afl 2001 round 13

after 12 rounds many questions were being asked.
brisbane (7-5) vs hawthorn (9-3) gabba friday night
after a return to form can the hawks keep it up a close start gave hawthorn a 6 point lead at 1/4 time before 6 goals to 2 in the second lifted the home team to a 21 point lead at 1/2 time. hawthorn didn’t miss in the second half but had few chances to catch up trailing by 39 points at 3/4 time before a massive 8 goal to 1 last quarter gave brisbane a massive 87 point win sending shockwaves through the comp they host st kilda on saturday night hawthorn play richmond at the g on saturday afternoon.
BRIS 1.3 7.8 12.14 20.20 (140)
HAW 2.3 4.5 7.5 8.5 (53)
major goal scorers BRIS -Bradshaw 5, Lynch 3, B. Scott 2, Brown 2 HAW – Crawford 2, Lord 2, (a rare strong showing this season)
carlton (8-4) vs bulldogs (7-5) optus oval saturday afternoon
after a tough run the in form blues face a team who have had the edge over them the bulldogs who are also in form. the game was over at 1/4 time when carlton kicked 7 goals to 1 to lead by 36 points by half time bulldogs had two goals for the game to carltons 13 and the lead was 66 points. a third team fight back got it to 53 points but carlton won the shootout in the last to win by 61 points with an 8 goal to 7 last quarter. carlton travel to sydney on sunday bulldogs host essendon on friday night in the rematch of the big upset
CARL 7.4 13.7 15.11 23.15 (153)
WB 1.4 2.7 6.12 13.14 (92)
major goal scorers carl Hotton 4 (great game for him), Whitnall 3, Lappin 3, Beaumont 3, Houlihan 2, Koutoufides 2 wb Hudson 3, Johnson 2, Brown 2,
essendon (10-2) vs freemantle (0-12) etihad stadium saturday afternoon
the big question is will freo ever win maybe even stun the title favourites a shock first quarter saw freemantle lead by 14 points at 1/4 time it didn’t last as essendon kicked 5 goals to 1 in the second to lead by 12 points at 1/2 time 6 goals to 2 in the third put the game beyond doubt with a 32 point lead at 3/4 time. a 46 point win puts essendon two games clear and play bulldogs freemantle host port on sunday
ESS 2.2 7.5 13.7 18.10 (118)
FRE 4.4 5.5 7.11 10.12 (72)
major goal scorers ESS – Lloyd 5, McVeigh 3, Barnard 2, Caracella 2,FRE – Cook 3,
kangaroos (5-7) vs port (8-4) manuaka oval saturday afternoon
after an unlucky loss the roos had a strong oppenent who are out of form a close start had the roos up by 6 points at 1/4 time 18 points at 1/2 time a 5 goal to 1 quarter to lead by 41 points at 3/4 time before port closed in but the roos won by 22 points they host melbourne while port play freemantle on the road.
KANG 3.3 7.5 12.6 14.11 (95)
PA 2.3 4.5 5.7 10.13 (73)
major goal scorers KANG – Grant 3, McKernan 3, Clayton 2, Makepeace 2,PA – Cockatoo-Collins 2, James 2,
adeliade (6-6) vs collingwood (7-5) aami stadium saturday night
an out of form adelaide hosted a red hot collingwood a close game all way through a 7 point lead at 1/4 time to Collingwood a 4 point defecit at 1/2 time a 5 point lead at 3/4 time and only just won by 2 points to keep their run intact they play geelong while adeliade host west coast in a game they must win.
COL 4.4 9.7 13.8 15.9 (99)
ADE 3.3 10.5 12.9 14.13 (97)
major goal scorers COL – Buckley 2, Clement 2, L. Davis 2, Lockyer 2, McKee 2, Tarrant 2, ADE – Jarman 6, Vardy 2,
sydney (6-6) vs geelong (5-7) scg sunday afternoon
who can bounce back and keep their season going syndey had the edge early leading by 4 points at 1/4 time but geelong slowly oevrrun them leading by 3 points at 1/2 time 27 points at 3/4 time but they almost caught cup but geelong held on for a 19 point win they host collingwood sydney face a tough run hosting carlton.
GEEL 2.5 5.10 10.12 12.12 (84)
SYD 3.3 5.7 6.9 9.11 (65)
major goal scorers GEEL – Kingsley 3, White 2, Hocking 2,SYD – Maxfield 2, Goodes 2,
st kilda (3-9) vs richmond (8-4) etihad stadium sunday afternoon]
richmond were redhot st kilda had finally had a win. in a big upset st kilda lead by 18 points at 1/4 time but like fremantle they collapsed trailing by 17 points at 1/2 time 26 points at 3/4 time and losing by 39 points. richmond host hawthorn st kilda travel to brisbane
RICH 1.2 9.5 13.10 19.12 (126)
STK 4.2 6.6 9.8 13.9 (87)
RICH – Bowden 5, Pettifer 3, Rogers 2, Bourke 2, Holland 2 StK – Hall 3, Hamill 2, Davis 2,
west coast (2-10) vs melbourne (5-7) subiaco sunday afternoon
8 straight losses can west coast snap the drought a close start gave melbourne a 6 point lead at 1/4 time before it was a close game west coast lead by 5 points at 1/2time 4 points at 3/4 time and a 7 point much needed win they play adelaide while melbourne play kangaroos.
WCE 4.1 9.2 11.3 15.5 (95)
MELB 5.1 8.3 10.5 13.10 (88)
WCE – Ph. Matera 5, Embley 4, Cummings 2, MELB – Green 3, Robertson 2, Farmer 2, Leoncelli 2,
ladder
ess 11 2 44 146.3
carl 9 4 36 130.8
rich 9 4 36 111.4
haw 9 4 36 102.4
coll 8 5 32 120.6
bris 8 5 32 118.0
pa 8 5 32 117.3
wb 7 6 28 98.2
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syd 6 7 24 103.8
geel 6 7 24 98.4
kang 6 7 24 93.4
adel 6 7 24 90.6
mel 5 8 20 89.2
st k 3 10 12 80.5
wc 3 10 12 62.8
free 0 13 0 70.1
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 55
Lynch (Bris) 37
Tarrant (Coll) 36
Hudson (WB) 29
Wanganeen (Port) 29
Richardson 28**
Grant (WB) 27
Johnson (WB) 27
Neitz (MELB) 27
Che C-C (Port) 26
Dew (Port) 26
Goodes (SYD) 24
McKernan (KANG) 24
Modra (FRE) 24
Whitnall (Carl) 24
next round
friday
bulldogs vs essendon ES (N)
saturday
richmond vs hawthorn MCG
brisbane vs st kilda G (N)
adelaide vs west coast AAMI (N)
Sunday
sydney vs carlton SCG
geelong vs collingwood ES
melborurne vs kangaroos MCG
freemantle vs port S