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2009, ROUND 4,
Friday-Saturday-Sunday, April 17-18-19

Lions collapse under determined Magpies
Sydney beat Blues for 12th straight time
Hawthorn tumble; Port inflict major upset
St Kilda humiliate Fremantle by 14 goals
Steady Geelong withstand Adelaide pressure
North sneak home against Bombers
Demons get narrow win over the trying Tigers
Eagles power back and stun the Bulldogs

THE STATS THAT MATTER ...
l The Sydney Swans wore a commemorative white jumper with red sash and black numbers marking the centenary of South Melbourne's 1909 premiership win over Carlton ...

l A rare Saturday afternoon match at the SCG tested the Sydney market – 30,824 attended against the opposition of the Doncaster at Randwick and a late afternoon rugby match nearby ...

l Fremantle in their Saturday night match at Docklands against St Kilda were held to 4.4-28, the lowest final score for seven seasons ...

l Fremantle fell to bottom place on the ladder – the first time the Dockers have been 16th since 2001-R22 ...

MILESTONES OF ROUND 4 —
l TROY SIMMONDS became a member of the 200 Club, 78 Rch 2005-09, 64 Fre 2002-04, 40 Mel 1999-2001; 183 premiership games, 16 pre-season, 1 State ...
l 150th GARY ABLETT Jnr (Geelong), 2002-09 ...
l 150th ANTONI GROVER (Fremantle), 1999-2009 ...
l 150th GRAHAM JOHNCOCK (Adelaide), 2002-09 ...
l 100th SAM FISHER (St Kilda), 2004-09 ...
l 50th KELVIN W MOORE (Richmond), 2004-09 ...

l SHANE O'BREE played his 200th for Collingwood (2000-09), also 19 Bri 1998-99 ...
l DARREN JOLLY played his 100th for Sydney (2005-09), also 48 Mel 2001-04 ...
l DAVID RODAN played his 50th for Port Adelaide (2007-09), also 65 Rch 2002-06 ...
l BRENT MOLONEY played his 50th for Melbourne (2005-09), also 23 Gee 2003-04 ...

l BRENT HARVEY (NM) played his 100th consecutive match; sequence began 2004-R20; Harvey becomes the 100th player to achieve the milestone ...

l NEIL CRAIG coached Adelaide for his 108th match passing the club record of 107 games by GARY AYRES (2000-04) ...

l BRISBANE played its 200th premiership game at the Gabba (1991-2009) ...

Highest Score:	21.8-134, GEELONG v Adelaide
Biggest Margin:	83pts. ST KILDA v Fremantle
Best in Goals:	6.0, Warren TREDREA (PA) v Haw 5.0, Nick RIEWOLDT (StK) v Fre
Lowest Score:	4.4-28, FREMANTLE v St Kilda
Best Quarters:	1st	6.4-40	WC v WB
	2nd	8.1-49	MEL v Rch
	3rd	6.4-40	WC v WB
	4th	7.7-49	PA v Haw

Official AFL attendances for 2009, Round 4 –

34,912	Brisbane v Collingwood (Gabba)
30,824	Sydney v Carlton (SCG)
33,274	Hawthorn v Port Adelaide (MCG)
26,326	St Kilda v Fremantle (Docklands)
40,418	Adelaide v Geelong (Football Park)
33,842	North Melb v Essendon (Docklands)
40,765	Richmond v Melbourne (MCG)
37,758	West Coast v West.B'dogs (Subiaco)
278,119	Total for Round 4 — (2009: 315,414)
946,493	Totals for Rounds 1-2-3,
1,224,612	Progressive after Round 4 — (2008: 1,234,386)

FROM THE ROUND

BRISBANE v COLLINGWOOD
Collingwood's 22 point deficit at quarter time (6.2 to 2.4) is the best comeback the Pies have enjoyed in 35 meetings against Brisbane ...
from quarter time the Pies wore down the Lions, kicking 11 goals to 4 ...
Collingwood won at the Gabba for only the fourth time – previously 1993-R12, 1995-R15, 2007-R9(n) ...
for the second time in four matches the Lions in Q4 kicked 0.5 – R1 v West Coast, R4 v Collingwood ...
no other new match records were noted ...
PAUL MEDHURST reached 250 career goals in his 144 game for Collingwood (2007-09) and Fremantle (2002-06) ...
DANIEL BRADSHAW failed to goal for Brisbane – his most recent out was R11 last year against Fremantle at the Gabba ...
l SHANE O'BREE played his 200th for Collingwood (2000-09), also 19 Bri 1998-99 ...
l BRISBANE played its 200th premiership game at the Gabba (1991-2009) ...

