Hawthorn is on the Gold Coast to face the Suns, while the Bombers have made the flight across to Perth to take on the Eagles.
Earlier, St Kilda easily handled North Melbourne, Geelong held off Collingwood by 10 points, and the Lions thumped GWS.
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Cats hold on for scrappy win over woeful Pies
Luke Dahlhaus kicked off the scoring for the Cats on Saturday afternoon.(AAP: Scott Barbour
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Collingwood’s AFL season from hell sank to new lows with the Magpies losing star ruckman Brodie Grundy in a woeful 10-point defeat to Geelong.
In a scrappy, low-quality contest at an empty MCG, the Cats did barely enough to bank their eighth win of the season.
Geelong played well below what is expected of a premiership contender, but the Magpies were far worse for the majority of Saturday’s match.
Despite five junk-time goals for Collingwood in the final term to put some respectability on the scoreboard, nothing could cover up the fact it was the first time since 2005 they had been kept goalless in the first half.
With out-of-contract Nathan Buckley already under immense pressure, the performance is sure to put more heat on his future as Collingwood coach.
Geelong held a 31-point half-time lead before staggering over the line 8.13 (61) to 6.15 (51).
In a dour game full of skill errors, Grundy was subbed out due to a neck injury suffered in a contest with Rhys Stanley in the third quarter.
Grundy had just kicked the Magpies’ first goal of the game two minutes into the third term when he came off the ground sore.
Star Geelong forwards Tom Hawkins (three) and Jeremy Cameron (two) were the only multiple goalkickers for the Cats.
Having kicked just one goal to three-quarter-time and staring down the barrel of their lowest score since 1956, Collingwood scored through majors to Jordan De Goey (two), Will Hoskin-Elliott, Brayden Maynard and Brody Mihocek in the final term.
Geelong were hit by late changes to ace midfielder Cameron Guthrie and versatile tall Mark Blicavs.
Collingwood are meant to be playing the Crows at Adelaide Oval next Saturday but that match looks to be in doubt given South Australia has closed its borders to Victoria.
Geelong have a bye next week before a planned clash with Port Adelaide on June 10.
Robinson has rare goal-scoring day out in Lions’ team effort against Giants
Mitch Robinson had not kicked a goal all season before slotting a career-high against GWS.(AAP: Dave Hunt
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Mitch Robinson slotted a career-high four goals as Brisbane put GWS to the sword at the Gabba, winning by 64 points.
Yet to hit the target all season leading into Saturday’s game, Robinson was one of 13 Lions who kicked goals against the Giants, with Lincoln McCarthy, Dayne Zorko and Daniel McStay chipping in with two each.
It did not prove particularly costly, but the Lions were typically iffy in front of goal, kicking almost as many behinds as majors in the 19.15 (129) to 10.5 (65) victory.
The Lions stormed out of the blocks with six goals in the opening 20 minutes to put them on the path to their seventh straight win.
Charlie Cameron opened the scoring with just 20 seconds on the clock as the Lions piled on 32 unanswered points before the visitors had even recorded an inside forward 50.
Making the most of some slack Giants defending, Cameron got the Gabba crowd on their feet with a right-foot snap one of eight score involvements for the electric small forward.
Tall forward Daniel McStay kicked two in the early blitz, including one that was set up by some brilliance on the boundary by Cameron, while Daniel Rich and Dayne Zorko also scored inspirational efforts.
The margin was 40 points before Bobby Hill scored the first goal for the Giants in the 28th minute.
From there the match turned into more of an arm wrestle but the Lions were never in any danger of a Giants comeback.
Robinson’s best-on-ground display also included 30 disposals and 12 marks.
St Kilda bounces back from 111-point thumping to beat last-placed Roos
The Saints got hammered by the table-topping Bulldogs last week before taking down the last-placed Kangaroos.(AAP: James Ross
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It was far from pretty, but under-fire St Kilda got the result they so desperately needed as skipper Jack Steele led from the front in a 20-point win over North Melbourne.
Steele had 24 disposals, 12 tackles and seven clearances as the most influential midfielder on the ground in the 12.16 (88) to 10.8 (68) victory played in front of empty stands at Marvel Stadium.
Saints utility Mason Wood kicked a game-high three goals in his first encounter against the club that dumped him at the end of last year, while Brad Crouch and Luke Dunstan were both valuable contributors.
But running machine Brad Hill had a team-low six disposals at half-back under close attention from Bailey Scott before moving up the ground late in the match.
Despite perfect conditions under the roof, it was a scrappy affair from the outset between two struggling sides.
Wood kicked his first goal as a Saint to get them off to a good start and they would have led by more than three goals at quarter-time if not for wasteful disposal in the front half.
The margin grew to 31 points by the main break, with Jack Billings and Tim Membrey kicking two goals each for the Saints in the first half.
Quick majors to Nick Larkey and Cam Zurhaar gave North a sniff early in the third quarter but the Saints steadied, booting the next four majors to put the result to bed before the final change.
Jy Simpkin, Ben Cunnington and Jack Ziebell worked tirelessly for North, while emerging players Tarryn Thomas and Luke Davies-Uniacke showed flashes of their class.
Ben McKay kept Saints forward Max King quiet but finished the match on the bench with a hamstring injury.
North kicked five goals to one in the final term to add some respectability to the scoreboard.
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