richmond v collingwood mcg friday night
richmond open the season with a 40 point upset win over collingwood. richmond (1-0) face melbourne at the g friday night. collingwood (0-1) host bulldogs at the g saturday afternoon.
Richmond: 2.5, 6.7, 11.9, 14.13 (97)
Collingwood: 1.2, 3.3, 5.6, 8.9 (57)
Goals: Richmond: Richardson 5, Brown 2, Hall, Coughlan, Tivendale, Krakouer, Zantuck, Rodan, A Kellaway Collingwood: Didak 2, Woewodin 2, Buckley, Johnson, Tarrant, Davis
Best: Richmond: Richardson, Tivendale, Coughlan, Johnson, Brown, Campbell, Morrison Collingwood: Buckley, Woewodin, Fraser, Clement, Wakelin.
hawthorn v melbourne mcg saturday afternoon
hawthorn beat melbourne by 49 points to keep their momentum from last season going. hawthorn (1-0) host the roos at the g sunday. melbourne (0-1) host richmond friday night at the g.
HAWTHORN: 2.7, 5.12, 11.13, 17.17 (119)
MELBOURNE:1.2, 4.2, 6.5, 10.10 (70)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Williams 4, Thompson 3, Everitt 2, Brown 2, Crawford, Jacobs, Graham, Cox, Vandenberg, Dixon.
Melbourne: Green 2, Godfrey 2, Johnstone, Holland, Miller, Davey, Wheatley, Whelan.
BEST: Hawthorn: Mitchell, Crawford, Williams, Smith, Vandenberg, Jacobs, Everitt.
Melbourne: Yze, Brown, Wheatley, Davey.
freemantle v carlton subiaco saturday afternoon
freo keep their home dominance with a 47 point win over carlton (who have now lost 11 straight). freo (1-0) travel to play sydney sunday. carlton (0-1) host geelong sunday at optus oval.
FREMANTLE: 5.3, 9.9, 13.12, 15.17 (107)
CARLTON: 3.1, 5.6, 8.9, 8.12 (60)
GOALS: FREMANTLE: Medhurst 4, Farmer 3, Schammer, Bell 2, Pavlich, Carr, Hasleby, Browne
CARLTON: Fevola 3, Camporeale, Morrell, Scotland, Kenna, Lappin
BEST: FREMANTLE: Bell, Sandilands, Schammer, Hasleby, Pavlich, McPharlin
CARLTON: Houlihan, Fevola, Fisher, Bannister, Camporeale, Sporn, Lappin
st kilda v geelong telstra dome saturday night
st kilda double geelongs score by 61 points to continue their pre season winning form. st kilda (1-0) play essendon at telstra dome saturday night. geelong (0-1) face carlton at optus oval sunday.
ST.KILDA: 3.0 8.2 16.4 19.8 (122)
GEELONG: 4.1 5.4 6.7 9.7 (61)
GOALS: St.Kilda: Gehrig 7, Milne 4, Riewoldt, Hamill 3, Jones Thompson
Geelong: Playfair, Kingsley 2, Corey, Riccardi, Kelly, Scarlett, Graham.
BEST: St.Kilda: Jones, Gehrig, Thompson, Riewoldt, Voss, Powell, Milne.
Geelong: Ling, Corey, Mooney, Kelly, Chambers
brisbane v sydney gabba saturday night
brisbane scrape home against sydney by 2 points. brisbane (1-0) travel to play adeliade saturday afternoon. sydney (0-1) host freo sunday.
BRISBANE: 1.3, 5.6, 8.12, 11.14 (80)
SYDNEY: 4.3, 8.7, 8.11, 11.12 (78)
GOALS: Brisbane: Pike 3, McRae 2, Brennan, Akermanis, Keating, Black, Leppitsch, Caracella
Sydney: N.Davis 4, McVeigh, Williams, Hall, Crouch, Goodes, Bolton, O’Loughlin
BEST: Brisbane: Black, Voss, Michael, Akermanis, Leppitsch
Sydney: N.Davis, Williams, Goodes, Barry, Kirk
port v esssendon aami stadium sunday
port finally win in round 1 by 16 goals over essendon. port (1-0) travel to play west coast saturday night. essendon (0-1) host st kilda at telstra dome saturday night.