SYDNEY v CARLTON
the Sydney Swans wore a commemorative white jumper with red sash and black numbers marking the centenary of South Melbourne's 1909 premiership win over Carlton ...
the Swans won their 12th successive game against Carlton – it was the 9th consecutive loss by the Blues to the Swans in Sydney (7 at the SCG, two at Homebush); last time Carlton won in Sydney was 1993-R7 ...
Carlton's 0.7 is the worst Q2 against the Swans since 1924-R16 at Albert Park ...
Carlton in League game 2269 suffered their 900th defeat ...
no other new match records were noted ...
l DARREN JOLLY played his 100th for Sydney (2005-09), also 48 Mel 2001-04 ...

HAWTHORN v PORT ADELAIDE
the MCG crowd of 33,274 is the biggest of all 19 matches (finals included) to watch the pair ...
Hawthorn's LANCE FRANKLIN reached 250 career goals in game 168 ...
WARREN TREDREA kicked six goals straight to achieve his 500th career goal in game 231; he was just short of his 7.1 against Hawthorn in 2005-R13-FP and the 7.1 by SCOTT CUMMINGS in 1998-R2 at Waverley ...
l DAVID RODAN played his 50th for Port Adelaide (2007-09), also 65 Rch 2002-06 ...

ST KILDA v FREMANTLE
the Dockers were held to 4.4-28, the second-lowest score of their 316 games in the AFL – only 3.7-25 is lower, scored versus Geelong in 2004-R20 at Kardinia Park ...
l the Dockers' 28 points was the lowest final AFL score for seven seasons since St Kilda 3.10-28 were beaten by Collingwood 16.15-111 in the 2002-R6 night match played at Docklands ...
l Fremantle fell to bottom place on the ladder – the first time the Dockers have been 16th since 2001-R22 ...
St Kilda won their 4th-straight game – their best-ever openings are 2004 (10 wins), 1966 (8) and 1907 (6) ...
St Kilda's percentage is 200.44 – last time a side had a percentage of 200 after R4, was West Coast in 1991; the Eagles had played three matches at that stage (bye in R3) and were 3-0, 233.8% – after four matches the Eagles were 4-0, 222.7% ... since 1950 only three clubs have achieved 200% after R4, Carlton in 1967, West Coast in 1991 and St Kilda this year ...
Fremantle has beaten St Kilda once in Melbourne, 1995-R10 at Waverley ...
l 150th ANTONI GROVER (Fremantle), 1999-2009 ...
l 100th SAM FISHER (St Kilda), 2004-09 ...

ADELAIDE v GEELONG
the Cats had their 4th-straight win over the Crows; three of the last four meetings have been wins at Football Park ...
the 7.3-45 finish by Geelong paralleled the effort in 1992-R8 at Kardinia Park but fell short of the 9.4-58 in 1996 at the Cattery ... the 7.3 finish at Footy Park equalled the Q4 score in the win over Collingwood the previous week ...
at the 28th meeting the Cats balanced the ledger at 14 all ...
l 150th GARY ABLETT Jnr (Geelong), 2002-09; he had 46 possessions ...
l 150th GRAHAM JOHNCOCK (Adelaide), 2002-09 ...
l NEIL CRAIG coached Adelaide for his 108th match exceeding the club record of 107 games by GARY AYRES (2000-04) ...
l ANDREW McLEOD (Adelaide) played a record-setting 160th game at Football Park since his debut on 1995-R6 versus Melbourne; overall he has played 308 matches for the Crows ...

Michael Rogers

21.8-134 is Geelong's highest score at Football Park.

First time in 26 matches the Cats have kicked 20 goals at Football Park.

For the first time in 28 meetings Geelong has now scored 3 consecutive centuries against Adelaide.

Of 78 twenty goal scores at Football Park 62 have been scored by either Adelaide (41) or Port Adelaide (21) .

No interstate team has scored 20 goals more than twice at Football Park.

The team scoring 20 goals at Football Park has always won the match.

