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ROUND 13

Adelaide 11.9.75 d Geelong 10.14.74
Hawthorn 9.17.71 d by Western Bulldogs 12.5.77
Gold Coast 11.9.75 d by Brisbane 15.16.106
North Melbourne 4.7.31 d by Fremantle 24.11.155
West Coast 10.11.71 d by Port Adelaide 11.11.77
Sydney 15.14.104 d St Kilda 15.12.102
Essendon 10.7.67 d by Carlton 10.12.72
Collingwood 11.9.75 d by Melbourne 12.11.83

Byes: GWS, Richmond

ROUNDS 1-12

 

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