richmond v collingwood mcg thursday night
a high scoring game saw richmond open their season with a 37 point win over collingwood. richmond (1-0) face essendon at the g friday night. collingwood (0-1) host west coast at the g saturday afternoon.
RICH 9.2 13.5 19.8 24.11 (155)
COL 4.1 7.5 13.8 18.10 (118)
GOALS: RICH – Richardson 6, Ottens 4, Tivendale 3, Bowden 2, Krakouer 2, Gaspar, Rogers, Stafford, Sziller, King, Zantuck, A. Kellaway; COL – Cummings 5, Richardson 3, Holland 3, Rocca 2, L. Davis, N. Davis, Tarrant, Rintoul, Fraser
BEST: RICH – Ottens, Richardson, Torney, Knights, Campbell, Tivendale, Stafford; COL – Buckley, Cummings, Rocca, Holland
INJURY: RICH – Richardson (corked calf); COL – Wakelin (concussive migraine),
O’Bree (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Scotland, McKee (illness) replaced in selected side by Dimattina
UMPIRES: McLaren, Allen, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 65,350 at MCG
st kilda v carlton colonial saturday afternoon
st kilda opened their season with a 4 goal win over aging carlton. st kilda (1-0) travel to play freo sunday. carlton (0-1) host sydney saturday afternoon at optus oval.
STK 4.1 6.3 7.3 14.5 (89)
CARL 1.1 4.1 7.4 10.5 (65)
GOALS: StK – Milne 2, Peckett, Hamill, Thompson, Jones, Black, Hayes, Hudghton, Riewoldt, Loewe, Koschitzke, Harvey, Schwarze; CARL – Merrington 2, McKernan, Ratten, Murphy, Bradley, Beaumont, Fletcher, Houlihan, Plunkett
BEST: StK – Gehrig, Cripps, Harvey, Black, Thompson, Knobel; CARL – McKay, Allan, Camporeale, Bradley, Houlihan, Beaumont
INJURY: CARL – Prendergast (shin)
CHANGES: CARL – Whitnall (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Hotton
UMPIRES: Rowe, Coates, Head
ATTENDANCE: 33,359 at Colonial Stadium
geelong v essendon mcg saturday night
essendon beat geelong by 50 points to open their season. essendon (1-0) host richmond at the g friday night. geelong (0-1) travel to play adelaide saturday night.
ESS 4.5 11.9 17.12 18.18 (126)
GEEL 2.0 7.2 8.6 11.10 (76)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 6, Hird 2, Misiti 2, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Peverill, Barnard, Bolton, Lucas, Heffernan, Blumfield; GEEL – Kingsley 4, Graham, Riccardi, Mooney, Lord, Grgic, Enright, Ling
BEST: ESS – Lloyd, Hird, J. Johnson, Lucas, Hille, Fletcher; GEEL – Kingsley, Clarke, King, Lord, Corey, Riccardi
INJURY: GEEL – Geelong: Johnson (ankle)
UMPIRES: Woodcock, McKenzie, Mitchell
ATTENDANCE: 42,740 at the MCG
port v kangaroos football park saturday night
port still can’t beat the roos in a 10 point loss at home. kangaroos (1-0) host bulldogs saturday night at colonial. port (0-1) travel to play melbourne at the g sunday.
KANG 3.4 6.6 10.10 12.11 (83)
PA 1.1 4.3 6.6 11.7 (73)
GOALS: KANG – Grant 3, Robbins 2, Pickett 2, Harvey 2, Rocca, Harding, Archer;
PA – Dew 2, Schofield 2, Burgoyne 2, Cockatoo-Collins, Primus, C. Cornes, Wanganeen, Carr
BEST: KANG – Grant, Archer, King, Pickett, Cochrane, Simpson; PA – Kingsley, Montgomery, Wakelin, Burgoyne, C. Cornes, Cockatoo-Collins
REPORTS: PA – Francou for allegedly striking Simpson
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Morris, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 28,578 at Football Park
sydney v brisbane scg sunday afternoon
brisbane make it 17 striaght beating sydney by 23 there half time defecit. brisbane (1-0) host hawthorn sunday. sydney (0-1) travel to play carlton saturday.
BRIS 3.2 5.3 11.6 17.8 (110)
SYD 2.3 8.8 8.12 12.15 (87)
GOALS: BRIS – Leppitsch 5, Akermanis 3, White 2, McRae, Voss, Lynch, Copeland, Pike, McDonald, Notting; SYD – Hall 4, Nicks 3, Williams, Lockett, O’Loughlin, Kelly, McPherson
BEST: BRIS – Leppitsch, Voss, Akermanis, Lappin; SYD – Hall, Schauble, O’Loughlin, Cresswell, Maxfield
INJURY: BRIS – Voss (thigh, groin), Power (strained knee medial ligament);
SYD – Lockett (cork thigh)
Power will miss two weeks
UMPIRES: Goldspink, Rosebury, Dore
ATTENDANCE: 24,052 at the SCG
bulldogs v adeliade colonial sunday afternoon
bulldogs bad kicking cost them in 19 point loss to adelaide. adeliade (1-0) host geelong saturday night. bulldogs (0-1) play the roos saturday night at colonial.