There has never been a match at Football Park where both teams have scored 20 goals –
Rogers Results ...

NORTH MELB v ESSENDON
in game 144 the Shinboners beat Essendon for the 50th time ...
7.15-57 by the Bombers is their lowest against North since 1978-R21 when it kicked 7.9-51 (v NM 11.11-77) at Waverley – that was 49 matches ago ...
the match aggregate of 126 points is the lowest between these clubs since 1976-R9 when the tally was 112 points – that's 54 matches ago ...
no other new match records were noted ...
l BRENT HARVEY (NM) played his 100th consecutive match; sequence began 2004-R20; Harvey becomes the 100th player to achieve the milestone ...

RICHMOND v MELBOURNE
8.1-49 is the best Q2 score by the Demons versus Richmond for 23 years – since 8.6 was kicked in 1986-R1 at the MCG ...
l TROY SIMMONDS became a member of the 200 Club, 78 Rch 2005-09, 64 Fre 2002-04, 40 Mel 1999-2001; 183 premiership games, 16 pre-season, 1 State ...
l 50th KELVIN W MOORE (Richmond), 2004-09 ...
l BRENT MOLONEY played his 50th for Melbourne (2005-09), also 23 Gee 2003-04 ...

WEST COAST v WEST.B'DOGS
QUINTEN LYNCH passed 200 career goals with West Coast in game 132 ...
at the 38th meeting no new match records were noted ...

Statistics for Footystats are enhanced by software from
Eric Sorensen's *Footy Works* (v 1.7.2)
and compiled with the assistance of
Bruce Kennedy, Martin Windsor-Black and Michael Rogers

Pies run over the top of Lions (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 1
Brisbane v Collingwood
Friday (n), April 17, 2009 BCG (Gabba), 7.40pm AEST; crowd: 34,912 Conditions: Slippery; heavy pre-game rain; ball thrown up, not bounced Weather: 19C, storms descended after mid-afternoon top of 29.7C
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
BRI	6.2-38 (22)	9.4-58 (10)	10.8-68 (4)	10.13-73
COL	2.4-16	7.6-48	9.10-64	13.12-90 (17)
Goals: Collingwood: Paul Medhurst 4, Leon Davis 3, Tarkyn Lockyer 2, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas, John Anthony, Travis Cloke. Brisbane: Bradd Dalziell 2, Jonathan Brown 2, Troy Selwood 2, Jed Adcock, Michael Rischitelli, Mitch Clark, Tim Notting. Best: Collingwood: Paul Medhurst, Scott Pendlebury, Tarkyn Lockyer, Leon Davis, Josh Fraser, Harry O'Brien. Brisbane: Bradd Dalziell, Jed Adcock, Michael Rischitelli, Simon Black, Luke Power. Umpires: Brett Rosebury, Scott McLaren, Stefan Grun. Report: Simon Black (Bri) charged with recklessly making contact with umpire Scott McLaren in Q3. The MRP directly referred the matter to the Tribunal. Black pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $1950 and given 93.75 demerit points to his future record. Black received a 25 per cent discount on the MRP's recommendations of 125 demerit points and a $2600 fine for pleading guilty. Under a quirk of the of the system, Black remains eligible for the Brownlow Medal as his case was referred directly to the tribunal.

Swans sink Blues again (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 2
Sydney v Carlton
Saturday, April 18, 2009 SCG, 2.10pm AEST; crowd: 30,824 Conditions: Good Weather: 22C, sunshine through cloudy patches
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
SYD	3.0-18	7.2-44 (14)	10.7-67 (19)	12.12-84 (17)
CAR	3.5-23 (3)	3.12-30	6.12-48	9.13-67
Goals: Sydney: Jarrad McVeigh 3, Darren Jolly, Martin Mattner, Ed Barlow, Jarred Moore, Kristin Thornton, Jesse White, Craig Bird, Jude Bolton, Luke Ablett. Carlton: Eddie Betts 3, Brendan Fevola, Ryan Houlihan, Chris Judd, Marc Murphy, Cameron Cloke, Kade Simpson. Best: Sydney: Jarrad McVeigh, Rhyce Shaw, Heath Grundy, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Jude Bolton, Craig Bolton. Carlton: Jarrad Waite, Bret Thornton, Marc Murphy, Chris Judd, Nick Stevens. Umpires: Stephen McBurney, Dean Margetts, Matt Stevic.

