Lance Franklin was the star in Hawthorn's 35-point win over Essendon. The Hawks forward, who is having his breakthrough year at the elite level, was the key difference between the two sides with nine goals from 13 kicks in the best performance of his blossoming career, the best effort in front of goal by a Hawk since legendary full forward Jason Dunstall in 1998.

The Hawks talls stretched the Bombers defence to the limit and at the other end of the ground, The Hawthorn defence, led by Campbell Brown, were too strong for the Bombers forward line who was minus captain Matthew Lloyd. Brown made Essendon's other key forward, Scott Lucas, ineffectual.

Franklin and Campbell weren't the only stars for the Hawks. Shane Crawford wound back the clock to his heyday with 27 classy possessions which included six clearances and Brad Sewell wasn't far behind with 25 possessions.

The Kangaroos continue to silence the critics with another gutsy win, this time with a 16-point win over last year's runners-up Sydney. The Kangas skipped away to a 34-point lead by quarter time and their defence held up beautifully in the second half as the Swans launched one of their typical fight-backs. Trailing by 30 points at the final change of ends, the Swans lifted and with 10 minutes remaining were within fours points.

The Kangaroos defence which had been so gallant to that stage started to show the first signs of cracking with Swans key forward Barry Hall finally getting the better of his opponent Michael Firrito to kick all of his three match goals in the final quarter. Just as the Swans looked like the would run away with the game, the Kangaroos dug deep to kick the last two goals of the game. The star for the Kangaroos was Shannon Grant with 22 possessions and more importantly four goals, including the last goal that sealed the match.

West Coast remain the only unbeaten side in the AFL, this time disposing of the Western Bulldogs by 15-points at Subiaco. The Dogs were biting at the heels of the Eagles throughout the match but the superior class of the Eagles showed through when it counted. Chris Judd once again led the way for West Coast with 34 possessions and Matt Priddis, the rising star of an already frightfully brilliant Eagles midfield, more than made up for a rare quiet day at the office for Daniel Kerr with 26 possessions and three goals.

West Coast had big possession winners all over the ground, full forward Quinten Lynch racked up a remarkably high 21 possessions and at the other end of the ground full back Darren Glass saw off three opponents on his way to a career high 20 possessions. Having only conceded eight goals in the first six matches, Glass is well on the way to being the All-Australian (team of the year) full-back by season's end.

Fremantle capitulated in their 45-point loss to Brisbane at the Gabba. Ashley McGrath starred for the Lions with five goals, the small forward along the rest of the Lions forwards capitalising in the dominance of the Lions midfield. Led by premiership stars in Simon Black and Luke Power, the Lions cut the Dockers midfield to pieces, Brisbane collecting 52 more midfield possessions then the Dockers and the Lions made full use of this advantage, pumping the ball inside their forward zone 19 times more than Fremantle.

St. Kilda put their recent poor performances behind them, proving far to strong for Carlton in the opening match of the round, claiming a much needed win by 43 points. Robert Harvey, the leagues oldest player at 36 continued his stellar 2007 with another 25 possessions. Nick Del Santo rang rings around the Blues with 30 possessions. After a slow start, the head to head battle of two of the leagues best full forwards in Brendan Fevola and the Saints' Fraser Gehrig finally took off in the second half, with both kicking six goals.

This match did provide a small piece of history with the Blues wearing their white clash guernsey for the first time. It is only the second time in 111 seasons that Carlton has worn a jumper that is not in the club's famous old dark navy blue!

Results – AFL Round 6: St. Kilda Saints 18.17.125 def Carlton Blues 11.16.82; Hawthorn Hawks 20.11.131 def Essendon Bombers 15.6.96; West Coast Eagles 10.17.77 def Western Bulldogs 9.8.62; Kangaroos 16.15.111 def Sydney Swans 14.11.95; Collingwood Magpies 11.20.86 def Adelaide Crows 9.8.62; Brisbane Lions 17.18.120 def Fremantle Dockers 10.15.75; Port Adelaide Power 10.16.76 def Melbourne Demons 9.17.71; Geelong Cats 35.12.222 def Richmond Tigers 9.11.65.

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