bonds with brock.

port (5-3) vs collingwood (6-2) football park friday night

port end collingwoods run by 5 points at home. port (6-3) play hawthorn in tasmania sunday. collingwood (6-3) Host sydney at colonial saturday night.

PA 6.1 8.4 10.6 14.7 (91)
COL 1.2 4.6 9.9 12.14 (86)
GOALS: PA – Dew 4, P. Burgoyne 2, Primus, Wakelin, Montgomery, Cockatoo-Collins, Tredrea, Bishop, Kingsley, Guerra; COL – L. Davis 4, Holland 2, Betheras, McKee, Burns, Licuria, N. Davis, Rocca
BEST: PA – Francou, Primus, Carr, Bishop, Wakelin, Montgomery; COL – Lockyer, L. Davis, Buckley, O’Bree, Burns, Licuria

INJURY: PA – Wanganeen (thigh); COL – Fraser (ribs), Wakelin (ankle), N. Davis (ankle)

REPORTS: ESS – Rioli for eye gouging Williams and for striking Fixter. Video reviews could result in melee charges against some of the players
The striking charge was dropped after a video review

UMPIRES: Kennedy, McLaren, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 35,834 at Football Park

geelong (3-5) vs bulldogs (2-6) skilled stadium saturday afternoon

bulldogs continue to revive their season by 2 goals over geelong. bulldogs (3-6) face richmond at the g saturday. geelong (3-6) host melbourne at skilled saturday.

WB 3.2 10.5 17.5 18.9 (117)
GEEL 5.1 10.2 15.3 17.3 (105)
GOALS: WB – Johnson 6, Smith 3, Brown 2, Bandy 2, Garlick, Gilbee, Alvey, Saunders, Dimattina; GEEL – Chapman 3, Kingsley 3, Ablett 2, Burns 2, Scarlett 2, Clarke, Ling, Lord, Riccardi, King
BEST: WB – Johnson, Grant, West, Croft, Brown, Darcy, Alvey; GEEL – Chapman, King, Corey, Sholl, Clarke, Sanderson

INJURY: WB – Kretiuk (groin), Murphy (jarred knee), Gilbee (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: Mitchell, McKenzie, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 22,033 at Skilled Stadium

melbourne (5-3) vs roos (4-4) mcg saturday afternoon

melbourne stay in touch with the top 4 with a 4 point win over the roos. melbourne (6-3) travel to play geelong saturday. kangaroos (4-5) host essendon friday night at the g.

MELB 7.1 10.4 15.8 17.9 (111)
KANG 4.6 11.9 12.10 15.17 (107)
GOALS: MELB – Schwarz 2, Ward 2, Yze 2, Brown 2, Leoncelli 2, Thompson, Johnstone, Green, Vardy, Robertson, Bruce, White; KANG – Rocca 4, Clayton 3, Pickett 2, Grant, Simpson, Stevens, Burton, Harding, Teague
BEST: MELB – Yze, Woewodin, Bruce, Leoncelli, Johnstone, Broadbridge, Ward, Thompson;
KANG – Simpson, Stevens, Clayton, Pickett, Rocca, Colbert

INJURY: MELB – Vardy (corked thigh), Ellis (ankle)

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Morris, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 28,625 at the MCG

st kilda (1-1-6) vs richmond (4-5) colonial saturday night

st kilda broke a 7 game winless run by 9 points stunning richmond. st kilda (2-1-6) host west coast sunday at colonial. richmond (4-5) host bulldogs saturday afternoon.

STK 0.4 3.7 8.9 10.12 (72)
RICH 2.1 5.3 7.3 9.9 (63)
GOALS: StK – Reiwoldt 2, Milne 2, Thompson, Voss, Capuano, Cripps, Loewe, Dal Santo; RICH – Rogers, Ottens, Chaffey, Stafford, Bowden, Houlihan, Krakouer, Tivendale, A. Kellaway
BEST: StK – Riewoldt, Harvey, Milne, Thompson, Capuano, Baker; RICH – A. Kellaway, Ottens, Chaffey, Campbell, Knights, Torney

INJURY: StK – Jones (hamstring); RICH – Cameron (buttock) replaced in selected side by Newman, W Campbell (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: Quigley, Schmitt, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 30,336 at Colonial Stadium

sydney (3-1-4) vs essendon (5-3) stadium australia saturday night

a missed shot after the siren cost sydney the first points at the new ground the olympic stadium against essendon in a 2 point loss. essendon (6-3) face the roos at the g friday night. sydney (3-1-5) travel to play collingwood at colonail saturday night.

ESS 6.1 7.6 9.9 12.13 (85)
SYD 3.7 4.11 8.12 11.17 (83)
GOALS: ESS – Alessio 3, Heffernan 2, Lucas 2, M. Johnson, Mercuri, Barnard, Blumfield, Rioli; SYD – Nicks 4, Hall 3, Williams 2, Maxfield, O’Loughlin
BEST: ESS – Alessio, Jacobs, McVeigh, Fletcher, Mercuri, Heffernan; SYD – Nicks, Cresswell, Hall, Williams, Mathews, O’Loughlin

REPORTS: ESS – Rioli for eye gouging Williams and for striking Fixter. Video reviews could result in melee charges against some of the players
The striking charge was dropped after a video review

UMPIRES: James, Allen, Head

ATTENDANCE: 54,169. at Stadium Australia

brisbane (6-2) vs freo (4-4) gabba sunday afternoon

brisbane regained the outright lead by 5 goals over freo. brisbane (7-2) travel to play adeliade saturday night. freo (4-5) host carlton sunday.

BRIS 5.2 9.5 13.10 16.13 (109)
FRE 4.4 8.6 9.10 11.13 (79)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 5, Voss 3, Bradshaw 2, Akermanis 2, Power, Keating, Pike, Brown;
FRE – J. Longmuir 3, McManus 2, Simmonds 2, Farmer, Carr, Medhurst, Croad
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Power, B. Scott, Pike, Lynch, Ashcroft; FRE – Pavlich, Haines, J. Longmuir, Bell, McManus, Koops

INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (back) replaced in selected side by Morrison

UMPIRES: Coates, Rowe, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: About 21,709 at the Gabba

carlton (1-7) vs adelaide (5-3) optus oval sunday afternoon

crows move closer to the top 4 with a 56 point win over last place carlton. adeliaed (6-3) host brisbane saturday night. carlton (1-8) tavel to play freo sunday.

ADE 6.3 10.5 15.10 20.11 (131)
CARL 1.4 4.6 6.7 11.9 (75)
GOALS: ADE – Ricciuto 6, Stevens 4, Welsh 2, Burton 2, Bassett, Stenglein, Schell, Goodwin, Smart, McLeod; CARL – McKernan 5, Whitnall 4, Plunkett 2
BEST: ADE – Ricciuto, Johnson, Stevens, Bode, Clarke, Johnson, Hart; CARL – McKernan, Whitnall, Bradley, Plunkett, McKay, Camporeale

INJURY: CARL – Manton (corked right calf)

UMPIRES: Kelsey, Corcoran, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 17,712 at Optus Oval

west coast (4-4) vs hawthorn (5-3) subiaco sunday afternoon

west coast kept their home run intact by 38 points over the hawks. west coast (5-4) travel to play st kilda at colonial sunday. hawthorn (5-4) host port in tasmania sunday.

WCE 3.2 8.5 13.8 19.12 (126)
HAW 4.0 8.0 9.4 14.4 (88)
GOALS: WCE – Wirrpunda 5, Chambers, Wilson 3, Cousins, Judd, Embley 2, Matera, Fletcher;
HAW – Thompson 3, Crawford, Chick 2, Picioane, Lekkas, Tallis, Holland, Vandenberg, Rawlings, Barker
BEST: WCE – Wirrpunda, Cousins, Cox, Jakovich, Chambers, Judd; HAW – Crawford, Thompson, McCabe, Picioane, Lekkas

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Rosebury, Humphery-Smith

ATTENDANCE: 38646 at Subiaco Oval

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	9	7	0	2	1039	753	137.98%	28
2	Port Adelaide	9	6	0	3	957	773	123.80%	24
3	Essendon	9	6	0	3	865	706	122.52%	24
4	Adelaide	9	6	0	3	946	815	116.07%	24
5	Collingwood	9	6	0	3	847	738	114.77%	24
6	Melbourne	9	6	0	3	931	867	107.38%	24
7	West Coast	9	5	0	4	1010	936	107.91%	20
8	Hawthorn	9	5	0	4	888	914	97.16%	20
9	Fremantle	9	4	0	5	811	860	94.30%	16
10	Nth Melbourne	9	4	0	5	885	958	92.38%	16
11	Richmond	9	4	0	5	784	901	87.01%	16
12	Sydney	9	3	1	5	795	816	97.43%	14
13	Wstn Bulldogs	9	3	0	6	865	869	99.54%	12
14	Geelong	9	3	0	6	833	918	90.74%	12
15	St Kilda	9	2	1	6	592	952	62.18%	10
16	Carlton	9	1	0	8	665	937	70.97%	4

goals

GOALS
Hall (SYD) 30
Wilson (WCE) 28
Kingsley (GEEL) 25
Welsh (ADE) 24
Bradshaw (BRIS) 22
Croad (FRE) 22
Rocca (KANG) 22
Neitz (MELB) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Lynch (BRIS) 21
Akermanis (BRIS) 21
Milne (STK 18
Bandy (WB) 17
Johnson (WB) 17
Whitnall (CARL) 17

round 10 matches

friday

kangroos v essendon MCG (N)

saturday

geelong v melbourne SS

richmond v bulldogs MCG

collingwood v sydney CS (N)
adeliade v brisbane FP (N)

Sunday

hawthorn v port YP

st kilda v west coast CS

freemantle v carlton S

a 747 on its way to tokyo has the rudder move into a bad position forcing the crew to battle to keep the plane under control to a landing in anchorage alaska which they do despite having to struggle to get into a landing due to high traffic.

next time a 747 cargo plane goes down.

hawthorn (4-3) vs carlton (1-6) mcg friday night

hawks make it 4 straight by 9 points over last place carlton. hawthorn (5-3) travel to play west coast sunday. carlton (1-7) host adeliade sunday at optus oval.

HAW 2.9 5.12 8.12 12.17 (89)
CARL 1.4 6.6 10.7 12.8 (80)
GOALS: HAW – Dixon 2, Lekkas 2, Vandenberg 2, Barlow, A. Cox, Cawford, Hodge, Chick, Barker; CARL – Whitnall 5, Houlihan 3, Lappin 2, Davies, McKernan
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Harford, McCabe, Vandenberg, Graham, Lekkas; CARL – Whitnall, Freeborn, Bradley, Pickering, McKernan

INJURY: HAW – Holland (shin), McCabe (shoulder); CARL – Camporeale (corked thigh), Plunkett (knee) replacemed in selected side by Cranage

UMPIRES: Coates, Dore, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 39,142 at MCG

richmond (3-4) vs west coast (4-3) mcg saturday afternon

west coast still haven’t won on the road losing by 21 points to richmond. richmond (4-4) face st kilda at colonial saturday night. west coast (4-4) host hawthorn sunday.

RICH 2.3 7.6 10.9 13.16 (94)
WCE 3.4 7.5 8.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: RICH – Campbell 4, Bowden 2, Rodan 2, Krakouer, Rogers, Stafford, Sziller, Vardy;
WCE – Wilson 3, Wirrpunda 2, Fletcher, Ph. Matera, Williams, Cousins, Cox
BEST: RICH – Campbell, Fiora, Tivendale, Rodan, Sziller, Gaspar, Stafford; WCE – Wirrpunda, Jakovich, Fletcher, Cox, Wilson

INJURY: RICH – Hall (groin) replaced in selected side by Pettifer; WCE – Peter Matera (knee) replaced in selected side by Humm

REPORTS: RICH – Stafford for kneeing Cox

UMPIRES: Vozzo, S McLaren, M McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 22,647 at MCG

port (4-3) vs geelong (3-4) football park saturday afternoon

port dismantle geelong by 75 points. port (5-3) host collingwood friday night. geelong (3-5) host bulldogs saturday afternoon.

PA 7.1 11.3 16.4 20 9 (129)
GEEL 1.3 4.4 6.10 7.12 (54)
GOALS: PA – C. Cornes 4, Guerra 4, Tredrea 2, P. Burgoyne 2, Primus, Montgomery, Wanganeen, Schofield, Francou, Cockatoo-Collins, Dew, James; GEEL – Kingsley 3, Sanderson, Ablett, Chapman, Ling
BEST: PA – C. Cornes, Francou, Primus, Bishop, Tredrea, Stevens; GEEL – Scarlett, Sanderson, Sholl, Ling, Milburn, Kingsley

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Allen, Rowston

ATTENDANCE: 18,193 at Football Park

collingwood (5-2) vs brisbane (6-1) colonial saturday night

collingwood move into 2nd with a 3 point win over brisbane their fifth in a row. collingwood (6-2) travel to play port friday night. brisbane (6-2) host freo sunday.

COL 5.1 8.9 14.12 17.12 (114)
BRIS 7.2 10.5 12.9 16.15 (111)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Rocca 3, Betheras 3, Buckley 2, N. Davis, Fraser, O’Bree, Cummings; BRIS – McRae 3, Akermanis 2, Headland 2, Keating, Pike, Brown, Bradshaw, Power, Voss, Lynch, Lappin, Charmin
BEST: COL – Tarrant, Buckley, Licuria, Rocca, McGough, Cloke, Betheras; BRIS – B. Scott, Lappin, C. Scott, Headland, Leppitsch, Voss

INJURY: COL – McGough (suspected broken leg);. BRIS – C. Scott (thigh)

REPORTS: COL – Buckley for wrestling B. Scott, Johnson sriking Power; BRIS – B. Scott for wrestling Buckley

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Ellis, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 46,276 at Colonial Stadium

freo (3-4) vs melbourne (5-2) suibaco saturday night

ex melbourne player jeff farmer saved freo in a 5 point win over melbourne. freo (4-4) play brisbane at the gabba sunday. melbourne (5-3) host roos saturday afternoon.

FRE 2.4 5.8 11.10 14.10 (94)
MELB 4.6 6.9 10.10 13.11 (89)
GOALS: FRE – Croad 7, Farmer 3, Simmonds, Hasleby, Browne, Brown; MELB – Vardy 3, Green 2, Bruce 2, Whelan 2, Johnstone, Neitz, Leoncelli, Robertson
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, Croad, Farmer, Pavlich, Cook, Simmonds; MELB – Johnstone, Powell, Vardy, Nicholson, Yze, Whelan

REPORTS: FRE – Grover for rough play on Bruce

UMPIRES: McBurney, Head, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 25,022 at Subiaco Oval

kangaroos (3-4) vs adeliade (5-2) manaka oval sunday afternoon

roos bounce back with a 17 point win over the crows. north (4-4) play melboure at the g saturday afternoon. adeliade (5-3) play carlton at optus oval sunday.

KANG 4.4 10.7 12.11 16.14 (110)
ADE 3.1 7.4 10.9 14.9 (93)
GOALS: KANG – Harvey 4, Grant 2, Clayton 2, Rocca 2, Stevens, Porter, Pickett, Morrell, King, Harding; ADE – Welsh 5, Ricciuto 2, Clarke, Bode, Doughty, Stevens, McLeod, Burton, Bickley
BEST: KANG – Stevens, Teague, McCartney, Harvey, Simpson, Morrell, Pickett; ADE – Bassett, Goodwin, Hart, Doughty, McLeod, Bode, Welsh

INJURY: KANG – Cochrane (hamstring); ADE – Fitzgerald (right knee)

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kennedy, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 7671 at Manuka Oval, Canberra

bulldogs (1-6) vs sydney (3-1-3) scg sunday

bulldogs get some space off the bottom by 69 points over sydney. bulldogs (2-6) play geelong saturday at geelong. sydney (3-1-4) host essendon at the olympic stadium.

WB 3.5 10.8 16.13 24.15 (159)
SYD 1.7 7.11 9.16 11.24 (90)
GOALS: WB – Brown 5, Bandy 4, Alvey 2, Smith 2, Eagleton 2, Garlick 2, West, Darcy, Murphy, Giansiracusa, Grant, Saunders, Gilbee;
SYD – Goodes 4, Hall 2, Cresswell, Doyle, O’Loughlin, Nicks, Saddington
BEST: WB – Brown, Darcy, Johnson, Bandy, West, Alvey; SYD – Saddington, Goodes, Dunkley, Maxfield, Cresswell, Bolton

INJURY: WB – Grant (hip), Saunders (buttock); SYD – Kelly (hamstring), Dunkley (calf)
Kelly will miss 2 weeks with his injury.

UMPIRES: James, Morris, Wenn

ATTENDANCE 20954 at the SCG

essendon (4-3) vs st kilda (1-1-5) colonial sunday

a 18 goal to 2 middle quarter surge gave essendon a 99 point win over the saints. essendon (5-3) travel to play sydney saturday night at the olympic stadium. st kilda (1-1-6) host richmond saturday night.

ESS 3.5 13.8 21.12 26.15 (171)
STK 2.2 3.3 4.5 11.6 (72)
GOALS: ESS – Lucas 4, Caracella 3, J. Johnson 3, Rioli 2, Salmon 2, Alessio 2, Blumfield 2, Reynolds 2, Barnard, Mercuri, McVeigh, Harvey, Heffernan, Hille; StK – Riewoldt 3, Davis 2, Baker 2, Knobel, Milne, Plapp, Hayes
BEST: ESS – J. Johnson, Rioli, Forster-Knight, Barnard, Caracella, Harvey, Alessio, Blumfield; StK – Riewoldt, Clarke, Hayes, Thompson

INJURY: ESS – Salmon (corked thigh); STK – Plapp (bruised back)

CHANGES: STK – Hamill (calf) and Black (quadricep) replaced in selected side by Davis and Plapp

UMPIRES: Humphrey-Smith, Kelsey, Corcoran

ATTENDANCE: 34,262 at Colonial Stadium

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	8	6	0	2	930	674	137.98%	24
2	Collingwood	8	6	0	2	761	647	117.62%	24
3	Port Adelaide	8	5	0	3	866	687	126.06%	20
4	Essendon	8	5	0	3	780	623	125.20%	20
5	Adelaide	8	5	0	3	815	740	110.14%	20
6	Melbourne	8	5	0	3	820	760	107.89%	20
7	Hawthorn	8	5	0	3	800	788	101.52%	20
8	West Coast	8	4	0	4	884	848	104.25%	16
9	Fremantle	8	4	0	4	732	751	97.47%	16
10	Nth Melbourne	8	4	0	4	778	847	91.85%	16
11	Richmond	8	4	0	4	721	829	86.97%	16
12	Sydney	8	3	1	4	712	731	97.40%	14
13	Geelong	8	3	0	5	728	801	90.89%	12
14	Wstn Bulldogs	8	2	0	6	748	764	97.91%	8
15	St Kilda	8	1	1	6	520	889	58.49%	6
16	Carlton	8	1	0	7	590	806	73.20%	4

goals

GOALS
BarryHall (SYD) 27
Wilson (WCE) 25
Welsh (ADE) 22
Kingsley (GEEL) 22
Neitz (MELB) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Croad (FRE) 21
Bradshaw (BRIS) 20
Rocca (KANG) 18
Tredrea (PA) 16
Akermanis (BRIS)16
Lynch (BRIS) 16
Rocca (COL) 16
Milne (STK) 16
Bandy (WB) 15

round 9 matches

friday

port v collingwood FP (N)

saturday

geelong v bulldogs SS

melborune v kanagroos MCG

st kilda v richmond CS (N)

sydney v essendon SA (N)

sunday

brisbane v freemantle G

carlton v adeliade OO

west coast v hawthorn S

essendon (3-3) vs carlton (1-5) mcg friday night

two of the comps biggest rivals battled it out with a lot of injuries but essendon got back on the winners list by 25 points over carlton. essendon (4-3) host st kilda sunday at colonial. carlton (1-6) face hawthorn at the g friday night.

ESS 4.1 7.7 9.12 12.15 (87)
CARL 0.4 2.5 4.7 9.8 (62)
GOALS: ESS – ESS – Ramanauskas 3, J. Johnson 2, Barnard 2, Jacobs, Hille, McVeigh, M. Johnson, Rioli; CARL – Lappin 3, Houlihan 2, Whitnall 2, Christou, Davies
BEST: ESS – J .Johnson, Ramanauskas, Fletcher, Wellman, Welsh, Salmon, Blumfield, Barnard; CARL – Lappin, Franchina, Beaumont, Bradley, Hotton

INJURY: ESS – Misiti (broken wrist); CARL – Wiggins (hamstring sheath replaced in select side by (Prendergast)
Misiti will miss 4-6 weeks

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Allen, Head

ATTENDANCE: 55,633 at MCG

hawthorn (3-3) vs geelong (3-3) mcg saturday afternoon

hawthorn are in the 8 with a 52 point win over geelong. hawthorn (4-3) host carlton at the g friday night. geelong (3-4) travel to play port saturday afternoon.

