melbourne (0-1) vs richmond (1-0) mcg friday night
melbourne break a 9 game losing streak smashing richmond by 59 points. melbourne (1-1) play bulldogs sunday at the g. richmond (1-1) face st kilda at telstra dome monday.
Melbourne: 6.7, 12.10, 16.12, 20.15 (135)
Richmond: 3.1, 6.1, 8.3, 12.4 (76)
Goals: Melbourne: Neitz 9, Green 3, Bruce, Davey 2, Holland, Johnstone, Miller, Robertson
Richmond: Brown 3, Krakouer 2, Gaspar, Morrison, Tivendale, Stafford, Campbell, Hyde, Newman
Best: Melbourne: Neitz, Bizzell, Brown, McDonald, Nicholson, Godfrey, White
Richmond: Campbell, Brown, Chaffey, Krakouer, Johnson
collingwood (0-1) vs bulldogs (0-1) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwood open their account by 9 points over the bulldogs in the match of last seasons 2nd v last. collingwood (1-1) play brisbane at the gabba thursday night. bulldogs (0-2) host melbourne at the g sunday.
COLLINGWOOD: 2.5, 5.8, 10.14, 15.16 (106)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 6.5, 8.11, 10.16, 13.19 (97)
GOALS: Collingwood: Rocca 4, Tarrant 3, Fraser 2, Davis 2, Lokan 2, Holland, O’Bree.
Bulldogs: Rawlings 3, Bowden 2, Johnson, Murphy, Garlick, Hahn, Power, Cooney, Morgan, Boyd.
BEST: Collingwood: Burns, Buckley, Fraser, Rocca, Tarrant, Johnson, Wakelin
Bulldogs: Johnson, Grant, Darcy, Eagleton, Smith, Murphy.
adelaide (0-1) vs brisbane (1-0) aami stadium saturday afternoon
brisbane survive an adelaide scare by 21 points at adelaide. brisbane (2-0) host collingwood thursday night. adelaide (0-2) travel to play freo sunday.
BRISBANE: 8.5, 11.7, 14.11, 15.14 (104)
ADELAIDE: 1.1, 6.8, 8.12, 11.17 (83)
GOALS: Brisbane: Voss 7, Bradshaw, Notting 2, McRae, B. Scott, Charman, Keating. Adelaide: Johncock 4, Welsh, S. Stevens 2, Goodwin, Carey, Edwards.
BEST: Brisbane: Voss, Michael, Lappin, Hart, Black, Akermanis. Adelaide: Edwards, Johncock, Reilly, Goodwin, Clarke, McLeod.
essendon (0-1) vs st kilda (1-0) telstra dome saturday night
st kilda stun essendon by 34 points. st kilda (2-0) host richmond monday at telstra dome. essendon (0-2) host west coast saturday night at telstra dome.
Essendon: 2.3, 3.5, 5.9, 8.12 (60)
St Kilda: 3.5, 5.10, 7.15, 13.16 (94)
GOALS: Essendon: Lucas 4, Hird 2, Lloyd, Hille 1
St Kilda: Gehrig 3, Peckett, Hamill, Riewoldt, X.Clarke 2, Thompson, Voss 1
BEST: Essendon: Hird, Lucas, Peverill, Rioli, Ramanauskas, Murphy
St Kilda: Hayes, Ball, Voss, Riewoldt, Maguire, Harvey, Hamill
west coast (1-0) vs port (1-0) subiaco saturday night
port beat west coast by 3 points in perth. port (2-0) host hawthorn sunday. west coast (1-1) plays essendon at telstra dome saturday night.
