richmond (13th 2003) vs collingwood (runners-up 2003) mcg friday night 740pm
richmond opened their season stunning collingwood by 40 points at the g in the traditional opener at the time. Richmond (1-0) play melbourne at the g friday night collingwood (0-1) host bulldogs at the g saturday afternoon.
RICH 2.5 6.7 11.9 14.13 (97)
COL 1.2 3.3 5.6 8.9 (57)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Brown 2, Coughlan, Hall, Tivendale, Zantuck, Krakouer, Rodan, A. Kellaway; COL – Woewodin 2, Didak 2, Johnson, Buckley, Tarrant, Davis
hawthorn (9th 2003) vs melbourne (14th 2003) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
despite poor kicking hawthorn destoryed melbourne by 49 points to continue where they left off last time. Hawthorn (1-0) host kangaroos sunday afternoon at the g. Melbourne (0-1) host richmond friday night at the g to return to form.
HAW 2.7 5.12 11.13 17.17 (119).
MELB 1.2 4.2 6.5 10.10 (70).
GOALS: HAW – Williams 4, Thompson 3, Everitt 2, Brown 2, Crawford, Jacobs, Graham, Cox, Vandenberg, Dixon; MELB – Green 2, Godfrey 2, Johnstone, Holland, Miller, Davey, Wheatley, Whelan
freemantle (elim finalist 2003) vs cartlon (15th 2003) subiaco saturday afternoon 410pm
freemantle return to home dominance with a 47 point win over carlton who have now lost 11 straight from last time. Freemantle (1-0) play sydney on the road sunday afternoon. Carlton (0-1) host geelong at optus oval sunday afternoon.
FRE 5.3 9.9 13.12 15.17 (107)
CARL 3.1 5.6 8.9 8.12 (60)
GOALS: FRE – Medhurst 4, Farmer 3, Schammer 2, Bell 2, Pavlich, Carr, Hasleby, Browne;
CARL – Fevola 3, Camporeale, Morrell, Scotland, Kenna, Lappin
st kilda (11th 2003) vs geelong (12th 2003) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
after a close start st kilda destroyed geelong in the rematch of the preseason final by 61 points lead by fraser gehrig 7 goals. St kilda (1-0) play essendon at telstra dome saturday night. Geelong (0-1) play carlton at optus oval sunday afternoon.
STK 3.0 8.2 16.4 19.8 (122)
GEE 4.1 5.4 6.7 9.7 (61)
GOALS: StK – Gehrig 7, Milne 4, Hamill 3, Riewoldt 3, Thompson, Jones; GEEL – Playfair 2, Graham, Kelly, Corey, Riccardi, Kingsley, Milburn, Scarlett
brisbane (premiers 2003) vs sydney (prelim finalist 2003) gabba saturday night 710pm
brisbane started their title defence with a 2 point thrilling win over sydney. Brisbane (1-0) play adelaide on the road saturday afternoon. sydney (0-1) host freemantle sunday afternoon.
BRIS 1.3 5.6 8.12 11.14 (80)
SYD 4.3 8.7 8.11 11.12 (78)
GOALS: BRIS – Pike 3, McRae 2, Caracella, Brennan, Akermanis, Black, Keating, Leppitsch; SYD – Davis 4, Hall, McVeigh, Williams, O’Loughlin, Bolton, Crouch, Goodes
port (prelim finalists 2003) vs essendon (semi finalists 2003) aami stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
port destroyed essendon by 16 goals to open their season after failing to win in the first 2 rounds the previous two years. Port (1-0) play west coast in perth saturday night. essendon (0-1) host st kilda saturday night.
PA 2.6 7.13 15.16 23.20 (158)
ESS 1.5 2.6 6.12 8.14 (62)
GOALS: PA – Tredrea 6, Dew 6, Pickett 3, P Burgoyne 2, Cassisi, Wanganeen, S. Burgoyne, Brogan, C Cornes, Carr; ESS – Lloyd 4, Hird, Lucas, Misiti, Murphy
kangaroos (10th 2003) vs adelaide (semi finalists 2003) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
after a slow start the roos opened their season with a 75 point demolition of adeliade. kanagroos (1-0) play hawthorn at the g sunday afternoon. adeliade (0-1) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
ANG 2.3 8.5 17.7 23.11 (149)
ADE 4.7 4.11 9.13 10.14 (74)
GOALS: KANG – Brown 6, Jones 3, Grant 2, Wells 2, Motlop 2, B. Harvey 2, Rawlings, McKernan, Simpson, Petrie, Firrito, Makepeace; ADE – Doughty 2, Johncock 2, Ricciuto 2, Carey, Bode, Stenglein, Hentschel
bulldogs (last 2003) vs west coast (elim finalists 2003) telstra dome sunday afternoon 210pm
ex hawk jade rawlings 7 goals weren’t enough in a shoot out in a 7 point loss to west coast who got a rare away win. Bulldogs (0-1) play collingwood at the g saturday afternoon. West coast (1-0) host port saturday night.
WCE 5.5 11.8 15.10 22.12 (144)
WB 7.2 11.6 16.11 20.17 (137)
GOALS: WCE – Matera 5, Judd 4, Gardiner 3, Embley 2, Sampi 2, McDougall, Cox, Braun, Fletcher, Chick, Adkins; WB – Rawlings 7, Hahn 3, Murphy 2, Darcy 2, Johnson, Bowden, West, Cooney, Harrison, Street
ladder
PA 1 0 158 62 254.84 4
KANG 1 0 149 74 201.35 4
StK 1 0 122 61 200 4
FRE 1 0 107 60 178.33 4
RICH 1 0 97 57 170.18 4
HAW 1 0 119 70 170 4
WCE 1 0 144 137 105.11 4
BRIS 1 0 80 78 102.56 4
SYD 0 1 78 80 97.50 0
WB 0 1 137 144 95.14 0
MELB 0 1 70 119 58.82 0
COL 0 1 57 97 58.76 0
CARL 0 1 60 107 56.07 0
GEEL 0 1 61 122 50.00 0
ADEL 0 1 74 149 49.66 0
ESS 0 1 62 158 39.24 0
goals
Fraser Gehrig (STK) 7
Jade Rawlings (WB) 7
Stuart Dew PA 6
Warren Tredrea (PA) 6
Leigh Brown (KANG) 6
Matthew Richardson (RICH) 5
Phillip Matera (WCE) 5
Chris Judd (WCE) 4
Stephen Milne (StK) 4
Nick Davis (SYD) 4
Mark Williams (HAW) 4
Paul Medhurst (FRE) 4
Matthew Lloyd (ESS) 4
Brendan Fevola (CARL) 3
Martin Pike BRIS) 3
round 2 matches
friday
melbourne vs richmond MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
collingwood vs bulldogs MCG 210pm
adelaide vs brisbane AAMI 240pm
essendon vs st kilda TD (N) 710pm
west coast vs port S (N) 740pm
sunday
sydney vs freemantle SCG 110pm
carlton vs geelong OO 210pm
hawthorn vs kangaroos MCG 210pm
Harrison’s world 