essendon (1-0) vs richmond (!-0) mcg friday night
in a game that was over by 1/4 time essendon smashed richmond by 52 points. essendon (2-0) travel to brisbane saturday night for the grand final rematch. richmond (1-1) host melbourne saturday afternoon.
ESS 7.2 13.7 14.12 16.16 (112)
RICH 0.3 2.6 5.9 8.12 (60)
GOALS: ESS – Lloyd 3, Caracella 3, Hird 2, Barnard 2, Blumfield 2, Mercuri, Ramanauskas, Misiti, Moorcroft; RICH – Rodan 2, Rogers, Ottens, Richardson, Houlihan, Knights, A. Kellaway
BEST: ESS – Hird, Fletcher, Misiti, Jacobs, Blumfield, Peverill; RICH – Bowden, A. Kellaway, Fiora, Sziller
INJURY: ESS – Lucas (knee) replaced in selected side by Forster-Knight; RICH – Richardson (hamstring)
Richardson will miss 3-4 weeks with the injury
UMPIRES: Vozzo, Ellis, James
ATTENDANCE: 67,453 at MCG
carlton (0-1) vs sydney (0-1) optus oval saturday afternoon
sydney destroyed carlton by 13 goals to open their account. sydney (1-1) travel to adelaide saturday afternoon to play adeliade. carlton (0-2) host collingwood friday night at the g.
SYD 4.0 9.3 12.7 17.9 (111)
CARL 2.2 4.5 4.9 4.9 (33)
GOALS: SYD – Hall 7, Stevens 3, M. O’Loughlin 2, Daffy, Maxfield, Nicks, Bolton, Crouch;
CARL – McKernan, Whitnall, Fevola, Houlihan
BEST: SYD – Hall, Bennett, Bolton, Goodes, M. O’Loughlin Mott; CARL – Plunkett, McKay, Sporn, Camporeale
INJURY: SYD – Schauble (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Morris, Avon
ATTENDANCE: 22,435 at Optus Oval
collingwood (0-1) vs west coast (1-0) mcg saturday afternoon
8 goals by ex freo player broddie holland saw collingwood beat west coast by 1 point. collingwood (1-1) face carlton at the g friday night. west coast (1-1) host bulldogs sunday.
COL 6.5 8.9 15.14 17.18 (120)
WCE 3.2 8.5 12.9 18.11 (119)
GOALS: COL – Holland 8, Rocca 3, Tarrant 2, Buckley, Lockyer, Betheras, Fraser;
WCE – Wilson 5, Williams 3, Gardiner 3, Wirrpunda 2, Jones, Cousins, Judd, Ph. Matera, Embley
BEST: COL – Holland, Buckley, Burns, Lockyer, Rocca, Clement, Licuria; WCE – Gardiner, Judd, Jakovich, Wilson, Williams, Cousins
INJURY: COL – Cummings (hamstring), Lockyer (head); WCE – Merenda (thigh) replaced in selected side by Judd, McIntosh (hamstring)
UMPIRES: Dore, Goldspink, Quigley
ATTENDANCE: 29348 at MCG
kangaroos (1-0) vs bulldogs (0-1) colonial saturday night
kangaroos come from behind to beat the bulldogs by 13 points. kangaroos (2-0) host geelong saturday night at colonial. bulldogs (0-2) travel to play west coast in perth sunday.
KANG 2.4 6.6 10.7 16.14 (110)
WB 6.4 10.8 13.9 14.13 (97)
GOALS: KANG – Pickett 6, Harding 3, Rocca 2, Jones, Archer, Porter, King, Harvey;
WB – Giansiracusa 3, Brown 3, Darcy, Johnson, Birss, Smith, Grant, Bandy, Dimattina, Robbins
BEST: KANG -Pickett, Harding, Stevens, King, Jones, Simpson; WB – Grant, Johnson, Alvey, Penny, Garlick
INJURY: WB – Grant (hip), Harrison (neck)
UMPIRES: Woodcock, McKenzie, Mitchell
ATTENDANCE: 25985 at Colonial Stadium
adeliade (1-0) vs geelong (0-1) football park saturday night
adeliade remain unbeaten with a 31 point win over geelong. adeliade (2-0) host sydney saturday afternoon. geelong (0-2) play the roos at colonial saturday night.
ADE 3.7 7.8 12.11 16.14 (110)
GEEL 2.2 2.4 9.6 12.7 (79)
GOALS: ADE – Welsh 4, Johnson 3, Bode 2, Doughty 2, Edwards, Fitzgerald, Stevens, Burton, Goodwin; GEEL – Sholl 2, Lord 2, Burns 2, Bartel, Corey, Clarke, Riccardi, Mooney, Enright
BEST: ADE – Johnson, Stevens, Goodwin, Welsh, Bickley, Biglands; GEEL – Enright, Lord, Ling, Clarke, Sholl, Corey
UMPIRES: Allen, Kelsey, Nicholls
ATTENDANCE: 44,386 at Football Park
brisbane (1-0) vs hawthorn (0-1) gabba sunday afternoon
lions are 5 games off the all time record for most wins in a row with a 102 opint demoltion of hawthorn. brisbane (2-0) host essendon in the grand final rematch saturday night. hawthorn (0-2) host freo in tasmania sunday.
