i am back with my old afl round writeups
essendon (3-3) vs carlton (1-5) friday night mcg
injuries have hurt both sides but essendon had redemption on their mind for last two times they versed and archived it easily keeping carlton goalless in the first quarter on the way to a 21 point lead at 1/4 time carlton struggled to stay in touch despite limitng the damage to 32 points at 1/2 time and 35 points at 3/4 time they wo the last quarter but still lost by 25 as essendon move to (4-3) with st kilda on sunday while carlton (1-6) play hawthorn on the friday. Jason johson had 33 posessions for essendon.
ESS 4.1 7.7 9.12 12.15 (87)
CARL 0.4 2.5 4.7 9.8 (62)
GOALS: ESS – ESS – Ramanauskas 3, J. Johnson 2, Barnard 2, Jacobs, Hille, McVeigh, M. Johnson, Rioli; CARL – Lappin 3, Houlihan 2, Whitnall 2, Christou, Davies
hawthorn (3-3) vs geelong (3-3) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
3 weeks ago the hawks had all but been written off a third big saturday afternoon win has the hawks in the 8 31 points up at 1/4 time 26 at 1/2 time before a blow away third got the lead to 55 points at 3/4 time and 52 points at the end. bartel was already a star for the losers. hawthorn (4-3) host carlton friday night while geelong (3-4) travel to play port on saturday afternoon.
HAW 6.3 11.5 17.8 20.10 (130)
GEEL 1.2 7.3 8.7 11.12 (78)
OALS: HAW – Crawford 4, Dixon 3, Lekkas 3, Holland 2, Harford 2, Vandenberg 2, McCabe, Chick, S. Cox, Barlow; GEEL – Kingsley 5, King 2, Lord 2, Graham, Riccardi;
west coast (3-3) vs kangaroos (3-3) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
no one can seem to win in perth the roos who have stunned port in round 1 in adelaide continued the trend the middle quarters where all west coast turning a 13 point lead at 1/4 time into a 44 point lead at 3/4 time and a 49 point win. west coast (4-3) are unbeaten in perth but have to get an away win to be a threat their next trip is richmond at the g on saturday kangaroos (3-4) play their first home game in canberra for the year on sunday against adeliade.
WCE 5.3 11.8 16.11 21.13 (139)
KANG 3.2 5.6 9.9 13.12 (90)
GOALS: WCE – WCE – Phil Matera 4, Fletcher 3, William 2, Gaspar 2, Chambers 2, Wirrpunda 2, Braun, Peter Matera, Kerr, Embley, Wilson, Judd; KANG – Clayton 2, Pickett, Stevens, Harding, Rocca, Archer, D. Motlop, King, Simpson, Morrell, Watt, S. Motlop
richmond (2-4) vs sydney (3-2-1) coloinal stadium saturday night 710pm
richmond got their season a little bit on track with a trilling win over sydney the biggest lead at a break was 14 points to sydney at 1/4 time richmond hit the front in the third and held on for a 6 point win richmond (3-4) host west coast at the g saturday afternoon sydney (3-3-1) play bulldogs in their “away” game at the scg on sunday afternoon.
RICH 2.1 5.4 11.6 13.10 (88)
SYD 4.3 7.4 10.7 12.10 (82)
GOALS: RICH – Campbell 2, Chaffey 2, Tivendale 2, Ottens, Pettifer, Hall, Houlihan, Cameron, Krakoeur, A. Kellaway; SYD – Doyle 3, Schauble 2, Hall 2, Cresswell 2, Goodes, Matthews, Kirk
adelaide (4-2) vs freemantle (3-3) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
as easy it is for perth teams to win at home its just as easy to beat them when your the home team as the crows get their long awaited revenge for round 22 2001 leading all day to win by 29 points to cement their top 4 credentionals adeliade (5-2) travel to canberra to play the roos while freemantle (3-4) are back home to host melbourne on saturday night.
