At Subiaco:
West Coast 4.5 7.5 8.9 11.12.78
Carlton 2.5 8.7 12.7 20.8.128
The Blues maintained their excellent Subiaco record with an impressive
win over the Eagles, soaking up much pressure before sprinting clear at
the end. West Coast rover Ben Cousins missed with his ankle strain but
captain Guy McKenna was back. Carlton dropped Stephen O'Reilly and
recalled Michael Sexton from a decent spell in the VFL.
A vast improvement on the Sydney game. Eagle Rowan Jones picked up
Koutoufides. It started with a free kick against Carlton, Rintoul
dispensed to passing Jakovich, he picked out leading Gehrig. Gehrig's
mongrel punt was clearly touched through, clear to everyone except the
goal umpire, that is. Matty Lappin snapped Carlton's first goal. Phil
Matera burnt Cummings and missed, Scotty didn't like that. Both sides
missed a few before Ryan Turnbull snapped a nice sausage for the
Coasters, Phil Matera led, marked and goaled, the Eegs by 11 points.
Bloo veteran Craig Bradley chased the ball down from the restart and
punted a nice six-pointer, but Weegle counterpart Kemp did the same from
the next centre bounce. Lappin behinded poorly for Carlton, Gehrig
marked on the siren but his shot fell well short. For the second
quatrain Koutoufides pushed forward and was opposed by McIntosh. Kouta
flared briefly but brightly, five touches in five minutes including
creating an early goal for Lappin. Phil Matera replied for the Eegs with
a superb piece of roving, but Koutoufides surfaced again for a lead,
mark and goal, then Lappin pounced and snaggled a goal to level the
scores. McIntosh backed himself to run downfield off Kouta and he punted
a very good sausage from the boundary, picked out by Peter Matera. Kouta
seemed to go a bit quiet after that. Morrison passed to ruckman
Gardiner, he played on and thumped it home from 45m, the locals led by 2
goals again. Back came the Bluebaggers. Camporeale, playing very well,
dummied a couple of Wiggle defenders and put a low punt between the
sticks. An easy Mansfield goal and scores were level again, the Eagles
lost Pete Matera with more hamstring trouble. Ratten dived into a pack
to shovel it forward and Lappin popped it through from 3m to give
Carlton a half-time lead.
Blues were pumped up for the third as they believed they'd taken the
best of the West. Early on Koutoufides plucked a very good grab and
sprayed a very bad kick, luckily it went to Hulme who picked out Ratten
running forward, Blues by 14 points. Fierce Blue tackling forced a
midfield turnover, Lappin handballed for a simple Camporeale sausage.
Blues by 20 points. But the Eagles weren't done and launched a sustained
assault. Phil Matera, their most effective forward, led upfield, marked
and passed to Morrison, he punted the gap back to 14 points. The Blue
backline came under plenty of pressure now but held firm, neither
Cummings nor Gehrig could take a mark against Silvagni, McKay and
Beaumont, Kouta dropped back to help. Plus the Weagles missed four
gettable shots, Gardiner's the worst after a soft 50m penalty.
Predictably the Blues' first attack in over ten minutes yielded a goal,
Ratten tapping on for Mansfield to steam in and ram it through. Lappin's
quick pass saw Whitnall hold an excellent strong grab while being
punched in the head by Jakovich and slot it through after the siren,
Blues by 22. An important psychological moment as Whitnall and Jakovich
were the lead characters in the early final quarter action. Whitnall
gathered the ball in front of Jakovich, Ratten came in to shepherd for
Whitnall, tripped over Whitnall’s heels and fell face-first into Jako's
elbow, lowered in anticipation of the coming bump. Ump awarded a free,
reported Jakovich (found not guilty since) and doled out the necessary
50m penalty. Easy goal for Ratten. Camporeale cleared the next centre
bounce, Kouta dived on the ball at CHF and copped a roundhouse right to
the head from the rattled Jakovich. Kouta punted to the goalsquare where
Jako's man, Whitnall, clutched a tough pack mark and converted. Blues by
34 points now and it was over. Banfield bagged a sausage for the Eegs
but further Carlton majors arrived from Hamill (Read kicked it straight
to him) and Franchina after a tiring but lazy Gardiner was clean-bowled.
Braun and Gardiner booted consecutive West Coast goals but the Bloos
punted the last four, from Hotton, Camporeale again, Houlihan and Hulme,
to record an percentage-booster.
