brisbane (2-0) vs collingwood (1-1) gabba thursday night
brisbane continue their title defence wining by 10 goals in the grand final rematch. brisbane (3-0) play west coast in perth saturday afternoon. collingwood (1-2) host freo sunday at telstra dome.
BRISBANE: 2.2, 8.5, 15.11, 21.11 (137)
COLLINGWOOD: 3.0, 7.2, 10.3, 12.5 (77)
GOALS: Brisbane: Lynch 7, Brown 3, Power 2, Caracella 2, Akermanis, Hart, McGrath, Notting, Black, Pike, Lappin
Collingwood: Lokan 3, Rocca 3, Swan 2, Tarrant, Didak, Burns, Holland
BEST: Brisbane: Lynch, Akermanis, Michael, Black, Lappin, Voss, Caracella, Hart
Collingwood: Lokan, Burns, Buckley, Johnson, Woewodin, Licuria
kanagroos (2-0) vs carlton (1-1) mcg saturday afternoon
the roos start 3-0 with a 5 point win over carlton. kanagroos (3-0) host sydney in canberra sunday. carlton (1-2) host essendon at the g friday night.
KANGAROOS: 7.0, 12.3, 14.5, 17.9 (111)
CARLTON: 4.4, 8.6, 13.7, 16.10 (106)
GOALS: Kangaroos: Motlop 4, Petrie 3, McKernan, Co. Jones, Harvey 2, Rawlings, Grant, Wells, Brown 1.
Carlton: Fevola 4, Whitnall, Lappin, Fisher 2, Johnson, Kenna, Stevens, Deluca, Scotland, Houlihan 1.
BEST: Kangaroos: Simpson, Grant, Makepeace, Motlop, Rawlings, Brown.
Carlton: Scotland, Houlihan, Lappin, Fevola, Deluca, Whitnall, Johnson.
essendon (0-2) vs west coast (1-1) telstra dome saturday night
essendon get off the bottom of the ladder by a goal over west coast. essendon (1-2) face carlton at the g friday night. west coast (1-2) host brisbane saturday afternoon.
ESSENDON: 8.0, 10.1, 16.3, 22.5 (137)
WEST COAST EAGLES: 3.0, 7.5, 15.8, 20.11 (131)
GOALS: Essendon: Lloyd 8, Mercuri 3, Hird 3, Hille 2, Murphy 2, Lucas, Solomon, Dyson, Lovett-Murray
West Coast: Sampi 3, Cousins 3, Matera 3, McDougall 3, Kerr 2, Adkins 2, Fletcher, Braun, Chick, Jakovich
BEST: Essendon: Hird, Lloyd, Peverill, Solomon, Hille, Mercuri
West Coast: Cousins, Kerr, Judd, Lynch, McDougall, Embley
sydney (1-1) vs geelong (0-2) scg saturday night
sydney win a weird game by a goal over geelong in which 11 shots to 1 in the last quarter made the difference in a come from behind win. sydney (2-1) face the roos in canberra sunday. geelong (0-3) host richmond at telstra dome saturday night.
SYDNEY: 3.2, 7.3, 7.5, 10.13 (73)
GEELONG: 2.2, 7.5, 9.7, 10.7 (67)
GOALS: Sydney: Williams 2, Hall 2, O’Keefe, Schneider, J.Bolton, McVeigh, Crouch, Goodes
Geelong: Kelly 3, Chapman 2, Kingsley 2, Playfair, Gardiner, Mooney
BEST: Sydney: J.Bolton, C.Bolton, McVeigh, Kirk, James
Geelong: Kelly, Milburn, Mackie, Haynes
port (2-0) vs hawthorn (1-1) aami stadium sunday
port secure a lead with an 81 point demoltion of hawthorn. port (3-0) face melbourne at the g saturday afternoon. hawthorn (1-2) host bulldogs at the g sunday.