Port keeps head to down Hawks (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 3
Hawthorn v Port Adelaide
Saturday, April 18, 2009 MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 33,274 Conditions: Good Weather: 19C, overcast
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
HAW	2.2-14	5.6-36	9.12-66 (–)	12.13-85
PA	4.3-27 (13)	6.4-40 (4)	10.6-66 (–)	17.13-115 (30)
Goals: Hawthorn: Lance Franklin3, Cyril Rioli 3, Brad Sewell, Robert Campbell, Stuart Dew, Garry Moss, Sam Mitchell, Luke Hodge. Port Adelaide: Warren Tredrea 6.0, Brett Ebert 2, Tom Logan 2, Brendon Lade 2, Robbie Gray 2, David Rodan, Danyle Pearce, Dean Brogan. Best: Hawthorn: Brad Sewell, Chance Bateman, Cyril Rioli, Clinton Young, Jarryd Morton, Lance Franklin, Mark Williams. Port Adelaide: Kane Cornes, Warren Tredrea, Troy Chaplin, Steven Salopek, Travis Boak, Alipate Carlile, Chad Cornes, Tom Logan. Umpires: Michael Vozzo, Mathew Nicholls, Jason Armstrong. Report: Matt Thomas (PA) was charged with recklessly making contact with umpire Jason Armstrong in Q1, The MRP directly referred the matter to the Tribunal. The Tribunal found Thomas guilty of the charge and suspended him for one match and fined him $2600.

Hot Saints flay inept Dockers (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 4
St Kilda v Fremantle
Saturday (n), April 18, 2009 Docklands, 7.10pm AEST; Roof: closed; crowd: 26,326 Conditions: Good Weather: outside 16C, isolated showers
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
STK	5.3-33 (32)	8.5-53 (34)	13.8-86 (66)	17.9-111 (83)
FRE	0.1-1	3.1-19	3.2-20	4.4-28
Goals: St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt 5.0, Clinton Jones 3, Nick Dal Santo 2, Michael Gardiner, Jarryn Geary, Brendon Goddard, James Gwilt, Andrew McQualter, Stephen Milne, Leigh Montagna. Fremantle: Paul Hasleby, Michael Johnson, Matthew Pavlich, Dean Solomon. Best: St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt, Nick Dal Santo, Brendon Goddard, Leigh Montagna, Clinton Jones, Farren Ray, Sam Gilbert, Luke Ball. Fremantle: Byron Schammer, Paul Duffield, Michael Johnson, Aaron Sandilands. Umpires: Sam Hay, Shaun Ryan, Michael Avon. Reports: Byron Schammer (Fre) charged with a Level One offence for making forceful contact from front-on against Farren Ray (StK) in Q3. An existing good five-year record gained Schammer a reprimand. Schammer accepted the MRP penalty and 70.31 towards his future record. Leigh Montagna (StK) charged with a Level Two striking offence against Paul Hasleby (Fre) in Q4. St Kilda sought the adjudication of the Tribunal. The Tribunal on Tuesday night cleared Montagna of striking; it being successfully argued there was insufficient impact to be deemed a strike.

Ablett leads Geelong home (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 5
Adelaide v Geelong
Saturday (n), April 18, 2009 Football Park, 7.40pm AEST, crowd: 40,418 Conditions: Good Weather: 17C, cool, mostly clear
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
ADE	3.2-20	7.2-44	11.6-72	13.8-86
GEE	5.1-31 (11)	10.2-62 (18)	14.5-89	21.8-134 (48)
Goals: Geelong: Gary Ablett 3, Steve Johnson 3, Travis Varcoe 3, Cameron Mooney 2, Mathew Stokes 2, Max Rooke 2, Andrew Mackie, Mark Blake, Shannon Byrnes, Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman, Shane Mumford. Adelaide: Jason Porplyzia 3, David Mackay 2, Patrick Dangerfield 2, Taylor Walker 2, Scott Thompson, Kurt Tippett, Jared Petrenko, Tyson Edwards. Best: Geelong: Gary Ablett, Joel Selwood, Joel Corey, David Wojcinski, Cameron Ling, Steve Johnson, Jimmy Bartel, Andrew Mackie. Adelaide: Nathan Bock, David Mackay, Tyson Edwards, Simon Goodwin, Kurt Tippett, Jason Porplyzia, Graham Johncock, Taylor Walker. Umpires: Heath Ryan, Justin Schmitt, Dean Meredith.

