carlton (0-1) vs collingwood (1-0) mcg friday night
collingwood survive a carlton scare by 16 points at the g. collingwood (2-0) host geelong saturday afternoon at the g. carlton (0-2) face essendon at the g friday night.
COL 5.4 8.5 12.10 16.11 (107)
CARL 4.1 8.7 9.10 13.13 (91)
GOALS: COL – Davis 3, Williams 3, Tarrant 3, Molloy 2, Rocca 2, Didak 2, Buckley; CARL – Hickmott 5, Fevola 5, Fisher, Waite, Houlihan
BEST: COL – Tarrant, Williams, O’Bree, McKee, Buckley, Rocca; CARL – Lappin, Koutoufides, Hickmott, French, Fevola, Camporeale
INJURY: COL – Cloke (ankle), Molloy (jarred knee); CARL – McKernan (jarred knee)
UMPIRES: McBurney, Corcoran, Avon
CROWD: 51,894 at MCG
essendon (0-1) vs melbourne (1-0) mcg saturday afternoon
6 unanswered 2nd quarter goals got essendon a 37 point win over melbourne. essendon (1-1) host carlton friday night at the g. melbourne (1-1) host bulldogs at telstra dome sunday.
ESS 2.2 8.4 13.7 17.10 (112)
MELB 4.4 4.7 8.11 10.15 (75)
GOALS: ESS -Lloyd 3, Ramanauskas 2, Lucas 2, McVeigh 2, Solomon, Mercuri, Alessio, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, Cupido, Rioli, Barnard; MELB – Green 3, Robertson 2, Johnstone, Wheatley, Whelan, Yze, Neitz
BEST: ESS – Fletcher, Solomon, Ramanauskas, Rioli, Wellman, Cupido, McVeigh, Lloyd;
MELB – Whelan, White, Godfrey, Ward, Robertson
INJURY: ESS – Hird (corked thigh)
UMPIRES: Kennedy, Woodcock, McInerney
CROWD: 43,448 at MCG
st kilda (0-1) vs adelaide (1-0) telstra dome saturday afternoon
st kilda stun adelaide by 8 points to open their accouont. st kilda (1-1) face west coast in perth saturday afternoon. adelaide (1-1) travel to play sydney sunday.
STK 4.4 9.6 12.7 15.9 (99)
ADE 1.3 5.6 6.10 13.13 (91)
GOALS: StK – Milne 5, Koschitzke 3, Hamill 2, Hudghton, Baker, Ball, Wulf, Moyle; ADE – Edwards 2, Torney 2, Ricciuto 2, Smart, Stevens, Stenglein, McLeod, Burton, Goodwin, Ladhams
BEST: StK – Milne, Riewoldt, Gehrig, Koschitzke, Powell, Penny, Hamill, Harvey; ADE – Goodwin, McLeod, Edwards, Biglands, Ricciuto, Torney
INJURY: ADE – Burton (ankle)
UMPIRES: Ellis, Schmitt, Nicholls
CROWD: 19,131 at Telstra Dome.
freo (0-1) vs sydney (1-0) subiaco saturday night
freo beat sydney by 26 points in perth to open their account. freo (1-1) face richmond at the g sunday. sydney (1-1) host adelaide sunday.
FRE 3.2 8.4 10.9 12.14 (86)
SYD 4.1 5.5 5.9 8.12 (60)
GOALS: FRE – Farmer 2, Medhurst 2, Simmonds 2, Sandilands, Carr, Headland, J. Longmuir, T. Longmuir, Haines; SYD – Hall 3, Nicks 2, McPherson, Davis, Fosdike
BEST: FRE – Hasleby, Cook, Carr, Hayden, Simmonds, Haines, Medhurst; SYD – Goodes, Fosdike, Kirk, Kennelly, C. Bolton, Hall
INJURY: FRE – Haddrill (shoulder); SYD – J. Bolton (knee)
UMPIRES: Fussell, McLaren, Margetts
CROWD: 24,878 at Subiaco Oval
port (0-1) vs brisbane (1-0) aami stadium saturday night
brisbane beat port by 10 points as port again sttart slow. brisbane (2-0) face the roos at telstra dome saturday night. port (0-2) host hawthorn saturday night.
BRIS 1.4 8.5 11.7 13.8 (86)
PA 3.4 6.5 7.11 10.16 (76)
GOALS: BRIS – Power 3, Brown 2, Charman 2, Notting, Lynch, Akermanis, Black, White, Bradshaw; PA – S. Burgoyne 3, C. Cornes 2, C Cockatoo-Collins, Tredrea, Dew, Brogan, James
BEST: BRIS – Lappin, Leppitsch, Voss, Power, Brown, Charman; PA – Stevens, Wanganeen, S. Burgoyne, Brogan, James, C. Cornes
INJURY: BRIS – Caracella (hip) replaced in selected side by McGrath; PA – Francou (knee/cruciate), Tredrea (hamstring), Cockatoo-Collins (hamstring), Hardwick (calf) replaced in selected team by James.
