richmond v melbourne mcg wenesday night march 8 2000
ben holland kicked the first goal of 2000 as ricmhond held on for a 2 point win over melbourne who have now lost 10 straight from 1999. richmond (1-0) face essendon thursday night melbourne (0-1) face kangaroos in a home game friday night.
Rich 7.1 11.6 14.7 14.10 (94)
Melb 4.3 6.6 10.9 13.14 (92)
Goals: Rich Richardson 3, Hol land 3, Dragicevic 2, Rogers, D Kellaway, Bowden, Sampson, Torney, Knights Melb Farmer 2, Yze 2, S Febey 2, Cook 2, Johnstone 2, Bruce, Robertson, Grgic.
Best:Rich Gaspar, Knights, D Kellaway, Campbell, Daffy, Cameron, Torney Melb A McDonald, White, Powell, S Febey, J McDonald.
Injuries:Melb: Chisholm (corked quad), White (cut shin), Schwarz (finger), Ingerson (cut forehead).
Report: Melb Anthony McDonald for allegedly wrestling Clay Sampson (Richmond).
UMPIRES: Dore, Coates, McKenzie.
CROWD: 41,648 at the MCG.
essendon vs port colonial stadium thursday night march 9 2000
in the first game at the new stadium essendon smashed port by 94 points to open what would be a dominate year. michael long kicked the first goal at the ground for essendon. essendon (1-0) host richmond thursday night. port (0-1) host freemantle saturday night.
ESSENDON 4.4 11.5 17.7 24.12 (156)
PORT ADELAIDE 0.3 2.8 6.13 8.14 (62)
GOALS:Essendon Lloyd 7, Hird 4, Bewick 3, Long 2, J Johnson 2, Fletcher, Heffernan, Rioli, Mercuri, Barnard, Misiti. Port Adelaide Morton 2, Tredrea, Wanganeen, Burgoyne, Francou, Cockatoo-Collins, Paxman.
BEST: Essendon Hird, Misiti, Lloyd, Wallis, J Johnson, Fletcher, Hardwick. Port Adelaide Wanganeen, Mead, James, Cockatoo-Collins, Francou.
INJURIES:Essendon Lloyd (cheekbone).
UMPIRES: Allen, McLaren, Nash.
CROWD: 43,012 at Colonial Stadium.
kangaroos vs west coast mcg friday night march 10 2000
norths title defence took a hit already in a 43 point loss to west coast who many thought had peaked after making the 8 every year in the 90s but ended 99 badly despite being a finalist. kangaroos (0-1) face melbourne friday night. west coast (1-0) host sydney sunday afternoon.
WEST COAST 6.017.422.724.10(154)
KANGAROOS 3.49.712.1116.15(111)
GOALS:West Coast: Phil Matera 6, Cummings 5, Gehrig 4, Peter Matera 3, White 2, Gardiner, Fletcher, Rintoul, Turnbull. Kangaroos: Hewitt 3, Abraham 2, Calthorpe 2, Carey 2, Clayton 2, Blakey, Bell, Lange, McKernan, Burton.
BEST:West Coast: Peter Matera, Phil Matera, Gehrig, Cousins, Rintoul, Jakovich, Kemp. Kangaroos: Clayton, Hewitt, Harvey, Abraham.
INJURIES:West Coast: Embley (bruised ribs). Kangaroos: Scott (hamstring).
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Hanley, Vozzo.
CROWD: 20,580 at the MCG.
adelaide vs bulldogs football park saturday afternooin 320pm march 11 2000
bulldogs got a strong start to the season beating the crows by 23 points on the road. bulldogs (1-0) host brisbane sunday while adeliaide (0-1) face collingwood sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS 7.68.714.1519.17 (131)
ADELAIDE3.29.1111.1315.18 (108)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Grant 5, Hudson 2, Kolyniuk 2, Johnson 2, Smith 2, Garlick 2, Croft, Romero, West, Eagleton.
Adelaide: McLeod 3, Jarman 2, McGregor 2, Welsh 2, Robran, James, Edwards, Bickley, Smart, Vardy.
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Grant, West, Brown, Smith, Romero, Darcy, Liberatore.
Adelaide: Ricciuto, Bickley, Edwards, Smart, McLeod.
REPORT: Johnson (Western Bulldogs) by field umpire Sheehan at the end of the first quarter.
UMPIRES: B. Sheehan, Darren McCauley, T. Burton
CROWD: 37,133 at Football Park
freemantle vs geelong subiaco saturday night march 11 2000
freemantle where a long way from being competitive after a 22 point loss to geelong in a come from behind match. geelong (1-0) host st kilda saturday freemantle (0-1) travel to port saturday
GEELONG 3.3 7.7 11.11 19.15 (129)
FREMANTLE 4.4 9.5 10.9 16.11 (107)
GOALS:Geelong: Lynch 4, Hall 2, Stoneham 2, Burns 2, King, Snell 2, Graham, Riccardi, Mooney, Mensch, Sanderson, Hocking.
Fremantle: Modra 5, Dodd 2, Sinclair 2, Waterhouse 2, Hasleby, Kickett, Dodd, Parker, Koops.
