after an odd round 1 the next round proves to be an innaccurate guide for the season
melbourne (1-0) vs collingwood (1-0) mcg friday night
after a strong start to the season melbourne fell apart against collingwood in a 107 point loss the game isn’t even close after 1/4 time and really melbourne have themselves to blame.
| Melbourne | 3.5.23 | 4.7.31 | 6.11.47 | 7.14.56 |
| Collingwood | 6.1.37 | 12.6.78 | 15.12.102 | 24.19.163 |
major goals s rocca 10, ahmat 2, curran 2, richardson 2, a rocca 2
mel neitz 3, clarkson 2 (future hawthorn coach)
richmond (1-0) vs adeliade (1-0) mcg saturday afternoon
richmond came to play early but a closeer finish didn’t mean anything for the crows in a 28 point loss
| Richmond | 7.5.47 | 10.6.66 | 15.9.99 | 19.14.128 |
| Adelaide | 3.0.18 | 8.3.51 | 12.6.78 | 15.10.100 |
major goals
rich richardson 6, daffy 3, nichols 3, charles 2
adel modra 5, smart 3, willams 2
bulldogs (0-1) vs sydney (0-1) optus oval saturday afternoon
after losing in round 1 sydneys hopes to go one step further fail by 7 points to last seasons second last.
| Western Bulldogs | 1.3.9 | 9.5.59 | 12.9.81 | 13.12.90 |
| Sydney | 4.4.28 | 8.5.53 | 12.7.79 | 12.11.83 |
major goals
wb cameron 3, darcy 3, minton-connell 3, libreatore 2
syd o’brien 3, luff 2
geelong (0-1) vs west coast (1-0) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
geelong returned to form upsetting the team of the 90s west coast by 6 points. despite not goaling in the first quarter
| Geelong | 0.6.6 | 4.8.32 | 7.9.51 | 11.12.78 |
| West Coast | 3.1.19 | 6.4.40 | 8.4.52 | 11.6.72 |
major goals
geel recardi 6, hall 2
wc grgic 2, lewis 2, mcintosh 2
brisbane (0-1) vs st kilda (0-1) gabba sunday afternoon
after a horror round 1 brisbane reached expectations with a massive 97 point win over st kilda
| Brisbane Lions | 7.3.45 | 14.7.91 | 19.10.124 | 23.16.154 |
| St Kilda | 1.2.8 | 4.4.28 | 5.8.38 | 7.15.57 |
major goals
bris keating 5, johnson 4, leppitsch 4, fletcher 2, robbins 2
stk loewe 2
port (0-1) vs essendon (1-0) aami stadium sunday afternoon
port did better than they did last round but a 33 point loss on home soil worries their fans.
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| Port Adelaide | 3.8.26 | 3.9.27 | 4.11.35 | 8.12.60 |
| Essendon | 1.4.10 | 5.6.36 | 10.7.67 | 14.9.93 |
major goals
port no major goal scores
ess alessio 3, mecuri 3, hird 2, long 2
freemantle (1-0) vs hawthorn (1-0) subiaco sunday afternoon
after a close win dockers do it again in a come from behind 14 point win.
| Fremantle | 6.1.37 | 9.5.59 | 9.8.62 | 13.9.87 |
| Hawthorn | 3.1.19 | 5.6.36 | 9.13.67 | 10.13.73 |
major goals
free bandy 3, leech 2, parker 2
haw dunstall 4, j crawford 2
north (0-1) vs carlton (0-1) mcg monday afternoon
back to back monday games is unusal even back than but carlton fail again this time by 26 points to open norths account.
| North Melbourne | 2.2.14 | 7.8.50 | 11.12.78 | 12.14.86 |
| Carlton | 1.6.12 | 2.9.21 | 4.11.35 | 8.12.60 |
major goals
north allison 3, archer 2
carl manton 2
ladder
col 2 0 8 230.1
ess 2 0 8 125.2
ric 2 0 8 119.0
fre 2 0 8 112.1
bri 1 1 4 132.3
wc 1 1 4 130.4
nm 1 1 4 108.5
ade 1 1 4 103.6
wb 1 1 4 101.8
gee 1 1 4 98.3
haw 1 1 4 94.9
mel 1 1 4 57.8
carl 0 2 0 82.8
syd 0 2 0 71.4
por 0 2 0 56.8
stk 0 2 0 55.4
next round
friday
sydney vs melbourne SCG (N)
saturday
st kilda vs collingwood WP
Bulldogs vs richmond MCG
POrt vs geelong AAMI (N)
Sunday
Carlton vs adeliade OO
Essendon vs North MCG
Hawthorn vs brisbane WP
West coast vs freemantle S
Harrison’s world 