Terrific game from the hard-running Scott Camporeale, 26 disposals and 3
goals. Together with Brett Ratten (40 disposals, 2 goals) they dominated
the midfield and around packs, enabling Carlton to win. Koutoufides
wasn't as omnipotent as recent weeks but still handy with 28 touches, 9
marks and a goal. Silvagni, rock-like McKay, Rice (on Phil Matera) and
Franchina were good at the back. The Blues' key forwards struggled a
bit, so the efforts of Matty Lappin (23 touches, 3 goals) were
important, sweeping up from half-back Simon Fletcher (23 disposals) and
Craig Bradley (23 touches, a goal) were useful too. Whitnall kicked 3
goals but was beaten by Jakovich for three quarters, Mick Mansfield
bagged 2 goals. West Coast's Dean Kemp (34 touches, a goal) struggled
manfully to keep his side in it against the dominant Blue midfield.
Michael Gardiner had the better of Allan with 24 hitouts, 14 kicks and 2
goals. Andrew Donnelly played well from a wing for 24 disposals and 7
marks. The backmen did well, Jakovich on Whitnall until his fateful
final term, Metropolis restricted Hamill's influence. Drew Banfield and
Chad Morrison each had 23 touches and a goal. But they couldn't take a
mark in attack, Phil Matera (2 goals) and Gardiner their only multiple
goalkickers. Cummings had 2 handpasses, Gehrig kicked the first (dodgy)
goal and had only 2 more kicks. Judge didn't like the fade-out. "I was
disappointed we finished the way we did. I thought we were better than
that for a good percentage of the game." Parkin said "Our good seasons
have always had winning here as one of the benchmarks of where we are. I
think this is the best team-oriented team I have seen at Carlton in my
time here."
At Colonial:
Footscray 3.3 4.6 10.8 16.9.105
Melbourne 6.3 10.4 12.5 13.5.83
Remarkable comeback victory for the Bulldogs steadied their place in the
eight while the Demons are just in on percentage now. Bulldogs made no
change in selection. Interested to read last week that Footscray have
had just two AFL debutants since the start of last season (I think it
might be three, but whatever) and no Bulldog has been nominated for the
Rising Star Award for over 2 years. No youth policy in the west. The
Demons had Matthew Febey in for his first game of the season, he
replaced Luke Williams.
Colonial Stadium has its problems but on a freezingly cold and rainy
Sunday afternoon having a roof is quite handy. The crowd was just over
26,000, you wouldn't have had that many at the 'G and certainly not at
Princes Park, the Pups' previous home. Melbourne fired out of the blocks
as their on-ballers, in particular Woewodin and Yze, controlled the
ball. The Dees started with Neitz, White and Schwarz all in attack,
Simmonds did the rucking. They booted the first four goals, including
White and Neitz from strong grabs and Farmer's lightening reflex to keep
the ball in play led to a Robertson sausage. The Fuchsias by 25 points
before Grant opened the Dogs' account with a lead, mark and conversion
from Dimattina's pass. But Hunter's turnover led to Schwarz banging a
long major - you can bet he enjoyed it after 5 points last week. Smith
goaled for the Dogs from a free kick for a shove, a terrible handpass
from Steve Febey allowed Brad Johnson to send Hudson in for another Pup
goal, cutting the Dee lead to 12 points. From the restart Melbourne's
Anthony McDonald booted long, Farmer marked by the point-post and
banana-ed it through. Melbourne went on to kick the first three goals of
the second quarter, including a long punt from Jeff White and one-step
snap by Neitz when opponent Ellis badly misjudged a marking attempt.
Melbourne led by 37 points and Farmer sped into an open goal but
slipped on the shonky surface as he weaved onto his left foot and lost
the ball. Left a divot like my fairway woods. The Bulldogs tightened the
game up, West and Brown started to win some possession and Smith snapped
a ripper goal. But late-on Brad Green stabbed a left-footer through for
Melbourne and they led by 34 points at the long rest.
The Bulldog comeback was sparked by two familiar occurrences - Luke
Darcy into the ruck, big improvement from Scott West - and one
less-likely factor, Andrew Wills. They were much more direct and wasted
no time in going about it, four goals in seven minutes. Before that
Demon Robertson missed a shot, couldabeen important in context. Rohan
Smith punted the first Pup goal, another free for in-the-back, then
Ellis passed to Wills who goaled with his first kick. A bit later Trent
Bartlett handballed to Hudson. "A Bartlett handballing, that's the first
time it's happened for thirty-five years and it's a disgrace," said
commentator Kev Bartlett. No major there but a bit later Hudson tapped
the ball smartly to Wills, he snapped truly on the left. West roved a
pack, sprinted forward and speared one from 40m, the Dees were only 10
points up. Bartlett postered from a tight angle before Melbourne's White
steadied their ship with a mark and dead-straight punt from 50m.
