after two rounds of interesting footy nothing but shocks continue in a lot of ways
sydney (0-2) vs melbourne (1-1) scg friday night
from grand finalists to wooden spoon contenders sydney needed a boost a strong first half was enough to see off melbourne by 8 points at the SCG.
| Sydney | 6.3.39 | 11.4.70 | 13.6.84 | 15.9.99 |
| Melbourne | 2.4.16 | 7.4.46 | 13.5.83 | 14.7.91 |
major goals
syd kelly 2, stevens 2
mel nietz 3, lovett 2, lyon 2
st kilda (0-2) vs collingwood (2-0) waverly park saturday afternoon
the saints stun early trend setters collingwood by 7 points in a thriller
| St Kilda | 6.4.40 | 12.7.79 | 13.9.87 | 19.11.125 |
| Collingwood | 6.3.39 | 8.8.56 | 13.12.90 | 17.16.118 |
major goals
stk everitt 6, heatley 5, hall 2, smith 2, winmar 2
col s rocca 3, willams 3, watson 2, a rocca 2
bulldogs (1-1) vs richmond (2-0) mcg sautrday afternoon
after a horror ’96 a come from behind win with a 7 goal to 2 last quarter to snag an upset 19 point win over Richmond who have dropped their first game
| Western Bulldogs | 4.0.24 | 6.3.39 | 9.8.62 | 16.9.105 |
| Richmond | 5.3.33 | 7.6.48 | 10.12.72 | 12.14.86 |
major goals
wb darcy 4, minton-connell 3, hudson 2, montgomery 2
rich richardson 6, charles 2
port (0-2) vs geelong (1-1) aami stadium saturday night
what an histroic win ports first ever with a 39 point win over geelong thier first in the competition inaccuracy is the only thing that makes the result respectable.
| Port Adelaide | 3.5.23 | 8.11.59 | 13.17.95 | 18.21.129 |
| Geelong | 0.2.2 | 3.2.20 | 7.4.46 | 14.6.90 |
major goals
port cummings 5, lockwood 4, francou 2, poole 2
geel burns 3, mansfield 3 steinfort 2
carlton (0-2) vs adeliade (1-1) optus oval sunday afeternoon
carlton got on the board after a bad 2nd quarter to win by 28 points against the crows.
| Carlton | 3.2.20 | 6.5.41 | 11.8.74 | 15.18.108 |
| Adelaide | 3.0.18 | 9.4.58 | 9.6.60 | 12.8.80 |
major goals
carl hamill 3, koutofedies 3, beaumont 2, murphy 2, o’suilvan 2
adel smart 3, standfield 3, mcleod 2
essendon (2-0) vs north (1-1) mcg sunday afternoon
essendon stun reinging premiers north in a game that shows what might have happened if lockett hadn’t stole the prelim in ’96’ of course its speculation a 42 point win leaves north in trouble.
| Essendon | 3.6.24 | 9.8.62 | 11.13.79 | 18.14.122 |
| North Melbourne | 2.3.15 | 5.5.35 | 6.8.44 | 12.8.80 |
major goals
ess cockattoo-colins 4, lloyd 4, hird 3, calthrope 2
nm roberts 3, bell 2, mckernan 2, stevens 2
hawthorn (1-1) vs brisbane (1-1) waverly park sunday afternoon
hawthorn scrape home with a stunning 12 point win over brisbane who are out of control in form.
| Hawthorn | 2.1.13 | 8.7.55 | 11.10.76 | 12.15.87 |
| Brisbane Lions | 4.5.29 | 6.5.41 | 9.9.63 | 11.9.75 |
major goals
haw dunstall 5,
bbris molloy 3, lynch 2
west coast (1-1) vs freemantle (2-0) subiaco sunday afternoon
eagles destroty their cross town rivals by 40 points freemantle drop their first game
| West Coast | 5.2.32 | 10.8.68 | 12.10.82 | 16.15.111 |
| Fremantle | 2.2.14 | 4.7.31 | 6.12.48 | 9.17.71 |
major goals
wc ph matera 4, banfield 2, sumich 2, white 2
fre allan 2, mann 2 parker 2
ladder
ess 3 0 12 134,3
col 2 1 8 166.8
wc 2 1 8 140.3
wb 2 1 8 108.8
ric 2 1 8 106.0
haw 2 1 8 11.7
fre 2 1 8 91.5
bri 1 2 4 111.8
car 1 2 4 98.2
ade 1 2 4 94.0
nm 1 2 4 87.7
gel 1 2 4 86.2
syd 1 2 4 84.6
por 1 2 4 79.1
stk 1 2 4 72.5
mel 1 2 4 68.5
next round
friday
melbourne vs bulldogs MCG (N)
saturday
collingwood vs carlton MCG
Richmond vs freemanlte OO
St kilda vs sydney WP (N)
west coast vs Hawthorn S
sunday
geelong vs essendon MCG
brisbane vs north G
Adeliade vs port AAMI
Harrison’s world 