text: Australian Rules - AFL results and standings . MELBOURNE 1996-08-26 Results of Australian Rules matches played at the weekend . Played Sunday : Adelaide 14.12 ( 96 ) Collingwood 24 . 9 ( 153 ) West Coast 24 . 7 ( 151 ) Melbourne 11.12 ( 78 ) Richmond 28.19 ( 187 ) Fitzroy 5 . 6 ( 36 ) Played Saturday : Carlton 13.18 ( 96 ) Footscray 9.12 ( 66 ) Essendon 14.16 ( 100 ) Sydney 12.10 ( 82 ) St Kilda 9 . 9 ( 63 ) Hawthorn 12 . 8 ( 80 ) Brisbane 10.11 ( 71 ) Fremantle 10.10 ( 70 ) Played Friday : North Melbourne 14.12 ( 96 ) Geelong 16.13 ( 109 ) Standings ( tabulate under played , won , drawn , lost , points for , against , percentage , total points ) : Brisbane 21 15 1 5 2123 1631 130.2 62 Sydney 21 15 1 5 2067 1687 122.5 62 West Coast 21 15 0 6 2151 1673 128.6 60 North Melbourne 21 15 0 6 2385 1873 127.3 60 Carlton 21 14 0 7 2009 1844 108.9 56 Geelong 21 13 1 7 2288 1940 117.9 54 Essendon 21 13 1 7 2130 1947 109.4 54 Richmond 21 11 0 10 2173 1803 120.5 44 Hawthorn 21 10 1 10 1791 1820 98.4 42 St Kilda 21 9 0 12 1909 1958 97.5 36 Collingwood 21 8 0 13 2103 2091 100.6 32 Adelaide 21 8 0 13 2158 2183 98.9 32 Melbourne 21 7 0 14 1642 2361 69.5 28 Fremantle 21 6 0 15 1673 1912 87.5 24 Footscray 21 5 1 15 1578 2060 76.6 22 Fitzroy 21 1 0 20 1381 2778 49.7 4 -- Sydney Newsroom 61-2 9373-1800