essendon (1-0) vs port (1-0) colonial friday night
essendon got revenge for their preseason failures by 38 points over port who despite starting and finishing well never stood a chance. essendon (2-0) face carlton at the g holy thursday. port (1-1) face adeliade in the showdown easter sunday.
ESS 7.4 11.6 18.7 23.7 (145)
PA 3.1 6.4 9.6 16.11 (107)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 4, Hird 3, McVeigh 3, Caracella 2, Fletcher 2, Lucas, Wellman, Jacobs, Solomon, Barnes, Ramanauskas, Barnard, Alessio, M. Johnson; PA – Dew 6, Cockatoo-Collins 4, Tredrea 3, James, Carr, Francou
BEST: ESS – Hird, McVeigh, Fletcher, Wellman, Caracella, Misiti; PA – Dew, Cockatoo-Collins, Francou, Kingsley, Primus
INJURY: ESS – Rioli (hamstring); PA -Wilson (knock to head)
REPORTS: PA – Francou (striking)
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Morris, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 34,918 at Colonial Stadium
carlton (1-0) vs hawthorn (1-0) optus oval saturday afternoon
after a slow start 14 goals to 2 at one point got the hawks a 26 point upset winover carlton at a ground they hadn’t won at in 10 years. hawthorn (2-0) face freemanlte in perth easter sunday. carlton (1-1) host essendon holy thursday.
HAW 5.2 8.5 15.7 16.11 (107)
CARL 4.5 4.9 6.12 11.15 (81)
GOALS: HAW – Barker 3, Hay 2, Chick 2, Croad 2, Crawford, Picioane, Lord, Bowyer, Clarke, Lekkas, Rehn; CARL – Hickmott 2, Camporeale 2, Fevola 2, Beaumont 2, Silvagni, Lappin, Allan
BEST: HAW – Hay, Chick, Croad, Thompson, Harford, McPharlin; CARL – Koutoufides, Hickmott, Ratten
INJURY: HAW – Holland (thigh), Harford (concussion), Woods (hamstring), Chick (ankle); CARL – Hickmott (cut eye)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Howlett, Coates
ATTENDANCE: 27,597 at Optus Oval
richmond (1-0) vs bulldogs (0-1) mcg saturday afternoon
a infamous brawl didn’t hurt the bulldogs in a 7 goal win over richmond. bulldogs (1-1) host collingwood saturday night at colonial. richmond (1-1) host brisbane at the g saturday afternoon.
WB 4.0 7.2 11.6 17.9 (111)
RICH 2.4 4.7 5.9 9.15 (69)
GOALS: WB – Grant 4, Smith 3, Johnson 2, Hudson 2, Bartlett 2, West, Darcy, Brown, Romero; RICH – Richardson 2, Hilton, D. Kellaway, Ottens, Dragicevic, Fiora, Hall, Gale
BEST: WB – Smith, West, Grant, Johnson, Harrison, Croft, Cox; RICH – Hilton, Tivendale, Cameron, D. Kellaway, Richardson
INJURY: RICH – Bourke (knee) replaced in selected side by M Dragicevic, Ottens, (ankle), Daffy (strained knee), Holland (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: McLaren, Rosebury, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 36,427 at MCG
collingwood (0-1) vs freemantle (0-1) colonial stadium saturday night
collingwood win just their third out of 19 games with a buckley lead 17 point win over freo. collingwood (1-1) play bulldogs saturday night at colonial. freemantle (0-2) host hawthorn sunday afternoon.
COL 3.3 7.7 12.11 15.15 (105)
FRE 3.3 5.5 8.9 13.10 (88)
GOALS: COL – Fraser 4, Holland 3, Rintoul 2, Buckley, Dimattina, Freeborn, Molloy, Steinfort, Tarrant; FRE – Pavlich 5, Modra 3, Bell, Carr, Cook, Haselby, J. Longmuir
BEST: COL – Buckley, Fraser, Tarrant, O’Bree, Licuria, Richardson; FRE – Bootsma, Bell, J. Longmuir, Pavlich, Jones
INJURY: COL – urns (back related hamstring) A Ukovic (hamstring).
UMPIRES: McBurney, Hanley, Harvey
ATTENDANCE: 26,067 at Colonial
adelaide (0-1) vs melbourne (0-1) football park saturday night
a after the siren get out of jail card got melbourne a 3 point win over adeliade with lionchelli the hero. melbourne (1-1) host geelong easter monday. adeliade (0-2) host port easter sunday.
