essendon (1-1) vs carlton (0-2) mcg friday night 740pm
15 points down at half time carlton opened their account with an 11 point win over old rivals essendon to begin their road to redemption from their first wooden spoon the previous year. essendon (1-2) play bulldogs at telstra dome saturday night carlton (1-2) host port sunday afternoon in their return to optus oval.
CARL 4.7 6.9 11.12 15.15 (105)
ESS 3.2 9.6 11.10 13.16 (94)
GOALS: CARL – Fevola 4, Whitnall 3, Houlihan 2, Fisher 2, Hickmott 2, Waite, Koutoufides;
ESS – Rioli 3, Lloyd 2, Cupido, Peverill, Hird, Lucas, Ramanauskas, M. Johnson, Solomon, Welsh
collingwood (2-0) vs geelong (0-2) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
for three quarters it looked like a big upset was brewing with geelong leading but not by much 8 unanswered goals to collingwood in the last set up a 47 point win. collingwood (3-0) have the grand final rematch against brisbane on easter thursday night in brisbane. geelong (0-3) host melbounre on saturday afternoon
COL 4.2 5.4 10.5 18.8 (116)
GEEL 4.4 6.5 10.8 10.9 (69)
GOALS: COL – Rocca 4, Tarrant 4, Didak 3, Davis 2, Woewodin, Freeborn, Burns, Williams, Johnson; GEEL – Chapman 2, Mooney 2, Kingsley 2, White, Riccardi, Corey, Milburn
west coast (1-1) vs st kilda (1-1) subiaco saturday afternoon 340pm
phillip matera still has it with 7 goals as west coast continue the perth teams home dominance by 70 points over st kilda who still haven’t improved much from their 2000 wooden spoon yet. west coast (2-1) travel to adeliade to play adeliade sunday afternoon. st kilda (1-2) host richmond at telstra dome easter monday.
WCE 5.6 12.10 17.14 21.18 (144)
STK 2.3 5.5 8.6 11.8 (74)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 7, Sampi 3, Kerr 3, Cousins 2, Judd 2, Haines 2, Wirrpunda, Embley;
StK – Gehrig 3, Montagna 2, Hayes 2, Harvey, Riewoldt, Peckett, Milne
kangaroos (2-0) vs brisbane (2-0) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
the first draw of the year saw aregining premiers brisbane stunned by the roos to a draw kangaroos (2-1-0) play freemantle in perth sunday afternoon brisbane (2-1-0) host collingwood on holy thursday.
KANG 4.1 9.4 13.9 16.13 (109)
BRIS 4.4 8.7 12.9 16.13 (109)
GOALS: KANG – Morrell 5, Harding 3, Rocca, King 2, Grant, Brown, Petrie, Clayton; BRIS – Voss 5, Leppitsch 3, White, Power 2, Notting, Akermanis, Pike, Bradshaw
port (0-2) vs hawthorn (1-1) aami stadium saturday night 740pm
a first half blow out especially in the second quarter lead by future hawthorn player shaun brygone port opened their account with a 57 point win over the hawks. port (1-2) play carlton at optus oval (who are coached by their bogie coach) easter sunday. hawthorn (1-2) host sydney on saturday night at the g.
PA 5.3 12.11 15.12 19.14 (128)
HAW 3.0 3.1 7.4 11.5 (71)
GOALS: PA – S. Burgoyne 5, Schofield 3, C. Cornes 3, K. Cornes, James, Thurstans, Salopek, Pickett, Guerra, Wanganeen, Cochrane; HAW – Barlow 3, Dixon 3, Lekkas 2, Vandenberg, Picioane, Mitchell
sydney (1-1) vs adelaide (1-1) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
the unusal history between these two clubs continue with the crows holding on for a 27 point win in sydney. sydney (1-2) play hawthorn at the g saturday night adeliade (2-1) host west coast on sunday afternoon.
ADE 6.6 11.8 13.11 15.13 (103)
SYD 2.3 4.5 9.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: ADE – Stevens 4, Ladhams 3, Ricciuto 3, Edwards 2, Bode, Gallagher, Reilly; SYD – Hall 2, Maxfield 2, Fosdike, Kennelly, Nicks, Bolton, Kirk, Schneider, Goodes
melbourne (1-1) vs bulldogs (1-1) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
melbourne star david neitz kept his colemen medal form going in a 32 point win over the bulldogs. Melbourne (2-1) play geelong at skilled on saturday afternoon. bulldogs (1-2) host essendon at telstra dome saturday night.
MELB 7.2 11.5 17.6 20.7 (127)
WB 2.3 6.6 10.8 14.11 (95)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 7, Robertson 3, White 3, Green 2, Bruce 2, Bizzell, Jolly, Yze;
WB – Giansiracusa 4, Brown 4, Murphy 2, Garlick 2, Johnson, Bowden
richmond (1-1) vs freemantle (1-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
freos road woes continue with a 8 goal loss to richmond. Richmond (2-1) play st kilda at telstra dome easter monday. freemantle (1-2) host kangaroos sunday afternoon.
RICH 4.0 9.5 11.7 14.10 (94)
FRE 2.4 4.6 5.6 6.10 (46)
GOALS: RICH – Rodan 3, Coughlan 2, Bowden 2, Fiora, Houlihan, Campbell, Cameron, Fleming, Stafford, Hilton; FRE – Pavlich, McManus, Farmer, Headland, Carr T. Longmuir
ladder
COL 3 0 0 317 226 140.27 12
BRIS 2 0 1 299 246 121.54 10
KANG 2 0 1 299 250 119.60 10
WC 2 1 0 355 239 148.54 8
ADE 2 1 0 339 264 128.41 8
RICH 2 1 0 271 229 118.34 8
MELB 2 1 0 308 307 100.33 8
SYD 1 2 0 282 261 108.05 4
PA 1 2 0 278 279 99.64 4
WB 1 2 0 314 329 95.44 4
ESS 1 2 0 267 284 94.01 4
HAW 1 2 0 262 323 81.11 4
CARL 1 2 0 268 347 77.23 4
FRE 1 2 0 221 299 73.91 4
STK 1 2 0 243 331 73.41 4
GEE 0 3 0 231 340 67.94 0
goals
David Neitz (MELB) 13
Matera (WCE) 12
Brown (WB) 12
Fevola (CARL) 11
Milne (STK) 10
Green (MELB) 9
S. Burgoyne (PA) 9
Hall (SYD) 9
Lloyd (ESS) 9
Morrell (KANG) 9
Stevens (ADE) 8
Edwards (ADE) 7
Hickmott (CARL) 7
Power (BRIS) 7
Voss (BRIS) 7
round 4 matches
thursday
brisbane vs collingwood G (N) 840pm
saturday
geelong vs melbourne SS 210pm
bulldogs vs essendon TD (N) 710pm
hawthorn vs sydney MCG (N) 710pm
sunday
adelaide vs west coast AAMI 110pm
carlton vs port OO 210pm
freemantle vs kangaroos S 340pm
monday
st kilda vs richmond TD 210pm
Harrison’s world 