HAW 6.3 11.5 17.8 20.10 (130)
GEEL 1.2 7.3 8.7 11.12 (78)
GOALS: HAW – Crawford 4, Dixon 3, Lekkas 3, Holland 2, Harford 2, Vandenberg 2, McCabe, Chick, S. Cox, Barlow; GEEL – Kingsley 5, King 2, Lord 2, Graham, Riccardi; BEST: HAW – Crawford, Lekkas, Vandenberg, Cox, Rehn, Barker;
GEEL – Riccardi, Wojcinski, Kingsley, Lord

INJURY: HAW – S. Cox (hamstring), Hay (back) replaced in selected side by Stone; GEEL – Burns (hip) replaced in selected side by Woolnough

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Schmitt, Wenn

ATTENDANCE: 38,709 at MCG

west coast (3-3) vs kangaroos (3-3) subiaco saturday afternoon

west coast maintain their home dominance by 49 points over the roos. west coast (4-3) play richmond at the g saturday afternoon. kangaroos (3-4) host adeliade in canberra sunday.

WCE 5.3 11.8 16.11 21.13 (139)
KANG 3.2 5.6 9.9 13.12 (90)
GOALS: WCE – WCE – Phil Matera 4, Fletcher 3, William 2, Gaspar 2, Chambers 2, Wirrpunda 2, Braun, Peter Matera, Kerr, Embley, Wilson, Judd; KANG – Clayton 2, Pickett, Stevens, Harding, Rocca, Archer, D. Motlop, King, Simpson, Morrell, Watt, S. Motlop
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Fletcher, McIntosh, Peter Matera, Phil Matera, Cox; KANG – Simpson, Clayton, Colbert, Harding

INJURY: WCE – Tuckey (illness) replaced in selected side by Green

UMPIRES: Coates, Avon, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 32,815 at Subiaco

richmond (2-4) vs sydney (3-1-2) colonial saturday night

richmond break a 3 game losing streak by a goal over sydney. richmond (3-4) host west coast saturday afternoon. sydney (3-1-3) play bulldogs in a “away’ game at the scg.

RICH 2.1 5.4 11.6 13.10 (88)
SYD 4.3 7.4 10.7 12.10 (82)
GOALS: RICH – Campbell 2, Chaffey 2, Tivendale 2, Ottens, Pettifer, Hall, Houlihan, Cameron, Krakoeur, A. Kellaway; SYD – Doyle 3, Schauble 2, Hall 2, Cresswell 2, Goodes, Matthews, Kirk
BEST: RICH – Gaspar, Rogers, A. Kellaway, Campbell, Cameron, King; SYD – Maxfield, Cresswell, Kelly, O’Loughlin, Goodes, Doyle

INJURY: RICH – Hall (cut head); SYD – McPherson (concussion)

UMPIRES: Dore, McInerney, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 29,303 at Colonial Stadium

adelaide (4-2) vs freo (3-3) football park saturday night

crows get their revenge for their embarrasing loss at the end of last year against freo by 29 points. adeliade (5-2) travel to play the roos in canberra sunday. freo (3-4) host melbourne saturday night.

ADEL 5.2 8.5 14.8 18.10 (118)
FRE 2.1 5.3 8.7 13.11 (89)
GOALS: ADE – Edwards 5, Welsh 4, Doughty 2, McLeod 2, Perrie, Ricciuto, Marsh, Clarke, Hart; FRE – Brown 3, Longmuir 2, Farmer, Carr, McPhee, Walker, Simmonds, Pavlich, Hasleby, Cunningham
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Clarke, Ricciuto, Edwards, Bickley, Hart; FRE – Hasleby, Cook, Bell, Brown, Farmer, Siegert

INJURY: ADE – Burton (thigh)

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Morris, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 44,058 at Football Park

brisbane (5-1) vs port (4-2) gabba sunday

brisbane secure thier lead with a 57 point win in the top of the table clash with port. brisbane (6-1) travel to play collingwood at colonial. port (4-3) host geelong saturday afternoon.

BRIS 5.3 12.5 13.10 19.15 (129)
PA 2.1 7.2 9.6 11.6 (72)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 3, Bradshaw 3, Johnson 2, Akermanis 2, Black 2, Voss, McRae, B. Scott, Notting, Ashcroft, Pike, Copeland; PA – Schofield 3, Montgomery 2, Wakelin, Wanganeen, Lade, P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, C. Cornes
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Ashcroft, B. Scott, Pike, Akermanis, Johnson, C. Scott; PA -Wakelin, Mead, Montgomery, Schofield, Stevens, Francou

INJURY: PA – Primus (back), Lade (ankle), Montgomery (knee)

REPORTS: PA – Mead for striking Power

UMPIRES: McLaren, Ellis, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 24,538 at Gabba.

melbourne (4-2) vs st kilda (1-1-4) mcg sunday

melbourne hold off st kilda by 3 points. melbourne (5-2) travel to play freo saturday night. st kilda (1-1-5) play essendon sunday at colonial.

MELB 3.7 6.8 14.10 15.15 (105)
STK 2.1 6.4 10.8 15.12 (102)
GOALS: MELB – Schwarz 3, Vardy 3, Leoncelli 3, Johnstone 2, Thompson, Neitz, Robertson, Brown; StK – Clarke, Milne 4, Hamill 2, Gehrig, Lawrence, Capuano, Davis, Knobel
BEST: MELB – Johnstone, Leoncelli, Vardy, Schwarz, Broadbridge, Woewodin, Thompson;
StK – Clarke, Lawrence, Thompson, Hamill, Milne, Hudghton, Riewoldt

INJURY: MELB – Bizzell (hamstring), Wheatley (hamstring), White (ankle); StK – Gehrig (adductor)

CHANGES: MELB – Green (tonsilitis) replaced in selected side by Godfrey

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Mitchell, Rowston

ATTENDANCE: 20,892 at the MCG

bulldogs (1-5) vs collingwood (4-2) colonial sunday

collingwood make it 4 striaght by 10 points over the struggling bulldogs. colligwood (5-2) host brisbane saturday night at colonial. bulldogs (1-6) play sydney in a “home” game at the scg sunday.

COL 3.1 5.3 7.4 11.7 (73)
WB 2.3 5.7 6.11 8.15 (63)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 3, Fraser 2, Didak, Buckley, Betheras, N. Davis, Tarrant, Lonie; WB – Smith, Johnson, West, Saunders, Darcy, Brown, Alvey, Birss
BEST: COL – Cloke, Rocca, Lockyer, McKee, Buckley, Freeborn, Fraser; WB – Johnson, Alvey, Giansiracusa, Smith, Dimattina, Darcy

INJURY: COL – Simon Prestigiacomo (concussion), L. Davis (shin); WB – Grant (back)

REPORTS: WB – Dimattina for striking Lonie

UMPIRES: McBurney, James, Humphery-Smith

ATTENDANCE: 34,400 at Colonial Stadium

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	7	6	0	1	819	560	146.25%	24
2	Collingwood	7	5	0	2	647	536	120.71%	20
3	Adelaide	7	5	0	2	722	630	114.60%	20
4	Melbourne	7	5	0	2	731	666	109.76%	20
5	Port Adelaide	7	4	0	3	737	633	116.43%	16
6	Essendon	7	4	0	3	609	551	110.53%	16
7	West Coast	7	4	0	3	811	754	107.56%	16
8	Hawthorn	7	4	0	3	711	708	100.42%	16
9	Sydney	7	3	1	3	622	572	108.74%	14
10	Geelong	7	3	0	4	674	672	100.30%	12
11	Fremantle	7	3	0	4	638	662	96.37%	12
12	Nth Melbourne	7	3	0	4	668	754	88.59%	12
13	Richmond	7	3	0	4	627	756	82.94%	12
14	St Kilda	7	1	1	5	448	718	62.40%	6
15	Wstn Bulldogs	7	1	0	6	589	674	87.39%	4
16	Carlton	7	1	0	6	510	717	71.13%	4

goals

GOALS
Hall (SYD) 25
Wilson (WCE) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Neitz (MELB) 21
Kingsley (GEE) 19
Bradshaw (BRIS) 19
Welsh (ADE) 17
Rocca (KANG) 16
Lynch (BRIS) 15
Milne (STK) 15
Akermanis (BRI) 14
Croad (FRE) 14
Pickett (KANG) 14
Tredrea (PA) 14
Ottens (RICH) 14

round 8 matches

friday

hawthorn v carlton MCG (N)

saturday

richmond v west coast MCG

port v geelong FP

collingwood v brisbane CS (N)

freo v melbourne S (N)

sunday

kangaroos v adelaide MO

bulldogs v sydney SCG

essendon v st kilda CS

north stun freo by 1 point while st kilda smash bulldogs by 51 points richmond held off adeliade by 32 points and collingwood destroy port by 71 points. rabitohs beat manly 13-12 while cowboys beat titans 24-12. british airways considering honolulu flights. labor have won the nsw election with labor winning atleast 45 seats to the libs 24 with several in doubt and a crossbench of at least 9.

for angelica and richard there summer beach vacation was going to be interesting as they had been selected to be part of a special program to spend the summer at the beach helping with protecting the beach. when they arrived at the beach a man appraoached them who they could tell was a lifeguard who welcomed them and said that they and some other kids would spend the summer being part of a program called beach dogs where they would provide support as dogs to people at the beach especially the disabled and young before the kids could respond the man put collars on them and the other kids with help from a few people suddenly there bodies changed into dogs of different breads angelica became a border collie while richard became a dobberman there minds became focused on their beach jobs and didn’t really remeber being human for the summer at the end the man checked their brains and decided to leave them as dogs perminately and sold them for most of the year to happy famililes.

st kilda (1-1-3) vs collingwood (3-2) colonial friday night

the young saints got humliated again this time by collingwood by 83 points. collingwood (4-2) play bulldogs at colonial sunday. st kilda (1-1-4) play melbourne at the g sunday.

COL 4.4 9.9 12.12 16.15 (111)
STK 1.1 1.3 3.8 3.10 (28)
GOALS: COL – N. Davis 4, Rocca 3, Betheras, Burns, Buckley, L. Davis, Didak, Holland, Lockyer, Lonie, Freeborn; StK – Hayes, Hudghton, Milne
BEST: COL – Lockyer, Johnson, Didak, Clement, Licuria, N. Davis, Fraser, McKee; StK – Hayes, Lawrence, Dal Santo

INJURY: COL – Cummings (back) replaced in selected side O’Bree

REPORTS: COL – Buckley for striking Thompson

UMPIRES: Coates, Schmitt, Wenn

ATTENDANCE: 46,089 at Colonial Stadium

kangaroos (3-2) vs hawthorn (2-3) mcg saturday afternoon

hawthorn recovered their season with a 68 point win over the roos despite injuries. hawthorn (3-3) host geelong at the g saturday. kangaroos (3-3) travel to play west coast saturday afternoon.

HAW 8.4 14.8 21.9 24.11 (155)
KANG 4.1 5.2 11.4 13.9 (87)
GOALS: HAW – Vandenberg 3, Chick 3, Barker 3, Lekkas 3, Picioane 2, Ries 2, Dixon 2, Holland, Crawford, Hodge, Thompson, S. Cox, Barlow;
KANG – Rocca 3, Clayton 3, Morrell 2, Archer, Motlop, Pickett, Harvey, King
BEST: HAW – Picioane, Lekkas, Vandenberg, Rawlings, Thompson, Barlow, S Cox;
KANG – Clayton, Grant, Robbins, Simpson, Makepeace

INJURY: HAW – Hodge (ankle), Tallis (back), Thompson (knee), Bateman (knee);
KANG – Blakey (concussion)

UMPIRES: James, Allen, Kelsey

ATTENDANCE: 33,345 at MCG

freemantle (2-3) vs essendon (3-2) subiaco saturday afternoon

essendon lost their two main stars in a 27 point loss to freo in perth becoming the latest victim of the trip west. freo (3-3) play adeliade saturday night in adeliade who are out for revenge. essendon (3-3) host carlton at the g friday night in a must win game for both sides.

FRE 2.3 5.8 9.9 13.11 (89)
ESS 3.2 5.5 7.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Farmer 3, Croad 2, Bell 2, Simmonds, Medhurst, Pavlich; ESS – Harvey 3, Wellman, J. Johnson, Lloyd, Alessio, Caracella, Hille
BEST: FRE – Brown, Bell, Pavlich, Simmonds, J. Longmuir, Polak; ESS – Ramanauskas, J. Johnson, McVeigh, M. Johnson, Misiti

INJURY: ESS – Lucas (thigh) replaced in selected side by McAllister, Mercuri (knee) replaced in selected side by McGrath, Caracella (concussion), Hird (facial fractures)
Hird was rushed to a Perth hospital after the collision with teammate McVeigh’s leg.
He suffered fractures to his cheekbone and eye socket. He was cleared of any eye damage, had surgery with plates inserted, and will remain in Perth for at least week until cleared to fly back to Melbourne. He will miss up to 8 weeks.
Also inured was Matthew Lloyd, who ruptured a ligament in his right ring finger. He will miss several weeks.

UMPIRES: Dore, McInerney, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 25312 at Subiaco Oval

carlton (1-4) vs bulldogs (0-5) colonial saturday night

bulldogs open their account with a 28 point win over carlton in the bottom of the ladder clash. bulldogs (1-5) host collingwood sunday at colonial. carlton (1-5) face essendon at the g friday night.

WB 3.5 8.7 11.11 14.12 (96)
CARL 3.2 5.5 8.7 9.14 (68)
GOALS: WB – Bandy 3, Grant 3, Johnson 2, Garlick, Gilbee, Brown, Eagleton, Saunders, Smith;
CARL – Whitnall 4, Ratten 2, Lappin, Houlihan, Hotton
BEST: WB – Darcy, Bandy, Smith, Giansiracusa, West, Gilbee; CARL – Whitnall, Ratten, Franchina, Beaumont

INJURY: CARL – Ratten (shoulder), Sporn (ankle), Fevola (groin) replaced in selected side by Hotton

UMPIRES: Corcoran, Ellis, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 29,783 at Colonial Stadium

brisbane (4-1) vs geelong (3-2) gabba saturday night

brisbane used the home ground advantage to return to the winners list by 57 points over geelong. brisbane (5-1) host port sunday in a top of the table clash. geelong (3-3) face hawthorn at the g saturday.

BRIS 6.6 10.13 15.16 21.20 (146)
GEEL 2.4 6.5 8.10 13.11 (89)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 5, Headland 4, McRae 3, Notting 2, Power 2, C. Scott 2, Bradshaw, Pike, B. Scott; GEEL – Kingsley 4, Graham 2, Ling 2, Johnson, King, Ablett, Mooney, White
BEST: BRIS – Black, Lappin, B. Scott, Pike, Voss, Leppitsch, Headland; GEEL – Clarke, Sholl, Milburn, Kingsley, Bartel

INJURY: BRIS – McDonald (ankle), Bradshaw (thigh), Brown (ankle) replaced by Morrison (debut); GEEL – Lord, late withdrawal, replaced by Steve Johnson (debut)

UMPIRES: McBurney, Sheehan, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 27,015 at The Gabba

sydney (2-1-2) vs melbourne (4-1) scg sunday

sydney stun melbourne by 28 points to steady their season. sydney (3-1-2) face richmond at colonial saturday night. melbourne (4-2) host st kilda sunday at the g.

SYD 4.4 8.5 13.6 15.9 (99)
MELB 0.2 5.5 8.7 10.11 (71)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 6, Nicks 3, Schauble 3, O’Loughlin, Fosdike, Saddington; MELB – Funcke 2, Vardy 2, Wheatley 2, Neitz, Johnstone, Brown, Williams
BEST: SYD – Hall, Nicks, Dunkley, Kelly, Schauble, Schwass; MELB – Woewodin, Johnstone, White, Yze, Wheatley, Brown

INJURY: SYD – Crouch (corked thigh); MELB – Brown (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: McLaren, Rowe, Head

ATTENDANCE: 23,578 at SCG

richmond (2-3) vs adeliade (3-2) colonial sunday

2 goals 12 in the 2nd quarter only hurt the crows percentage in a 32 point win over richmond. adelaide (4-2) host freo saturday night in a game about revenge. richmond (2-4) host sydney at colonial saturday night in a must win game.

ADE 5.0 7.12 9.17 14.21 (105)
RICH 2.3 4.4 8.7 11.7 (73)
GOALS: ADE – Stevens 3, Perrie 2, Welsh 2, Massie, McLeod, Bickley, Ricciuto, Stenglein, Bassett, Clarke; RICH – Ottens 3, Richardson 2, Tivendale 2, King, Ednie, Fiora, Houlihan
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Goodwin, Edwards, Johncock, Doughty, Smart, Clarke, Ricciuto; RICH – Ottens, Torney, Ednie, Vardy

INJURY: RICH – Richardson (hamstring)
Richardson will be out 2-4 weeks with the recurrent injury

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Humphery-Smith, Rowston

ATTENDANCE: 23,355 at Colonial Stadium

port (3-2) vs west coast (3-2) football park sunday

port smash west coast by 9 goals to move into 2nd. port (4-2) travel to play brisbane sunday in a top of the table clash. west coast (3-3) host the roos saturday afternoon.

PA 8.4 10.7 14.12 20.13 (133)
WCE 1.2 8.5 8.9 11.13 (79)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 5, Cockatoo-Collins 3, Dew 3, Schofield 2, Stevens 2, Lade, P. Burgoyne, Francou, C. Cornes, James; WCE – Judd 2, Cousins 2, Chambers 2, Haynes 2, Gardiner, Munro, Wilson
BEST: PA – Tredrea, James, P. Burgoyne, Francou, Kingsley, Montgomery; WCE – Cousins, Wooden, Chambers, Pt. Matera, Judd, Gardiner

INJURY: WCE – Jakovich (shoulder), Kerr (cheekbone), Gaspar (hip)
David Wirrpunda was a late withdrawal as he rushed to Melbourne to see his ill mother.

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Mitchell, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 27,056 at Football Park

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	6	5	0	1	690	488	141.39%	20
2	Port Adelaide	6	4	0	2	665	504	131.94%	16
3	Collingwood	6	4	0	2	574	473	121.35%	16
4	Adelaide	6	4	0	2	604	541	111.65%	16
5	Melbourne	6	4	0	2	626	564	110.99%	16
6	Sydney	6	3	1	2	540	484	111.57%	14
7	Geelong	6	3	0	3	596	542	109.96%	12
8	Essendon	6	3	0	3	522	489	106.75%	12
9	West Coast	6	3	0	3	672	664	101.20%	12
10	Fremantle	6	3	0	3	549	544	100.92%	12
11	Nth Melbourne	6	3	0	3	578	615	93.98%	12
12	Hawthorn	6	3	0	3	581	630	92.22%	12
13	Richmond	6	2	0	4	539	674	79.97%	8
14	St Kilda	6	1	1	4	346	613	56.44%	6
15	Wstn Bulldogs	6	1	0	5	526	601	87.52%	4
16	Carlton	6	1	0	5	448	630	71.11%	4

goals

GOALS
1. Hall (SYD) 23
2. Lloyd (ESS) 21
3. Wilson (WCE) 21
4. Neitz (MELB) 20
5. Bradshaw (BRIS) 16
6. Rocca (KANG) 15
7. Croad (FRE) 14
8. Kingsley (GEEL) 14
9. Ottens (RICH) 13
10. Pickett (KANG) 13
11. Welsh (ADE) 13
12. Tredrea (PA) 13
13. Lynch (BRIS) 12
14. Holland (COL) 12
15. Chick (HAW) 12

round 7 matches

friday

essendon v carlton MCG (N)

saturday

hawthorn v geelong MCG

west coast v kangaroos S

richmond v sydney CS (N)

adeliade v freemantle FP (N)

sunday

brisbane v port G

melbourne v st kilda MCG

bulldogs v collingwood CS

collingwood (2-2) vs essendon (3-1) mcg friday night

collingwood win the anzac day clash for the first time since 1998 doubling essendons score by 33 points. collingwood (3-2) play st kilda at colonial friday night. essendon (3-2) travel to play freo saturday afternoon.

