carlton (1-1) vs essendon (2-0) mcg thursday night
a 6 unanswered goal finish saw carlton end essendons run on top of the ladder from round 16 1999 by 17 points. carlton (2-1) host adeliade saturday aftternoon. essendon (2-1) Travel to sydney friday night to play sydney.
CARL 3.2 5.6 8.9 14.9 (93)
ESS 3.3 6.6 10.8 11.10 (76)
GOALS: CARL – Camporeale 3, Fevola 3, Houlihan 3, Ratten 2, Whitnall, Lappin, Fletcher;
ESS – Lloyd 5, Misiti 3, Barnard 2, Solomon
BEST: CARL – Ratten, Camporeale, Porter, Hulme, Houlihan, Fevola; ESS -Hardwick, Lloyd, Misiti, M. Johnson, Wellman
INJURY: ESS – Misiti (knee)
Misiti tore cartilage in his knee, requiring arthroscopic surgery. He will miss 4-6 weeks.
REPORTS: CARLTON -Camporeale (wrestling); ESS – Lloyd (engaging in rough play), McVeigh (wrestling)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Rowe, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 53,088 at MCG
richmond (1-1) vs brisbane (1-1) mcg saturday
an 8 goal to 2 third quarter set richmond up for a 22 point win over brisbane. richmond (2-1) play collingwood at the g friday night. brisbane (1-2) face bulldogs at colonial saturday afternoon.
RICH 3.4 5.8 13.11 17.14 (116)
BRIS 3.3 6.5 8.7 14.10 (94)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 3, Hall 3, Hilton 2, Rogers 2, Fiora 2, Cameron 2, Campbell, Bowden, Holland; BRIS – Keating 4, Brown 2, Cupido 2, Voss, Notting, Akermanis, Black, Clarke, Lappin
BEST: RICH – Cameron, Tivendale, Bowden, Richardson, Fiora, D. Kellaway, Hall;
BRIS – Voss, Scott, Notting, Lappin, Cupido
INJURY: RICH – Torney (ankle); BRIS – Leppitsch (hamstring), Hart (foot)
UMPIRES: Goldspink, James, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 31,688 at MCG
bulldogs (1-1) vs collingwood (1-1) colonial saturday night
a 10 goal third term set up a 12 goal win for collingwood over the bulldogs. collingwood (2-1) host richmond friday night. bulldogs (1-2) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
COL 5.2 9.9 19.11 23.15 (153)
WB 6.4 8.5 9.6 12.9 (81)
GOALS: COL – Tarrant 5, Clement 3, Buckley 2, N. Davis 2, Molloy 2, Fraser, Freeborn, Holland, Johnson, Licuria, Lockyer, Lonie, Rintoul, Rocca; WB -Bartlett 2, Grant 2, Brown, Cox, Croft, Eagleton, Hudson, Johnson, Robbins, West
BEST: COL – Buckley, Rintoul, Tarrant, Richardson, Rocca, O’Bree, Clement; WB – West, Bartlett, Johnson, Croft
INJURY: COL – McKee (shoulder); WB – Hunter (hip), Bartlett (thigh
UMPIRES: Howlett, Vozzo, Humphery-Smith
ATTENDANCE: 37,598 at Colonial Stadium
kangaroos (0-2) vs sydney (2-0) scg saturday night
sydney are the new leaders after an 80 point win over the roos. sydney (3-0) host reining premiers essendon friday night. kangaroos (0-3) face geelong sunday at geelong.
SYD 3.4 7.10 13.12 23.13 (151)
KANG 4.2 6.2 10.2 11.5 (71)
GOALS: SYD – O’Loughlin 3, Ball 3, Cresswell 2, Maxfield 2, Goodes 2, Stafford, Nicks 2, Ahmat 2, Williams, McPherson, Schauble, Crouch, Fosdike; KANG – Carey 4, King 3, Rocca 2, McKernan, Colbert
BEST: SYD – Maxfield, Cresswell, Stafford, Nicks, O’Loughlin, Goodes; KANG – King, Harvey, Colbert, Carey, Stevens, Simpson
UMPIRES: Allen, Dore, Wenn
ATTENDANCE: 22,395 at the SCG
adeliade (0-2) vs port (1-1) football park sunday
port smash adeliade by 65 points in the showdown. port (2-1) host st kilda saturday night. adeliade (0-3) travel to play carlton saturday afternoon.
PA 6.4 9.6 17.9 23.15 (153)
ADE 3.2 6.6 10.8 13.10 (88)
GOALS: PA – Wanganeen 6, Carr 3, Burgoyne 3, Francis 2, Francou 2, Dew, Cockatoo-Collins, Montgomery, Paxman, Poulton, Stevens, Tredrea; ADE – Vardy 4, Smart 2, Bickley, McLeod, Biglands, Edwards, Ladhams, Perrie, Robran
BEST: PA – Francou, Stevens, Wanganeen, Primus, Burgoyne, Cockatoo-Collins; ADE – Goodwin, Vardy, Bickley, McLeod
INJURY: ADE – Ricciuto (virus); N Bassett (ankle)
UMPIRES: Mitchell, Harvey, Coates
ATTENDANCE: 40,296 at Football Park
st kilda (1-1) vs west coast (0-2) colonial sunday
west coast get their 2nd win in 14 matches by 3 goals over st kilda (their only other win in the time was also against them). west coast (1-2) have the derby against freo saturday night. st kilda (1-2) face port in adeliade saturday night.