MELB 3.3 9.6 11.10 12.11 (83)
ADE 2.3 3.7 7.11 11.14 (80)
GOALS: MELB – Robertson 3, Schwarz 2, Bruce 2, Leoncelli 2, Neitz, Yze, Beams; ADE – Welsh 4, Robran, Stenglein, Bode, McLeod, Ladhams, Edwards, Goodwin
BEST: MELB – Leoncelli, Robertson, Yze, Schwarz, A. McDonald, White; ADE -Welsh, Bickley, Ladhams, Shirley, Edwards, Goodwin
UMPIRES: McKenzie, Rowe, James
ATTENDANCE: 35,653 at Football Park
brisbane (0-1) vs kangaroos (0-1) gabba sunday
the roos fall from grace has started with a 10 goal loss to brisbane. brisbane (1-1) play richmond at the g saturday. kanagaroos (0-2) host sydney in a “home” game in sydney saturday night.
BRIS 3.8 7.13 13.14 17.16 (118)
KANG 2.3 6.6 7.8 8.10 (58)
GOALS: BRIS – Keating 3, Leppitsch 3, Cupido 2, Michael 2, Ashcroft, Black, Notting, Picken, Robbins, Scott, Voss; KANG – Rocca 5, Clayton 2, McCartney
BEST: BRIS – Keating, Brown, Ashcroft, Hart, Michael, Voss; KANG – Stevens, Harris, Pickett, Rocca
INJURY: BRIS – Leppitsch (shoulder)
UMPIRES: Ellis, Sheehan, Nash
ATTENDANCE: 2970 at the Gabba
st kilda (1-0) vs geelong (1-0) colonial sunday
8 goals to 1 in the third term got geelong a 29 point win over st kilda. geelong (2-0) face melbourne easter monday. st kilda (1-1) host west coast sunday.
GEEL 2.4 4.6 12.10 17.13 (115)
StK 6.1 8.4 9.8 13.8 (86)
GOALS: GEEL – Burns 5, Mensch 3, J. Mooney 2, White 2, Houlihan, Kilpatrick, Milburn, Riccardi, Snell; StK – Hamill 3, Harvey 3, Callaghan 2, Everitt 2, Beetham, Loewe, Moyle
BEST: GEEL – King, Burns, Scarlett, Milburn, Mensch, Spriggs, J. Mooney, White; StK – Harvey, Loewe, Moyle, Callaghan
UMPIRES: Allen, Dore, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 33687
west coast (0-1) vs sydney (1-0) subiaco sunday
a late fightback didn’t give the eagles the win in a 15 point loss to sydney. sydney (2-0) play kangaroos saturday night. west coast (0-2) face st kilda on the road sunday.
SYD 4.2 12.8 14.9 15.14 (104)
WCE 3.1 5.3 10.8 13.11 (89)
GOALS: SYD – Ahmat 3, Goodes, 3, Ball 2, O’Loughlin 2, Cresswell, Kirk, Schauble, Stafford, Williams; WCE – Taylor 3, Wilson 2, Braun, Fletcher, Gardiner, Kerr, McIntosh, Merenda, Prior, Wirrpunda
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 291 | 168 | 173.21% | 8 |
| 2 | Geelong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 135 | 170.37% | 8 |
| 3 | Sydney | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 163 | 141.10% | 8 |
| 4 | Hawthorn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 162 | 118.52% | 8 |
| 5 | Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 211 | 157 | 134.39% | 4 |
| 6 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 218 | 181 | 120.44% | 4 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 173 | 107.51% | 4 |
| 8 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 203 | 214 | 94.86% | 4 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 222 | 89.19% | 4 |
| 10 | Carlton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 225 | 88.89% | 4 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 186 | 214 | 86.92% | 4 |
| 12 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 238 | 86.55% | 4 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 224 | 91.96% | 0 |
| 14 | Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 209 | 73.68% | 0 |
| 15 | West Coast | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 219 | 63.01% | 0 |
| 16 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 264 | 45.08% | 0 |
goals
| GOALS | ||
| Grant | (WB) | 8 |
| Lloyd | (ESS) | 8 |
| Modra | (FRE) | 8 |
| Che C-C | (PA) | 7 |
| Dew | (PA) | 7 |
| Pavlich | (FRE) | 7 |
| Richardson | (RICH) | 7 |
| Fraser | (COL) | 6 |
| Schwarz | (MELB) | 6 |
| Welsh | (ADE) | 6 |
| Barnard | (ESS) | 5 |
| Everitt | (STK) | 5 |
| Johnson | (WB) | 5 |
| Cresswell | (SYD) | 4 |
| Cupido | (BRIS) | 4 |
round 3 matches easter round
thursday
carlton v essendon MCG (N)
saturday
richmond v brisbane MCG
bulldogs v collingwood CS (N)
kangaroos vs sydney SCG (N)
sunday
adeliade vs port FP
st kilda vs west coast CS
freemantle vs hawthorn S
monday
melbourne v geelong MCG
Harrison’s world 