COL 1.2 3.5 7.8 9.12 (66)
ESS 1.1 2.4 2.7 4.9 (33)
GOALS: COL – N. Davis 2, Fraser , Burns, L. Davis, Lockyer, Lonie, McKee, Steinfort;
ESS – Lloyd 2, Fletcher, Jacobs
BEST: COL – L. Davis, Burns, McGough, Freeborn, Lockyer, Buckley, Steinfort, Cloke; ESS – J. Johnson, Jacobs, Fletcher, Hille

ANZAC MEDAL: Mark McGough

INJURY: COL – Fraser (cut hand); ESS – Peverill (broken arm)
Peverill’s arm was broken when Magpie Steven McKee tried to soccer the ball off the ground and connected with Peverill’s arm instead. Peverill had surgery and will miss 6-8 weeks.

UMPIRES: James, Allen, McLaren

Official crowd: 84,894 at MCG

bulldogs (0-4) vs melbourne (3-1) colonial friday night

bulldogs waste so many chances that they lose to melbourne by 23 points. melbourne (4-1) travel to play sydney sunday. bulldogs (0-5) play carlton at coloial saturday night.

MELB 2.2 5.6 10.8 15.14 (104)
WB 1.9 5.14 8.17 10.21 (81)
GOALS: MELB – Schwarz 3, Neitz 3, Yze 2, Vardy 2, Bruce, J. McDonald, Green, Wheatley, Woewodin; WB – Bandy 4, Johnson 2, Garlick, Gilbee, Giansiracusa, Grant
BEST: MELB – Woewodin, Leoncelli, Vardy, J. McDonald, Yze, Powell; WB – Johnson, West, Bandy, Darcy

INJURY: MELB – Johnstone (groin) replaced in selected side by Armstrong, Whelan (back);
WB – Kretiuk (groin), Liberatore (cut cheek)

REPORTS: WB – Giansiracusa for allegedly striking Brown

UMPIRES: Bozzo, Sheehan, Corcoran

ATTENDANCE: 30,789 at Colonial

hawthorn (1-3) vs richmond (2-2) mcg saturday afternoon

hawks are back on the winners list by 7 goals over richmond. hawthorn (2-3) play the roos at the g saturday afternoon. richmond (2-3) host adeliade sunday at colonial.

HAW 4.3 9.4 13.8 19.11 (125)
RICH 4.3 6.5 8.11 12.11 (83)
GOALS: HAW – Holland, Chick 4, Thompson, Barker 2, Bateman, Harford, Crawford, Vandenberg, McCabe, Ries, Cox; RICH – Rodan, Bowden 3, Ottens, Hudson, Hall, Fiora, King, Coughlan
BEST: HAW – Holland, Thompson, Chick, Barker, Harford, Hay, Crawford; RICH – Zantuck, King, Tivendale, Rodan, Bowden, Hall

INJURY: HAW – Barlow (corked thigh) replaced in selected side by Mitchell, Crawford (corked thigh), Chick (sore calf), Bateman (corked thigh); RICH – Richardson (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Vardy

UMPIRES: Dore, Morris, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 39,694 at the MCG

west coast (2-2) vs brisbane (4-0) subiaco saturday afternoon

west coast end brisbanes 20 game winning streak by 46 points in perth. west coast (3-2) travel to play port sunday. brisbane (4-1) host geelong saturday night.

WCE 4.1 7.7 12.11 18.13 (121)
BRIS 3.4 5.11 8.12 10.15 (75)
GOALS: WCE – Wilson 5, Judd, Williams Kerr, Cousins 2, Embley, Merenda, Gardiner, Chambers, Matera; BRIS – Bradshaw, Power, Akermanis 2, McRae, C Scott, Voss, Michael
BEST: WCE – Matera, Kerr, Gardiner, Cousins, Wooden, Wilson, Wirrpunda, Judd; BRIS – Voss, McRae, Lappin, Power

INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (corked thigh), Brown (ankle)

UMPIRES: Wenn, McKenzie, Margetts

ATTENDANCE: 33,310 at Subiaco

st kilda (1-3) vs sydney (2-2) colonial saturday night

the first draw since round 10 2000 between st kilda off two big losses and sydney. st kilda (1-1-3) host collingwood friday night at colonial. sydney (2-1-2) host melbourne sunday.

STK 2.2 2.2 5.5 8.8 (56)
SYD 0.2 1.4 2.6 8.8 (56)
GOALS: STK – Schwarze 2, Wulf, Begley, Clarke, Callaghan, Peckett, Milne; SYD – Williams 2, Dunkley, Stevens, Maxfield, Hall, Bolton, Cresswell
BEST: STK – Voss, Dal Santo, Hayes, Riewoldt, Milne, Lawrence, Begley; SYD – Kelly, Williams, Cresswell, Fosdike

INJURY: StK – Hudghton (mild concussion), Jones (hamstring)

REPORTS: SYD – Bolton for striking Cripps

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kelsey, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 21,007 at Colonial Stadium

adelaide (3-1) vs port (2-2) football park saturday night

port win their 4th striaght showdown by 8 points over the crows. port (3-2) host west coast sunday. adeliade (3-2) travel to play richmond at colonial sunday.

PA 3.0 6.0 10.3 14.6 (90)
ADE 6.1 9.4 11.8 12.10 (82)
GOALS: PA – Cornes 3, Wanganeen 2, Burgoyne 2, Tredrea, Lade, James, Poulton, Kingsley, Guerra, Cockatoo-Collins; ADE – Welsh 2, Burton 2, Johncock 2, Stevens 2, Bode, Bickley, Goodwin, Stenglein
BEST: PA – Port Adelaide: Schofield, Kingsley, C. Cornes, Stevens, French, Burgoyne; ADE – Goodwin, Johnson, Doughty, Bickley, Smart, Stevens

INJURY: PA – Bishop (knee), Montgomery (head); ADE – Johnson (hamstring)

CHANGES: PA – Primus (corked knee) replaced in selected side by K. Cornes

UMPIRES: McBurney, Coates, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 49,513 at Football Park

geelong (2-2) vs freemantle (2-2) skilled stadium sunday afternoon

geelong smash freo by 62 points. geelong (3-2) face the hardest trip brisbane in brisbane saturday night. freo (2-3) host essendon saturday afternoon.

GEEL 4.2 9.4 15.6 17.9 (111)
FRE 2.1 3.4 4.7 6.13 (49)
GOALS: GEEL – Graham 3, Bartel 2, Riccardi 2, Kingsley 2, Mooney 2, Ablett 2, King, Burns, Sholl, Ling; FRE – Farmer 2, T. Longmuir 2, Croad, Cunningham
BEST: GEEL – Riccardi, Bartel, Corey, Sholl, Scarlett, Ling, Mooney, Harley, Ablett;
FRE – Koops, Pavlich, Bell, Cook, T. Longmuir, Grover

INJURY: GEEL – Kilpatrick (hamstring), Milburn (concussion), Burns (cramp)

CHANGES: FRE – Cunningham replaced Norrish in selected side

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Woodcock, Humphry-Smith

ATTENDANCE: 20,075 at Skilled Stadium

carlton (1-3) vs kangaroos (2-2) colonial sunday afternoon

carlton go from bad to worse in a 19 point loss to the roos. kangaroos (3-2) host hawthorn at the g saturday. carlton (1-4) host bulldogs at colonial saturday night.

KANG 4.5 9.11 13.13 19.17 (131)
CARL 5.4 7.8 13.9 17.10 (112)
GOALS: KANG – McCartney 3, Clayton 3, Rocca 3, Pickett 3, King 2, Stevens, Burton, Harvey, Morrell, Cochrane; CARL – Lappin 6, Murphy 3, Houlihan 2, Hickmott, Camporeale, Freeborn, Bradley, Beaumont, Wiggins
BEST: KANG – Harvey, Simpson, Morrell, Stevens, Archer, Robbins, Burton; CARL – Lappin, Ratten, McKay, Bradley, Murphy, Freeborn

INJURY: KANG – Martyn (hamstring), Stevens (calf), Archer (eye); CARL – Hulme (knee), Hickmott (broken arm), Camporeale (hamstring), McKernan (groin)

UMPIRES: Schmitt, Jeffery, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 35,138 at Colonial Stadium

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	5	4	0	1	544	399	136.34%	16
2	Melbourne	5	4	0	1	555	465	119.35%	16
3	Geelong	5	3	0	2	507	396	128.03%	12
4	Port Adelaide	5	3	0	2	532	425	125.18%	12
5	Essendon	5	3	0	2	460	400	115.00%	12
6	West Coast	5	3	0	2	593	531	111.68%	12
7	Nth Melbourne	5	3	0	2	491	460	106.74%	12
8	Adelaide	5	3	0	2	499	468	106.62%	12
9	Collingwood	5	3	0	2	463	445	104.04%	12
10	Sydney	5	2	1	2	441	413	106.78%	10
11	Fremantle	5	2	0	3	460	482	95.44%	8
12	Richmond	5	2	0	3	466	569	81.90%	8
13	Hawthorn	5	2	0	3	426	543	78.45%	8
14	St Kilda	5	1	1	3	318	502	63.35%	6
15	Carlton	5	1	0	4	380	534	71.16%	4
16	Wstn Bulldogs	5	0	0	5	430	533	80.68%	0

goals

GOALS
1. Lloyd(ESS) 20
2. Wilson(WCE) 20
3. Neitz(MELB) 19
4. Hall(SYD) 17
5. Bradshaw(BRIS) 15
6. Akermanis(BRIS) 12
7. Croad(FRE) 12
8. Pickett(KANG) 12
9. Rocca(KANG) 12
10. Holland(COL) 11
11. Green(MELB) 11
12. Welsh(ADE) 11
13. Burgoyne(PA) 10
14. Kingsley(GEEL) 10
15. Ottens(RICH) 10

round 6 matches

friday

st kilda v collingwood CS (N)

saturday

kangaroos v hawthorn MCG

freemantle v essendon S

carlton vs bulldogs CS (N)

brisbane v geelong G (N)

sunday

sydney v melbourne SCG

richmond v adelaide CS

port v west coast FP

ash and friends arrive in another town when they get trapped in a spinarak net which is designed to protect the town from the black aracnaid which team rocket are trying to be. officer jenny saves ash and friends and figure out they where the ones who saved the todotile in new bark town and asks there help to protect a mansion from team rocket which is tricky but they are able to.

next time a rich persons pokemon likes meowth.

ash and friends arrive in florrando when they find out about a pokemon talent show and meet a trainer with some belossom who is entering but there routine has trouble. team rocket try and steal the show than the pokemon but don’t succeed at either which is most of the ep.

next time team rocket dress up as real criminals.

ash and friends are lost in a forrest that is confusing and borrow a hoothoot from a trianer that isn’t good at stopping the illusions (gary has a cameo in this ep as well as does agatha of the elite 4). the hoothoot likes misty who is the only one who has confidence in it and gets scared but helps get ash and friends out of trouble with team rocket.

next time a pokemon preformance exhibition.

ash and friends spot a wild donphan which ash and brock both fight over and try and catch it but fail and find out it has a female trainer who uses donphan to search for rare things called amphorite a rare gem but the one they tried to catch wasn’t trained at that yet which team rocket find out the hard way when they try and steal it for that purpose so ash and friends help richelle (the trainer) get it back and they do succeed.

next time complete confusion in a forrest of illusion.

ash and friends continue their journey through a forrest when they encounter a bunch of heracross taking sap from a tree as ash tries to catch one a man stops them but a battle with some pinsir weaken the heracross as they go away and one can’t battle all the pinsir. heracross is attracted to bulbasaurs back. ash and friends try and help the man fix the problem and figure out its team rocket which they stop there plan and ash catches a heracross adding to his team.

next time a anphorite hunter.

ash and friends are talking about their experience in newbark town and are sad they didn’t see a chikorita when they spot one and its trainer about to battle a rattata for the trainer to catch it which she wins and does catch it she is a mad baseball fan named casey of the electrabuzz team which ash makes fun of so they battle but ash uses charizard and beats all 3 of her pokemon easily which leads to casey being upset so she talks to team rocket who call ash a cheater and she decides to have a rematch with pikachu battling her chikorita and it looks bad for ash until team rocket intefere and steal the pokemon but ash and casey team up to beat them and they become friends and say goodbye to each other.

next time ash catches his first johto pokemon.

essendon (2-1) vs adeliade (3-0) colonial friday night

the crows unbeaten run has ended in a 41 point loss to essendon. essendon (3-1) face collingwood at the g on thursday (anzac day) adelaide (3-1) host port in the showdown saturday night.

ESS 7.2 11.4 17.5 19.8 (122)
ADE 3.1 6.2 8.8 11.15 (81)
GOALS: Lloyd 6, Peverill 3, Ramanauskas, Mercuri, Misiti, J. Johnson, McGrath, McVeigh, Barnard, Caracella, Hille, Hird; ADE – Doughty 2, Johncock 2, Welsh 2, Ricciuto, Goodwin, Fitzgerald, Beinke, Burton
BEST: ESS – M. Johnson, Caracella, Lloyd, Fletcher, Peverill, Heffernan, Ramanauskas;
ADE – Johnson, Welsh, Doughty, Johncock

REPORTS: ADE – Biglands for striking Mercuri, McLeod for charging Lloyd

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Schmitt, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 40,322 at Colonial Stadium

collingwood (1-2) vs hawthorn (1-2) mcg saturday afternoon

collingwood got their first good effort of the year in a 41 point win over the hawks. collingwood (2-2) host essendon at the g thursday on anzac day. hawthorn (1-3) host richmond at the g saturday afternoon.

COL 5.2 8.6 12.13 15.14 (104)
HAW 0.3 4.6 7.6 9.9 (63)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Rocca 2, McGough 2, N. Davis 2, Didak, L. Davis, Buckley, Clement;
HAW – Dixon 2, Crawford 2, Lekkas 2, Smith, Cox, Thompson
BEST: COL – L. Davis, Clement, Cloke, Buckley, McKee, Tarrant, Didak; HAW – Crawford, Lekkas, Thompson, Graham

INJURY: COL – Lockyer (ankle), Rintoul (migraine replaced by McGough; HAW – Barlow (corked thigh), Holland (corked thigh), Crawford (corked thigh), Bateman (strained groin)

REPORTS:: COL – Tarrant for striking Graham

UMPIRES: Ellis, Coates, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 48,476 at MCG.

melbourne (2-1) vs west coast (2-1) optus oval saturday afternoon

melbourne beat the eagles by 34 points to continue the perths teams travelling woes. melbourne (3-1) face bulldogs at colonial friday night. west coast (2-2) host brisbane saturday afternoon.

MELB 4.4 11.6 17.9 21.11 (137)
WCE 2.3 7.7 10.9 15.13 (103)
GOALS: MELB – MELB – Neitz 6, Powell 3, Yze 3, Green 3, Leoncelli 2, Ellis, Funcke, Vardy, Brown; WCE – Judd 2, Kerr 2, Pt. Matera 2, Wirrpunda 2, Jones 2, Chambers, Gaspar, Ph. Matera, Williams, Hunter
BEST: MELB – Powell, Yze, Neitz, White, Ellis, Bizzell; WCE – Kerr, Cousins, Jones, Judd

INJURY: MELB – Walsh (hip) replaced in selected side by Jolly, A. McDonald (foot) replaced in selected side by Funcke, Brown (ankle);
WCE – McIntosh (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Kelsey, Allen, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 9,421 at Optus Oval

bulldogs (0-3) vs brisbane (3-0) colonial saturday night

in last v first brisbane almost had their now 20 game winning streak ended but beat the winless bulldogs by 16 points. brisbane (4-0) face west coast in perth saturday afternoon a win would create the 2nd longest outright streak ever. bulldogs (0-4) host melbourne friday night at colonial.

BRIS 2.3 6.6 11.7 14.10 (94)
WB 0.1 5.2 10.4 12.6 (78)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 2, Leppitsch 2, Voss 2, White 2, McRae, Lynch, Akermanis, Pike, Copeland, Lappin; WB – Johnson 2, Garlick, Hahn, Bandy, Giansiracusa, Darcy, Brown, Hunter, Alvey, Birss, Bartlett
BEST: BRIS – Black, Akermanis, Voss, C. Scott, Leppitsch; WB – Darcy, Johnson, Harrison, Liberatore, Croft

INJURY: BRIS – Voss (cramp); WB – West (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Murphy, Bandy (back), Harrison (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: McLaren, Jeffery, Morris

ATTENDANCE: 23,928 at Colonial Stadium

sydney (1-2) vs kangaroos (2-1) scg saturday nigh

for the 2nd time creswell saves sydney after the siren by 3 points over north. sydney (2-2) travel to play st kilda saturday night at colonial. north (2-2) face carlton at colonail sunday afternoon.

SYD 4.5 8.7 11.10 15.13 (103)
KANG 3.4 8.7 13.12 14.16 (100)
GOALS: SYD – Goodes 3, Hall 3, Cresswell 2, Fosdike 2, Nicks, Kirk, Kelly, Saddington, Stevens; KANG – Rocca 2, Burton 2, Harding 2, McCartney 2, Harvey 2, Simpson, Archer, Pickett, Cochrane
BEST: SYD – Kelly, Cresswell, Maxfield, Fosdike, Mathews; KANG – Martyn, King, Cochrane, Harvey

INJURY: SYD – Dunkley (kidney); KANG – Stevens (corked thigh), Blakey (bruising in shoulder)

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Dore, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 23,775 at the SCG

port (1-2) vs carlton (1-2) Football park sunday afternoon

port blew carlton away after half time in a 53 point win in a high scoring game. port (2-2) face adelaide in the showdown saturday night. carlton (1-3) host kangaoros sunday afternoon.

PA 3.3 7.5 15.9 23.10 (148)
CARL 2.2 7.5 9.9 14.11 (95)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 6, Burgoyne 3, Cockatoo-Collins 3, Kingsley 3, Schofield 2, Guerra 2, Stevens 2, Francou, C. Cornes; CARL – Merrington 4, Ratten, Whitnall, Gallagher, Camporeale, Murphy, Bradley, Hulme, Houlihan, Wiggins, Hickmott
BEST: PA – Francou, Kingsley, Tredrea, Lade, Schofield, Stevens; CARL – Ratten, Merrington, McKay, Houlihan, Hickmott, Freeborn

INJURY: PA – Primus (corked knee); CARL – Bradley (knee), Hickmott (head), Sporn (broken nose)
Primus should be OK for next week, as will Bradley.

UMPIRES: James, Wenn, Rowe

ATTENDANCE: 29,486 at Football Park

geelong (1-2) vs st kilda (1-2) skilled stadium sunday afternoon

geelong destroy st kilda by 122 points in a big win at home. geelong (2-2) host freo sunday afternoon at skilled. st kilda (1-3) host sydney at colonial saturday night.

GEEL 5.2 15.3 21.8 26.10 (166)
STK 1.2 5.3 5.7 6.8 (44)
GOALS: GEEL – Lord 6, Riccardi 5, Kingsley 3, King 2, Ablett 2, Mooney 2, Graham 2, Clarke, Wojcinski, Hunt, Ling; StK – Capuano 2, Hamill 2, Milne, Dal Santo
BEST: GEEL – Riccardi, Corey, Harley, Bartel, King, Lord, Kilpatrick, Ling; StK – Riewoldt, Hayes, Cripps, Lawrence

INJURY: GEEL – Sanderson (calf) replaced in selected in side by Wojcinski;
StK – Hudghton (neck), Hamill (sprained knee), Black (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: Quigley, Head, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 23,563 at Skilled Stadium

freo (1-2) vs richmond (2-1) subiaco sunday afternoon

an 85 point turnaround saw freo stun richmond by 11 goals. freo (2-2) travel to play geelong sunday afternoon. richmond (2-2) play hawthorn at the g saturday afternoon.

