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ROUND 9

Fremantle 12.16.88 d Hawthorn 11.7.73
Brisbane 14.16.100 d Carlton 13.11.89
Port Adelaide 10.12.72 d by Western Bulldogs 10.14.74
North Melbourne 14.13.97 d by Sydney 16.9.105
GWS 16.7.103 d Essendon 13.11.89
Gold Coast 13.11.89 d St Kilda 8.12.60
Geelong 18.14.122 d Collingwood 9.14.68
Melbourne v West Coast
Richmond v Adelaide

ROUNDS 1-8

 

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