UMPIRES: Allen, Head, Morris
CROWD: 27,876 at AAMI Stadium
hawthorn (0-1) vs west coast (1-0) york park sunday
hawks scrape onto the winners list by 2 points over west coast. hawthorn (1-1) travel to play port saturday night. west coast (1-1) host st kilda saturday afternoon.
HAW 3.4 7.8 11.11 13.13 (91)
WCE 3.0 6.2 11.4 14.5 (89)
GOALS: HAW – Picioane 3, Rawlings 3, Barlow 2, Crawford, Brown, Tallis, Hodge, Ries;
WCE – Gaspar 3, Cousins 2, Embley 2, Judd, Kerr, Banfield, Jones, Matera, Haynes, Fletcher
BEST: HAW – Picioane, Crawford, Rawlings, Tallis, Dixon, Smith, Graham; WCE – Gardiner, Fletcher, Judd, Wooden, Cousins, Green, Wirrpunda
INJURY: HAW – Lonie (knee); WCE – Cousins (jarred ankle)
CHANGES: WCE – West Coast Eagles: Ashley McIntosh replaced by Ashley Sampi.
UMPIRES: Rowe, Dore, Jeffery
CROWD: 16,271 at York Park, Launceston
geelong (0-1) vs kangaroos (1-0) skilled stadium sunday
roos beat geelong by 23 points to stay unbeaten. kanagroos (2-0) host brisbane saturday night at telstra dome. geelong (0-2) face collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
KANG 4.4 8. 7 10.13 13.16 (94)
GEEL 4.6 6.10 8.14 9.17 (71)
GOALS: KANG – King 2, Morrell 2, Harding 2, A. Stevens, Porter, Petrie, Wells, Rawlings, Grant, Brown; GEEL – Riccardi 2, White 2, Kingsley, Johnson, Ablett, Kelly, Corey
BEST: KANG – Sinclair, Colbert, A Stevens, Harvey, Robbins, Makepeace, Morrell;
GEEL – Scarlett, Ablett, Sanderson, Ling, King, Corey
INJURY: GEEL – Rahilly (ankle), Mooney (back) replaced in selected side by White
UMPIRES: James, Ryan, McKenzie
CROWD: 22,528 at Skilled Stadium
richmond (0-1) vs bulldogs (1-0) telstra dome sunday
richmond stun bulldogs by 22 points to open their account. richmond (1-1) host freo at the g sunday. bulldogs (1-1) face melbourne at telstra dome sunday.
RICH 3.4 4.9 10.10 16.15 (111)
WB 1.2 7.5 10.7 13.11 (89)
GOALS: RICH – Cameron 4, Rodan 2, Stafford 2, Tivendale 2, Coughlan, Fiora, Hall, Hilton, Pettifer, Richardson; WB – Brown 4, Giansiracusa 2, Garlick, Hahn, Hargrave, Johnson, McMahon, Smith
BEST: RICH – Tivendale, Johnson, A. Kellaway, Cameron, Gaspar, Campbell, Bowden; WB – West, Johnson, Giansiracusa, Alvey, Darcy, Brown
INJURY: RICH – Zantuck (corked thigh);
WB – Kretiuk (groin)
UMPIRES: Rowston, Vozzo, Wenn
CROWD: 28,847 at Telstra Dome
goals
GOALS
Milne (STK) 9
Hall (SYD) 7
Brown (WB) 7
Fevola (CARL) 7
Lloyd (ESS) 7
Green (MELB) 7
Neitz (MELB) 6
Rawlings(HAW) 6
Medhurst(FRE) 5
Davis (COL) 5
Hickmott(CARL)5
Bradshaw (BRI)5
Edwards (ADE) 5
Matera (WCE) 5
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Brisbane | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 137 | 138.69% | 8 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 141 | 134.75% | 8 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 157 | 128.03% | 8 |
| 4 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 206 | 158 | 130.38% | 4 |
| 5 | West Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 211 | 165 | 127.88% | 4 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 236 | 188 | 125.53% | 4 |
| 7 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 219 | 202 | 108.42% | 4 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 195 | 97.95% | 4 |
| 9 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 183 | 96.72% | 4 |
| 10 | Essendon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 179 | 96.65% | 4 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 187 | 90.37% | 4 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 181 | 212 | 85.38% | 4 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 205 | 85.37% | 4 |
| 14 | Geelong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 224 | 72.32% | 0 |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 150 | 208 | 72.12% | 0 |
| 16 | Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 253 | 64.43% | 0 |
round 3 matches
friday
essendon v carlton MCG (N)
saturday
collingwood v geelong MCG
west coast v st kilda S
kanagroos v brisbane TD (N)
port v hawthorn AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v adelaide SCG
melbourne v bulldogs TD
richmond v freo MCG
Harrison’s world 