FRE 2.2 8.3 15.7 21.12 (138)
RICH 5.3 7.4 9.4 11.6 (72)
GOALS: FRE – Croad 5, J. Longmuir 3, Longmuir 2, Bell 2, Pavlich, Grover, Cunningham, Brown, Farmer, Hasleby, Medhurst, McPhee, Brown;
RICH – Poyas 3, Bowden 2, Ottens 2, Campbell 2, Rodan, Houlihan
BEST: FRE – Pavlich, Croad, Bell, McManus, Cook, Carr, Hasleby; RICH – Gaspar, Campbell, Torney, Poyas, King

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Corcoran, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 23,571 at Subiaco Oval

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	4	4	0	0	469	278	168.71%	16
2	Essendon	4	3	0	1	427	334	127.84%	12
3	Melbourne	4	3	0	1	451	384	117.45%	12
4	Adelaide	4	3	0	1	417	378	110.32%	12
5	Port Adelaide	4	2	0	2	442	343	128.86%	8
6	Geelong	4	2	0	2	396	347	114.12%	8
7	Fremantle	4	2	0	2	411	371	110.78%	8
8	Sydney	4	2	0	2	385	357	107.84%	8
9	West Coast	4	2	0	2	472	456	103.51%	8
10	Nth Melbourne	4	2	0	2	360	348	103.45%	8
11	Collingwood	4	2	0	2	397	412	96.36%	8
12	Richmond	4	2	0	2	383	444	86.26%	8
13	Carlton	4	1	0	3	268	403	66.50%	4
14	Hawthorn	4	1	0	3	301	460	65.43%	4
15	St Kilda	4	1	0	3	262	446	58.74%	4
16	Wstn Bulldogs	4	0	0	4	349	429	81.35%	0

goals

GOALS
1. Lloyd (ESS) 18
2. Neitz (MELB) 16
3. Hall (SYD) 16
4. Wilson (WCE) 15
5. Bradshaw (BRIS) 13
6. Holland (COL) 11
7. Croad (FRE) 11
8. Green (MELB) 10
9. Akermanis (BRIS) 10
10. Ottens (RICH) 9
11. Pickett (KANG) 9
12. Rocca (KANG) 9
13. Lord (GEEL) 9
14 Ph. Matera (WCE) 9
15. Milne (StK) 9

round 5 matches

thursday

collingwood v essendon MCG

friday

bulldogs v melbourne CS (N)

saturday

hawthorn v richmond MCG

west coast v brisbane S

st kilda v sydney CS (N)

adelaide v port FP (N)

sunday

geelong v freo SS

carlton v kangaroos CS

a elizerbethan crashes on takeoff in munich germany carrying the man u soccer team killing a lot of the players and several others due to slush on the runway the germans blame the british pilots for not deicing but the slush theroy is more valid due to the longer takeoff roll due to engine serging on takeoff.

next time a 747 requests extra help.

carlton (0-2) vs collingwood (1-1) mcg friday night

carlton opened their account with a 20 point win over collingwood. carlton (1-2) play port sunday in adeliade. collingwood (1-2) host hawthorn saturday at the g.

CARL 4.3 7.7 8.9 11. 9 (75)
COL 1.2 3.6 5.9 7.13 (55)
GOALS: CARL – Lappin 3, McKernan 3, Hickmott 2, Camporeale, Hulme, Ratten
COL – Buckley 2, Burns, Cloke, N. Davis, Lockyer, Lonie
BEST: CARL – Murphy, Hulme, Houlihan, Beaumont, McKay; COL -Lockyer, Buckley, Burns, L. Davis, Cloke

INJURY: CARL – Gallagher (ankle) replaced in selected side by Merrington;
COL – Tarrant (corked quad) replaced in selected side by Johnson, Richardson (hamstring)
Richardson will miss 3 weeks with the injury.

UMPIRES: Mitchell, James, Rosebury

ATTENDANCE: 63,864 at MCG

richmond (1-1) vs melbourne (2-0) mcg saturday afternoon

richmond end melbournes dream run by 20 points. richmond (2-1) travel to play freo sunday in perth. melbourne (2-1) host west coast at optus oval saturday.

RICH 3.4 6.6 8.11 13.18 (96)
MELB 2.4 5.5 10. 6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: RICH – Rogers 2, Ottens 2, Poyas 2, Hilton, Campbell, Stafford, Cameron, Rodan, Krakouer, Torney; MELB – Green 2, Vardy 2, Wheatley 2, Armstrong, Neitz, Yze, Bruce, Leoncelli
BEST: RICH – Chaffey, Campbell, Torney, A. Kellaway, Zantuck, Bowden; MELB – White, Wheatley, Powell, J. McDonald, Vardy, Whelan

INJURY: RICH – Gaspar (calf) replaced in selected side by Hilton, Hilton (dislocated shoulder); MELB – Johnstone (groin)
Hilton will miss 8 weeks.

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Avon, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 37,154 at MCG

adeliade (2-0) vs sydney (1-1) football park saturday afternoon

a dominate first half kept the crows unbeaten by 30 points over sydney. adelaide (3-0) face essendon at colonial friday night. sydney (1-2) host kangaroos saturday night.

ADE 7.4 12.6 15.10 17.12 (114)
SYD 1.1 4.3 8.3 13. 6 (84)
GOALS: ADE – Fitzgerald 4, Burton 3, Welsh 2, Beinke 2, Bode, Doughty, McLeod, Schell, Johnson, Goodwin; SYD – M. O’Loughlin 3, Hall 2, Bolton 2, Fosdike 2, Nicks, Goodes, Bennett, Stevens
BEST: ADE – Bickley, Welsh, Doughty, Bode, Fitzgerald, Hart; SYD – Fosdike, McPherson, Mathews, M. O’Loughlin, Bolton, Crouch

INJURY: ADE – Stevens (cheekbone), Burton (ankle); SYD – Williams (calf), Schauble (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Brockman and Schwass, Barry (internal bleeding)
Barry came off late in the final term with dizziness, was treated at the ground and taken to hospital. The cause of the bleeding is unknown. Barry will remain in hospital for several days for observation and will miss several weeks due to the blood loss.

UMPIRES: McLaren, Head, Schmitt

ATTENDANCE: 42,246 at Football Park

kanagroos (2-0) vs geelong (0-2) colonial saturday nigh

geelong open their account stunning the roos by 8 points. geelong (1-2) host st kilda sunday. kangaroos (2-1) play sydney in sydney saturday night.

GEEL 2.1 6.4 10.6 11.9 (75)
KANG 2.2 5.3 7.3 10.7 (67)
GOALS: GEEL – Burns 2, Ling 2, Rooke, Graham, Sholl, Kingsley, Ablett, Mooney, Corey; KANG – Rocca 4, Harvey 2, Simpson 2, Burton, S. Motlop
BEST: GEEL – Ling, Sanderson, Scarlett, Rooke, Riccardi, Ablett; KANG – Archer, Stevens, Simpson, Makepeace, Martyn, Baird

INJURY: GEEL – Enright (shoulder), Ling (ankle); KANG – Blakey (shoulder)
Enright will miss 6-12 weeks, Blakey will miss one week

UMPIRES: Coates, Rowe, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 27286 at Colonial Stadium

brisbane (2-0) vs essendon (2-0) gabba saturday nigh

brisbane make it 19 straight in the grand final rematch ruining sheedy’s 500th game as coach by 50 points. brisbane (3-0) travel to play bulldogs saturday night at colonial. essendon (2-1) host adeliade friday night at colonial.

BRIS 3.4 8.7 11.12 17.15 (117)
ESS 3.2 4.6 6.10 9.13 (67)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 6, Akermanis 4, Voss 2, McRae, B. Scott, Notting, Black, White; ESS – Lloyd 3, Blumfield, Hird, J. Johnson, Misiti, Heffernan, Alessio
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Black, Michael, Akermanis, Pike, Bradshaw, Charman; ESS – Hird, J. Johnson, Fletcher, Peverill, Ramanauskas

INJURY: BRIS – Voss (hip); ESS – Wellman (hamstring)
Wellman will miss 3 weeks.

REPORTS: BRIS – Pike for striking J. Johnson

UMPIRES: Allen, Kelsey, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 35,898 at the Gabba

hawthorn (0-2) vs freemantle (1-1) york park sunday

hawks open their account by 10 points over freo. hawthorn (1-2) play collingwood at the g saturday. freo (1-2) host richmond sunday.

HAW 3.3 7.3 8.8 13.11 (89)
FRE 2.4 3.7 8.10 11.13 (79)
GOALS: HAW – Chick 2, Barlow 2, Vandenberg 2, Williams, Dixon, Thompson, Cox, Greene, Lekkas,, Bateman; FRE – Medhurst 3, J. Longmuir 3, Croad 2, Hasleby, Farmer, Bell
BEST: HAW – Smith, Crawford, Chick, Thompson, Cox, Rawlings, Vandenberg; FRE – Bell, Walker, Cook, Koops, Parker, Medhurst, J. Longmuir

UMPIRES: Quigley, McKenzie, Wenn

ATTENDANCE: 15,066 at York Park, Launceston

st kilda (1-1) vs port (0-2) colonial sunday

port open their account with an 83 point demolition of st kilda. port (1-2) host carlton sunday. st kilda (1-2) travel to geelong sunday.

PA 4.4 10.10 15.15 20.19 (139)
STK 2.2 5.2 7.5 8.8 (56)
GOALS: PA – Lade 4, P. Burgoyne 3, Wanganeen 3, Carr 2, Guerra 2, Cockatoo-Collins, C. Cornes, Francou, Montgomery, Schofield, N. Stevens; StK – Milne 4, Baker, Hayes, Koschitzke, Peckett
BEST: PA – Carr, Stevens, Schofield, Lade, Wanganeen, Primus, Hardwick, P. Burgoyne;
StK – Milne, Hayes, Thompson, Jones, Peckett, Clarke

INJURY: StK- Burke (knee)

UMPIRES: Dore, Morris, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 17,641 at Colonial Stadium

west coast (1-1) vs bulldogs (0-2) subiaco sunday

west coast beat the winless bulldogs by 32 points. west coast (2-1) play melbourne at optus oval saturday. bulldogs (0-3) host brisbane saturday night at colonial.

WCE 5.2 8.3 10.10 17.11 (113)
WB 2.4 4.9 8.13 11.15 (81)
GOALS: WCE – Wilson 4, Ph. Matera 3, Williams 3, Gaspar 2, Fletcher, Judd, Braun, Cousins, Haynes; WB – Grant 2, Giansiracusa 2, Johnson, Bowden, Birss, Kretiuk, Darcy, McMahon, Garlick
BEST: WCE – Jakovich, Gardiner, Gaspar, Braun, Wilson, Williams; WB – Grant, Smith, Giansiracusa, Garlick, Darcy, West

INJURY: WB – Brown (ankle), Robbins (shoulder)

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Corcoran, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 31,854 at Subiaco

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	3	3	0	0	375	200	187.50%	12
2	Adelaide	3	3	0	0	336	256	131.25%	12
3	Essendon	3	2	0	1	305	253	120.55%	8
4	West Coast	3	2	0	1	369	319	115.67%	8
5	Melbourne	3	2	0	1	314	281	111.74%	8
6	Nth Melbourne	3	2	0	1	260	245	106.12%	8
7	Richmond	3	2	0	1	311	306	101.63%	8
8	Port Adelaide	3	1	0	2	294	248	118.55%	4
9	Sydney	3	1	0	2	282	257	109.73%	4
10	Fremantle	3	1	0	2	273	299	91.30%	4
11	Collingwood	3	1	0	2	293	349	83.95%	4
12	St Kilda	3	1	0	2	218	280	77.86%	4
13	Geelong	3	1	0	2	230	303	75.91%	4
14	Carlton	3	1	0	2	173	255	67.84%	4
15	Hawthorn	3	1	0	2	238	356	66.85%	4
16	Wstn Bulldogs	3	0	0	3	271	335	80.90%	0

goals

1. Wilson (WCE) 15
2. Hall (SYD) 13
3. Lloyd (ESS) 12
4. Holland (COL) 11
5. Bradshaw (BRIS) 11
6. Neitz (MELB) 10
7. Akermanis (BRIS) 9
8. Milne (STK) 8
9 Pickett (KANG) 8
10 Ph. Matera (WCE) 8
11. Ottens (RICH) 7
12. Welsh (ADE) 7
13. Richardson (RICH) 7
14. Rocca (KANG) 7
15. Burton (ADE) 7

round 4 matches

friday

essendon v adeliade CS (N)

saturday

collingwood v hawthorn MCG

melbourne v west coast OO

bulldogs v brisbane CS (N)

sydney v kangaroos SCG (N)

sunday

port v carlton FP

geelong v st kilda SS

freo v richmond S

brisbane beat melbourne by 11 in the afl last night. dolphins suffered thier first ever loss to the broncos 18-12 while storm beat west tigers 24-12. luthtansa reactivates the a380 for transatlantic flights. nsw electiion is today don’t forget to vote especially if you are voting labor who are ahead in the polls.

essendon (1-0) vs richmond (!-0) mcg friday night

in a game that was over by 1/4 time essendon smashed richmond by 52 points. essendon (2-0) travel to brisbane saturday night for the grand final rematch. richmond (1-1) host melbourne saturday afternoon.

ESS 7.2 13.7 14.12 16.16 (112)
RICH 0.3 2.6 5.9 8.12 (60)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 3, Caracella 3, Hird 2, Barnard 2, Blumfield 2, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Misiti, Moorcroft; RICH – Rodan 2, Rogers, Ottens, Richardson, Houlihan, Knights, A. Kellaway
BEST: ESS – Hird, Fletcher, Misiti, Jacobs, Blumfield, Peverill; RICH – Bowden, A. Kellaway, Fiora, Sziller

INJURY: ESS – Lucas (knee) replaced in selected side by Forster-Knight; RICH – Richardson (hamstring)
Richardson will miss 3-4 weeks with the injury

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, James

ATTENDANCE: 67,453 at MCG

carlton (0-1) vs sydney (0-1) optus oval saturday afternoon

sydney destroyed carlton by 13 goals to open their account. sydney (1-1) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon to play adeliade. carlton (0-2) host collingwood friday night at the g.

SYD 4.0 9.3 12.7 17.9 (111)
CARL 2.2 4.5 4.9 4.9 (33)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 7, Stevens 3, M. O’Loughlin 2, Daffy, Maxfield, Nicks, Bolton, Crouch;
CARL – McKernan, Whitnall, Fevola, Houlihan
BEST: SYD – Hall, Bennett, Bolton, Goodes, M. O’Loughlin Mott; CARL – Plunkett, McKay, Sporn, Camporeale

INJURY: SYD – Schauble (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Morris, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 22,435 at Optus Oval

collingwood (0-1) vs west coast (1-0) mcg saturday afternoon

8 goals by ex freo player broddie holland saw collingwood beat west coast by 1 point. collingwood (1-1) face carlton at the g friday night. west coast (1-1) host bulldogs sunday.

COL 6.5 8.9 15.14 17.18 (120)
WCE 3.2 8.5 12.9 18.11 (119)
GOALS: COL – Holland 8, Rocca 3, Tarrant 2, Buckley, Lockyer, Betheras, Fraser;
WCE – Wilson 5, Williams 3, Gardiner 3, Wirrpunda 2, Jones, Cousins, Judd, Ph. Matera, Embley
BEST: COL – Holland, Buckley, Burns, Lockyer, Rocca, Clement, Licuria; WCE – Gardiner, Judd, Jakovich, Wilson, Williams, Cousins

INJURY: COL – Cummings (hamstring), Lockyer (head); WCE – Merenda (thigh) replaced in selected side by Judd, McIntosh (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Dore, Goldspink, Quigley

ATTENDANCE: 29348 at MCG

kangaroos (1-0) vs bulldogs (0-1) colonial saturday night

kangaroos come from behind to beat the bulldogs by 13 points. kangaroos (2-0) host geelong saturday night at colonial. bulldogs (0-2) travel to play west coast in perth sunday.

KANG 2.4 6.6 10.7 16.14 (110)
WB 6.4 10.8 13.9 14.13 (97)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 6, Harding 3, Rocca 2, Jones, Archer, Porter, King, Harvey;
WB – Giansiracusa 3, Brown 3, Darcy, Johnson, Birss, Smith, Grant, Bandy, Dimattina, Robbins
BEST: KANG -Pickett, Harding, Stevens, King, Jones, Simpson; WB – Grant, Johnson, Alvey, Penny, Garlick

INJURY: WB – Grant (hip), Harrison (neck)

UMPIRES: Woodcock, McKenzie, Mitchell

ATTENDANCE: 25985 at Colonial Stadium

adeliade (1-0) vs geelong (0-1) football park saturday night

adeliade remain unbeaten with a 31 point win over geelong. adeliade (2-0) host sydney saturday afternoon. geelong (0-2) play the roos at colonial saturday night.

ADE 3.7 7.8 12.11 16.14 (110)
GEEL 2.2 2.4 9.6 12.7 (79)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 4, Johnson 3, Bode 2, Doughty 2, Edwards, Fitzgerald, Stevens, Burton, Goodwin; GEEL – Sholl 2, Lord 2, Burns 2, Bartel, Corey, Clarke, Riccardi, Mooney, Enright
BEST: ADE – Johnson, Stevens, Goodwin, Welsh, Bickley, Biglands; GEEL – Enright, Lord, Ling, Clarke, Sholl, Corey

UMPIRES: Allen, Kelsey, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 44,386 at Football Park

brisbane (1-0) vs hawthorn (0-1) gabba sunday afternoon

lions are 5 games off the all time record for most wins in a row with a 102 opint demoltion of hawthorn. brisbane (2-0) host essendon in the grand final rematch saturday night. hawthorn (0-2) host freo in tasmania sunday.

BRIS 2.5 7.14 15.18 21.22 (148)
HAW 2.2 3.6 4.9 6.10 (46)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 5, Lynch 5, Voss 3, Black 3, Akermanis 2, McRae, Pike, Lappin;
HAW – Holland 2, Bateman, Chick, Rawlings, Lekkas
BEST: BRIS – Black, Lappin, Voss, Michael, Pike, McRae; HAW – Vandenberg, Crawford, Smith, Dixon

INJURY: BRIS – McDonald (ankle); HAW – Picioane (groin)

REPORTS: HAW – Bateman for attempting to trip Black

UMPIRES: McLaren, Rowe, Schmitt

ATTENDANCE: 25,660 at Gabba

melbourne (1-0) vs port (0-1) mcg sunday afternoon

melbourne won another crazy game by 27 points over port. melbourne (2-0) face richmond at the g saturday. port (0-2) travel to play st kilda sunday afternoon at colonial.

MELB 5.1 7.4 9.9 16.13 (109)
PA 2.3 3.12 8.15 11.16 (82)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 4, Bruce 3, Green 2, Leoncelli 2, Vardy, Johnstone, Powell, A. McDonald, Yze; PA – Carr 2, Stevens 2, Montgomery, Primus, James, Tredrea,
C. Cornes, Schofield, Cockatoo-Collins
BEST: MELB – Walsh, Bizzell, Neitz, Yze, Nicholson, Leoncelli; PA – Montgomery, Primus, Stevens, Kingsley, James

INJURY: MELB – A. McDonald (ankle), Wheatley (hamstring), Schwarz (corked thigh), Johnstone (corked buttock)

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Fussell, McBurney

ATTENDANCE: 19,611 at MCG

freo (0-1) vs st kilda (1-0) subiaco sunday afternoon

its always a good sign when the bottom 4 sides of last year win in the first 2 rounds freo scraped home against st kilda by 3 points.

FRE 0.1 3.7 7.13 10.16 (76)
STK 4.5 8.6 10.7 11.7 (73)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 2, Cook 2, Cunningham 2, Croad, Grover, Norrish, Brown; StK – Loewe 4, Burke 3, Milne 2, Hayes, Hamill
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, McManus, Fewster, Norrish, J. Longmuir, T. Longmuir; StK – Loewe, Jones, Harvey, Peckett, Burke, Hayes

UMPIRES: Corcoran, Coates, Head

ATTENDANCE: 21,137 at Subiaco Oval

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Brisbane	2	2	0	0	258	133	193.98%	8
2	Essendon	2	2	0	0	238	136	175.00%	8
3	Adelaide	2	2	0	0	222	172	129.07%	8
4	Melbourne	2	2	0	0	238	185	128.65%	8
5	Nth Melbourne	2	2	0	0	193	170	113.53%	8
6	Sydney	2	1	0	1	198	143	138.46%	4
7	St Kilda	2	1	0	1	162	141	114.89%	4
8	West Coast	2	1	0	1	256	238	107.56%	4
9	Richmond	2	1	0	1	215	230	93.48%	4
10	Fremantle	2	1	0	1	194	210	92.38%	4
11	Collingwood	2	1	0	1	238	274	86.86%	4
12	Wstn Bulldogs	2	0	0	2	190	222	85.59%	0
13	Port Adelaide	2	0	0	2	155	192	80.73%	0
14	Geelong	2	0	0	2	155	236	65.68%	0
15	Hawthorn	2	0	0	2	149	277	53.79%	0
16	Carlton	2	0	0	2	98	200	49.00%	0

goals

GOALS
1. Hall (SYD) 11
2. Wilson (WCE) 11
3. Neitz (MELB) 11
4. Lloyd (ESS) 9
5. Holland (COL) 8
6. Pickett (KANG) 8
7. Lynch (BRIS) 6
8. Ph Matera (WCE) 5
9. Loewe (STK) 5
10. Leppitsch (BRIS)5
11. Green (MELB) 5
12. Akermanis (BRIS)5
13. Bradshaw (BRIS) 5
14. Brown (WB) 5
15. Welsh (ADE) 5

round 3 matches

friday

carlton v collingwood MCG (N)

saturday

richmond v melboure MCG

adeliade v sydney FP

kangaroos v geelong CS (N)

brisbane v essendon G (N)

sunday

hawthorn v freemantle YP

st kilda v port CS

west coast v bulldogs S

richmond v collingwood mcg thursday night

a high scoring game saw richmond open their season with a 37 point win over collingwood. richmond (1-0) face essendon at the g friday night. collingwood (0-1) host west coast at the g saturday afternoon.