PORT ADELAIDE: 6.3, 11.8, 17.13, 26.15 (171)
hawthorn: 1.3, 7.6, 10.7, 13.12 (90)
GOALS: Port: Tredrea, Primus 4, Ebert, Montgomery, S. Burgoyne, P. Burgoyne, Dew, Brogan 2, Wanganeen, Carr, Wilson, Kingsley, Poulton, Salopek
Hawthorn: Barker, Dixon, Everitt 2, Crawford, Graham, Hodge, Ries, Smithy, Thompson, Williams
BEST: Port: C. Cornes, Tredrea, Montgomery, Cornes, Wilson, P. Burgoyne, Wanganeen, Carr, S. Burgoyne
Hawthorn: Everitt, Hodge, Lonie, Crawford, Vandenberg, Sewell
bulldogs (0-2) vs melbourne (1-1) mcg sunday
melbourne scrape home over the bulldogs by 10 points melbourne (2-1) host port saturday afternoon at the g . bulldogs (0-3) play hawthorn at the g sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 1.3, 6.7, 9.10, 12.15 (87)
MELBOURNE: 3.8, 6.14, 9.19, 12.25 (97)
GOALS: Bulldogs: Bowden 4, McMahon 2, Eagleton, Darcy, Rawlings, West, Street, Harrison
Melbourne: Neitz 3, Davey 2, Thompson 2, Yze 2, Bruce 2, Green
BEST: Bulldogs: Bowden, Murphy, Eagleton, Smith, Cooney.
Melbourne: White, Nicholson, Rivers, Johnstone, Green, Thompson, Yze, Bruce
freo (1-1) vs adelaide (0-2) subiaco sunday
freo win a poor kicking game by 9 points over adeliade. freo (2-1) face collingwood at the dome sunday. adeladide (0-3) host st kilda saturday night.
FREMANTLE: 2.2, 3.4, 7.8, 10.13 (73)
ADELAIDE: 2.3, 4.10, 6.12, 8.16 (64)
GOALS: FREMANTLE: Longmuir 4, Medhurst, Grover, Simmonds, Hasleby, Bell, Waterhouse
ADELAIDE: Smart, Carey, Edwards 2, Johncock, McGregor
BEST: FREMANTLE: Longmuir, Hasleby, Haddrill, Cook, Hayden, Grover
ADELAIDE: Burton, Ricciuto, Smart, Stenglein, Johncock, Carey
st kilda (2-0) vs richmond (1-1) telstra dome monday
st kilda beat richmond by 45 points. st kilda (3-0) travel to play adeliade saturday night. richmond (1-2) face geelong at telstra dome saturday night.
ST KILDA 4.3 10.6 12.12 16.18 (114)
RICHMOND 5.0 7.2 8.6 10.9 (69)
GOALS: St Kilda: Gehrig 5, Riewoldt 4, Powell 2, Ball, Black, Hamill, Harvey, Thompson
Richmond: Bowden 2, Brown 2, Krakouer 2, Fiora, Hall, Morrison, Rodan
BEST: St Kilda: Gehrig, Riewoldt, Harvey, Powell, Ball, Hayes, Maguire, Jones
Richmond: Brown, Bowden, Johnson, Krakouer
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | St Kilda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 330 | 190 | 173.68% | 12 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 447 | 267 | 167.42% | 12 |
| 3 | Nth Melbourne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 363 | 254 | 142.91% | 12 |
| 4 | Brisbane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 238 | 134.87% | 12 |
| 5 | Sydney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 253 | 218 | 116.06% | 8 |
| 6 | Fremantle | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 251 | 226 | 111.06% | 8 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 302 | 282 | 107.09% | 8 |
| 8 | Carlton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 270 | 268 | 100.75% | 4 |
| 9 | West Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 390 | 392 | 99.49% | 4 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 283 | 344 | 82.27% | 4 |
| 11 | Richmond | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 242 | 306 | 79.08% | 4 |
| 12 | Collingwood | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 240 | 331 | 72.51% | 4 |
| 13 | Essendon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 259 | 383 | 67.62% | 4 |
| 14 | Wstn Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 321 | 347 | 92.51% | 0 |
| 15 | Adelaide | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 326 | 67.79% | 0 |
| 16 | Geelong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 299 | 59.53% | 0 |
round 4 matches
friday
carlton v essendon MCG (N)
saturday
melbourne v port MCG
west coast v brisbane S
geelong v richmond TD (N)
adelaide v st kilda AAMI (N)
sunday
kanagroos v sydney MO
hawthorn v bulldogs MCG
collingwood v freo TD
Harrison’s world 