Round nine is officially in the books, and I'll tell you what, it was one for the books. If you want a recap, here's how it all panned out.
THURSDAY
Collingwood 15.7 (97) def. Fremantle 12.11 (83) @ Perth Stadium
FRIDAY
Carlton 11.11 (77) def. St Kilda 9.8 (62) @ MCG
SATURDAY
Hawthorn 13.13 (91) def. Melbourne 7.14 (56) @ MCG
Essendon 11.5 (71) def. Sydney 8.15 (63) @ Docklands Stadium
Gold Coast 15.16 (106) def. Western Bulldogs @ Marrara Oval
Adelaide 13.11 (89) def. Port Adelaide 12.12 (84) @ Adelaide Oval
SUNDAY
Richmond 11.15 (81) def. West Coast 11.13 (79) @ MCG
GWS Giants 16.9 (105) def. Geelong 14.17 (101) @ Kardinia Park
North Melbourne 10.11 (71) drew with Brisbane 10.11 (71) @ Bellerive Oval
What a match, what a round of footy! Here's a look at the final numbers.
Here are your top three players on the ground in that match.
IT IS A DRAW!
North Melbourne pushed and pushed and pushed in the final minute with the ball in their half of the ground, but the Lions' defence holds up strong.
Both teams look absolutely shattered after that. I reckon the Lions are very, very lucky to escape with two points here because they've been outplayed.
Brisbane's defence had to stand up tall in the final quarter, particularly with the way the Kangaroos were dominating the stoppages.
After Zurhaar's miss, the Roos had one good chance to score, but Jacob Konstanty had a kick inside 50 towards Larkey which was brilliantly spoilt by Jack Payne.
Konstanty had Dylan Stephens running alongside him, and Stephens could have gotten within kicking range had he received the handball.
This is the problem for the Kangaroos, they just don't know how to close out games and win. A more experienced team wins this.
North won the clearance battle 47-32, including a 37-22 edge around the ground, but somehow can't come away with the win.
Tristan Xerri with an absolute monster game in the ruck with 19 disposals, 12 clearances and 36 hitouts.
Luke Parker with 23 disposals, eight tackles and eight clearances.
Dayne Zorko was the leading ball-winner on the ground with 39 disposals.
Caleb Daniel has the ball at halfback for North.
Will we get the draw?
Cam Zurhaar takes a contested mark and has a shot on goal from the boundary.
He misses the shot so it's tied up at 71 with 1.18 left on the clock.
Eric Hipwood misses a set shot from a tight angle and gives Brisbane a one-point lead with three minutes left.
Still plenty of time.
The Lions aren't going anywhere!
Lachie Neale wins the centre clearance and the ball ends up in the hands of Cam Rayner after a terrific contested mark.
Charlie Comben is lucky not to give away a 50m penalty after tackling Rayner to the ground after that mark because he thought it was touched.
The umpire shows some common sense and doesn't give the 50.
Rayner goes back and drills a HUGE set shot.
Jack Darling is having a huge last quarter and he's put the Kangaroos in front!
Who would've thought there would be a big marking contest but Darling would be the man on the ground to dribble one home?
Kangaroos leading by a goal with 5.54 left. All of the Kangaroos' off-season recruits have kicked goals in the final term.
There's six and a half minutes left and we're all knotted up in Hobart!
Jack Darling misses a banana from the boundary after taking an excellent contested mark.
Draw time?