another footy year began
collingwood (runners up 2002) vs richmond (14th 2002) mcg friday night 740pm
one thing these teams did not work on in the break was goal kicking but collingwood the 2002 runers up fixed it quicker in a 28 point win over richmond. collingwood (1-0) play cartlon friday night at the g richmond (0-1) host bulldogs at the renmaed telstra dome sunday afternoon.
COL 2.8 3.13 8.14 13.16 (94)
RICH 3.2 4.6 5.12 8.18 (66)
GOALS: COL – Davis 2, Didak 2, Molloy 2, O’Bree 2, Woewodin, Buckley, Betheras, Williams, McGough; RICH – Hall 2, Hilton, Gaspar, Campbell, Richardson, Blumfield, Coughlan
kangaroos (elimination finalist 2002) vs st kilda (15th 2002) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
for 3 quarters this game looked like game of the round before the roos kicked away to win by 26 points to open their account kangaroos (1-0) play geelong at geelong sunday st kilda (0-1) host adelaide saturday afternoon.
KANG 4.3 7.7 10.8 14.12 (96)
STK 6.3 7.6 10.9 10.10 (70)
GOALS: KANG – Petrie 3, Morrell 2, King 2, Harding, Rawlings, Grant, Sinclair, Stevens, Rocca, Harvey; StK – Milne 4, Jones, Hayes, Gehrig, Ball, Capuano, Powell
west coast (elimination finalist 2002) vs port (prelim finalist 2002) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
west coast finally used the home ground advantage to break their drought against port by 8 goals with a blowaway third quarter. west coast (1-0) play hawthorn on the road in tasmania sunday afternoon. port (0-1) host brisbane saturday night.
WCE 4.3 6.9 13.14 17.20 (122)
PA 4.3 6.5 6.5 11.8 (74)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 4, Judd 3, Haynes 3, Cousins 2, Cox 2, Gaspar, Embley, Wilson; PA – P Burgoyne 2, Tredrea 2, Salopek 2, K Cornes 2, S Burgoyne, Dew, Guerra
brisbane (2002 premiers) vs essendon (semi finalists 2002) gabba saturday night 710pm
BRIS 4.7 9.10 11.17 14.20 (104)
ESS 1.5 4.9 6.9 8.13 (61)
brisbane started their title defence with a 43 point win over essendon. Brisbane (1-0) play port in adelaide saturday night essendon (0-1) host melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. damian cupido ex brisbane kicked 2 goals for essendon is his return for injury.
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 4, Voss 2, Lynch 2, Power 2, Akermanis, Hart, Black, Notting; ESS – Lloyd 4, Cupido 2, Hille, Rioli
sydney (11th 2002) vs carlton (last 2002) anz stadium saturday night 720pm
carlton may have a new coach but still got destroyed on the road by sydney by 74 points. sydney (1-0) play freo in perth saturday night. Carlton (0-1) host collingwood at the g friday night.
SYD 2.4 10.7 15.11 22.14 (146)
CARL 2.3 3.6 6.10 10.12 (72)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 4, Williams 3, Davis 3, Doyle 2, Nicks 2, Schneider 2, Maxfield, Fosdike, Kennelly, Crouch, Kirk, O’Keefe; CARL – McCormick 2, Camporeale 2, Murphy 2, Fevola 2, French, Prendergast
adeliade (prelim finalists 2002) vs freemantle (13th 2002) aami stadium 110pm sunday afternoon
wayne careys return lead to 4 goals leading the crows to beating freemantle by 56 points. adeliade (1-0) travel to docklands to play st kilda saturday afternoon. Freo (0-1) host sydney on satruday night.
ADEL 6.1 11.5 17.11 22.13 (145)
FRE 1.3 4.7 8.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: ADE – Carey 4, Perrie 3, Stevens 3, Edwards 3, McLeod 3, Reilly 2, Johncock, Torney, Bode, Goodwin; FRE – Medhurst 3, Hasleby 2, McManus 2, Pavlich 2, Carr, Simmonds, Bell, Sandilands
melbourne (elim finalists 2002) vs hawthorn (10th 2002) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
in the game of the round hawthorn fell a goal short to melbourne at the g. Melbourne (1-0) play essendon at the g saturday afternoon hawthorn (0-1) host west coast sunday afternoon in tassie.
MELB 2.2 9.5 12.9 16.10 (106)
HAW 4.2 6.5 9.7 15.10 (100)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 5, Green 4, Robertson, Bruce 2, Armstrong, Yze, Johnstone
HAW – Everitt 3, Rawlings 3, Lekkas 2, Tallis, Crawford, Lonie, Picioane, Hodge, Loats, Cox
bulldogs (12th 2002) vs geelong (9th 2002) telstra dome 210pm sunday afternoon
bulldogs opened their season with a 39 point win over geelong. bulldogs (1-0) play richmond at telstra dome sunday geelong (0-1) host kangaroos sunday afternoon.
WB 7.5 9.7 14.13 19.16 (130)
GEEL 3.3 6.8 9.11 13.13 (91)
GOALS: WB – Alvey 3, Bandy 3, Brown 3, Johnson 3, Hahn 2, Dimattina, Eagleton, Garlick, Giansiracusa, Wiggins; GEEL – Kingsley 3, Ablett 2, Gardiner 2, Chapman, Corey, S. Johnson, Riccardi, Sanderson, Spriggs
ladder
SYD 1 0 146 72 202.78 4
BRIS 1 0 104 61 170.49 4
WCE 1 0 122 74 164.86 4
ADE 1 0 145 89 162.92 4
WB 1 0 130 91 142.86 4
COL 1 0 94 66 142.42 4
KANG 1 0 96 70 137.14 4
MELB 1 0 106 100 106 4
HAW 0 1 100 106 94.34 0
STK 0 1 70 96 72.92 0
RICH 0 1 66 94 70.21 0
GEEL 0 1 91 130 70 0
FRE 0 1 89 145 61.38 0
PA 0 1 74 122 60.66 0
ESS 0 1 61 104 58.65 0
CARL 0 1 72 146 49.32 0
goals
David Neitz (MELB) 5
Green (MELB) 4
Milne (STK) 4
Hall (SYD) 4
Matera (WCE) 4
Carey (ADE) 4
Bradshaw (BRIS) 4
Lloyd (ESS) 4
Kingsley (GEEL) 4
Everitt (HAW) 3
Rawlings (HAW) 3
Perrie (ADE) 3
Haynes (WCE) 3
Judd (WCE) 3
Alvey (WB) 3
round 2 matches
friday
carlton vs collingwood MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
essendon vs melbourne MCG 210pm
st kilda vs adeliade TD 210pm
port vs brisbane AAMI (N) 740pm
freemantle vs sydney S (N) 740pm
sunday
hawthorn vs west coast YP 110pm
geelong vs kangaroos SS 210pm
richmond vs bulldogs TD 210pm
Harrison’s world 