BRIS 2.5 7.14 15.18 21.22 (148)
HAW 2.2 3.6 4.9 6.10 (46)
GOALS: BRIS – Bradshaw 5, Lynch 5, Voss 3, Black 3, Akermanis 2, McRae, Pike, Lappin;
HAW – Holland 2, Bateman, Chick, Rawlings, Lekkas
BEST: BRIS – Black, Lappin, Voss, Michael, Pike, McRae; HAW – Vandenberg, Crawford, Smith, Dixon
INJURY: BRIS – McDonald (ankle); HAW – Picioane (groin)
REPORTS: HAW – Bateman for attempting to trip Black
UMPIRES: McLaren, Rowe, Schmitt
ATTENDANCE: 25,660 at Gabba
melbourne (1-0) vs port (0-1) mcg sunday afternoon
melbourne won another crazy game by 27 points over port. melbourne (2-0) face richmond at the g saturday. port (0-2) travel to play st kilda sunday afternoon at colonial.
MELB 5.1 7.4 9.9 16.13 (109)
PA 2.3 3.12 8.15 11.16 (82)
GOALS: MELB – Neitz 4, Bruce 3, Green 2, Leoncelli 2, Vardy, Johnstone, Powell, A. McDonald, Yze; PA – Carr 2, Stevens 2, Montgomery, Primus, James, Tredrea,
C. Cornes, Schofield, Cockatoo-Collins
BEST: MELB – Walsh, Bizzell, Neitz, Yze, Nicholson, Leoncelli; PA – Montgomery, Primus, Stevens, Kingsley, James
INJURY: MELB – A. McDonald (ankle), Wheatley (hamstring), Schwarz (corked thigh), Johnstone (corked buttock)
UMPIRES: Sheehan, Fussell, McBurney
ATTENDANCE: 19,611 at MCG
freo (0-1) vs st kilda (1-0) subiaco sunday afternoon
its always a good sign when the bottom 4 sides of last year win in the first 2 rounds freo scraped home against st kilda by 3 points.
FRE 0.1 3.7 7.13 10.16 (76)
STK 4.5 8.6 10.7 11.7 (73)
GOALS: FRE – J. Longmuir 2, Cook 2, Cunningham 2, Croad, Grover, Norrish, Brown; StK – Loewe 4, Burke 3, Milne 2, Hayes, Hamill
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, McManus, Fewster, Norrish, J. Longmuir, T. Longmuir; StK – Loewe, Jones, Harvey, Peckett, Burke, Hayes
UMPIRES: Corcoran, Coates, Head
ATTENDANCE: 21,137 at Subiaco Oval
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 133 | 193.98% | 8 |
| 2 | Essendon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 136 | 175.00% | 8 |
| 3 | Adelaide | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 172 | 129.07% | 8 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 238 | 185 | 128.65% | 8 |
| 5 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 170 | 113.53% | 8 |
| 6 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 198 | 143 | 138.46% | 4 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 162 | 141 | 114.89% | 4 |
| 8 | West Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 238 | 107.56% | 4 |
| 9 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 215 | 230 | 93.48% | 4 |
| 10 | Fremantle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 194 | 210 | 92.38% | 4 |
| 11 | Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 238 | 274 | 86.86% | 4 |
| 12 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 190 | 222 | 85.59% | 0 |
| 13 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 192 | 80.73% | 0 |
| 14 | Geelong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 236 | 65.68% | 0 |
| 15 | Hawthorn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 277 | 53.79% | 0 |
| 16 | Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 98 | 200 | 49.00% | 0 |
goals
GOALS
1. Hall (SYD) 11
2. Wilson (WCE) 11
3. Neitz (MELB) 11
4. Lloyd (ESS) 9
5. Holland (COL) 8
6. Pickett (KANG) 8
7. Lynch (BRIS) 6
8. Ph Matera (WCE) 5
9. Loewe (STK) 5
10. Leppitsch (BRIS)5
11. Green (MELB) 5
12. Akermanis (BRIS)5
13. Bradshaw (BRIS) 5
14. Brown (WB) 5
15. Welsh (ADE) 5
round 3 matches
friday
carlton v collingwood MCG (N)
saturday
richmond v melboure MCG
adeliade v sydney FP
kangaroos v geelong CS (N)
brisbane v essendon G (N)
sunday
hawthorn v freemantle YP
st kilda v port CS
west coast v bulldogs S
Harrison’s world 