afl 2001 finals week 3

essendon v hawthorn mcg saturday

essendon are lucky to be back in the grand holding off hawthorn by 9 points.

ESS 4.2 8.7 8.8 11.10 (76)
HAW 2.6 2.7 5.11 9.13 (67)
GOALS: ESS – Alessio 2, Lucas 2, Heffernan, Rioli, Blumfield, Caracella, Wellman, Misiti, Barnard; HAW – Holland 3, Cox, Woods, Barlow, Greene, Thompson, Dixon
BEST: ESS – Fletcher, Misiti, Alessio, Solomon, Wellman, Jacobs, Heffernan; HAW – Hay, Harford, Thompson, Lekkas, Chick, Greene, Rawlings

INJURY: ESS – Hird (groin), Mercuri (ankle), Wallis (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Bolton; HAW – Dixon (ankle), Barker (ankle)

UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, Goldspink

ATTENDANCE: 86,468 at MCG

brisbane v richmond gabba saturday night

lions make it 15 striaght doublig richmonds score to make the grand by 68 points they will play essendon in the grand final.

BRIS 6.1 12.6 16.11 20.16 (136)
RICH 4.1 6.4 7.5 10.8 (68)
GOALS: BRIS – Brown 4, Voss 3, Lappin 3, C. Scott 2, Akermanis 2, Black, B. Scott, Notting, Keating, Copeland, Bradshaw; RICH – Tivendale 3, Holland 2, Richardson 2, Campbell, Cameron, Torney
BEST: BRIS – Voss, Keating, Brown, C. Scott, White, Lappin; RICH – Knights, Gaspar, Cameron, Holland, Chaffey, Sziller

REPORTS: BRIS – Michael for wrestling Hall, White wrestling Hall; RICH – Hall for wrestling White

UMPIRES: James, Allen, McLaren

ATTENDANCE: 37,032 (ground record) at Gabba

grand final

essendon v brisbane MCG

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