afl 2001 round 11

at the half way mark of the season and a big upset the title race is more open.
st kilda (2-8) vs essendon (8-2) etihad stadium friday night
after a shock loss essendon were out to seal first place a strong start got the lead to 23 points at 1/4 time a 7 goal to 4 second quarter the lead was 42 points to essendon a 5 goal to 3 third term put the result beyond doubt of 59 points before a last quarter fight back got the margin to 42 points essendon host adelaide to start the split round while st kilda travel to a worse team freemnatle saturday night.
ESS 6.3 (39) 13.6 (84) 18.11 (119) 19.14 (128)
STK 2.4 (16) 6.6 (42) 9.6 (60) 13.8 (86)
major goal scorers ess rioli 4, henaman 2 hird 2 lloyd 2 (dissappointing) robhan 2 st k everett 4, hall 4
geelong (4-6) vs hawthorn (8-2) etihad stadium saturday afternoon
after a tough fortinght hawthorn had a point to prove in a thriller hawthorn had a 3 point lead at 1/4 time geelong lead by a point at 1/2 time the biggest lead was 19 points to geelong but the lead was back to 6 points at 3/4 geelong held on for an important upset with a 3 point win geelong host bulldogs saturday hawthorn have the week off before hosting the roos.
GEEL 2.5 5.5 10.8 14.9 (93)
HAW 3.2 5.4 9.8 13.12 (90)
major goal scorers geel burns 4, recarddi 2 haw thompson 4, nichools 3 (who?), o’farrell 2 (another unknown)
adelaide (6-4) vs bulldogs (5-5) aami stadium saturday night
the red hot adelaide side hosted the bulldogs and their run came to a halt trailing by 13 points at 1/4 time a 5 goal to 2 second quarter and the game was pretty much over as the bulldogs lead by 34 points adelaide closed slighty in the third to 28 points but the bulldogs held firm for a 30 point win to keep them in touch with the 8 and travel to geelong next adelaide travel to play essendon
WB 7.4 12.8 13.12 19.13 (127)
ADE 5.3 7.4 9.8 14.13 (97)
major goal scorers wb c grant 6, croft 3, hudson 3 giancrussia 2, brown 2, smith 2
adel m stevens 3, edwards 3, blinke 2, marsh 2, welsh 2
west coast (2-8) vs brisbane (5-5) subaico saturday night
after 6 big losses west coast knew they had to be competitive and for three quarters they were brisbane were off too big of a high after beating essendon leading by 2 points at 1/4 time 7 points at 1/2 time before brisbane stormed back to lead by 2 points at 3/4 time and run out 22 point winners they have their “away” game in brisbane against melbourne next week for brisbane while west coast travel to play collingwood.
BRIS 2.5 5.7 8.13 11.18 (84)
WCE 3.1 7.2 9.5 9.8 (62)
major goal scorers akermanis 2, lynch 2 wc cummings 3
sydney (5-5) vs port (8-2) scg sunday afternoon
after a big win these sides were out to prove themselves.
sydney entered the game as underdogs lead by 8 points at 1/4 time before kicking away to lead by 25 points at 1/2 time and 56 points at 3/4 time a last minute fight back didn’t matter as sydney run out 47 point winners they travel to richmond next while port host carlton in big games.
SYD 3.4 10.5 16.11 18.17 (125)
PA 2.2 5.10 6.15 10.18 (78)
major goal scorers syd goodes 3, ball 2, nicks 2, mcpherson 2, williams 2, maxfield 2 pa cockatoo-colins 2, dew 2
richmond (6-4) vs carlton (7-3) mcg sunday afternoon
in silvangi 300th carlton were maybe too overconfident having won their last four struggled as richmond lead at every change 7 points at 1/4 time 5 points at 1/2 time 7 points again at 3/4 time before destroyting them by 27 points richmond are back in top 4 contention and host sydney carlton play porrt on the road.
RICH 2.4 5.6 8.7 13.10 (88)
CARL 1.3 4.7 6.12 8.13 (61)
major goal scorers rich Richardson 3, Tivendale 3, Rogers 2, Broderick 2, Ottens 2,carl Whitnall 4, Bradley 2,
kangaroos (4-6) vs freemanlte (0-10) etihad stadium sunday afternoon
the dockers need to finally win one unfortunately not in this case a close start gave the roos a 5 point lead at 1/4 time it was as good as it would get a 25 point lead at 1/2 time became 71 points at 3/4 time and an 86 point win they are back on track and play hawthorn the roos freemantle host st kilda in a game they might win.
KANG 5.1 11.5 20.11 23.16 (154)
FRE 4.2 7.4 9.6 10.8 (68)
major goal scorers KANG – McKernan 5, Pickett 5, Burton 2, Clayton 2, Jones 2, S. Motlop 2, Rocca 2, Colbert, Grant, Rawlings; free Modra 4, Cunningham 2, Pavlich 2,
melbourne (5-5) vs collingwood (5-5) mcg monday afternoon
the first queens birthday clash failed to live up to expectations. in fact melbournes season is questionable down by 26 points at 1/4 time a close second the only highlights but collingwood still lead by 34 points a 5 goal to 2 third and the lead was 56 same in the last a massive 77 point win means collingwood aren’t fading away again and melbourne are in trouble.
COL 5.4 9.9 14.15 19.20 (134)
MELB 1.2 4.5 6.7 8.9 (57)
major gaol scorers coll Rocca 4, Holland 3, N. Davis 3, Molloy 2, Tarrant 2,
mel Neitz 2, Bruce 2
ladder
ess 9 2 36 143.2
pa 8 3 32 126.4
haw 8 3 32 111.7
carl 7 4 28 125.7
rich 7 4 28 106.5
coll 6 5 24 116.0
syd 6 5 24 108.9
bris 6 5 24 107.9
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wb 6 5 24 102.4
adel 6 5 24 93.0
geel 5 6 20 96.9
mel 5 6 20 91.9
kang 5 6 20 90.6
st k 2 9 8 79.6
wc 2 9 8 61.0
free 0 11 0 71.9
goal kickers
Lloyd (ESS) 44
Tarrant (COL) 31
Richardson (RICH) 27
Hudson (WB) 26
Lynch (BRIS) 26
Grant (WB) 25
Neitz (MELB) 25
Wanganeen (PA) 25
Che C-Collins (PA) 24
Dew (PA) 24
Goodes (SYD) 23
Wilson (WCE) 23
Barker (HAW) 22
Johnson (WB) 22
Burns (GEEL) 21
next round
week 1
friday
essendon vs adeliade ES (N)
saturday
geelong vs bulldogs SS
freemantle vs st kilda S (N)
sunday
melbourne vs brisbane G
week 2
friday
collingwood vs west coast ES (N)
saturday
hawthorn vs kangaroos MCG
ricdhmond vs sydney ES (N)
sunday
port vs carlton AAMI
it is a split round