No laughs in comedy of errors (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 6
North Melb v Essendon
Sunday, April 19, 2009 Docklands, 1.10pm AEST; Roof: open, crowd: 33,842 Conditions: Good Weather: 17C, chiefly sunny
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
NM	3.3-21 (12)	5.5-35 (10)	9.7-61 (20)	10.9-69 (12)
ESS	1.3-9	3.7-25	5.11-41	7.15-57
Goals: North Melb: David Hale 4, Brent Harvey 3, Jack Ziebell, Drew Petrie, Hamish McIntosh. Essendon: Matthew Lloyd 3, Jason Winderlich, Brent Stanton, Andrew Lovett, Adam McPhee. Best: North Melb: Brent Harvey, David Hale, Lachie Hansen, Jack Ziebell, Gavin Urquhart, Adam Simpson. Essendon: Alwyn Davey, David Zaharakis, Matthew Lloyd, Brent Stanton, Jobe Watson. Umpires: Chris Donlon, Ray Chamberlain, Troy Pannell.

Demons earn more than four points (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 7
Richmond v Melbourne
Sunday, April 19, 2009 MCG, 2.10pm AEST, crowd: 40,765 Conditions: Good Weather: 17C, chiefly sunny
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
RCH	2.3.15	5.6-36	9.7-61	13.14-92
MEL	2.6-18	10.7-67 (31)	13.11-89 (28)	14.16-100 (8)
Goals: Melbourne: Brad Miller 3, Colin Sylvia 2, Michael Newton 2, Ricky Petterd 2, Matthew Bate, Lynden Dunn, Brad Green, Aaron Davey, Neville Jetta. Richmond: Matthew Richardson 4, Nathan G Brown 2, Andrew Collins 2, Mitch Morton, Robin Nahas, Kelvin Moore, Brett Deledio, Luke McGuane. Best: Melbourne: Aaron Davey, Cameron Bruce, Brad Miller, Matthew Warnock, Brock McLean, Brent Moloney, Colin Sylvia, Cale Morton, Clint Bartram. Richmond: Joel Bowden, Matthew Richardson, Nathan Foley, Andrew Collins, Alex Rance. Umpires: Mathew James, Stuart Wenn, Robert Findlay. Wenn injured in Q3 and replaced by Scott McLaren. Report: Matthew Warnock (Mel) reported by umpire Robert Findlay for striking Tom Hislop (Rch) before the first bounce. No further action was taken on this charge.

Medicine works for West Coast (The Age) – more ...

2009 — ROUND 4 — GAME 8
West Coast v Western Bulldogs
Sunday, April 19, 2009 Subiaco Oval, 4.40pm AEST; crowd: 37,758 Conditions: Good Weather: 26C, hot and sunny after top of 29.7C
	1/4 time	1/2 time	3/4 time	Final
WCE	6.4-40 (20)	8.7-55 (19)	14.11-95 (34)	17.14-116 (33)
WB	3.2-20	5.6-36	9.7-61	12.11-83
Goals: West Coast: Adam Hunter 3, Quinten Lynch 3, Mark LeCras 2, Ben McKinley 2, Andrew Embley, Ashley Hansen, Daniel Kerr, Matt Rosa, Adam Selwood, Brent Staker, David Wirrpanda. West.B'dogs: Shaun Higgins 4, Matthew Boyd 2, Lindsay Gilbee, Ryan Griffen, Josh Hill, Brad Johnson, Brian Lake, Callan Ward. Best: West Coast: Dean Cox, Daniel Kerr, Adam Selwood, Matt Priddis, David Wirrpanda, Brent Staker, Will Schofield. West.B'dogs: Shaun Higgins, Matthew Boyd, Jason Akermanis, Ryan Hargrave, Daniel Cross. Umpires: Hayden Kennedy, Damien Sully, Craig Hendrie. Reports: Jason Akermanis (WB) charged with a Level One tripping offence against Mark Nicoski (WC) in Q3. Existing carry over-points from within the last 12 months on the Akermanis record means his penalty was increased from a reprimand to a one-match sanction, even with an early plea. Akermanis took the early plea and received the reduced penalty of 25 per cent and a one-match suspension. Will Schofield (WC) charged with a Level One tripping offence against Ryan Griffen (WB) in Q2. The player was offered and accepted a MRP reprimand and 60 points toward his future record.

