kangaroos vs essendon mcg friday night
essendon started their title defence in style with an 85 point demoltion of the roos. essendon (1-0) host port friday night north (0-1) travel to brisbane sunday.
ESS 7.2 9.5 15.6 23.8 (146)
KANG 3.1 4.3 6.6 9.7 (61)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 4, Barnard 4, Blumfield 2, Alessio 2, Lucas 2, J. Johnson 2, Solomon, Hird, McVeigh, Bolton, Caracella, Ramanauskas, M. Johnson;
KANG – McKernan 2, Rocca, Harris, Makepeace, Archer, Cochrane, Grant, Motlop
BEST: ESS – Blumfield, Solomon, Misiti, Hird, Barnes, McVeigh, J. Johnson; KANG – Stevens, Blakey, Harris, Grant
INJURY KANG – Abraham (knee), Watt (concussion)
REPORTS: ESS – M. Johnson (Essendon) reported for striking Grant
hawthorn v collingwood mcg saturday
hawthorn scraped home against poor kicking collingwood by 4 points. hawthorn (1-0) play carlton at optus oval saturday. collingwood (0-1) host freemantle at colonial saturday night.
HAW 3.1 8.3 12.5 13.7 (85)
COL 4.3 6.8 8.15 11.15 (81)
GOALS: HAW – Holland 3, Harford 2, Dixon 2, Crawford, Chick, McPharlin, Thompson, Graham, Lekkas; COL – Molloy 3, Tarrant 2, Fraser 2, Freeborn, Ukovic, Rocca, Lockyer
BEST: HAW – Smith, Bowyer, Rawlings, Hay, Chick, Graham; COL -Lockyer, Molloy, Rintoul, Lonie, Buckley, Steinfort
REPORTS: HAW – Lord for wrestling Burns; COL – Burns wrestling Lord; Rintoul for charging Holland
UMPIRES: Ellis, Sheehan, Nash
ATTENDANCE: 52,190 at MCG.
bulldogs vs st kilda colonial stadium saturday night
st kilda scraped home against the bulldogs by 5 points. st kilda (1-0) host geelong sunday bulldogs (0-1) play richmond at the g saturday afternoon.
St K 5.5 9.6 15.11 16.16 (112)
WB 2.4 10.6 14.9 16.11 (107)
GOALS: StK – Everitt 5, Burke 2, Hayes 2, Traianidis 2, Callaghan, Capuano, Beetham, Loewe, Harvey; WB – Grant 4, Hunter 4, Johnson 3, Dimattina 2, Murphy, Garlick, Darcy
BEST: STK – Everitt, Callaghan, Harvey, Burke, Beetham, Plapp; WB – Grant, Smith, Darcy, Liberatore, Hunter
INJURY: StK – Gale (bruised knee), Baker (cramp)
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Rowe, James
ATTENDANCE: 30,047 at Colonial Stadium
freemantle vs carlton subiaco saturday night
carlton came from 32 down at 1/2 time to beat freo by 1 point. carlton (1-0) host hawthorn saturday. freemantle (0-1) play collingwood at colonial saturday night.
CARL 3.3 5.5 12.6 18.11 (119)
FRE 3.3 10.17 13.8 18.10 (118)
GOALS: CARL – Lappin 3, Koutoufides 3, Hotton 2, Whitnall 2, Backwell 2, Silvagni, Ratten, Bradley, Fevola, Hulme, Houlihan: FRE – Modra 5, Black 2, Koops 2, Pavlich 2, Cook 2, Toia, Hasleby, McManus, Woods, Bootsma
BEST: CARL – Koutoufides, Allen, Ratten, Silvagni, Bradley, Backwell; FRE – Fletcher, Cook, Jones, Hasleby, Modra, Pavlich
INJURY: FRE -Bell (knee), Toia (dislocated elbow)
Bell should be OK for next week, but Toia will be out for 2 months.
UMPIRES: McClaren, Rosebury, McEnreny
ATTENDANCE: 23,716 at Subiaco
port vs brisbane football park saturday night
a 10 goal 3rd term saw port overrun brisbane by 1 goal. port (1-0) play essendon friday night. brisbane (0-1) host kangaroos sunday.
PA 0.3 3.7 13.12 14.15 (99)
BRIS 3.3 7.5 11.5 14.9 (93)
GOALS: PA – Cockatoo-Collins 3, Guerra 3, Francis 2, Schofield, Dew, Lockwood, Mead, C. Cornes, Wanganeen; BRIS – Cupido 4, Brown 2, Leppitsch 2, Ashcroft, Lynch, Black, Keating, Bradshaw, McDonald
BEST: PA – Primus, Carr, Schofield, Francou, Cockatoo-Collins, Guerra; BRIS – Lappin, Keating, Cupido, Black, Brown, Leppitsch
UMPIRES: Allen, Dore, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 25,948 at Football Park
sydney vs adeliade scg sunday
sydney started strong with a 52 point win over adelaide. sydney (1-0) travel to play west coast sunday. adeliade (0-1) host melbourne saturday night.