ADE 3.5 9.9 12.12 16.16 (112)
WB 4.5 8.9 10.15 12.21 (93)
GOALS: ADE – McLeod 3, Perrie 2, Burton 2, Fitzgerald 2, Schell 2, Welsh, Edwards, Doughty, Johncock, Johnson; WB – Brown 2, Johnson 2, Dimattina 2, Bandy 2, Smith, Garlick, Giansiracusa, Alvey
BEST: ADE – Biglands, Johnson, McLeod, Stevens, Burton, Johncock; WB – West, Robbins, Brown, Bandy, Alvey, Johnson
INJURY: ADE – Ricciuto (ankle)
Scans showed some ligament damage. He will miss next week.
UMPIRES: James, Vozzo, Ellis
ATTENDANCE: 18,475 at Colonial Stadium
west coast v freemantle subiaco sunday
west coast win the derby by 19 points over freo. west coast (1-0) play colingwood at the g saturday. freo (0-1) host st kilda sunday.
WCE 6.1 9.5 16.6 21.11 (137)
FRE 4.4 8.7 11.9 18.10 (118)
GOALS: WCE – Wilson 6, Embley 3, Pt. Matera 3, Ph. Matera 2, Wirrpunda 2, Chambers 2, Cousins, Jones, Tuckey; FRE – McManus 3, Croad 3, Medhurst 3, Cunningham 2, Carr 2, Cook, Kickett, Walker, Pavlich, Bell
BEST: WCE – Fletcher, Gardiner, Embley, Jakovich, Wilson, Cousins; FRE – McManus, Brown, Croad, Medhurst, Bell, Fewster
Ross Glendinning Medal: Chad Fletcher
INJURY: FRE – Polak (shoulder)
Changes: Fremantle: T. Simmonds (throat), S. Koops (hamstring) replaced in selected side by T. Longmuir, Kickett
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Corcoran, McBurney, Fussell
ATTENDANCE: 39467 at Subiaco Oval
hawthorn v melbourne mcg monday
melbourne win the game of the round over the hawks by 26 points after blowing a 50 point lead in less than a quarter. melbourne (1-0) host port sunday. hawthorn (0-1) travel to play brisbane sunday.
MELB 6.1 12.2 13.6 20.9 (129)
HAW 4.4 4.6 13.12 15.13 (103)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 5, Green 3, Yze, Powell 2, Armstrong, Johnstone, J. McDonald, Robertson, Brown, Leoncelli, Schwarz, Whelan; HAW – Dixon 3, Rawlings 2, Crawford 2, Chick 2, Holland, Picioane, Vandenberg, Barker, Barlow, Smith
BEST: MELB – Neitz, Johnstone, Green, Yze, Bruce, Powell, Schwarz, Whelan; HAW – Dixon, Crawford, Cox, Picioane, Harford, Smith
INJURY: MELB – Neitz (corked thigh), Woewodin (concussion); HAW – McCabe (suspected broken collarbone)
X-rays have cleared McCabe of any broken bones, but he did suffer a strain to the joint and will miss the next 2 weeks.
UMPIRES: Wenn, McInerney, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 44,374 at the MCG
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Essendon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 76 | 165.79% | 4 |
| 2 | St Kilda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 65 | 136.92% | 4 |
| 3 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 118 | 131.36% | 4 |
| 4 | Brisbane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 87 | 126.44% | 4 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 103 | 125.24% | 4 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 93 | 120.43% | 4 |
| 7 | West Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 118 | 116.10% | 4 |
| 8 | Nth Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 73 | 113.70% | 4 |
| 9 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 83 | 87.95% | 0 |
| 10 | Fremantle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 137 | 86.13% | 0 |
| 11 | Wstn Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 112 | 83.04% | 0 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 103 | 129 | 79.84% | 0 |
| 13 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 110 | 79.09% | 0 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 118 | 155 | 76.13% | 0 |
| 15 | Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 89 | 73.03% | 0 |
| 16 | Geelong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 126 | 60.32% | 0 |
goals
1. Lloyd (ESS) 6
2. Richardson (RICH) 6
3. Wilson (WCE) 6
4. Neitz (MELB) 5
5. Leppitsch (BRIS) 5
6. Cummings (COL) 5
7. Hall (SYD) 4
8. Kingsley (GEEL) 4
9. Ph. Matera (WCE) 4
10. Ottens (RICH) 4
11. Nicks (SYD) 3
12. Richardson (COL) 3
13. McLeod (ADE) 3
14. McManus (FRE) 3
15. Medhurst (FRE) 3
round 2 matches
friday
essendon v richmond MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v sydney OO
collingwood v west coast MCG
kangaroos v bulldogs CS (N)
adelaide v geelong FP (N)
sunday
brisbane v hawthorn G
melbourne v port MCG
freo v st kilda S
Harrison’s world 