going back a bit further in the footy write ups
north melbourne vs melbourne mcg thursday night
melbourne upset regining premiers north by 15 points in the opener apart from the last quarter north dind’t win a quarter and poor kicking hurt them it makes the comp interesting.
| North Melbourne | 2.1.13 | 3.4.22 | 4.7.31 | 7.13.55 |
| Melbourne | 2.2.14 | 4.5.29 | 8.9.57 | 10.10.70 |
major goals
mel charles 3, farmer 3
north allision 2
collingwood vs port mcg saturday afternoon
port play their first game against the team who has their sanfl mascot this wasn’t close collingwood who had missed the finals the previous two years had no trouble getting on the board with a 79 point win which was not close.
| Collingwood | 7.0.42 | 12.1.73 | 21.3.129 | 26.10.166 |
| Port Adelaide | 3.2.20 | 5.4.34 | 9.5.59 | 13.9.87 |
major goals
coll s rocca 6, willams 4, patterson 3, crow 2, curran 2, mcdoanld 2, a rocca 2, russell 2
port cummings 2, francis 2, heaver 2, poole 2
bulldogs vs freemanlte optus oval saturday afternoon
this game was close after poor 1996 seasons these sides had a point to prove a close game saw freemantle come from behind for a 4 point win in a roller coaster of a match.
| Western Bulldogs | 0.1.1 | 5.6.36 | 10.6.66 | 11.10.76 |
| Fremantle | 3.4.22 | 5.8.38 | 6.13.49 | 10.20.80 |
major goals
free wills 3, bandy 2 (against his future side)
wb milton-connell 3, darcy 2, smith 2
st kilda vs hawthorn waverly saturday night
st kilda almost caught up but fell short in a thrilling one goal loss to Hawthorn who open their account. a low scoring last quarter.
| St Kilda | 2.4.16 | 4.8.32 | 9.9.63 | 10.11.71 |
| Hawthorn | 5.3.33 | 8.5.53 | 10.8.68 | 11.11.77 |
major goals
haw holland 4, harford 3
stk loewe 3, gray 2, winmar 2
west coast vs sydney subiaco saturday night
can somebody remind sydney that a lost grand final is no excuse for a bad showing round 1 in a 41 point loss and a goal less last quarter.
| West Coast | 2.1.13 | 5.2.32 | 9.5.59 | 12.6.78 |
| Sydney | 1.1.7 | 3.2.20 | 5.5.35 | 5.7.37 |
major goals
wc cousins 3, ball 2 (against his future side) matera 2
syd no major goal kickers.
adelaide vs brisbane aami stadium sunday afternoon
brisbane after the merge with fitztroy and a prelim loss youd think theyd be better but no the crows take them out with a 36 point win.
| Adelaide | 6.1.37 | 12.3.75 | 17.6.108 | 20.12.132 |
| Brisbane Lions | 5.2.32 | 7.7.49 | 10.9.69 | 14.12.96 |
major goals
adel modra 7, standfield 5, mcleod 3, bond 2
bris lynch 3, voss 3, ashcroft 2, fletcher 2, scott 2
richmond vs geelong mcg sunday afternoon
richmonds hopes to make another finals series started well with a 9 point win over geelong.
| Richmond | 7.3.45 | 9.8.62 | 14.11.95 | 15.14.104 |
| Geelong | 4.3.27 | 7.5.47 | 11.9.75 | 13.17.95 |
major goals
rich daffy 5, bowden 2, gale 2, marenda 2, richardson 2
geel burns 3, colbert 2, couch 2, hall 2, milburn 2
essendon vs carlton mcg monday afternoon
essendon got a third quarter boost help them sneek home by 7 points over carlton another top 4 cnadidate from last season.
| Essendon | 5.2.32 | 7.6.48 | 13.8.86 | 16.10.106 |
| Carlton | 2.2.14 | 7.6.48 | 10.8.68 | 15.9.99 |
major goals
ess berbakov 4, hird 4, o’connor 2
carl whitnall 4, clape 3, campreale 2 (against his future side), koutoufeides 2
ladder
wc 1 0 4 210.8
col 1 0 4 190.8
ade 1 0 4 137.5
mel 1 0 4 127.3
ric 1 0 4 109.5
haw 1 0 4 108.5
ess 1 0 4 107.1
fre 1 0 4 105.3
wb 0 1 0 95.0
car 0 1 0 93.4
stk 0 1 0 92.2
gel 0 1 0 91.3
nm 0 1 0 78.6
bri 0 1 0 72.7
por 0 1 0 52.4
syd 0 1 0 47.4
next round
friday
melbourne vs collingwood MCG (N)
saturday
richmond vs adelaide MCG
Bulldogs vs sydney OO
Geelong vs west coast SS
sunday
brisbane vs st kilda G
Port vs Essendon AAMI
Freemantle vs Hawthorn S
Monday
North vs Carlton MCG
Harrison’s world 