Temporary respite though, Chris Grant converted from a good lead then
Smith cut the difference to 3 points with a sausage following a strong
grab. Tight for the remainder of the term, Yze booted an very good
left-footer to nudge the Dees 2 goals ahead by the final break. On came
the Dogs though. Grant won a softish free for being held by Ingerson,
then kicked very well from the boundary, Dees by 4 points. Brad Johnson
was pinged for a throw, White goaled from the free and it was the Dees
by 10 once more. However the Bullies had the momentum. Simmonds gave
away a ruck free, Darcy's kick cleared Grant but Hudson was there to
mark and convert. A Grant snap missed but Darcy marked S. Febey's
kick-in, dished off for Nathan Brown to spear the Dogs in front for the
first time. Robertson was caught in possession on the wing, the turnover
went to Grant who passed to leading Smith, another Pup sausage. Darcy
was forced off with a cut head, Wills came on and within 10 seconds was
kicking a goal. Bullies by 16 points, the Dees'd had enough. Eagleton,
who'd also enjoyed a big second half, banged in the final nail.
Rover Scott West (33 disposals, a goal) and ruckman Luke Darcy (11
disposals, 30 hitouts) were chiefly responsible for the victory. The
Dogs' nominal no. 1 ruckman, captain Scott Wynd, is an increasingly
peripheral figure. Big games too from the reliable Nathan Brown (26
touches, a goal) and forward Rohan Smith with 5 goals from 7 kicks.
Nathan Eagleton sat on the bench for almost the entire first half, but
ended with 18 disposals and a goal. Craig Ellis stopped Neitz after the
Demon skipper started ominously. Wills booted 3 goals from 5 kicks, at
one point he had 3 from 3. Chris Grant was generally held by Ingerson
but contributed 3 goals from 6 marks. Hudson kicked 2 goals. Few
four-quarter performers for the Demons, Jeff White kicked two of their
three second-half goals for a total of 4, he also took 9 marks. But
after a bright start Neitz and Schwarz disappeared from the game.
Schwarz had 16 touches, 4 marks and a goal in the first half as he
roamed between half-forward and half-back, but just 5 touches after
half-time. Neitz kicked 2 early goals, but one kick was his only
second-half stat. Reflected their midfield, Woewodin (23 disposals) was
great early and Adem Yze (20 touches, a goal) never stopped trying.
Straight-ahead backman Peter Walsh was good all game with 20 disposals
and as mentioned Ingerson had the better of Grant at CHB. Rigoni (22
touches) wasn’t bad. "Things from a planning point of view went very
well in the first half," said Daniher, "when thrown the challenge you
have to lift again but we weren't able to do that in the second half."
Wallace said "Obviously we were very disappointed with our performance
in the first half and we got ourselves into all sorts of travails. I
suppose to the guys' perseverance and credit they fought their way out
of it...a few of the blokes I challenged at half-time did stand up and
present themselves." They're going well but there's a tougher run ahead.
Ladder after Round Twelve:
Pts. % Next week
Essendon 48 160.6 North Melbourne (MCG, Sunday)
Carlton 36 126.4 Melbourne (MCG, Saturday)
Richmond 32 103.9 Adelaide (Colonial, Fri. night)
North Melbourne 32 103.1 Essendon (MCG, Sunday)
Geelong 30 102.8 Footscray (Colonial, Sunday)
Footscray 28 112.0 Geelong (Colonial, Sunday)
West Coast 26 110.8 Brisbane (Gabba, Sat. night)
Melbourne 24 111.8 Carlton (MCG, Saturday)
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Hawthorn 24 96.8 Sydney (SCG, Sunday)
Adelaide 20 98.2 Richmond (Colonial, Fri. night)
Collingwood 20 95.3 Port Adelaide (Football Park, Sat.
night)
Brisbane 20 95.2 West Coast (Gabba, Sat. night)
Sydney 16 92.2 Hawthorn (SCG, Sunday)
Fremantle 16 70.5 St. Kilda (Subiaco, Sunday)
St. Kilda 6 76.9 Fremantle (Subiaco, Sunday)
Port Adelaide 6 71.2 Collingwood (Football Park, Sat. night)
Cheers, Tim
e-mail: t.murphy@rmit.edu.au
West Coast 4.5 7.5 8.9 11.12.78
Carlton 2.5 8.7 12.7 20.8.128
The Blues maintained their excellent Subiaco record with an impressive
win over the Eagles, soaking up much pressure before sprinting clear at
the end. West Coast rover Ben Cousins missed with his ankle strain but
captain Guy McKenna was back. Carlton dropped Stephen O'Reilly and
recalled Michael Sexton from a decent spell in the VFL.