ADEL 5.2 8.5 14.8 18.10 (118)
FRE 2.1 5.3 8.7 13.11 (89)
GOALS: ADE – Edwards 5, Welsh 4, Doughty 2, McLeod 2, Perrie, Ricciuto, Marsh, Clarke, Hart; FRE – Brown 3, Longmuir 2, Farmer, Carr, McPhee, Walker, Simmonds, Pavlich, Hasleby, Cunningham
brisbane (5-1) vs port (4-2) gabba sunday afternoon 110pm
in the game that had the potentional of game of the round brisbane reminded everyone who the regining premiers where with a 57 point win a 6 goal to 2 last quarter was the difference brisbane (6-1) travel to docklands to play collingwood saturday night port (4-3) host geelong on saturday afternoon.
BRIS 5.3 12.5 13.10 19.15 (129)
PA 2.1 7.2 9.6 11.6 (72)
GOALS: BRIS – Lynch 3, Bradshaw 3, Johnson 2, Akermanis 2, Black 2, Voss, McRae, B. Scott, Notting, Ashcroft, Pike, Copeland; PA – Schofield 3, Montgomery 2, Wakelin, Wanganeen, Lade, P. Burgoyne, Tredrea, C. Cornes
bulldogs (1-5) vs collingwood (4-2) colonial stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs again rue bad kicking in a 10 point loss to a red hot collingwood despite leading at 3/4 time they just couldn’t buy a goal most of the day. Bulldogs (1-6) host sydney in a “home game at the scg on sunday collingwood (5-2) host brisbane on saturday night at coloinal.
COL 3.1 5.3 7.4 11.7 (73)
WB 2.3 5.7 6.11 8.15 (63)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 3, Fraser 2, Didak, Buckley, Betheras, N. Davis, Tarrant, Lonie; WB – Smith, Johnson, West, Saunders, Darcy, Brown, Alvey, Birss
melbourne (4-2) vs st kilda (1-4-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
what a shocking close finish st kilda looked done at 3/4 time but nearly won only losing by 3 points as their inconsistancy continues melbourne (5-2) travel to freemantle on saturday night while st kilda (1-5-1) play essendon on sunday afternoon.
MELB 3.7 6.8 14.10 15.15 (105)
STK 2.1 6.4 10.8 15.12 (102)
GOALS: MELB – Schwarz 3, Vardy 3, Leoncelli 3, Johnstone 2, Thompson, Neitz, Robertson, Brown; StK – Clarke, Milne 4, Hamill 2, Gehrig, Lawrence, Capuano, Davis, Knobel
ladder
BRIS 6 1 819 560 146.25 24
COL 5 2 647 536 120.71 20
ADE 5 2 722 630 114.6 20
MELB 5 2 731 666 109.76 20
PA 4 3 737 633 116.43 16
ESS 4 3 609 551 110.53 16
WCE 4 3 811 754 107.56 16
HAW 4 3 711 708 100.42 16
SYD 3 3 1 622 572 108.74 14
GEEL 3 4 674 672 100.3 12
FRE 3 4 638 662 96.37 12
KANG 3 4 668 754 88.59 12
RICH 3 4 627 756 82.94 12
STK 1 5 1 448 718 62.4 6
WB 1 6 589 674 87.39 4
CARL 1 6 510 717 71.13 4
GOALS
Hall (SYD) 25
Wilson (WCE) 22
Lloyd (ESS) 21
Neitz (MELB) 21
Kingsley (GEE) 19
Bradshaw (BRIS) 19
Welsh (ADE) 17
Rocca (KANG) 16
Lynch (BRIS) 15
Milne (STK) 15
Akermanis (BRI) 14
Croad (FRE) 14
Pickett (KANG) 14
Tredrea (PA) 14
Ottens (RICH) 14
round 8 matches
friday
hawthorn vs carlton mcg n 740pm
saturday
richmond vs west coast mcg 210pm
port vs geelong aami 240pm
collingwood vs brisbane cs n 710pm game of the round
freemantle vs melborune s n 740pm
sunday
kangaroos vs adeliade mo 110pm
bulldogs vs sydney scg 110pm
essendon vs st kilda cs 210pm
Harrison’s world 