RICH 9.2 13.5 19.8 24.11 (155)
COL 4.1 7.5 13.8 18.10 (118)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 6, Ottens 4, Tivendale 3, Bowden 2, Krakouer 2, Gaspar, Rogers, Stafford, Sziller, King, Zantuck, A. Kellaway; COL – Cummings 5, Richardson 3, Holland 3, Rocca 2, L. Davis, N. Davis, Tarrant, Rintoul, Fraser
BEST: RICH – Ottens, Richardson, Torney, Knights, Campbell, Tivendale, Stafford; COL – Buckley, Cummings, Rocca, Holland

INJURY: RICH – Richardson (corked calf); COL – Wakelin (concussive migraine),
O’Bree (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Scotland, McKee (illness) replaced in selected side by Dimattina

UMPIRES: McLaren, Allen, Schmitt

ATTENDANCE: 65,350 at MCG

st kilda v carlton colonial saturday afternoon

st kilda opened their season with a 4 goal win over aging carlton. st kilda (1-0) travel to play freo sunday. carlton (0-1) host sydney saturday afternoon at optus oval.

STK 4.1 6.3 7.3 14.5 (89)
CARL 1.1 4.1 7.4 10.5 (65)
GOALS: StK – Milne 2, Peckett, Hamill, Thompson, Jones, Black, Hayes, Hudghton, Riewoldt, Loewe, Koschitzke, Harvey, Schwarze; CARL – Merrington 2, McKernan, Ratten, Murphy, Bradley, Beaumont, Fletcher, Houlihan, Plunkett
BEST: StK – Gehrig, Cripps, Harvey, Black, Thompson, Knobel; CARL – McKay, Allan, Camporeale, Bradley, Houlihan, Beaumont

INJURY: CARL – Prendergast (shin)

CHANGES: CARL – Whitnall (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Hotton

UMPIRES: Rowe, Coates, Head

ATTENDANCE: 33,359 at Colonial Stadium

geelong v essendon mcg saturday night

essendon beat geelong by 50 points to open their season. essendon (1-0) host richmond at the g friday night. geelong (0-1) travel to play adelaide saturday night.

ESS 4.5 11.9 17.12 18.18 (126)
GEEL 2.0 7.2 8.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, Hird 2, Misiti 2, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Peverill, Barnard, Bolton, Lucas, Heffernan, Blumfield; GEEL – Kingsley 4, Graham, Riccardi, Mooney, Lord, Grgic, Enright, Ling
BEST: ESS – Lloyd, Hird, J. Johnson, Lucas, Hille, Fletcher; GEEL – Kingsley, Clarke, King, Lord, Corey, Riccardi

INJURY: GEEL – Geelong: Johnson (ankle)

UMPIRES: Woodcock, McKenzie, Mitchell

ATTENDANCE: 42,740 at the MCG

port v kangaroos football park saturday night

port still can’t beat the roos in a 10 point loss at home. kangaroos (1-0) host bulldogs saturday night at colonial. port (0-1) travel to play melbourne at the g sunday.

KANG 3.4 6.6 10.10 12.11 (83)
PA 1.1 4.3 6.6 11.7 (73)
GOALS: KANG – Grant 3, Robbins 2, Pickett 2, Harvey 2, Rocca, Harding, Archer;
PA – Dew 2, Schofield 2, Burgoyne 2, Cockatoo-Collins, Primus, C. Cornes, Wanganeen, Carr
BEST: KANG – Grant, Archer, King, Pickett, Cochrane, Simpson; PA – Kingsley, Montgomery, Wakelin, Burgoyne, C. Cornes, Cockatoo-Collins

REPORTS: PA – Francou for allegedly striking Simpson

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Morris, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 28,578 at Football Park

sydney v brisbane scg sunday afternoon

brisbane make it 17 striaght beating sydney by 23 there half time defecit. brisbane (1-0) host hawthorn sunday. sydney (0-1) travel to play carlton saturday.

BRIS 3.2 5.3 11.6 17.8 (110)
SYD 2.3 8.8 8.12 12.15 (87)
GOALS: BRIS – Leppitsch 5, Akermanis 3, White 2, McRae, Voss, Lynch, Copeland, Pike, McDonald, Notting; SYD – Hall 4, Nicks 3, Williams, Lockett, O’Loughlin, Kelly, McPherson
BEST: BRIS – Leppitsch, Voss, Akermanis, Lappin; SYD – Hall, Schauble, O’Loughlin, Cresswell, Maxfield

INJURY: BRIS – Voss (thigh, groin), Power (strained knee medial ligament);
SYD – Lockett (cork thigh)
Power will miss two weeks

UMPIRES: Goldspink, Rosebury, Dore

ATTENDANCE: 24,052 at the SCG

bulldogs v adeliade colonial sunday afternoon

bulldogs bad kicking cost them in 19 point loss to adelaide. adeliade (1-0) host geelong saturday night. bulldogs (0-1) play the roos saturday night at colonial.

ADE 3.5 9.9 12.12 16.16 (112)
WB 4.5 8.9 10.15 12.21 (93)
GOALS: ADE – McLeod 3, Perrie 2, Burton 2, Fitzgerald 2, Schell 2, Welsh, Edwards, Doughty, Johncock, Johnson; WB – Brown 2, Johnson 2, Dimattina 2, Bandy 2, Smith, Garlick, Giansiracusa, Alvey
BEST: ADE – Biglands, Johnson, McLeod, Stevens, Burton, Johncock; WB – West, Robbins, Brown, Bandy, Alvey, Johnson

INJURY: ADE – Ricciuto (ankle)
Scans showed some ligament damage. He will miss next week.

UMPIRES: James, Vozzo, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 18,475 at Colonial Stadium

west coast v freemantle subiaco sunday

west coast win the derby by 19 points over freo. west coast (1-0) play colingwood at the g saturday. freo (0-1) host st kilda sunday.

WCE 6.1 9.5 16.6 21.11 (137)
FRE 4.4 8.7 11.9 18.10 (118)
GOALS: WCE – Wilson 6, Embley 3, Pt. Matera 3, Ph. Matera 2, Wirrpunda 2, Chambers 2, Cousins, Jones, Tuckey; FRE – McManus 3, Croad 3, Medhurst 3, Cunningham 2, Carr 2, Cook, Kickett, Walker, Pavlich, Bell
BEST: WCE – Fletcher, Gardiner, Embley, Jakovich, Wilson, Cousins; FRE – McManus, Brown, Croad, Medhurst, Bell, Fewster

Ross Glendinning Medal: Chad Fletcher

INJURY: FRE – Polak (shoulder)

Changes: Fremantle: T. Simmonds (throat), S. Koops (hamstring) replaced in selected side by T. Longmuir, Kickett

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Corcoran, McBurney, Fussell

ATTENDANCE: 39467 at Subiaco Oval

hawthorn v melbourne mcg monday

melbourne win the game of the round over the hawks by 26 points after blowing a 50 point lead in less than a quarter. melbourne (1-0) host port sunday. hawthorn (0-1) travel to play brisbane sunday.

MELB 6.1 12.2 13.6 20.9 (129)
HAW 4.4 4.6 13.12 15.13 (103)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 5, Green 3, Yze, Powell 2, Armstrong, Johnstone, J. McDonald, Robertson, Brown, Leoncelli, Schwarz, Whelan; HAW – Dixon 3, Rawlings 2, Crawford 2, Chick 2, Holland, Picioane, Vandenberg, Barker, Barlow, Smith
BEST: MELB – Neitz, Johnstone, Green, Yze, Bruce, Powell, Schwarz, Whelan; HAW – Dixon, Crawford, Cox, Picioane, Harford, Smith

INJURY: MELB – Neitz (corked thigh), Woewodin (concussion); HAW – McCabe (suspected broken collarbone)
X-rays have cleared McCabe of any broken bones, but he did suffer a strain to the joint and will miss the next 2 weeks.

UMPIRES: Wenn, McInerney, Nicholls

ATTENDANCE: 44,374 at the MCG

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	1	1	0	0	126	76	165.79%	4
2	St Kilda	1	1	0	0	89	65	136.92%	4
3	Richmond	1	1	0	0	155	118	131.36%	4
4	Brisbane	1	1	0	0	110	87	126.44%	4
5	Melbourne	1	1	0	0	129	103	125.24%	4
6	Adelaide	1	1	0	0	112	93	120.43%	4
7	West Coast	1	1	0	0	137	118	116.10%	4
8	Nth Melbourne	1	1	0	0	83	73	113.70%	4
9	Port Adelaide	1	0	0	1	73	83	87.95%	0
10	Fremantle	1	0	0	1	118	137	86.13%	0
11	Wstn Bulldogs	1	0	0	1	93	112	83.04%	0
12	Hawthorn	1	0	0	1	103	129	79.84%	0
13	Sydney	1	0	0	1	87	110	79.09%	0
14	Collingwood	1	0	0	1	118	155	76.13%	0
15	Carlton	1	0	0	1	65	89	73.03%	0
16	Geelong	1	0	0	1	76	126	60.32%	0

goals

1. Lloyd (ESS) 6
2. Richardson (RICH) 6
3. Wilson (WCE) 6
4. Neitz (MELB) 5
5. Leppitsch (BRIS) 5
6. Cummings (COL) 5
7. Hall (SYD) 4
8. Kingsley (GEEL) 4
9. Ph. Matera (WCE) 4
10. Ottens (RICH) 4
11. Nicks (SYD) 3
12. Richardson (COL) 3
13. McLeod (ADE) 3
14. McManus (FRE) 3
15. Medhurst (FRE) 3

round 2 matches

friday

essendon v richmond MCG (N)

saturday

carlton v sydney OO

collingwood v west coast MCG

kangaroos v bulldogs CS (N)

adelaide v geelong FP (N)

sunday

brisbane v hawthorn G

melbourne v port MCG

freo v st kilda S

lake was hiking in the mountains when he was tired he saw a mountain lion approaching but he was too tired to get away as he was quite high up in the mountains the lion taclked him playfully and than something happened to lake that supprised him he started to change but he was too tired to avoid his mind becoming that of a mountain lion within moments he was a mountain lion and didn’t know anything else that one changed him took him to her family where they lived for ever.

ash and friends are on the outskirts of newbark town in the johto region and are a bit lost in a fog when they spot a legendry pokemon that they don’t recognise. team rocket find the elm labratory and decide to steal the totodile thats in there while elm is distracted. ash and friends arrive in town and head to the pokemon center to register for the league and find nurse joy is at the elm labratory but is overdue and they find officer jenny at the lab as well. they hear about the stolen pokemon. we are introduced to the other johto starter cynadaquil (chikorita was given to a trainer the day before). and elm introduces himself. jessie and meowth argue over who should get the credit for the robbery. the battle against team rocket goes well as usual for ash and friends sending team rocket blasting off again after a bit of a battle. ash registers for the johto league and is told to head for violet city for the first gym.

next time a new trainer battles ash.

ash is ready to battle gary with his pikachu versing gary’s eevee which in a upset eevee wins and ash finds out gary is going to johto next so ash decides to go there next to enter the johto league with brock travelling with them again and tracy staying behind at oaks lab they also are told to find kurt a pokeball creator. team rocket decide to steal the pokemon again but there plan fails with tracys pokemon and ash’s mums mr mime helping. ash and friends leave pallet for johto.

next time newbark town a robery of a starter.

ash and friends are back in pallet town tracy is excited to meet professor oak while ash goes to see his mum and is shocked to see brock is back in town but are excited to see him but he doesn’t reveal why he left professor ivy because it is upsetting. ash’s mum tells them what happened. tracy than gets ash and misty to take him to the lab but team rocket plan to rob the lab. oak shows tracy around the lab but team rocket attack with a tent plan to trap ash and friends and the pokemon but gary rescues everyone with his nidoqueen so ash challenges gary to a match after team rocket are sent blasting off.

next time who will win the first match between ash and gary.

ash and friends are about to try and board a ship back to pallet town at least whats they think but the island they are trying to leave from is dangeorous due to electrode exploding and the boats are cancelled. togepi makes friends with voltorb they meet a diglet rangler who is trying to get the electrode to safety without damaging the town but is having limited luck. but the mayor hires team rocket to finish the job for him and this leads to annoyance from ash and friends but there plan fails as well partly due to poncho (the guys) dugtrio. everything ends well though.

next time a return to pallet town.

ash and friends continue to travel through the orange islands heading back to pallettown when lapras spots its old school who are being attacked by pirates lead by captain crook so they hide. team rocket where also attacked by him and his crew. ash’s lapras helps protect its school but its not easy even with mistys water types help. ash and friends beat the pirates and it all ends well so ash releases lapras to return to its school of lapras.

next time togepi makes a dangerous friend.

the battle between lapras and gengar ends a double kockout meaning drake is down to 3 ash still has 5 pokemon left.the next match is venasaur vs tauros with the laters attacks not being that effective but venasaur attacks don’t do much either and tauros wins so he uses electrabuzz so ash uses bulbasaur but bulbasaur loses so ash uses charizard which is a better match despite the type disadvantage but wins so drake only has dragonite which despite being 4 on one proves to be quite a challenge beating charizard easily and than squirtle and than tauros team rocket intefere to steal dragonite but fail. ash uses pikachu in the final match which is quite a match but pikachu wins making ash orange island champion.

next time goodbye lapras?

brownlow medal jason akermanis

rising star jason kozetkie

colemen medal matthew lloyd

essendon v brisbane mcg saturday

brisbane win the flag their first as brisbane and the 9th if you count fitzroys.
BRIS 3.7 5.10 9.8 15.18 (108)
ESS 3.2 8.6 11.12 12.10 (82)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 3, Lynch 2, Akermanis 2, Brown 2, Lappin 2, Voss, Notting, Ashcroft, Pike; ESS – Lloyd 5, Lucas 4, J. Johnson, Moorcroft, Caracella
BEST: BRIS – Hart, Lappin, Voss, Lynch, Power, Brown, B. Scott, Johnson, Pike, Leppitsch;
ESS – Lloyd, J. Johnson, Lucas, Ramanauskas, Jacobs

NORM SMITH MEDAL: Shaun Hart

UMPIRES: James, McLaren, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 91,482 at MCG

2002 matches round 1 easter round

thursday

richmond v collingwood MCG (N)

saturday

st kilda v carlton CS

geelong v essendon MCG (N)

port v kangaroos FP (N)

sunday

sydney v brisbane SCG

bulldogs v adeliade CS

west coast v freemantle S

monday

hawthorn v melbourne MCG

essendon v hawthorn mcg saturday

essendon are lucky to be back in the grand holding off hawthorn by 9 points.

ESS 4.2 8.7 8.8 11.10 (76)
HAW 2.6 2.7 5.11 9.13 (67)
GOALS: ESS – Alessio 2, Lucas 2, Heffernan, Rioli, Blumfield, Caracella, Wellman, Misiti, Barnard; HAW – Holland 3, Cox, Woods, Barlow, Greene, Thompson, Dixon
BEST: ESS – Fletcher, Misiti, Alessio, Solomon, Wellman, Jacobs, Heffernan; HAW – Hay, Harford, Thompson, Lekkas, Chick, Greene, Rawlings

INJURY: ESS – Hird (groin), Mercuri (ankle), Wallis (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Bolton; HAW – Dixon (ankle), Barker (ankle)

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 86,468 at MCG

brisbane v richmond gabba saturday night

lions make it 15 striaght doublig richmonds score to make the grand by 68 points they will play essendon in the grand final.

BRIS 6.1 12.6 16.11 20.16 (136)
RICH 4.1 6.4 7.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 4, Voss 3, Lappin 3, C. Scott 2, Akermanis 2, Black, B. Scott, Notting, Keating, Copeland, Bradshaw; RICH – Tivendale 3, Holland 2, Richardson 2, Campbell, Cameron, Torney
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Keating, Brown, C. Scott, White, Lappin; RICH – Knights, Gaspar, Cameron, Holland, Chaffey, Sziller

REPORTS: BRIS – Michael for wrestling Hall, White wrestling Hall; RICH – Hall for wrestling White

UMPIRES: James, Allen, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 37,032 (ground record) at Gabba

grand final

essendon v brisbane MCG

richmond v carlton mcg saturday

richmond stay alive with a 11 point win over carlton they will play brisbane saturday nigth in a prelim final.

RICH 2.5 6.7 9.7 10.7 (67)
CARL 0.2 5.5 6.10 7.14 (56)
GOALS: RICH – Ottens 2, Hilton, D. Kellaway, Bowden, Richardson, Cameron, Sziller, Hall, Rogers; CARL – Hulme 2, Koutoufides 2, Whitnall, Freeborn, Prendergast
BEST: RICH – Cameron, Hall, Campbell, Holland, Sziller, A. Kellaway, D. Kellaway, Torney;
CARL – Hulme, McKay, Koutoufides, Silvagni, Freeborn

INJURY: RICH – Daffy (shoulder); CARL – Franchina (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Porter, Koutoufides (knee), Prendergast (concussion), Silvagni (ankle)
Koutoufides will require a full knee reconstruction to repair anterior and medial ligaments in his right knee, the one in which he damaged posterior ligments last
year. Optimistic estimates are that he could return to play by July.

REPORTS: RICH – Holland for wrestling Silvagni, Richardson for wrestling Freeborn;
CARL – Silvagni for wrestling Holland, Freeborn for wrestling Richardson

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Allen, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 83,323 at MCG

port v hawthorn football park saturday night

hawks come back despite issues even getting to adelaide due to the ansett being shut down to beat port by 3 points they will play essendon saturday.

HAW 1.1 4.6 5.8 10.12 (72)
PA 3.1 4.5 8.7 10.9 (69)
GOALS: HAW – Thompson 2, Barker 2, Harford, Crawford, Chick, Dixon, Croad, Barlow;
PA – Cockatoo-Collins 2, Dew 2, Wakelin, Wanganeen, Schofield, Burgoyne, Carr, C. Cornes
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Vandenberg, Graham, Barker, Woods, Thompson; PA -Wanganeen, Schofield, Cockatoo-Collins, James, Bassett, Tredrea

UMPIRES: James, McLaren, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 30,613 at Football Park

finals week 3 matches

saturday

essendon v hawthorn MCG

brisbane v richmond G (N)

essendon (1st) v richmond (4th) mcg friday

lloyd kicks 100 and essendon are through to the prelim final by 70 points over richmond. richmond will host carlton on saturday in a semi final. essendon will host the winner of port/hawthorn semi final.

ESS 4.5 8.5 12.8 17.11 (113)
RICH 1.4 2.7 4.10 5.13 (43)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 4, Lucas 3, Barnard 2, Caracella 2, Barnes, Hird, Misiti, Ramanauskas, Rioli, Solomon; RICH – Richardson 2, Hilton, Rogers, Tivendale;
BEST: ESS – Lloyd, Hird, Solomon, Alessio, Misiti, Caracella; RICH – Ottens, Bowden, Gaspar, Torney

UMPIRES: Goldspink, James, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 78,253 at MCG

carlton (5th) vs adeliade (8th) mcg saturday

carlton ended the crows season by 68 points they will play richmond saturday in the semi-final.

CARL 5.4 10.8 12.12 17.16 (118)
ADE 1.6 3.6 5.10 6.14 (50)
GOALS: CARL – Lappin 5, Bradley 2, Hickmott 2, Plunkett 2, Whitnall 2, Allan, Fevola, Houlihan, Hulme; ADE – Jarman 2, Welsh 2, McLeod, Stevens
BEST: CARL – Bradley, Koutoufides, Plunkett, Hickmott, McKay, Whitnall, Lappin; ADE – Bassett, Ricciuto, McLeod

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Nash, Wenn

ATTENDANCE: 53,982 at MCG

brisbane (2nd) v port (3rd) gabba saturday night

brisbane are through to the prelim final by 32 points over port. brisbane will host richmond/carlton in a prelim. port host hawthorn in a semi-final saturday night.