WEST COAST: 4.0, 7.3, 12.10, 17.13 (115)
PORT ADELAIDE: 3.3, 10.6, 14.7, 18.10 (118)
GOALS: WEST COAST: Sampi 5, Matera 3, Judd 2, Gardiner, Embley, Chick, Staker, Jakovich, Cousins, Adkins
PORT ADELAIDE: Tredrea 5, Thurstans 3, Kingsley, S Burgoyne 2, Schofield, K Cornes, P Burgoyne, Dew, Cassisi, Lade
BEST: WEST COAST: Judd, Sampi, Cox, Gardiner, Kerr, Fletcher
PORT ADELAIDE: Tredrea, Thurstans, K Cornes, S Burgoyne, Wilson
sydney (0-1) vs freo (1-0) scg sunday
sydney beat freo by 31 points. sydney (1-1) play geelong at home saturday night. freo (1-1) host adelaide sunday.
SYDNEY: 5.1, 7.6, 12.9, 15.12 (102)
FREMANTLE: 3.2, 5.6, 8.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS: Sydney: Hall 5, Bevan 2, O’Keefe 2, Maxfield, Kirk, Kennelly, Crouch, J.Bolton, Schneider
Fremantle: Pavlich 3, Longmuir 2, Waterhouse 2, Simmonds 2, Farmer
BEST: Sydney: Fosdike, Hall, Matthews, Kennelly, O’Keefe, Crouch Fremantle: Hasleby, Bell, Pavlich, Waterhouse
carlton (0-1) vs geelong (0-1) optus oval sunday
carlton end a 11 game losing streak by 9 goals over geelong. carlton (1-1) face the roos at the g saturday afternoon. geelong (0-2) play sydney in sydney saturday night.
CARLTON: 2.4, 6.6, 12.6, 16.8 (104)
GEELONG: 3.2, 3.9, 5.11, 6.14 (50)
GOALS: Carlton: Fevola 5, Camporeale 4, Whitnall 2, Fisher, Hulme, Clarke, Lappin, Kenna.
Geelong: Spriggs 2, Kingsley, Tenace, Chapman, Kelly.
BEST: Carlton: Camporeale, Scotland, Fevola, Morrell, Thornton, Houlihan, Sporn.
Geelong: Kelly, Moloney, Corey.
hawthorn (1-0) vs kangaroos (1-0) mcg sunday
kanagroos beat the hawks by 29 points at the g. kanagroos (2-0) host carlton saturday afternoon. hawthorn (1-1) travel to play port sunday.
HAWTHORN: 3.1 5.4 7.5, 11.8 (74)
KANGAROOS: 5.2 7.5 12.10, 15.13 (103)
GOALS: Hawthorn: Thompson 4, Hodge 2, Mitchell, Cox, Vandenberg, Beaumont, Jacobs 1.
Kangaroos: Jones, Grant 3, Brown, Motlop, Harris, King, Simpson, McKernan, Harvey, A Stevens, Clayton 1.
BEST: Hawthorn: Lekkas, Mitchell, Hodge, Jacobs, Thompson
Kangaroos: Grant, Colbert, Simpson, Harvey, Jones, Rawlings, A Stevens, McKernan
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 121 | 178.51% | 8 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 252 | 148 | 170.27% | 8 |
| 3 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 177 | 155.93% | 8 |
| 4 | Brisbane | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 161 | 114.29% | 8 |
| 5 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 180 | 151 | 119.21% | 4 |
| 6 | Hawthorn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 193 | 173 | 111.56% | 4 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 162 | 109.88% | 4 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 205 | 195 | 105.13% | 4 |
| 9 | Carlton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 157 | 104.46% | 4 |
| 10 | West Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 259 | 255 | 101.57% | 4 |
| 11 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 192 | 90.10% | 4 |
| 12 | Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 194 | 84.02% | 4 |
| 13 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 234 | 250 | 93.60% | 0 |
| 14 | Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 253 | 62.06% | 0 |
| 15 | Geelong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 226 | 49.12% | 0 |
| 16 | Essendon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 252 | 48.41% | 0 |
round 3 matches easter round
thursday
brisbane v collingwood G (N)
saturday
kangaroos v carlton MCG
essendon v west coast TD (N)
sydney v geelong SCG (N)
sunday
port v hawthorn AAMI
bulldogs v melbourne MCG
freo v adeliade S
monday
st kilda v richmond TD
Harrison’s world 