SYD 4.3 9.4 16.9 19.12 (126)
ADE 4.1 6.4 7.6 10.14 (74)
GOALS: SYD – Cresswell 4, Ball 3, Goodes 3, Ahmat 2, O’Loughlin 2, Williams, Bolton, Schauble, Crouch, Kirk; ADE – Stenglein 2, Welsh 2, Perrie 2, Hewitt, Edwards, McLeod, Ricciuto
BEST: SYD – Cresswell, Dunkley, Schwass, Crouch, Warfe, Maxfield; ADE – Edwards, Bickley, Goodwin, Ricciuto, Perrie
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Morris, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 31,174 at SCG
geelong vs west coast skiled stadium sunday
geelong destroy west coast by 11 goals. geelong (1-0) face st kilda at colonial sunday. west coast (0-1) host sydney sunday.
GEEL 3.4 7.7 12.9 17.3 (115)
WCE 3.0 3.2 4.2 7.7 (49)
Goals: GEEL – Bizzell 3, King 2, Snell 2, Burns 2, Clarke 2, Hocking 2, Houlihan, Riccardi, White, Murphy; WCE – Cummings 3, Fletcher, Jones, Merenda, Kerr
Best: GEEL – Riccardi, Bizzell, Sholl, Snell, Graham, Murphy; WCE – McIntosh, Kerr, Cummings, Cousins, Pet. Matera
INJURY: WCE – Sierakowski (concussion and bruised knee); Cummings (ankle and knee), Glass (ankle)
REPORTS: GEEL – King for striking Sierakowski, Murphy for striking Cousins
UMPIRES: McBurney, Hanley, Harvey
ATTENDANCE: 21,409 at Shell Stadium
melbourne v richmond mcg sunday
richmond stun melbourne by 31 points at the g. richmond (1-0) host bulldogs saturday. melborune (0-1) play adelaide saturday night on the road.
RICH 7.1 12.8 15.10 20.14 (134)
MELB 3.3 6.6 10.12 15.13 (103)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 5, Ottens 3, Campbell 3, Hilton 2, Rogers 2, Daffy 2, Bowden, Knights, Gale; MELB – Schwarz 4, Yze 3, Green 2, Neitz, Beams, Bruce, Leoncelli, Walsh, A. McDonald
BEST: RICH – Campbell, Knights, Hilton, Richardson, Daffy, Ottens, Bowden; MELB – Schwarz, Bruce, Leoncelli, Yze, Beams
INJURY: RICH – King (strained foot)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Vozzo, Humphery-Smith
ATTENDANCE: 44,466 at MCG.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 61 | 239.34% | 4 |
| 2 | Geelong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 49 | 234.69% | 4 |
| 3 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 74 | 170.27% | 4 |
| 4 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 103 | 130.10% | 4 |
| 5 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 93 | 106.45% | 4 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 81 | 104.94% | 4 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 107 | 104.67% | 4 |
| 8 | Carlton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 118 | 100.85% | 4 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 119 | 99.16% | 0 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 112 | 95.54% | 0 |
| 11 | Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 85 | 95.29% | 0 |
| 12 | Brisbane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 99 | 93.94% | 0 |
| 13 | Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 134 | 76.87% | 0 |
| 14 | Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 126 | 58.73% | 0 |
| 15 | West Coast | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 115 | 42.61% | 0 |
| 16 | Nth Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 146 | 41.78% | 0 |
goals
Peter Everitt (St.K) 5
Tony Modra (Fre) 5
Paul Barnard (Ess) 4
Damian Cupido (Bris) 4
Chris Grant (WB) 4
Kingsley Hunter (WB) 4
Matthew Lloyd (Ess) 4
Cockatoo-Collins (PA) 3
Brent Guerra (Port) 3
Nick Holland (Haw) 3
Brad Johnson (WB) 3
Matthew Lappin (Carl) 3
Jarrod Molloy (Coll) 3
Steven Alessio (Ess) 2
Brett Backwell (Carl) 2
round 2 matches
friday
essendon v port CS (N)
saturday
carlton v hawthorn OO
richmond v bulldogs MCG
collingwood v freemantle CS (N)
adeliade v melbourne FP (N)
sunday
brisbane v kangaroos G
st kilda v geelong CS
west coast v sydney S
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