BRIS 1.6 3.9 8.14 12.16 (88)
PA 2.0 7.1 8.3 8.8 (56)
GOALS: BRIS – B. Scott 2, Lynch 2, Akermanis 2, Black 2, Voss, Leppitsch, Bradshaw, Lappin;
PA – Burgoyne 3, Tredrea 2, Guerra, Francou, Brogan
BEST: BRIS – Black, B. Scott, White, Akermanis, Brown, Leppitsch, Voss, Lappin; PA – Montgomery, Stevens, Primus, Burgoyne, Carr

INJURY: PA – French (ill) replaced in selected side by Brogan, Wakelin (concussion)

REPORTS: BRIS – Lynch for striking Wakelin in the first quarter, Voss for wrestling Carr; PA – Carr for wrestling Voss

UMPIRES: Sheehan, McBurney, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 32,380 at the Gabba

hawthorn (6th) vs sydney (7th) colonial sunday

a blow out 2nd half saw the hawks beat sydney by 55 points they will play port in the semi.

HAW 1.0 5.4 11.9 19.15 (129)
SYD 4.1 6.3 7.5 11.8 (74)
GOALS: HAW – Barker 4, Chick 3, Crawford 2, Lonie 2, Greene 2, Dixon, Rawlings, Thompson, Barlow, Rehn, Cox; SYD – Kirk 3, Bolton 2, Goodes 2, Stafford, O’Keefe, Kelly, O’Loughlin
BEST: HAW – Chick, Crawford, Barker, Smith, Woods, Lonie, Thompson, Greene, Vandenberg;
SYD – Schwass, Kirk, Mathews, Bolton

INJURY: HAW – Harford (back), Dixon (ankle);
SYD – McPherson (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Lewis, Nicks (calf) replaced in selected side by O’Keefe, Kelly (hamstring), O’Keefe (knee), Cresswell (hand), Williams (foot)

REPORTS: SYD – Dunkley for striking Chick
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Allen, Vozzo

ATTENDANCE: 32,910 at Colonial Stadium

finals week 2 matches

saturday

richmond v carlton MCG

port v hawthorn FP (N)

essendon (17-4) vs richmond (14-7) mcg friday night

a finals preview as richmonds upset win earns them the right to play essendon again in the first week of the finals by 24 points. richmond (15-7) play essendon (17-50 again in the first week of the finals on friday at the g.

RICH 5.2 8.3 13.5 17.5 (107)
ESS 3.2 7.6 9.7 12.11 (83)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Ottens 4, Broderick 2, Campbell 2, Poyas, Cameron, Zantuck, Rogers; ESS – Lloyd 6, Caracella 3, Long, Hird, Rioli
Best: Rich – Richardson, Ottens, Holland, King, Sziller, Campbell, Cameron, Gaspar; ESS – Hird, Lloyd, Rioli, Solomon, Long, Caracella

INJURY: ESS – Fletcher, corked buttock replaced in selected side by Robran

UMPIRES: Goldspink, James, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 77,028 at MCG

carlton (13-8) vs geelong (9-12) optus oval saturday

an embarasing 3 quraters gave carlton a 70 point win over geelong. carlton (14-8) host adeliade saturday in the elim final. geelong (9-13) are finished after mising the finals.

CARL 3.4 7.9 9.18 13.19 (97)
GEEL 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9 (27)
GOALS: CARL – Whitnall 3, Fevola 3, Prendergast 2, Koutoufides 2, Lappin, Hulme, Houlihan;
GEEL – Spriggs, Kilpatrick, Kingsley
BEST: CARL – Koutoufides, Hulme, Bradley, Camporeale, Silvagni, Whitnall; GEEL – King, Murphy, Sanderson
INJURY: CARL – Ratten (dislocated elbow), Silvagni (concussion), Porter (concussion), Franchina (hamstring)
Ratten and Franchina could miss up to 2 weeks but Silvagni and Porter should be alright to play next week and the Blues will also regain Matt Allen.

REPORTS: GEEL – Kilpatrick unduly rough play on Porter, Mensch for charging Koutoufides during the second quarter

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Howlett, Rosebury

ATTENDANCE: 26,314 at Optus Oval

hawthorn (13-8) vs st kilda (3-18) mcg saturday night

st kilda fareweelled barry hall before he went to sydney by giving him the honor of winning the game after the siren against the hawks. st kilda (4-18) missed the finals. hawthorn (13-9) host sydney sunday at colonial in an elim final.

STK 3.1 7.4 9.7 13.11 (89)
HAW 7.3 10.3 11.7 13.9 (87)
GOALS: StK – Hall 4, Milne 3, Blake, Capuano, Gehrig, Koschitzke, Moyle, Voss; HAW – Barker 3, Barlow 2, Graham 2, Vandenberg, Thompson, Lekkas, Lonie, Tallis, Dixon
BEST: StK – Capuano, Moyle, Hall, Koschitzke, Peckett, Baker; HAW – Smith, Greene, Barker, Graham, Hay

INJURY: StK – Everitt (calf) replaced in selected side by Oliver, Hamill (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: Kennedy, Nicholls, Hanley

ATTENDANCE: 24,113 at MCG

brisbane (16-5) vs sydney (12-9) gabba saturday night

13 striaght wins brisbane archived with a 31 point win over sydney. brisbane (17-5) host port in a qualifing final. sydney (12-10) play hawthorn at colonial sunday.

BRIS 4.3 6.7 9.13 13.15 (93)
SYD 4.2 5.4 7.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 2, Notting 2, Bradshaw 2, Lappin 2, Lynch, Akermanis, Brown, Hart, Voss; SYD – Kennelly 2, Schwass, Lewis, McPherson, Kelly, Ball, Goodes, Bennett
BEST: BRIS – Johnson, Voss, Hart, Lappin, Leppitsch, White; SYD – Cresswell, Crouch, Kelly, Ball, Maxfield

INJURY: BRIS – Michael (flu) replaced in selected side by Copeland; SYD – Stafford (groin) replaced in selected side by Bennett, Dunkley (back)

UMPIRES: Nash, Wenn, Coates

ATTENDANCE: 33,606 at The Gabba

freo (1-20) vs adelaide (12-9) subaico saturday night

i don’t think anyone thought both adeliade and hawthorn would lose to bottom 2 sides a week before the finals but it happened freo earned their 2nd win by 37 points. freo (2-20) are finished. adelaide (12-10) play carlton at the g saturday.

FRE 4.3 8.9 13.15 17.18 (120)
ADE 3.5 8.9 9.13 11.17 (83)
GOALS: FRE – Cunningham 3, Bell 3, Schell 2, J. Longmuir 2, Black 2, Fletcher, Cook, Parker, Wira, Brown; ADE – Welsh 3, Burton 3, Perrie 2, Jarman, McLeod, Ricciuto
BEST: FRE – Bell, Fletcher, Black, J. Longmuir, Cunningham, McPhee; ADE – McLeod, Burton, Welsh, Goodwin, Hart, McGregor

INJURY: ADE – Bassett (corked thigh), Goodwin (sprained ankle)

UMPIRES: Corcoran, Morris, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 19,535 at Subiaco

kanagroos (9-12) vs collingwood (10-11) manaka sunday

collingwood finish 9th with a 43 point win over north. collingwood (11-11) and kangaroos (9-13) are finished for the year.

COL 4.4 6.7 13.9 19.12 (126)
KANG 4.2 8.6 9.13 11.17 (83)
GOALS: COL -Rocca 4, L. Davis 3, Holland 3, Tarrant 3, N. Davis 2, Kinnear 2, Burns, Fraser; KANG – Pickett 3, McLaren 2, Archer, Burton, Clayton, Rocca, King, Makepeace
BEST: COL – Holland, Burns, Scotland, N. Davis, Licuria, Freeborn; KANG – Harvey, Burton, Pickett, Makepeace, Simpson

INJURY: KANG – Rawlings (concussion), McKernan (knee)

UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, Schmitt

ATTENDANCE: 13,117 Manuka Oval

bulldogs (10-11) vs melbourne (9-12) colonial sunday

melbourne finish 11th with a 10 point win over bulldogs. both finish (10-12) and missed the finals.

MELB 4.1 9.3 17.6 21.7 (133)
WB 4.3 10.3 12.5 19.9 (123)
GOALS: MELB – Farmer 5, Neitz 4, Yze 4, Robertson 3, Schwarz 2, Bruce, McDonald, Leoncelli;
WB – Hunter 7, Grant 3, Johnson 3, McMahon 3, Hudson, Eagleton, Dimattina
BEST: MELB – White, J. McDonald, Johnstone, Woewodin, Neitz, Schwarz, Yze, Farmer;
WB – Hunter, West, Darcy, Johnson, McMahon, Grant

INJURY: MELB – Nicholson (ankle), S. Febey (hamstring); WB – Kretiuk (calf) replaced in selected side by Penny, Curley (hip)

REPORTS: MELB – Neitz twice for wrestling Ellis and Harrison, and once for striking Ellis, Farmer for wrestling Robbins; WB – Ellis for striking D Neitz, Harrison for wrestling Neitz, Robbins for wrestling Farmer, Murphy for wrestling Farmer, Ellis for wrestling Neitz

UMPIRES: Jeffery, McBurney, Vozzo

ATTENDANCE: 21,146 at Colonial Stadium

port (15-6) vs west coast (5-16) football park sunday

port destroy west coast by 112 points in a finals build up. port (16-6) play brisbane saturday night on the road. west coast (5-17) missed the 8 for the 4th time ever.

PA 5.7 11.12 18.17 24.19 (163)
WCE 0.3 2.6 3.7 7.9 (51)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 5, Che C-C 3, Wanganeen 3, Dew 3, C. Cornes 2, Guerra 2, Stevens 2, French, Paxman, James, Francou; WCE – Ph. Matera 2, Jones 2, Embley, Cousins, Haynes
BEST: PA – Tredrea, Che C-C, C. Cornes. Burgoyne. Stevens. Montgomery; WCE – Cousins, Merenda, Fletcher

INJURY: PA – Paxman (knee); WCE – McIntosh (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Head, Sheehan, Rowe

ATTENDANCE: 22,976 at Football Park

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	22	17	0	5	2548	1895	134.46%	68
2	Brisbane	22	17	0	5	2538	1989	127.60%	68
3	Port Adelaide	22	16	0	6	2473	1918	128.94%	64
4	Richmond	22	15	0	7	2126	1973	107.75%	60
5	Carlton	22	14	0	8	2311	1797	128.60%	56
6	Hawthorn	22	13	0	9	2149	2041	105.29%	52
7	Sydney	22	12	0	10	2121	1833	115.71%	48
8	Adelaide	22	12	0	10	2085	2026	102.91%	48
9	Collingwood	22	11	0	11	2232	2088	106.90%	44
10	Wstn Bulldogs	22	10	0	12	2305	2458	93.78%	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	0	12	2136	2364	90.36%	40
12	Geelong	22	9	0	13	1926	2054	93.77%	36
13	Nth Melbourne	22	9	0	13	2161	2371	91.14%	36
14	West Coast	22	5	0	17	1708	2590	65.95%	20
15	St Kilda	22	4	0	18	1917	2642	72.56%	16
16	Fremantle	22	2	0	20	1794	2491	72.02%	8

goals

Lloyd (ESS) 96
Lynch (BRIS) 54
Richardson (RICH) 54
Tarrant (COL) 53
Rocca (KANG) 48
Johnson (WB) 48
Grant (WB) 46
Tredrea (PA) 44
Lappin (CARL) 44
Bradshaw (BRIS) 44
Hall (StK.) 44
Ottens (RICH) 44
Robertson (MELB) 42
Dew (PA) 42
Wilson (WCE) 40

finals week 1 matches

friday

essendon v richmond MCG (N)

saturday

carlton v adeliade MCG

brisbane v port G (N)

sunday

hawthorn v sydney CS

richmond (13-7) vs kanagroos (9-11) mcg friday night

richmond move a step closer to a top 4 finish by 4 points over the roos ending pagans finals run. richmond (14-7) play essendon at the g friday night. kangaroos (9-12) host collingwood in canberra sunday to finish their season.

RICH 5.4 9.6 12.11 13.14 (92)
KANG 5.2 9.4 10. 8 13.10 (88)
GOALS: RICH – Broderick 3, Richardson 2, King 2, Ottens 2, Knights, Bowden, Rogers, Fiora; KANG – Carey 3, Grant 3, Rocca 2, Archer 2, McKernan, Jones, Clayton
BEST: RICH – Ottens, Richardson, Broderick, Gaspar, King; KANG – Archer, Grant, Simpson, McLaren

INJURY: RICH – Gale (jarred elbow)

REPORTS: KANG – D. Motlop for striking Torney

UMPIRES: Sheehan, McBurney, Rowe

ATTENDANCE: 37,776 at MCG

carlton (12-8) vs collingwood (10-10) mcg saturday

carlton end collingwoods season by 68 points ending the pies good season. carlton (13-8) host geelong saturday. collingwood (10-11) play the roos in canberra sunday to finish their season.

CARL 4.3 8.3 12.6 20.10 (130)
COL 2.2 6.4 7.6 9.8 (62)
GOALS: CARL – Whitnall 5, Lappin 3, Bradley 2, Houlihan 2, Plunkett 2, Koutoufides 2, Silvagni, Ratten, Fevola, Hickmott; COL – L. Davis 2. Holland, Clement, Burns, N. Davis, Tarrant, Kinnear, Lane
BEST: CARL – Whitnall, Plunkett, Bradley, Lappin, McKay, Porter, Silvagni, Manton, Hickmott, Ratten; COL – Buckley, Clement

INJURY: CARL – Hulme (concussion), Houlihan (concussion); COL – Lonie (shoulder)

UMPIRES: Wenn, James, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 70,051 at MCG

bulldogs (10-10) vs port (14-6) colonial saturday night

port secure 3rd with a 77 point win over the bulldogs. port (15-6) host west coast sunday. bulldogs (10-11) finish with melbourne at colonial sunday.

PA 5.5 12.10 17.15 22.18 (150)
WB 2.5 3. 9 7.13 10.13 (73)
GOALS: PA: Tredrea 4, Francis 3, Dew 3, Carr 3, Primus 2, Burgoyne 2, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Wanganeen, Schofield, Stevens; WB – Johnson 3, Eagleton 3, Murphy, Grant, Hudson, Alvey
BEST: PA – Tredrea, Carr, Primus, Wanganeen, Schofield, Cockatoo-Collins; WB – Johnson, Murphy, Liberatore

INJURY: PA – Cockatoo-Collins (concussion); WB – Penny (cut eye), Johnson (concussion)

UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, McKenzie

ATTENDANCE: 19,649 at Colonial Stadium

west coast (5-15) vs essendon (16-4) subiaco saturday night

essendon secure the minor premership with an 89 point win over west coast in their best effort in weeks. essendon (17-4) host richmond friday night. west coast (5-16) travel to port sunday.

ESS 7.2 10.5 17.7 21.10 (136)
WCE 1.3 2.5 5.9 6.11 (47)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 7, Rioli 3, Hird 2, Barnard 2, M. Johnson, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, J. Johnson, Lucas, Heffernan, Jacobs; WCE – Wilson 3, Williams, Pt. Matera, Cox
BEST: ESS – Caracella, Barnes, Hird, Lloyd, M. Johnson, Heffernan; WCE – Taylor, Fletcher, Wilson, Jakovich

INJURY: ESS – Hardwick (corked leg), Henneman (hamstring); WCE – Wirrpunda (ankle), Carroll (thigh)

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Nicholls, Schmitt

ATTENDANCE: 36455 at Subiaco

sydney (11-9) vs st kilda (3-17) scg sunday

sydney earn a finals spot by 87 points over st kilda. sydney (12-9) travel to brisbane saturday night. st kilda (3-18) face hawthorn at the g saturday night.

SYD 4.4 12.8 18.12 21.16 (142)
STK 4.2 5.3 5.5 8.7 (55)
GOALS: SYD – Nicks 6, Kirk 3, Lewis 2, McPherson 2, Schauble 2, Mathews, Williams, O’Loughlin, Bolton, Goodes, Fixter; StK – Hall 3, Riewoldt 2, Everitt, Knowles, Milne
BEST: SYD – O’Loughlin, Nicks, Ball, Maxfield, Williams, Barry; StK – Koschitzke, Thompson, Riewoldt, Jones, Plapp

INJURY: SYD – Seymour (knee), Kelly (calf) replaced in the selected side by Lewis, Schwass (groin) replaced in the selected side by O’Keefe; StK – Moyle (blurred vision), Powell (corked quad)

UMPIRES: Corcoran, Rosebury, Howlett

ATTENDANCE: 26,334 at SCG

adelaide (11-9) vs hawthorn (13-7) football park sunday

crows keep their home finals hopes alive with a 38 point win over the hawks ending the pies and bulldogs hopes. adeliade (12-9) play freo in perth saturday night. hawthorn (13-8) host st kilda saturday night.

ADE 5.2 6.4 10.7 13.13 (91)
HAW 0.0 2.3 4.5 8.5 (53)
GOALS: ADE – Goodwin 4, Stevens 2, McLeod 2, Johnson 2, Eccles, Biglands, Jarman; HAW – Lord 2, Thompson, Barker, Lonie, Barlow, Osborne, Greene
BEST: ADE – Goodwin, Burton, Bassett, Stevens, Ricciuto, Hewitt; HAW – Rehn, Hay, Rawlings, McCabe, Thompson, Barlow

UMPIRES: Coates, Nash, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 42,827 at Football Park

geelong (9-11) vs brisbane (15-5) skilled stadium sunday

12 wins in a row for the lions by 43 over geelong. brisbane (16-5) host sydney saturday night. geelong (9-12) play carlton at carlton saturday.

BRIS 2.2 8.5 15.10 16.14 (110)
GEEL 4.5 6.9 7.12 9.13 (67)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 3, Notting 3, Brown 2, Black 2, Bradshaw 2, Headland, Johnson, B. Scott, Akermanis; GEEL – Spriggs, Graham, Bizzell, Clarke, McGrath, Hocking, Chapman, Milburn, Enright
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Black, Voss, C. Scott, Leppitsch, Notting, Hart; GEEL – Sanderson, Wojcinski, Enright, Hocking, Harley

INJURY – BRIS – Lynch (ill) replaced in selected side by Cupido; GEEL – White (foot) replaced in selected side D Spriggs
Lynch suffered a minor relapse of CFS due to the long trip to and from Perth last week, but it is not uncommon for the long trip to its toll on him and the Lions are confident that with a few days rest, Lynch will be OK to play next week.

UMPIRES: Dore, Vozzo, Head

ATTENDANCE: 24,325 at Shell Stadium

melbourne (8-12) vs freo (1-19) mcg sunday

melbourne give freo the woodenspoon by 35 points. melbourne (9-12) finish with the bulldogs sunday. freo (1-20) host adeliade saturday night.