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.6, 7.13, 15.16, 23.20 (158)
ESSENDON: 1.5, 2.6, 6.12, 8.14 (62)
GOALS: Port Adelaide: Tredrea 6, Dew 6, Pickett 3, P Burgoyne, Cassisi, Wanganeen, S Burgoyne, Brogan, C Cornes, Carr.
Essendon: Lloyd 4, Hird, Lucas, Misiti, Murphy.
BEST: Port Adelaide: Tredrea, C Cornes, P Burgoyne, Dew, Carr, K Cornes, Brogan.
Essendon: Hird, Murphy, J Johnson, Lloyd, Allan.
kangaroos v adeliade mcg sunday
roos destroy the crows by 75 points to open the season. kangaroos (1-0) play hawthorn at the g sunday. adelaide (0-1) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
Kangaroos: 2.3, 8.5, 17.7, 23.11 (149)
Adelaide: 4.7, 4.11, 9.13, 10.14 (74)
GOALS: Kangaroos: Brown 6, Corey Jones 3, Grant, Wells, Motlop, B.Harvey 2, Rawlings, McKernan, Simpson, Petrie, Firrito, Makepeace 1.
Adelaide: Doughty, Johncock, Ricciuto 2, Carey, Bode, Stenglein, Hentschel 1.
BEST: Kangaroos: Grant, Stevens, Brown, Simpson, Harvey, Colbert, Firrito, Wells.
Adelaide: Goodwin, Edwards, Bode, Johncock, Massie.
bulldogs v west coast telstra dome sunday
west coast win on the road against the bulldogs by 7 points. west coast (1-0) host port saturday night. bulldogs (0-1) play collingwood at the g saturday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 7.2, 11.6, 16.11, 20.17 (137)
WEST COAST EAGLES: 5.5, 11.8, 15.10, 22.12 (144)
GOALS: Bulldogs: Rawlings 7, Hahn 3, Murphy 2, Darcy 2, Johnson, Bowden, West, Cooney, Harrison, Street.
West Coast: Matera 5, Judd 4, Gardiner 3, Embley 2, Sampi 2, McDougall, Cox, Braun, Fletcher, Chick, Adkins.
BEST: Bulldogs: Rawlings, West, Smith, Robbins, Murphy, Johnson.
West Coast: Cousins, Gardiner, Fletcher, Judd, Morrison, Matera.
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 62 | 254.84% | 4 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 74 | 201.35% | 4 |
| 3 | St Kilda | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 61 | 200.00% | 4 |
| 4 | Fremantle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 60 | 178.33% | 4 |
| 5 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 57 | 170.18% | 4 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 70 | 170.00% | 4 |
| 7 | West Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 137 | 105.11% | 4 |
| 8 | Brisbane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 78 | 102.56% | 4 |
| 9 | Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 80 | 97.50% | 0 |
| 10 | Wstn Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 137 | 144 | 95.14% | 0 |
| 11 | Melbourne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 119 | 58.82% | 0 |
| 12 | Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 97 | 58.76% | 0 |
| 13 | Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 107 | 56.07% | 0 |
| 14 | Geelong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 122 | 50.00% | 0 |
| 15 | Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 149 | 49.66% | 0 |
| 16 | Essendon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 158 | 39.24% | 0 |
round 2 matches
fiday
melbourne v richmond MCG (N)
saturday
collingwood v bulldogs MCG
adelaide v brisbane AAMI
essendon v st kilda TD (N)
west coast v port S (N)
sunday
sydney v freo SCG
carlton v geelong OO
hawthorn v kangaroos MCG
Harrison’s world 