A vast improvement on the Sydney game. Eagle Rowan Jones picked up
Koutoufides. It started with a free kick against Carlton, Rintoul
dispensed to passing Jakovich, he picked out leading Gehrig. Gehrig's
mongrel punt was clearly touched through, clear to everyone except the
goal umpire, that is. Matty Lappin snapped Carlton's first goal. Phil
Matera burnt Cummings and missed, Scotty didn't like that. Both sides
missed a few before Ryan Turnbull snapped a nice sausage for the
Coasters, Phil Matera led, marked and goaled, the Eegs by 11 points.
Bloo veteran Craig Bradley chased the ball down from the restart and
punted a nice six-pointer, but Weegle counterpart Kemp did the same from
the next centre bounce. Lappin behinded poorly for Carlton, Gehrig
marked on the siren but his shot fell well short. For the second
quatrain Koutoufides pushed forward and was opposed by McIntosh. Kouta
flared briefly but brightly, five touches in five minutes including
creating an early goal for Lappin. Phil Matera replied for the Eegs with
a superb piece of roving, but Koutoufides surfaced again for a lead,
mark and goal, then Lappin pounced and snaggled a goal to level the
scores. McIntosh backed himself to run downfield off Kouta and he punted
a very good sausage from the boundary, picked out by Peter Matera. Kouta
seemed to go a bit quiet after that. Morrison passed to ruckman
Gardiner, he played on and thumped it home from 45m, the locals led by 2
goals again. Back came the Bluebaggers. Camporeale, playing very well,
dummied a couple of Wiggle defenders and put a low punt between the
sticks. An easy Mansfield goal and scores were level again, the Eagles
lost Pete Matera with more hamstring trouble. Ratten dived into a pack
to shovel it forward and Lappin popped it through from 3m to give
Carlton a half-time lead.
Blues were pumped up for the third as they believed they'd taken the
best of the West. Early on Koutoufides plucked a very good grab and
sprayed a very bad kick, luckily it went to Hulme who picked out Ratten
running forward, Blues by 14 points. Fierce Blue tackling forced a
midfield turnover, Lappin handballed for a simple Camporeale sausage.
Blues by 20 points. But the Eagles weren't done and launched a sustained
assault. Phil Matera, their most effective forward, led upfield, marked
and passed to Morrison, he punted the gap back to 14 points. The Blue
backline came under plenty of pressure now but held firm, neither
Cummings nor Gehrig could take a mark against Silvagni, McKay and
Beaumont, Kouta dropped back to help. Plus the Weagles missed four
gettable shots, Gardiner's the worst after a soft 50m penalty.
Predictably the Blues' first attack in over ten minutes yielded a goal,
Ratten tapping on for Mansfield to steam in and ram it through. Lappin's
quick pass saw Whitnall hold an excellent strong grab while being
punched in the head by Jakovich and slot it through after the siren,
Blues by 22. An important psychological moment as Whitnall and Jakovich
were the lead characters in the early final quarter action. Whitnall
gathered the ball in front of Jakovich, Ratten came in to shepherd for
Whitnall, tripped over Whitnall’s heels and fell face-first into Jako's
elbow, lowered in anticipation of the coming bump. Ump awarded a free,
reported Jakovich (found not guilty since) and doled out the necessary
50m penalty. Easy goal for Ratten. Camporeale cleared the next centre
bounce, Kouta dived on the ball at CHF and copped a roundhouse right to
the head from the rattled Jakovich. Kouta punted to the goalsquare where
Jako's man, Whitnall, clutched a tough pack mark and converted. Blues by
34 points now and it was over. Banfield bagged a sausage for the Eegs
but further Carlton majors arrived from Hamill (Read kicked it straight
to him) and Franchina after a tiring but lazy Gardiner was clean-bowled.
Braun and Gardiner booted consecutive West Coast goals but the Bloos
punted the last four, from Hotton, Camporeale again, Houlihan and Hulme,
to record an percentage-booster.