WCE 6.2 10.5 15.8 19.11 (125)
STK 5.3 8.5 11.10 16.11 (107)
GOALS: WCE – Wilson 7, Phil Matera 4, Merenda 3, Williams 3, Banfield, Carroll; StK – Callaghan 4, Jones 3, Harvey 3, Hamill 2, Burke, Thompson, Lawrence, Capuano
BEST: WCE – Wilson, Pet. Matera, Phil Matera, McIntosh, Cousins, Banfield, Gardiner;
StK – Harvey, Jones, Callaghan, Moyle, Voss
UMPIRES: McLaren, Fox, McInerney
ATTENDANCE: 19,496 at Colonial Stadium
freemantle (0-2) vs hawthorn (2-0) subiaco sunday
hawks move into 2nd with a 23 point win over winless freo. hawthorn (3-0) host melbourne sunday freemantle (0-3) host west coast in the derby saturday night.
HAW 1.7 6.9 9.10 11.16 (82)
FRE 1.3 3.6 8.7 8.11 (59)
GOALS: HAW – Barker 3, Dixon 2, Lord 2, Crawford, Chick, McPharlin, Clarke; FRE – Modra 3, McManus 2, J. Longmuir 2, Waterhouse
BEST: HAW – Hartford, Rawlings, Barker, Crawford, Tallis, Smith; FRE – Carr, Black, Waterhouse, Bell, Fletcher, Parker
REPORTS: HAW – Tallis for wrestling Cook; FRE – Cook for wrestling Tallis
UMPIRES: Ellis; Morris; Rosebury; McKenzie
ATTENDANCE: 20,703 at Subiaco Oval
melbourne (1-1) vs geelong (2-0) mcg monday
melbourne beat geelong by 20 points on easter monday. melbourne (2-1) face hawthorn on sunday. geelong (2-1) host kangaroos sunday.
MELB 4.3 9.8 13.13 18.16 (124)
GEEL 6.3 8.7 11.10 15.14 (104)
GOALS: MELB – Robertson 3, Green 3, Ward 2, Woewodin 2, Bruce 2, Schwarz, Neitz, Yze, Collins, Farmer, Rigoni; GEEL – Burns 3, Mensch 3, White 2, King, Houlihan, Snell, Corey, Clarke, Riccardi, Mooney
BEST: MELB – Woewodin, Yze, Neitz, White, McDonald, Grgic; GEEL -King, Hocking, Milburn, Graham, Sanderson
INJURY: MELB – White (wrenched knee); GEEL – Snell (broken leg, dislocated ankle)
Snell has already had surgery on the leg and will be out for 3 months. And he has the dubious honor of being the first player driven from the field on the new AFL-sanctioned motorised buggy.
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Nash, Hanley (replaced by emergency umpire C Rowe in third quarter)
ATTENDANCE: 48,551 at MCG
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Sydney | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 381 | 234 | 162.82% | 12 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 221 | 123.98% | 12 |
| 3 | Essendon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 367 | 261 | 140.61% | 8 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 339 | 254 | 133.46% | 8 |
| 5 | Geelong | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 334 | 259 | 128.96% | 8 |
| 6 | Port Adelaide | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 359 | 326 | 110.12% | 8 |
| 7 | Richmond | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 319 | 308 | 103.57% | 8 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 310 | 318 | 97.48% | 8 |
| 9 | Carlton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 293 | 301 | 97.34% | 8 |
| 10 | Brisbane | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 305 | 273 | 111.72% | 4 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 299 | 334 | 89.52% | 4 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 305 | 347 | 87.90% | 4 |
| 13 | West Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 263 | 326 | 80.67% | 4 |
| 14 | Fremantle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 306 | 86.60% | 0 |
| 15 | Adelaide | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 362 | 66.85% | 0 |
| 16 | Nth Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 190 | 415 | 45.78% | 0 |
goals
Lloyd (ESS) 13
Modra (FRE) 11
Burns (GEEL) 10
Grant (WB) 10
Richardson (RICH) 10
Wilson (WCE) 9
Ball (SYD) 8
Che C-C (PA) 8
Cupido (BRS) 8
Dew (PA) 8
Goodes (SYD) 8
Keating (BRIS) 8
S. Rocca 8
Tarrant (COL) 8
Ahmat (SYD) 7
round 4 matches
friday
collingwood v richmond MCG (N)
sydney v essendon SCG (N)
saturday
carlton v adeliade OO
bulldogs v brisbane CS
port vs st kilda FP (N)
freo v west coast S (N)
sunday
geelong v kangaroos SS
hawthorn v melbourne MCG
Harrison’s world 