BEST:Geelong: Lynch, Graham, King, Milburn, Riccardi, Sholl.
Fremantle: Michael, Hasleby, Walker, Sinclair, Bandy.
INJURIES:Fremantle: Norrish (thigh)
REPORTS: Mooney (Geelong) for tripping Hasleby (Fremantle)
CROWD: 21,103: At Subiaco
UMPIRES: McBurney, Ellis, Sercia
st kilda vs sydney colonial stadium sunday night march 12 2000
sydney startd strong with a 34 point win over st kilda. sydney (1-0) play west coast sunday st kilda (0-1) face geelong saturday.
SYDNEY 4.2 7.5 15.8 21.8 (134)
ST KILDA 2.3 8.5 10.8 15.10 (100)
GOALS: SYDNEY Fitzgerald 5, O’Loughlin 5, Goodes 3, Saddington, Schwass, Barry, Cresswell, Ahmat, Ball, Crouch, Dunkley ST KILDA Mitchell 5, Everitt 4, Loewe 3, Thompson, Plapp, Hall
BEST: SYDNEY O’Loughlin, Schauble, Goodes, Schwass, Stafford, Cresswell, Fitzgerald ST KILDA Mitchell, Delaney, Burke, McLaren, Everitt
INJURIES: ST KILDA Monkhorst (cut face)
REPORTS: Barry Hall (StK) for striking Andrew Dunkley in the first quarter
UMPIRES: Harvey, Wenn, Norden
CROWD: 31,440 at Colonial Stadium
carlton vs brisbane optus oval monday afternoon march 13 2000
brisbanes road trip started badly with a 40 point loss to carlton. carlton (1-0) host hawthorn sunday brisbane (0-1) face bulldogs sunday.
CARLTON 5. 2 11. 8 17.16 22.20 (152)
BRISBANE 3.10 7.11 11.13 16.16 (112)
GOALS Carlton Lappin 5, Fevola, Hulme 3, Hamill, Koutoufides 2,Ratten, Whitnall, Hickmott, Bradley, Fletcher, Hotton, Franchina. Brisbane Molloy 5, Bradshaw 4, Black 2, Power, Lawrence, Leppitsch, McKinnon, Carey.
BEST: Carlton Lappin, Bradley, Ratten, Camporeale, Mansfield, Hamill, Koutoufides. Brisbane Leppitsch, Akermanis, Ashcroft, Voss, Molloy.
INJURIES: Carlton O’Reilly (back) replaced in selected side by Fevola. Brisbane Lynch (illness) replaced in selected side by Bradshaw. McRae (groin).
UMPIRES: C Mitchell, R Kelsey, D Humphery-Smith.
CROWD: 22,294 at Optus Oval.
hawthorn vs collingwood mcg monday afternoon march 13 2000
a new coach new pies in a 54 point upset win over hawthorn as they try and redem themselves from the clubs 2nd wooden spoon the year before. collingwood (1-0) host adeliade sunday. hawthorn (0-1) face carlton sunday.
COLLINGWOOD 5.1 10.9 17.14 20.20 (140)
HAWTHORN 2.5 5.6 11.7 13.8 (86)
GOALS:Collingwood A Rocca 4, Buckley 3, Johnson 3, Williams 2, Adkins 2, Michael 2, O’Bree, Fraser, S Rocca, Burns. Hawthorn Holland 6, Graham 2, Barker 2, Crawford, Croad, Smith.
BEST Collingwood Buckley, A Rocca, O’Bree, Ukovic, Adkins, Williams, Prestigiacomo. Hawthorn: Holland, Hay, McCabe, Harford, Graham.
INJURIES Hawthorn Chick (ankle), Barlow (heat exhaustion).
UMPIRES Kennedy, Schmitt, McInerney.
CROWD 53,776 at the MCG.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 62 | 251.61% | 4 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 86 | 162.79% | 4 |
| 3 | West Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 111 | 138.74% | 4 |
| 4 | Carlton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 112 | 135.71% | 4 |
| 5 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 100 | 134.00% | 4 |
| 6 | Wstn Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 108 | 121.30% | 4 |
| 7 | Geelong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 107 | 120.56% | 4 |
| 8 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 92 | 102.17% | 4 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 94 | 97.87% | 0 |
| 10 | Fremantle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 129 | 82.95% | 0 |
| 11 | Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108 | 131 | 82.44% | 0 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 134 | 74.63% | 0 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 152 | 73.68% | 0 |
| 14 | Nth Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 154 | 72.08% | 0 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 140 | 61.43% | 0 |
| 16 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 156 | 39.74% | 0 |
round 2 matches
thursday
essendon vs richmond MCG (N) 740pm
friday
melbourne vs kangaroos MCG (N) 740pm
saturday
geelong vs st kilda SS 210pm
port vs freemantle FP (N) 740pm
sunday
carlton vs hawthorn OO 1210pm
collingwood vs adeliade MCG 210pm
bulldogs vs brisbane CS 210pm
west coast vs sydney S (N) 840pm
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