Terrific game from the hard-running Scott Camporeale, 26 disposals and 3
goals. Together with Brett Ratten (40 disposals, 2 goals) they dominated
the midfield and around packs, enabling Carlton to win. Koutoufides
wasn't as omnipotent as recent weeks but still handy with 28 touches, 9
marks and a goal. Silvagni, rock-like McKay, Rice (on Phil Matera) and
Franchina were good at the back. The Blues' key forwards struggled a
bit, so the efforts of Matty Lappin (23 touches, 3 goals) were
important, sweeping up from half-back Simon Fletcher (23 disposals) and
Craig Bradley (23 touches, a goal) were useful too. Whitnall kicked 3
goals but was beaten by Jakovich for three quarters, Mick Mansfield
bagged 2 goals. West Coast's Dean Kemp (34 touches, a goal) struggled
manfully to keep his side in it against the dominant Blue midfield.
Michael Gardiner had the better of Allan with 24 hitouts, 14 kicks and 2
goals. Andrew Donnelly played well from a wing for 24 disposals and 7
marks. The backmen did well, Jakovich on Whitnall until his fateful
final term, Metropolis restricted Hamill's influence. Drew Banfield and
Chad Morrison each had 23 touches and a goal. But they couldn't take a
mark in attack, Phil Matera (2 goals) and Gardiner their only multiple
goalkickers. Cummings had 2 handpasses, Gehrig kicked the first (dodgy)
goal and had only 2 more kicks. Judge didn't like the fade-out. "I was
disappointed we finished the way we did. I thought we were better than
that for a good percentage of the game." Parkin said "Our good seasons
have always had winning here as one of the benchmarks of where we are. I
think this is the best team-oriented team I have seen at Carlton in my
time here."
At Colonial:
Footscray 3.3 4.6 10.8 16.9.105
Melbourne 6.3 10.4 12.5 13.5.83
Remarkable comeback victory for the Bulldogs steadied their place in the
eight while the Demons are just in on percentage now. Bulldogs made no
change in selection. Interested to read last week that Footscray have
had just two AFL debutants since the start of last season (I think it
might be three, but whatever) and no Bulldog has been nominated for the
Rising Star Award for over 2 years. No youth policy in the west. The
Demons had Matthew Febey in for his first game of the season, he
replaced Luke Williams.
Colonial Stadium has its problems but on a freezingly cold and rainy
Sunday afternoon having a roof is quite handy. The crowd was just over
26,000, you wouldn't have had that many at the 'G and certainly not at
Princes Park, the Pups' previous home. Melbourne fired out of the blocks
as their on-ballers, in particular Woewodin and Yze, controlled the
ball. The Dees started with Neitz, White and Schwarz all in attack,
Simmonds did the rucking. They booted the first four goals, including
White and Neitz from strong grabs and Farmer's lightening reflex to keep
the ball in play led to a Robertson sausage. The Fuchsias by 25 points
before Grant opened the Dogs' account with a lead, mark and conversion
from Dimattina's pass. But Hunter's turnover led to Schwarz banging a
long major - you can bet he enjoyed it after 5 points last week. Smith
goaled for the Dogs from a free kick for a shove, a terrible handpass
from Steve Febey allowed Brad Johnson to send Hudson in for another Pup
goal, cutting the Dee lead to 12 points. From the restart Melbourne's
Anthony McDonald booted long, Farmer marked by the point-post and
banana-ed it through. Melbourne went on to kick the first three goals of
the second quarter, including a long punt from Jeff White and one-step
snap by Neitz when opponent Ellis badly misjudged a marking attempt.
Melbourne led by 37 points and Farmer sped into an open goal but
slipped on the shonky surface as he weaved onto his left foot and lost
the ball. Left a divot like my fairway woods. The Bulldogs tightened the
game up, West and Brown started to win some possession and Smith snapped
a ripper goal. But late-on Brad Green stabbed a left-footer through for
Melbourne and they led by 34 points at the long rest.
The Bulldog comeback was sparked by two familiar occurrences - Luke
Darcy into the ruck, big improvement from Scott West - and one
less-likely factor, Andrew Wills. They were much more direct and wasted
no time in going about it, four goals in seven minutes. Before that
Demon Robertson missed a shot, couldabeen important in context. Rohan
Smith punted the first Pup goal, another free for in-the-back, then
Ellis passed to Wills who goaled with his first kick. A bit later Trent
Bartlett handballed to Hudson. "A Bartlett handballing, that's the first
time it's happened for thirty-five years and it's a disgrace," said
commentator Kev Bartlett. No major there but a bit later Hudson tapped
the ball smartly to Wills, he snapped truly on the left. West roved a
pack, sprinted forward and speared one from 40m, the Dees were only 10
points up. Bartlett postered from a tight angle before Melbourne's White
steadied their ship with a mark and dead-straight punt from 50m.