MELB 3.2 8.6 11.12 16.18 (114)
FRE 5.3 6.5 7.7 12.7 (79)
GOALS: MELB – Farmer 2, Green 2, A. McDonald 2, Neitz 2, White 2, Godfrey, Robertson, Schwarz, Simmonds, Williams, Yze; FRE – Schell 3, McManus 2, Pavlich 2, Bell, Koops, McPhee, Norrish, Walker
BEST: MELB – White, Schwarz, Godfrey, Johnstone, Funcke, Nicholson; FRE – Woods, Carr, McPhee

INJURY: MELB – Woewodin (shoulder); FRE – Kickett (concussion, cut above eye), Eastaugh (corked thigh)

UMPIRES: Jeffery, Kennedy, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 12,566 at Colonial Stadium

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	21	17	0	4	2465	1788	137.86%	68
2	Brisbane	21	16	0	5	2445	1927	126.88%	64
3	Port Adelaide	21	15	0	6	2310	1867	123.73%	60
4	Richmond	21	14	0	7	2019	1890	106.83%	56
5	Carlton	21	13	0	8	2214	1770	125.08%	52
6	Hawthorn	21	13	0	8	2062	1952	105.64%	52
7	Sydney	21	12	0	9	2059	1740	118.33%	48
8	Adelaide	21	12	0	9	2002	1906	105.04%	48
9	Collingwood	21	10	0	11	2106	2005	105.04%	40
10	Wstn Bulldogs	21	10	0	11	2182	2325	93.85%	40
11	Geelong	21	9	0	12	1899	1957	97.04%	36
12	Nth Melbourne	21	9	0	12	2078	2245	92.56%	36
13	Melbourne	21	9	0	12	2003	2241	89.38%	36
14	West Coast	21	5	0	16	1657	2427	68.27%	20
15	St Kilda	21	3	0	18	1828	2555	71.55%	12
16	Fremantle	21	1	0	20	1674	2408	69.52%	4

goals

Lloyd (ESS) 90
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Tarrant (COL) 50
Richardson (RICH) 49
Rocca (KANG) 47
Johnson (WB) 45
Tredrea (PA) 44
Grant (WB) 43
Lappin (CARL) 43
Bradshaw (BRIS) 42
Ottens (RICH) 40
Wilson (WCE) 40
Hall (STK) 40
Dew (PA) 39
Robertson 39
McKernan (KANG) 38

round 22 matches

friday

essendon v richmond MCG (N)

saturday

carlton v geelong OO

hawthorn v st kilda MCG (N)

brisbane v sydney G (N)

freo v adelaide S (N)

sunday

kangaroos v collingwod MO

bulldogs v melbourne CS

port v west coast FP

a continental express flight plumits to earth killing all on board in texas due to falty maintence done the night before and the crew going near top speed to decend for landing in houston.

kangaroos (9-10) vs adelaide (10-9) colonial friday night

adelaide are back into the 8 with a 62 point win over the roos leaving the roos on life support. adeliade (11-9) host hawthorn sunday. kanagroos (9-11) face richmond at the g friday night.

ADE 6.3 14.7 18.10 25.12 (162)
KANG 3.5 7.7 14.7 15.10 (100)
GOALS: ADE – Perrie 5, Ricciuto 5, Stevens 5, Jarman 2, Burton 2, Biglands, Johnson, McLeod, Smart, Stenglein, Welsh; KANG – Burton 2, Carey 2, Clayton 2, Grant 2, Rocca 2, Cochrane, Harvey, King, Rawlings, Sinclair
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Ricciuto, Perrie, Stenglein, Stevens, Hart, Smart; KANG – Grant, Harvey, Simpson, Archer, Burton
INJURY: ADE – Johnson (shin soreness);
KANG – Jones (lacerated head)

UMPIRES: McKenzie, Wenn, Nash

ATTENDANCE: 25,340 at Colonial

richmond (12-7) vs west coast (5-14) colonial saturday

richmond keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 65 point win over west coast. richmond (13-7) host kangaroos at the g friday night. west coast (5-15) host essendon saturday night.

RICH 3.7 9.11 13.15 20.18 (138)
WCE 2.4 3. 6 5.11 10.13 (73)
GOALS: RICH – Hilton 4, Richardson 4, Broderick 3, Ottens 2, Bowden 2, Cameron, King, Tivendale, Knights, A. Kellaway; WCE – Wilson 4, Wooden 2, Cummings 2, Merenda, Haynes
BEST: RICH – Ottens, Richardson, Bowden, Knights, Hilton, King; WCE – Collica, Fletcher
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REPORTS: WCE – Cummings for striking Holland

UMPIRES: Dore, Morris, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 25,056 at Colonial Stadium

collingwood (10-9) vs essendon (15-4) mcg saturday night

a late surge got essendon out of jail again with a 20 point win over collingwood. essendon (16-4) play west coast saturday night in perth. collingwood (10-10) face carlton in a do or die clash saturday at the g.

ESS 4.7 5.12 9.14 15.17 (107)
COL 3.3 7.4 10.8 13.9 ( 87)
GOALS: ESS -M Johnson 3, Hird 3, Lucas 3, Mercuri, McVeigh, Bolton, Alessio, Caracella, Rioli; COL – Rocca 6, Tarrant 3, N. Davis 2, Molloy, Freeborn
BEST: ESS – M Johnson J Johnson, Mercuri, Hird, Caracole, McGrath; COL – Rocca, Buckley, Burns, Tarrant, Prestigiacomo, N Davis

INJURY: ESS – Barnard (eye); COL – Lockyer (concussion)

UMPIRES: Allen, Ellis, Kennedy

ATTENDANCE: 71,518 at MCG

port (13-6) vs geelong (9-10) football park saturday night

port secure 3rd with a 30 point win over geelong. port (14-6) play bulldogs at colonial saturday night. geelong (9-11) host brisbane sunday.

PA 4.6 10.9 12.13 14.15(99)
GEEL 1.1 3.2 6.7 10.9 (69)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 3, Primus 2, Dew 2, C Cockatoo-Collins 2, Schofield, Francou, Murray, C. Cornes, Stevens; GEEL – King 3, Graham, Bizzell, Kingsley, White, Murphy, Milburn, Enright
BEST: PA – Schofield, Francou, Stevens, Wanganeen, James, C. Cornes; GEEL – King, Enright, Street, Sanderson, Kingsley, Houlihan

INJURY: PA – Montgomery (ankle)

UMPIRES: Sheehan, McBurney, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 25,536 at Football Park

sydney (11-8) vs melbourne (7-12) scg sunday

melbourne end sydneys home final hopes by 33 points. melbourne (8-12) host freo sunday at the g. sydney (11-9) host st kilda sunday.

MELB 6.7 12.11 15.12 19.17 (131)
SYD 1.4 7.7 11.10 14.14 (98)
GOALS: MELB – Farmer 5, Neitz 4, S. Febey 2, Robertson 2, Brown, Bruce, Funcke, Schwarz, Walsh, Ward; SYD – O’Loughlin 3, Williams 2, Ball, Cresswell, Fixter, Goodes, Kennelly, Mathews, Maxfield, O’Keefe, Schwass
BET: MELB – S.Febey, Walsh, Yze, Brown, Neitz, Farmer; SYD – Williams, Mathews, Ball, O’Loughlin, O’Keefe, Kennelly

INJURY: SYD – Schwass (groin)

UMPIRES: Howlett, Jeffery, Mitchell

ATTENDANCE: 28367 at the SCG

st kilda (3-16) vs carlton (11-8) colonial sunday

carlton kept their top 4 hopes alive with a 44 point win over st kilda. carlton (12-8) host collingwood saturday. st kilda (3-17) travel to play sydney sunday.

CARL 7.2 9.4 14.11 22.16 (148)
StK 4.3 8.6 12.8 16.8 (104)
GOALS: CARL – Fevola 4, Camporeale 3, Hickmott 2, Houlihan 2, Koutoufides 2, Allan, Fletcher, Freeborn, Hulme, Lappin, McKay, Ratten:
StK – Everitt 3, Callaghan 2, Beetham, Begley, Blake, Capuano, Delaney, Gehrig, Hamill, Jones, Milne, Thompson, Young
BEST: CARL – Koutoufides, Bradley, Fevola, Hickmott, Camporeale, Lappin; StK – Everitt, Thompson, Hamill, Koschitzke

INJURY: CARL – Allan (groin), Lappin (corked buttock); StK – Delaney (quadricep), Hudghton (ankle), Baker (calf)

REPORTS: CARL – Camporeale (tripping)

UMPIRES: Corcoran, Kelsey, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 34521 at Colonial

hawthorn (13-6) vs bulldogs (9-10) mcg sunday

bulldogs stay alive with a 46 point win over hawthorn. bulldogs (10-10) host port saturday night. hawthorn (13-7) play adeliade sunday in adeliade.

WB 3.6 7.11 12.18 17.23 (125)
HAW 4.1 8.1 11.4 12.7 (79)
GOALS: WB – Grant 4, Johnson 4, Smith 3, Giansiracusa 2, Hunter 2, Dimattina, Hudson; HAW – Lord 4, Barker 3, Barlow 2, Lekkas, Lonie, Thompson
BEST: WB – Alvey, Giansiracusa, Johnson, Darcy, Murphy, Grant, West, Smith, Liberatore; HAW – Rawlings, Lord, Barker, Barlow, Lonie, Obst

INJURY: WB – Kretiuk (back related hamstring)

REPORTS: WB – Ellis for wrestling; HAW – Crawford (striking), T.Croad (wrestling)

UMPIRES: Coates, James, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 26642 at the MCG

freemantle (1-18) vs brisbane (14-5) subiaco sunday

lions look like title favuorites with their 11th straight win by 49 points over freo. brisbane (15-5) travel to geelong sunday. freo (1-19) travel to play melbourne sunday.

BRIS 5.3 9.8 15.9 21.12 (136)
FRE 4.4 5.9 11.11 12.15 (87)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 3, Brown 3, Lappin 3, McRae 3, Lynch 2, Black, Copeland, S. Hart, Headland, Power, C. Scott, Voss; FRE – Pavlich 4, Carr 2, J. Longmuir 2, Brown, Schell, Simpson, Woods
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Black, Johnson, Brown, Voss, S. Hart; FRE – Pavlich, Hasleby, Cook, Jones, Fletcher, Bell

REPORTS: BRIS – White for striking, Keating for wrestling; FRE – Eastlaugh for wrestling

UMPIRES: Fox, Harvey, Head

ATTENDANCE: 15136 at Subiaco

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	20	16	0	4	2329	1741	133.77%	64
2	Brisbane	20	15	0	5	2335	1860	125.54%	60
3	Port Adelaide	20	14	0	6	2160	1794	120.40%	56
4	Hawthorn	20	13	0	7	2009	1861	107.95%	52
5	Richmond	20	13	0	7	1927	1802	106.94%	52
6	Carlton	20	12	0	8	2084	1708	122.01%	48
7	Sydney	20	11	0	9	1917	1685	113.77%	44
8	Adelaide	20	11	0	9	1911	1853	103.13%	44
9	Collingwood	20	10	0	10	2044	1875	109.01%	40
10	Wstn Bulldogs	20	10	0	10	2109	2175	96.97%	40
11	Geelong	20	9	0	11	1832	1847	99.19%	36
12	Nth Melbourne	20	9	0	11	1990	2153	92.43%	36
13	Melbourne	20	8	0	12	1889	2162	87.37%	32
14	West Coast	20	5	0	15	1610	2291	70.27%	20
15	St Kilda	20	3	0	17	1773	2413	73.48%	12
16	Fremantle	20	1	0	19	1595	2294	69.53%	4

goals

Lloyd (ESS) 83
Lynch (BRIS) 53
Tarrant (COL) 49
Richardson (RICH) 47
Rocca (KANG) 45
Grant (WB) 42
Johnson (WB) 42
Bradshaw (BRIS) 40
Lappin (CARL) 40
Tredrea (PA) 40
Ottens (RICH) 38
Robertson (MELB) 38
Rocca (COL) 38
Barker (HAW) 37
Hall (StK) 37

round 21 matches

friday

richmond v kangaroos MCG (N)

saturday

carlton v collingwood MCG

bulldogs v port CS (N)

west coast v essendon S (N)

sunday

sydney v st kilda SCG

adeliade v hawthorn FP

geelong v brisbane SS

melbourne v freemantle MCG

kangraoos (8-10) vs geelong (9-9) colonial friday night

roos keep their finals hopes alive with a 49 point win over geelong. kangaroos (9-10) host adelaide friday night. geelong (9-10) travel to play port saturday night.

KANG 6.3 14.4 17.4 21 5 (131)
GEEL 3.2 7.3 8.9 12.10 (82)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 3, King 3, Motlop 3, Grant 2, Carey 2, Rocca 2, Harvey 2, McKernan 2, Rawlings, Makepeace; GEEL – Graham 3, Bizzell 2, Enright 2, Kilpatrick, Kingsley, White, Murphy, Scarlett
BEST: KANG – Simpson, Burton, Harvey, Grant, McCartney, Motlop; GEEL – Riccardi, Sanderson, King

INJURY: GEEL – Ling (ankle) replaced in selected side by D Wojcinski

REPORTS: GEEL – C. Mooney for striking Sinclair

UMPIRES: McLaren, Ellis, McBurney

ATTENDANCE: 30,918 at Colonial Stadium

st kilda (3-15) vs port (12-6) colonial saturday afternoon

port survive a st kilda scare by 11 poiunts. port (13-6) host geelong saturday night. st kilda (3-16) host carlton sunday.

PA 3.1 10.5 17. 8 19.11 (125)
STK 3.8 6.12 11.13 16.18 (114)
GOALS: PA – Francis 4, C Cornes 4, Tredrea 3, Cockatoo-Collins 2, Stevens 2, Primus, Schofield, Dew, James; StK – Milne 4, Hamill 3, Everitt 3, Plapp 2, Moyle 2, Hudghton, Callaghan
BEST: PA – C. Cornes, Stevens, Wanganeen, Francis, Tredrea, Cockatoo-Collins, James;
StK – Everitt, Milne, Thompson, Moyle, Hamill, Hudghton

INJURY: StK – Baker (corked calf)

UMPIRES: Coates, Woodcock, Fox

ATTENDANCE: 14,018 at Colonial Stadium

melbourne (7-11) vs hawthorn (12-6) mcg saturday night

hawks secure a top 4 spot with a 85 point win over melbourne. hawthorn (13-6) host bulldogs sunday at the g. melbourne (7-12) travel to play sydney sunday.

HAW 7.3 15.9 18.12 24.12 (156)
MELB 4.2 5.2 8.6 10.11 (71)
GOALS: HAW – Croad 5, Barlow 4, Dixon 4, Barker 3, Greene 2, Crawford 2, Thompson 2, Picioane, Lekkas; MELB – Schwarz 2, Yze 2, Farmer 2, Green, McDonald, Brown, Robertson
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Barlow, Croad, Lekkas, Smith, Harford, Tallis, Barker, Greene;
MELB – Yze, Schwarz, Funcke

INJURY: HAW – Rehn (calf), Dixon (hamstring); MELB – Schwarz (bruised arm)

UMPIRES: Nash, Head, Harvey

ATTENDANCE: 26,632 at MCG

adeliade (9-9) vs carlton (11-7) football park saturday night

adeliade aren’t finished with a 53 point win doubling carltons score. adelaide (10-9) play the roos friday night at coloinal. carlton (11-8) face st kilda sunday at colonial.

ADE 4.1 8.5 11.10 16.10 (106)
CARL 2.2 2.3 6.4 8.5 (53)
GOALS: ADE – Jarman 4, Stevens 3, McLeod 3, Ricciuto 2, Perrie, Johnson, Hart, Byrne;
CARL – Lappin 2, Whitnall, Porter, Bradley, Prendergast, Pickering, Fletcher
BEST: ADE – McLeod, Biglands, Bickley, Hart, Smart, Goodwin; CARL – McKay, Houlihan, Lappin, Fletcher, Ratten, Hickmott

INJURY: ADE – Stenglein (concussion)

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Kelsey, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 44,542 at Football Park

brisbane (13-5) vs richmond (12-6) gabba sunday

brisbane win 10 straight by 31 points over richmond. brisbane (14-5) travel to play freo sunday. richmond (12-7) host west coast saturday.

BRIS 4.5 10.6 14.10 19.14 (128)
RICH 1.1 4.4 10.5 15.7 (97)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 5, Copeland 3, Lynch 3, Voss, McRae, Power, Notting, Black, C. Scott, Hart, Lappin; RICH – Richardson 5, Rogers 3, Campbell 2, Bowden, Fiora, Cameron, Tivendale, A. Kellaway
BEST: BRIS – Bradshaw, Lappin, B. Scott, McDonald, Lynch, Johnson; RICH – Campbell, Knights, Chaffey, Sziller, Richardson

INJURY: BRIS – Akermanis (foot)

REPORTS: BRIS – C. Scott for abusive language

UMPIRES: Allen, Vozzo, McInerney

ATTENDANCE: 31,324 at the Gabba

collingwood (9-9) vs bulldogs (9-9) mcg sunday

collingwood beat the bulldogs by 7 goals to stay in the 8. collingwood (10-9) play essendon saturday night at the g. bulldogs (9-10) play hawthorn at the g sunday.

COL 4.1 9.9 15.15 17.17 (119)
WB 2.4 5.5 7.8 11.11. (77)
GOALS: COL – L. Davis 4, Rocca 3, N. Davis 3, Lockyer 2, Molloy, Burns, Tarrant, Fraser, Lonie; WB – Hudson 3, Grant 2, Giansiracusa 2, Johnson 2, Eagleton, Cox BEST: COL – Rocca, Buckley, L. Davis, Lockyer, O’Bree, N. Davis, Kinnear, Lonie, Molloy; WB – Johnson, Harrison, Hunter

INJURY: COL – Steinfort (general soreness) replaced in selected side by Rintoul, Fraser (concussion); WB – Croft (bruised knee)

UMPIRES: Goldspink, McKenzie, Rowe

ATTENDANCE: 38,793 at MCG

essendon (14-4) vs sydney (11-7) colonial sunday

essendon continue to slow down with a come from behind 2 ponint win over sydney. essendon (15-4) play collingwood at the g saturday night. sydney (11-8) host melbourne sunday.

ESS 1.3 2.8 5.11 11.13 (79)
SYD 2.5 7.6 9.8 11.11 (77)
GOAL: ESS – Alessio 4, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Barnard, Misiti, Lucas, Moorcroft, Caracella;
SYD – Nicks 3, Stafford, Williams, Maxfield, McPherson, O’Loughlin, Bolton, Ball, Goodes
BEST: ESS -Alessio, Hardwick, Fletcher, Misiti, J. Johnson, Mercuri; SYD – Ball, Williams, Kelly, Schwass, Seymour

INJURY: ESS – M. Johnson (shoulder) replaced in selected side by Bannister, Solomon (hip) replaced in selected side by Hille

UMPIRES: Dore, Kennedy, Wenn

ATTENDANCE: 45,057 at Colonial Stadium

west coast (4-14) vs freo (1-17) subiaco sunday

west coast win the derby meaning freo are all but certain to get their first wooden spoon by 34 points. west coast (5-14) travel to play richmond at colonial saturday. freemantle (1-18) host brisbane sunday.

WCE 2.4 5.5 10.9 14.14 (98)
FRE 0.3 2.4 5.7 9.10 (64)
GOALS: WCE – Merenda 4, Jones 2, Wilson 2, Wirrpunda, Ph. Matera, McIntosh, Cousins, Gardiner, Haynes; FRE – Carr 2, Fletcher, McManus, Fewster, Pavlich, Bell, Cook, Koops
BEST: WCE – Cousins, Pt. Matera, Jakovich, Jones, Kerr, Merenda; FRE – Cook, Fletcher, Bell, McPhee, Carr, Parker

INJURY: FRE – Kickett (hamstring), Grover (hamstring) WCE – Kerr (shoulder)

UMPIRES: Sheehan, Schmitt, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 41,285 at Subiaco

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	19	15	0	4	2222	1654	134.34%	60
2	Brisbane	19	14	0	5	2197	1773	123.91%	56
3	Port Adelaide	19	13	0	6	2061	1725	119.48%	52
4	Hawthorn	19	13	0	6	1930	1736	111.18%	52
5	Richmond	19	12	0	7	1789	1729	103.47%	48
6	Carlton	19	11	0	8	1936	1604	120.70%	44
7	Sydney	19	11	0	8	1819	1554	117.05%	44
8	Collingwood	19	10	0	9	1957	1768	110.69%	40
9	Adelaide	19	10	0	9	1749	1753	99.77%	40
10	Geelong	19	9	0	10	1763	1748	100.86%	36
11	Nth Melbourne	19	9	0	10	1890	1991	94.93%	36
12	Wstn Bulldogs	19	9	0	10	1984	2096	94.66%	36
13	Melbourne	19	7	0	12	1758	2064	85.17%	28
14	West Coast	19	5	0	14	1537	2153	71.39%	20
15	St Kilda	19	3	0	16	1669	2265	73.69%	12
16	Fremantle	19	1	0	18	1508	2156	69.94%	4

goals

Lloyd (ESS) 83
Lynch (BRIS) 48
Tarrant (COL) 45
Rocca (KANG) 43
Lappin (CARL) 39
Richardson (RICH) 38
Grant (WB) 38*
Hall (StK) 37
McKernan (KANG) 37
Tredrea (PA) 37
Johnson (WB) 36
Ottens (RICH) 36
Robertson (MELB) 36
Wanganeen (PA) 36
Green (MELB) 35

round 20 matches

friday

kangaroos v adeliade CS (N)

saturday

richmond v west coast CS

port v geelong FP (N)

collingwood v essendon MCG (N)

sunday

sydney v melbourne SCG

hawthorn v bulldogs MCG

st kilda v carlton CS

freemantle v brisbane S

richmond (11-6) vs collingwood (9-8) mcg friday night

richmond kept their top 4 hopes alive and ended their run of missing the 8 by 20 points over collingwood. richmond (12-6) travel to play brisbane sunday. collingwood (9-9) host bulldogs at the g sunday.