2009, Round 4

COLLINGWOOD 13.12-90 (Medhurst 4, Davis 3, Lockyer 2) best, Medhurst, Pendlebury, Lockyer, BRISBANE 10.13-73 (Dalziell 2, Brown 2, Selwood 2) best, Dalziell, Adcock, Rischitelli.
Friday night at BCG: 34,912.
Report:
Simon Black (Bri) charged with recklessly making contact with umpire Scott McLaren in Q3.
The MRP directly referred the matter to the Tribunal.
Black pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $1950 and given 93.75 demerit points to his future record.
Black received a 25 per cent discount on the MRP's recommendations of 125 demerit points and a $2600 fine for pleading guilty.
Under a quirk of the of the system, Black remains eligible for the Brownlow Medal as his case was referred directly to the tribunal.

SYDNEY 12.12-84 (McVeigh 3) best, McVeigh, Shaw, Grundy, CARLTON 9.13-67 (Betts 3) best, Waite, Thornton, Murphy.
Saturday at SCG: 30,824.

PORT ADELAIDE 17.13-115 (Franklin 3, Rioli 3) best, Sewell, Bateman, Rioli, HAWTHORN 12.13-85 (Tredrea 6.0) best, K.Cornes, Tredrea, Chaplin.
Saturday at MCG: 33,274.
Report:
Matt Thomas (PA) was charged with recklessly making contact with umpire Jason Armstrong in Q1,
The MRP directly referred the matter to the Tribunal.
The Tribunal found Thomas guilty of the charge and suspended him for one match and fined him $2600.

ST KILDA 17.9-111 (Riewoldt 5.0) best, Riewoldt, Dal Santo, Goddard, FREMANTLE 4.4-28 (best, Schammer, Duffield, Johnson.
Saturday night at Docklands: 26,326.
Reports:
Byron Schammer (Fre) charged with a Level One offence for making forceful contact from front-on against Farren Ray (StK) in Q3.
An existing good five-year record gained Schammer a reprimand. Schammer accepted the MRP penalty and 70.31 towards his future record.
Leigh Montagna (StK) charged with a Level Two striking offence against Paul Hasleby (Fre) in Q4.
St Kilda sought the adjudication of the Tribunal.
The Tribunal on Tuesday night cleared Montagna of striking; it being successfully argued there was insufficient impact to be deemed a strike.

GEELONG 21.8-134 (Ablett 3, S.Johnson 3, Varcoe 3) best, Ablett, Selwood, Corey, ADELAIDE 13.8-86 (Porplyzia 3) best, Bock, Mackay, Edwards.
Saturday night at Football Park: 40,418.

NORTH MELB 10.9-69 (Hale 4, Harvey 3) best, Harvey, Hale, Hansen, ESSENDON 7.15-57 (Lloyd 3) best, Davey, Zaharakis, Lloyd.
Sunday at Docklands: 33,842.

MELBOURNE 14.16-100 (Miller 3) best, Davey, Bruce, Miller, RICHMOND 13.14-92 (Richardson 4) best, Bowden, Richardson, Foley.
Sunday at MCG: 40,765.
Report:
Matthew Warnock (Mel) reported by umpire Robert Findlay for striking Tom Hislop (Rch) before the first bounce. No further action was taken on this charge.

WEST COAST 17.14-116 (Hunter 3, Lynch 3) best, Cox, Kerr, Selwood, WEST.B'DOGS 12.11-83 (Higgins 4, Boyd 2) best, Higgins, Boyd, Akermanis.
Sunday at Subiaco: 37,758.
Reports:
Jason Akermanis (WB) charged with a Level One tripping offence against Mark Nicoski (WC) in Q3.
Existing carry over-points from within the last 12 months on the Akermanis record means his penalty was increased from a reprimand to a one-match sanction, even with an early plea.
Akermanis took the early plea and received the reduced penalty of 25 per cent and a one-match suspension.
Will Schofield (WC) charged with a Level One tripping offence against Ryan Griffen (WB) in Q2.
The player was offered and accepted a MRP reprimand and 60 points toward his future record.