Temporary respite though, Chris Grant converted from a good lead then
Smith cut the difference to 3 points with a sausage following a strong
grab. Tight for the remainder of the term, Yze booted an very good
left-footer to nudge the Dees 2 goals ahead by the final break. On came
the Dogs though. Grant won a softish free for being held by Ingerson,
then kicked very well from the boundary, Dees by 4 points. Brad Johnson
was pinged for a throw, White goaled from the free and it was the Dees
by 10 once more. However the Bullies had the momentum. Simmonds gave
away a ruck free, Darcy's kick cleared Grant but Hudson was there to
mark and convert. A Grant snap missed but Darcy marked S. Febey's
kick-in, dished off for Nathan Brown to spear the Dogs in front for the
first time. Robertson was caught in possession on the wing, the turnover
went to Grant who passed to leading Smith, another Pup sausage. Darcy
was forced off with a cut head, Wills came on and within 10 seconds was
kicking a goal. Bullies by 16 points, the Dees'd had enough. Eagleton,
who'd also enjoyed a big second half, banged in the final nail.
Rover Scott West (33 disposals, a goal) and ruckman Luke Darcy (11
disposals, 30 hitouts) were chiefly responsible for the victory. The
Dogs' nominal no. 1 ruckman, captain Scott Wynd, is an increasingly
peripheral figure. Big games too from the reliable Nathan Brown (26
touches, a goal) and forward Rohan Smith with 5 goals from 7 kicks.
Nathan Eagleton sat on the bench for almost the entire first half, but
ended with 18 disposals and a goal. Craig Ellis stopped Neitz after the
Demon skipper started ominously. Wills booted 3 goals from 5 kicks, at
one point he had 3 from 3. Chris Grant was generally held by Ingerson
but contributed 3 goals from 6 marks. Hudson kicked 2 goals. Few
four-quarter performers for the Demons, Jeff White kicked two of their
three second-half goals for a total of 4, he also took 9 marks. But
after a bright start Neitz and Schwarz disappeared from the game.
Schwarz had 16 touches, 4 marks and a goal in the first half as he
roamed between half-forward and half-back, but just 5 touches after
half-time. Neitz kicked 2 early goals, but one kick was his only
second-half stat. Reflected their midfield, Woewodin (23 disposals) was
great early and Adem Yze (20 touches, a goal) never stopped trying.
Straight-ahead backman Peter Walsh was good all game with 20 disposals
and as mentioned Ingerson had the better of Grant at CHB. Rigoni (22
touches) wasn’t bad. "Things from a planning point of view went very
well in the first half," said Daniher, "when thrown the challenge you
have to lift again but we weren't able to do that in the second half."
Wallace said "Obviously we were very disappointed with our performance
in the first half and we got ourselves into all sorts of travails. I
suppose to the guys' perseverance and credit they fought their way out
of it...a few of the blokes I challenged at half-time did stand up and
present themselves." They're going well but there's a tougher run ahead.
Ladder after Round Twelve:
Pts. % Next week
Essendon 48 160.6 North Melbourne (MCG, Sunday)
Carlton 36 126.4 Melbourne (MCG, Saturday)
Richmond 32 103.9 Adelaide (Colonial, Fri. night)
North Melbourne 32 103.1 Essendon (MCG, Sunday)
Geelong 30 102.8 Footscray (Colonial, Sunday)
Footscray 28 112.0 Geelong (Colonial, Sunday)
West Coast 26 110.8 Brisbane (Gabba, Sat. night)
Melbourne 24 111.8 Carlton (MCG, Saturday)
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Hawthorn 24 96.8 Sydney (SCG, Sunday)
Adelaide 20 98.2 Richmond (Colonial, Fri. night)
Collingwood 20 95.3 Port Adelaide (Football Park, Sat.
night)
Brisbane 20 95.2 West Coast (Gabba, Sat. night)
Sydney 16 92.2 Hawthorn (SCG, Sunday)
Fremantle 16 70.5 St. Kilda (Subiaco, Sunday)
St. Kilda 6 76.9 Fremantle (Subiaco, Sunday)
Port Adelaide 6 71.2 Collingwood (Football Park, Sat. night)
Cheers, Tim
e-mail: t.murphy@rmit.edu.au