RICH 3.0 4.6 8.10 10.11 (71)
COL 2.3 5.9 6.12 6.15 (51)
GOALS: RICH – Ottens 3, Richardson 3, Rogers 2, Campbell, Bowden; COL – N. Davis 3, Buckley, Holland, Lane
BEST: RICH – Campbell, Gale, Ottens, Chaffey, Knights, Holland; COL – N. Davis, O’Bree, Licuria, Molloy, Wakelin

UMPIRES: Nash, Goldspink, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 69,930 at MCG

geelong (9-8) vs melbourne (6-11) mcg saturday

geelongs finals hopes took a hit in a 3 point loss to melbourne. melbourne (7-11) host hawthorn saturday night at the g. geeloong (9-9 ) face kangaroos friday night at colonial.

MELB 4.1 7.3 12.6 16. 7 (103)
GEEL 5.3 9.6 10.7 15.10 (100)
GOALS: MELB – Robertson 5, Green 3, S. Febey 2, Farmer 2, McDonald, Bruce, Leoncelli, Walsh; GEEL – Graham 5, Kingsley 4, Burns 2, Riccardi, White, Sanderson, Ling
BEST: MELB – Robertson, McDonald, S. Febey, Leoncelli, Yze, Walsh; GEEL – Graham, Kingsley, Sanderson, McGrath, Enright, Scarlett

INJURY: MELB – Brown replaced in selected side by Thompson; GEEL – Burns (hamstring)
Burns will miss 2-3 weeks

REPORTS: MELB – Yze reported for charging Clarke
Yze was cleared of the report at the Tribunal. He admitted to being marginally late in delivering a bump to Clarke, who had just kicked the ball. He said his intention in jumping at Clarke was to put pressure on him. The panel ruled that while the bump might have been late, they said it was not unnecessary or unreasonable force.

UMPIRES: Wenn, Nicholls, Kelsey

ATTENDANCE: 31,074 at MCG

hawthorn (12-5) vs freemantle (0-17) colonail saturday afternoon

freo have finally won by 16 points over hawthorn in a come from behind win. freemantle (1-17) face west coast in the derby. hawthorn (12-6) face melbourne at the g saturday night.

FRE 2.4 5.6 10.7 16.10 (106)
HAW 7.2 10.5 12.8 13.12 ( 90)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 5, Pavlich 4, Koops 3, Bell 2, McPhee, Fewster; HAW – Lord 4, Barker 3, McCabe, Hazell, Chick, Thompson, Clarke, Lekkas
BEST: FRE – Bell, Haddrill, J. Longmuir, Fletcher, Pavlich, Jones; HAW – Thompson, Lord, Barker, Cox, Crawford

INJURY: FRE – Black (groin); HAW – Harford (ankle) replaced in selected side by Hazell, Crawford (corked thigh), Rawlings (ankle), Clarke (broken collarbone), Chick (hamstring)
Clarke could be out for the season

REPORTS: FRE – Black reported by emergency umpire J Harvey for striking Vandenberg, Black reported by emergency umpire for wrestling R Vandenberg; Black (Fremantle) reported by field umpire B Rosebury for striking Clarke
HAW – Vandenberg for wrestling Black
Black was suspended for one game on the first striking charge, but was cleared on the second and third charges. Black will miss the Round 19 game against the Eagles.
Vandenberg accepted a $1200 fine for wrestling.

UMPIRES: Rosebury, Vozzo, Jeffery

ATTENDANCE: 16,595 at Colonial Stadium

sydney (10-7) vs kangaroos (8-9) scg saturday night

sydney make it 5 striaght with a 107 point win over the roos. sydney (11-7) play essendon at colonial sunday. kangaroos (8-10) host geelong friday night at colonial.

SYD 5.2 10.4 14.8 22.11 (143)
KANG 1.5 1.8 2.13 3.18 (36)
GOALS: SYD – Kelly 3, Stafford 3, Schwass 2, Cresswell 2, Williams 2, Nicks 2, Kirk 2, O’Keefe, McPherson, O’Loughlin, Ball, Crouch, Bennett; KANG – Pickett, McCartney, Staull
BEST: SYD – Mathews, Kelly, Williams, Schwass, Goodes, Cresswell; KANG – Simpson, Grant, Harvey, Blakey, McCartney, Cochrane

INJURY: SYD – Dunkley (knee), Seymour (leg)

UMPIRES: McKenzie, Coates, Rowe

CROWD: 32,689. At the SCG

brisbane (12-5) vs bulldogs (9-8) gabba sunday

9 straight wins have secured brisbane 2nd by 33 points over the bulldogs. brisbane (13-5) host richmond sunday. bulldogs (9-9) face collingwood at the g sunday.

BRIS 4.4 8.10 13.16 19.22 (136)
WB 3.4 5.7 12.10 15.13 (103)
GOALS: BRIS – Akermanis 4, Headland 3, Lynch 3, Brown 2, Black 2, Notting, McDonald, S. Hart, Power, Ashcroft; WB – Garlick 5, Grant 3, Bartlett 2, Johnson 2, Brown, Darcy, Eagleton
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Voss, Black, Lappin, Headland, Johnson, McDonald; WB – Garlick, Grant, Robbins, Darcy, Ellis

UMPIRES: Dore, McLaren, Morris

ATTENDANCE: 26,872 at the Gabba

port (11-6) vs adeliade (9-8) football park sunday

port return to 3rd with a 8 point win over adeliade. port (12-6) play st kilda at colonil saturday. adeliade (9-9) host carlton saturday night.

PA 3.3 9.5 13.7 16.11(107)
ADE 6.3 10.6 10.9 15.9 (99)
GOALS: PA -Primus 3, C. Cornes 3, Wanganeen 2, Francis 2, Che C-C 2, Tredrea 2, Paxman, Dew;
ADE – Ricciuto 3, McLeod 2, Stevens 2, Jarman, Smart, Welsh, Johnson, Vardy, Marsh, Biglands, Gallagher
BET: PA – Francou, Paxman, Tredrea, Primus, Wanganeen, Stevens; ADE – Clarke,
McLeod, Stevens, Ricciuto, Bickley, Edwards

UMPIRES: Schmitt, Avon, Woodcock

ATTENDANCE: 49,846 at Football Park
This was the highest ever attendance for a football match at Football Park.

essendon (14-3) vs carlton (10-7) mcg sunday

carlton keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 7 point win over essendon giving the dons back to back loses for the first time in 2 and a half years. carlton (11-7) travel to play adelaide saturday night. essendon (14-4) host sydney sunday at colonial.

CARL 7.1 10.3 12.4 16. 6 (102)
ESS 4.0 9.1 11.8 14.11 (95)
GOALS: CARL – Lappin 5, Franchina 3, Camporeale 2, Ratten, Whitnall, Hickmott, Porter, Houlihan, Koutoufides; ESS – Lloyd 4, Barnard 2, Mercuri, Hird, Ramanauskas, McVeigh, Johnson, Lucas, McGrath, Jacobs
BEST: CARL – Lappin, Ratten, Hickmott, Silvagni, Koutoufides, Franchina; ESS – Hird, McVeigh, Caracella, Ramanauskas, Barnard, Johnson

INJURY: ESS – Hird (ankle)
Hird will miss 3-4 weeks with a bad sprain.

REPORTS: ESS – Lloyd for striking Fletcher

UMPIRES: Allen, Sheehan, McBurney

ATTENDANCE: 75,873 at MCG

west coast (3-14) vs st kilda (3-14) subiaco sunday

west coast got out of the bottom 2 with a 92 point win over st kilda. west coast (4-14) host freo in the derby sunday. st kilda (3-15) host port saturday.

WCE 5.4 13.10 23.11 26.15 (171)
STK 3.5 5.5 7.6 12.7 (79)
GOALS: WCE -McIntosh 4, Embley 4, Jones 3, Taylor 3, Kerr 2, Green 2, Wirrpunda 2, Haynes 2, Fletcher, Chambers, Collica, Williams; StK – Wulf 2, Milne 2, Hamill, Callaghan, Capuano, Koschitzke, Blake, Baker, Traianidis, Oliver
BEST: WCE – Jones, Gardiner, Cousins, Embley, McIntosh, Pt. Matera; StK – Hamill, Wulf, Peckett, Hudghton, Callaghan, Gehrig

INJURY: StK – Riewoldt (shoulder)

UMPIRES: Kennedy, James, Corcoran

ATTENDANCE: 31,555 at Subiaco

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	18	14	0	4	2143	1577	135.89%	56
2	Brisbane	18	13	0	5	2069	1676	123.45%	52
3	Port Adelaide	18	12	0	6	1936	1611	120.17%	48
4	Hawthorn	18	12	0	6	1774	1665	106.55%	48
5	Richmond	18	12	0	6	1692	1601	105.68%	48
6	Carlton	18	11	0	7	1883	1498	125.70%	44
7	Sydney	18	11	0	7	1742	1475	118.10%	44
8	Collingwood	18	9	0	9	1838	1691	108.69%	36
9	Geelong	18	9	0	9	1681	1617	103.96%	36
10	Adelaide	18	9	0	9	1643	1700	96.65%	36
11	Wstn Bulldogs	18	9	0	9	1907	1977	96.46%	36
12	Nth Melbourne	18	8	0	10	1759	1909	92.14%	32
13	Melbourne	18	7	0	11	1687	1908	88.42%	28
14	West Coast	18	4	0	14	1439	2089	68.88%	16
15	St Kilda	18	3	0	15	1555	2140	72.66%	12
16	Fremantle	18	1	0	17	1444	2058	70.17%	4

goals

Lloyd (ESS) 83
Lynch (BRIS) 48
Tarrant (COL) 45
Rocca (KANG) 41
Richardson (RICH) 38
Hall (St.K) 37
Lappin (CARL) 37
Grant (WB) 36
Johnson (WB) 36
Ottens (RICH) 36
Wanganeen (PA) 36
McKernan (KANG) 35
Robertson (MELB) 35
Green (MELB) 34
Tredrea (PA) 34

round 19 matches

friday

kangaroos v geelong CS (N)

saturday

st kilda v port CS

melbourne v hawthorn MCG (N)

adeliade v carlton FP (N)

sunday

brisbane v richmond G

essendon v sydney CS

collingwood v bulldogs MCG

west coast v freemantle S

bulldogs (9-7) vs richmond (10-6) colonial friday night

richmond keep their top 4 hopes alive with a 2 point win over the bulldogs. richmond (11-6) host collingwood friday night at the g. bulldogs (9-8) travel to brisbane sunday to play them.

RICH 4.4 8.9 11.10 15.12 (102)
WB 5.3 7.5 12. 8 15.10 (100)
GOALS: RICH – Ottens 5, Hilton 2, Richardson 2, Gale, Campbell, Cameron, Bourke, Gaspar, Tivendale; WB – Brown 4, Grant 3, Johnson 2, Curley 2, Darcy, Cox, Croft, Liberatore
BEST: RICH – Gale, Ottens, Campbell, Knights, Gaspar, Cameron; WB – Smith, Darcy, West, Curley, Ellis, Brown

INJURY: RICH – King (split webbing)

UMPIRES: Coates, McKenzie, Allen

ATTENDANCE: 43,595 at Colonial

geelong (8-8) vs st kilda (3-13) skilled stadium saturday

geelong keep their finals hopes alive with a 2 goal win over st kilda. geelong (9-8) host melbourne saturday at the g. st kilda (3-14) travel to play wst coast sundy in perth.

GEEL 4.3 6.4 11.6 12.6 (78)
STK 2.0 4.3 7.4 10.6 (66)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 3, Graham 2, Ling 2, Spriggs, Bizzell, Clarke, Riccardi, White; StK – Capuano 3, Milne 2, Everitt 2, Hamill 2, Hall
BEST: GEEL – Milburn, Hocking, Kingsley, Kilpatrick, Sholl, Bizzell; StK – Capuano, Everitt, Callaghan, Riewoldt, Koschitzke, Delaney

REPORTS: STK – Hall for striking Corey, Hall for engaging in rough play with Scarlett

INJURY: GEEL – Ling (ankle)

UMPIRES: McInerney, Rosebury, Avon

ATTENDANCE: 22,414 at Shell Stadium

melbourne (6-10) vs adeliade (8-8) mcg saturday afternoon

melbourne are out of the finals hunt while the crows are still alive after a 16 point win by the crows. adeliade (9-8) play port sunday in the showdown. melbourne (6-11) play geelong saturday at the g.

ADE 6.1 9.3 12.7 15.10 (100)
MELB 1.5 6.8 8.9 12.12 (84)
GOALS: ADE – Jarman 6, Welsh 3, Byrne, Smart, Stevens, Marsh, Goodwin, Gallagher; MELB – Robertson 3, Green 2, Bruce 2, Farmer 2, Neitz, S. Febey, Brown
BEST: ADE – Goodwin, Jarman, Bickley, Welsh, Clarke, McLeod; MELB – Neitz, Yze, Farmer, S. Febey, Robertson, Leoncelli

INJURY: ADE – Vardy (groin) replaced in selected side by Doughty

REPORTS: ADE – Smart for tripping Farmer

UMPIRES: Mitchell, Harvey, Howlett

ATTENDANCE: 17,566 at MCG

kanagroos (8-8) vs brisbane (11-5) colonial saturday night

brisbane made it 8 straight after the roos go down to anoter contender by 21 points. brisbane (12-5) host bulldogs sunday. kangaroos (8-9) travel to play sydney saturday night.

BRIS 5.1 9.2 15.10 21.10 (136)
KANG 5.2 11.4 16. 5 18.7 (115)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 6, Notting 4, McRae 4, Power 2, Lappin 2, B. Scott, Akermanis, Brown; KANG – Rocca 6, McKernan 4, Carey 3, Pickett 2, Harvey 2, Harding
BEST: BRIS – Akermanis, Voss, Bradshaw, Black, Notting, McRae; KANG – Rocca, Harvey, Pickett, Burton, McCartney, McKernan

INJURY: BRIS – Bolton (omitted) replaced in selected side by Kennedy;
KANG – Colbert (knee) replaced in selected side by Harding, McKernan (knee)

UMPIRES: Nicholls, Sheehan, Ellis

ATTENDANCE: 26,776 at Colonial Stadium

freemantle (0-16) vs collingwood (8-8) subiaco saturday night

collingwood are back in the 8 with a 29 point win over winless freo. collingwood (9-8) face richmond at the g friday night. freo (0-17) travel to play hawthorn saturday at colonial.

COL 5.2 9.2 11.3 19.5 (119)
FRE 4.4 7.5 11.10 13.12 (90)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, N. Davis 3, Buckley 2, Holland 2, Molloy 2, Rocca 2, Fraser, Licuria, L. Davis; FRE – J. Longmuir 3, Koops 2, Ugle 2, McManus, Cook, Wira, Pavlich, Bell, Bandy
BEST: COL – Licuria, Lockyer, Tarrant, Holland, Clement, O’Bree; FRE -J. Longmuir, Carr, Bell, Black, Kickett, Eastaugh

INJURY: FRE – Bandy (groin)

UMPIRES: Wenn, Corcoran, Kelsey

ATTENDANCE: 20,498 at Subiaco

sydney (9-7) vs west coast (3-13) scg sunday

sydney keep their home final hopes alive with a 35 point win over west coast. sydney (10-7) host kanagroos saturday night. west coast (3-14) host st kilda sunday.

SYD 4.6 6.9 8.13 11.17 (83)
WCE 1.3 1.5 2.9 6.12 (48)
GOALS: SYD – Kelly 2, Williams 2, Stafford, Schwass, O’Keefe, Cresswell, O’Loughlin, Ball, Kirk; WCE – Jakovich 2, Merenda, Embley, Kerr, Haynes
BEST: SYD – Williams, O’Keefe, Mathews, Maxfield, Dunkley, Kelly; WCE – Taylor, Cousins, Pt. Matera, Kerr, Haynes, Collica

INJURY: SYD – Seymour (hip), Schwass (back), Goodes (finger), O’Keefe (concussion), Fixter (foot); WCE – Ph. Matera (ankle) replaced in selected side by Haynes, Cox (flu) replaced in selected side by Hunter, Wirrpunda (hamstring)

UMPIRES: Hanley, Nash, Morris

ATTENDANCE: 20,669 at SCG

hawthorn (11-5) vs carlton (10-6) mcg sunday

ben dixon saved the hawks after the siren by 3 points over carlrton. hawthorn (12-5) host freo saturday at colonial. carlton (10-7) face essendon at the g sunday.

HAW 4.2 7.2 9.4 15.6 (96)
CARL 4.2 8.6 11.12 13.15 (93)
GOALS: HAW – Lord 4, Dixon 4, Crawford, Chick, Croad, Green, Barlow, Graham, Lekkas; CARL – Silvagni 4, Ratten 2, Hulme 2, Mansfield, Bradley, Fletcher, Plunkett, Doering
BEST: HAW – Crawford, Thompson, Smith, Lord, Dixon, Green; CARL – Silvagni, Ratten, Lappin, Christou, Camporeale, Hulme

INJURY: HAW – Harford (ankle) replaced in selected side by Hazell, Bowyer (broken leg); CARL – Koutoufides (groin) replaced in selected side by Nelson, Freeborn (thigh) replaced in selected side by Doering, B Nelson (concussion), Prendergast (broken finger)

REPORTS: HAW – Crawford for striking Camporeale; CARL – McKay for wrestling Lord, Rice for wrestling Chick

UMPIRES: Kennedy, McLaren, Vozzo

ATTENDANCE: 52,472 at MCG

port (10-6) vs essendon (14-2) football park sunday

port keep their top 4 hopes alive stunning essendon by 7 points. port (11-6) host adelaide in the showdown sunday. essendon (14-3) host carlton at the g sunday.

PA 4.5 7.7 13. 9 15.14 (104)
ESS 2.1 7.8 10.10 14.13 (97)
GOALS: PA – Guerra 4, Francis 2, C. Cornes 2, Tredrea 2, Schofield, Dew, Carr, James, Stevens; ESS – Lloyd 4, Lucas 3, Wellman 2, Mercuri, McVeigh, J. Johnson, Misiti, Alessio
BEST: PA – Primus, Stevens, Francou, Wanganeen, Paxman, Guerra;
ESS -Wellman, J. Johnson, Barnard, Alessio, Lucas, Hird

INJURY: ESS – M. Johnson (shoulder)
Johnson will miss at least a month.

UMPIRES: Dore, Goldspink, James

ATTENDANCE: 37,930 at Football Park

ladder

Position	Team	M	W	D	L	For	Agst	%age	Points
1	Essendon	17	14	0	3	2048	1475	138.85%	56
2	Brisbane	17	12	0	5	1933	1573	122.89%	48
3	Hawthorn	17	12	0	5	1684	1559	108.02%	48
4	Port Adelaide	17	11	0	6	1829	1512	120.97%	44
5	Richmond	17	11	0	6	1621	1550	104.58%	44
6	Carlton	17	10	0	7	1781	1403	126.94%	40
7	Sydney	17	10	0	7	1599	1439	111.12%	40
8	Collingwood	17	9	0	8	1787	1620	110.31%	36
9	Geelong	17	9	0	8	1581	1514	104.43%	36
10	Wstn Bulldogs	17	9	0	8	1804	1841	97.99%	36
11	Adelaide	17	9	0	8	1544	1593	96.92%	36
12	Nth Melbourne	17	8	0	9	1723	1766	97.57%	32
13	Melbourne	17	6	0	11	1584	1808	87.61%	24
14	St Kilda	17	3	0	14	1476	1969	74.96%	12
15	West Coast	17	3	0	14	1268	2010	63.08%	12
16	Fremantle	17	0	0	17	1338	1968	67.99%	0

goals

Lloyd (ESS) 75
Lynch (BRIS) 45
Tarrant (COL) 45
Rocca (KANG) 41
Hall (StK) 37
McKernan (KANG) 35
Richardson (Rich) 35
Johnson (WB) 34
Wanganeen (Port) 34
Grant (WB) 33
Ottens (RICH) 33
Bradshaw (BRIS) 32
Hudson (WB) 32
Lappin (CARL) 32
Brown (WB) 31

round 18 matches

friday

richmond v collingwood MCG (N)

saturday

geelong v melbourne MCG

hawthorn v freemantle CS

sydney v kangaroos SCG (N)

sunday

brisbane v bulldogs G

essendon v carlton MCG

port v adelaide FP

west coast v st kilda S