brisbane (runners up 2004) vs stkilda (prelim finalist 2004) gabba thursday night 840pm
a strong finish opened brisbanes season by 23 points over st kilda. Brisbane (1-0) travel to adeliaed to play port saturday night in the gf rematch. st kilda (0-1) host freemantle in tasmania sunday afternoon.
BRIS 4.1 10.5 14.5 18.8 (116)
STK 2.4 6.6 12.11 13.15 (93)
GOALS: BRIS – Brennan 4, Bradshaw 2, Keating 2, Akermanis 2, McGrath 2, Pike 2, Copeland, Voss, Lappin, Adcock; STK – Riewoldt 3, Milne 3, Hamill 2, Harvey 2, Fiora, Ball, Thompson
kangaroos (10th 2004) vs carlton (11th 2004) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm]
kangaroos opened their account with a 20 point win over preseason premiers carlton. kangaroos (1-0) host sydney in canberra saturday afternoon. carlton (0-1) host essendon at the g friday night.
KANG 3.4 6.6 10.7 16.9 (105)
CARL 3.5 5.8 7.10 12.13 (85)
GOALS: KANG – Rocca 4, Corey Jones 2, Wells 2, Firrito, Hale, B. Harvey, Petrie, Rawlings, Sinclair, Stevens, Thompson; CARL – Fevola 3, Betts 2, Waite 2, Davies, Houlihan, Koutoufides, Scotland, Whitnall
melbourne (elim finalist 2004) vs essendon (semi finalist 2004) mcg saturday night 710pm
melbourne farewelled troy brodbridge who died in the off season by beating essendon by 46 points getting revenge for the elim final. Melbourne (1-0) play bulldogs at telstra dome saturday afternoon. essendon (0-1) face carlton at the g friday night.
MELB 3.2 9.8 12.11 15.13 (103)
ESS 3.4 6.6 6.8 8.9 (57)
GOALS: MELB – Yze 4, Miller 2, Davey 2, Neitz, Green, Moloney, McDonald, Robertson, White, Johnstone; ESS – Lucas 3, Henneman 2, Winderlich, J. Johnson, Stanton
freemantle (9th 2004) vs port (premiers 2004) subiaco saturday night 740pm
ports first title defence didn’t start according to plan with a 35 point loss to freo in perth. Freemantle (1-0) face st kilda at tasmania sunday afternoon. Port (0-1) host brisbane in the gf rematch saturday night.
FRE 4.3 6.5 10.9 13.10 (88)
PA 2.1 5.5 6.6 7.11 (53)
GOALS: FRE – Pavlich 3, Medhurst 2, Woods 2, M. Carr, Murphy, Farmer, Headland, Longmuir, Black; PA – Primus 2, K. Cornes, Montgomery, Thurstans, Cochrane, Dew
sydney (semi finalist 2004) vs hawthorn (15th 2004) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
in buddys debut at hawthorn and alistar clarksons first game as coach the hawks got destroyed by sydney by 63 points. sydney (1-0) face kangaroos in canberra saturday afternoon. hawthorn (0-1) host richmond at the g sunday afternoon.
SYD 4.1 9.4 12.8 18.10 (118)
HAW 2.1 3.4 4.6 8.7 (55)
GOALS: SYD – Davis 4, Hall 3, Jolly 3, C. Bolton, Williams, J. Bolton, Doyle, O’Keefe, Bevan, McVeigh, Schneider; HAW – Dixon 2, Everitt, Crawford, Holland, Ladson, Jacobs, Williams
richmond (last 2004) vs geelong (prelim finalist 2004) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
geelong handed richmond loss number 15 in a row by 62 points in a shootout at the g. richmond (0-1) play hawthorn at the g sunday afternoon. geelong (1-0) travel to perth to play west coast saturday night.
GEEL 6.2 12.6 19.10 25.10 (160)
RICH 4.3 6.5 9.6 15.8 (98)
GOALS: GEEL – Kingsley 4, Mackie 3, Ottens 3, Playfair 2, Ablett 2, Kelly 2, Enright 2, Byrnes 2, Bartel, Riccardi, Ling, Koulouriotis, Chapman; RICH – Brown 3, Pettifer 3, Richardson 3, Gaspar, Krakouer, Graham, Tuck, Chaffey, Campbell
adelaide (12th 2004) vs west coast (elim finalist 2004) aami stadium sunday afternoon 240pm
west coast got an away win over adelaide by 11 points. adelaide (0-1) face collingwood at telstra dome sunday afternoon. west coast (1-0) host geelong saturday night.
WCE 1.1 3.4 6.5 9.10 (64)
ADE 3.3 5.7 7.9 7.11 (53)
GOALS: WCE – A. Embley 3, Gardiner, Cox, Sampi, Hansen, Matera, Hunter; ADE – Welsh 3, Edwards, Skipworth, Perrie, Burton
collingwood (12th 2004) vs bulldogs (14th 2004) mcg monday afternoon 210pm
bulldogs stun collingwood by 32 points to open their season. Collingwood (0-1) host adeliade at telstra dome sunday afternoon. bulldogs (1-0) host melbourne saturday afternoon at telstra dome.
WB 3.7 8.7 9.14 16.16 (112)
COL 5.4 9.7 11.11 11.14 (80)
GOALS: WB – Darcy 3, Birss, Cooney 2, Hahn 2, Johnson 2, Bowden, Eagleton, Gilbee, Murphy, Ray; COL – Caracella 2, Davis 2, Lockyer 2, Morrison, O’Bree, Rocca, Tarrant, Walker
ladder
SYD 1 0 118 55 214.55 4
MELB 1 0 103 57 180.70 4
FRE 1 0 88 53 166.04 4
GEEL 1 0 160 98 163.27 4
WB 1 0 112 80 140.00 4
BRIS 1 0 116 93 124.73 4
KANG 1 0 105 85 123.53 4
WCE 1 0 64 53 120.75 4
ADE 0 1 53 64 82.81 0
CARL 0 1 85 105 80.95 0
STK 0 1 93 116 80.17 0
COL 0 1 80 112 71.43 0
RICH 0 1 98 160 61.25 0
PA 0 1 53 88 60.23 0
ESS 0 1 57 103 55.34 0
HAW 0 1 55 118 46.61 0
goals
Jared Brennan (BIRS) 4
Kent Kingsley (GEEL) 4
Sav Rocca (KANG) 4
Adem Yze MELB) 4
Nick Davis (SYD) 4
Scott Welsh (ADE) 3
Brendan Fevola (CARL) 3
Scott Lucas (ESS) 3
Matthew Pavlich (FRE) 3
Brad Ottens (GEEL) 3
round 2 matches
friday
carlton vs essendon MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
kangaroos vs sydney MO 210pm
bulldogs vs melbourne TD 210pm
port vs brisbane AAMI (N) 740pm
west coast vs geelong S (N) 740pm
sunday
st kilda vs freemantle YP 110pm
collingwood vs adelaide TD 210pm
hawthorn vs richmond MCG 210pm
Harrison’s world 