after a strong round one who will stop Brisbane and Essendon
essendon (1-0) vs richmond (1-0) mcg friday night
after strong round one results could richmond stun flag contenders essendon. but at 1/4 time they hadn’t goaled and had only two to half time it was all essendon in the first half but a strong second half didn’t mean much essendon win by 52 points and have the grand final rematch against brisbane saturday night at the Gabba. ricmhond host melbourne at the G saturday afternoon. tip correct.
| Essendon | 7.2.44 | 13.7.85 | 14.12.96 | 16.16.112 |
| Richmond | 0.3.3 | 2.6.18 | 5.9.39 | 8.12.60 |
major goals
ess caracella 3, lloyd 3, barnard 2, blumfield 2 (against his future club), hird 2
rich rodan 2 (great from a youngster)
carlton (0-1) vs sydney (0-1) optus oval saturday afternoon
after a disgraceful roun d1 loss they don’t get any better carlton goalless after half time and losing by 13 goals it indicates they may be on track for their worst year yet they host collingwood friday night at the G. sydney travel to adelaide to play the crows on saturday afternoon tip wrong. carlton are last for only the second year ever at any point in a 16 team comp last was 1998.
| Carlton | 2.2.14 | 4.5.29 | 4.9.33 | 4.9.33 |
| Sydney | 4.0.24 | 9.3.57 | 12.7.79 | 17.9.111 |
major goals
syd hall 7, stevens 3 (who), o’loghlain 2
carl none
collingwood (0-1) vs west coast (1-0) mcg saturday afternoon
can the eagles start a winning run they almost do but its an ex freemantle player who wins the game for collingwood in a thriller winning by one point they play carlton at the G friday night west coast return home to play bulldogs sunday. tip correct.
| Collingwood | 6.5.41 | 8.9.57 | 15.14.104 | 17.18.120 |
| West Coast | 3.2.20 | 8.5.53 | 12.9.81 | 18.11.119 |
major goals
coll holland 8, rocca 3, tarrant 2
wc wilson 5, grander 3, willams 3 (against his future club), wirrapunda 2
kangroos (1-0) vs bulldogs (0-1) etihad staidum saturday night
this is an indication that the roos have recovered from their slump with a come from behind 13 point win lead by pickett 13 point win with a come from behind win they host geelong at etihad on saturday night. bulldogs travel to perth to play west coast sunday. tip correct.
| Kangaroos | 2.4.16 | 6.6.42 | 10.7.67 | 16.14.110 |
| Western Bulldogs | 6.4.40 | 10.8.68 | 13.9.87 | 14.13.97 |
major goals
kang pickett 6, harding 3, rocca 2
wb brown 3, girracrusa 3
adelaide (1-0) vs geelong (0-1) aami stadium saturday night.
a tough run for geelong continues with a 31 point loss to adelaide who are looking much stronger they host sydney on saturday afternoon. geelong who have lost 7 in a row since round 17 2001 and travel to kangroos at docklands. tip correct.
| Adelaide | 3.7.25 | 7.8.50 | 12.11.83 | 16.14.110 |
| Geelong | 2.2.14 | 2.4.16 | 9.6.60 | 12.7.79 |
major goals
adel welsh 4, johnson 3, bode 2, doughty 2
geel burns 2 (against his old club) lord 2 scholl 2
brisbane (1-0) vs hawthorn (0-1) gabba sunday afternoon
after 17 straight wins who can stop brisbane worst three quarters for hawthorn losing by 102 points this gets them ready for the grand final rematch against essendon on saturday night at the gabba hawthorn host freemantle in tasmania. tip correct (unfornatunately)
| Brisbane Lions | 2.5.17 | 7.14.56 | 15.18.108 | 21.22.148 |
| Hawthorn | 2.2.14 | 3.6.24 | 4.9.33 | 6.10.46 |
major goals
bris bradshaw 5, lynch 5, black 3, voss 3, akermanis 2
haw holland 2
melbourne (1-0) vs port (0-1) mcg sunday afternoon
for the second week running melbourne win a game of deja vu with a 27 point win over port. melbourne have richmond at the G on saturday afternoon port travel to etihad to play st kilda on sunday afternoon tip wrong
| Melbourne | 5.1.31 | 7.4.46 | 9.9.63 | 16.13.109 |
| Port Adelaide | 2.3.15 | 3.12.30 | 8.15.63 | 11.16.82 |
major goals
mel neitz 4, bruce 3, green 2, lionchelli 2
port carr 2, stevens 2
freemantle (0-1) vs st kilda (1-0) subiaco sunday afternoon
after horrible year who will improve after a round 1 upset st kilda failed to back it up losing by 3 points they host port on sunday. Freemantle play hawthorn in tasmania on sunday.
| Fremantle | 0.1.1 | 3.7.25 | 7.13.55 | 10.16.76 |
| St Kilda | 4.5.29 | 8.6.54 | 10.7.67 | 11.7.73 |
major goals free cook 2, cunningham 2, longmuir 2
stk loewe 4 (for a veteran) burke 3 (same) milne 2
ladder
bris 2 0 8 194.0
ess 2 0 8 175.0
ade 2 0 8 154.1
mel 2 0 8 128.6
kan 2 0 8 113.5
syd 1 1 4 138.5
stk 1 1 4 114.9
wc 1 1 4 107.6
ric 1 1 4 93.5
fre 1 1 4 92.4
col 1 1 4 86.9
wb 0 2 0 85.6
por 0 2 0 80.7
gel 0 2 0 65.7
haw 0 2 0 53.8
car 0 2 0 49.0
next round
friday
Carlton vs collingwood MCG (N)
saturday
Richmond vs Melbourne MCG
Adelaide vs sydney AAMI
brisbane vs essendon G
Kangaroos vs geelong ES (n)
Sunday
Hawthorn vs freemantle AU
St Kilda vs Port ES
West Coast vs Bulldogs S
Harrison’s world 