brisbane v st killda gabba thursday night
brisbane open the season with a 23 point win over st kilda. brisbane (1-0) travel to play port saturday night in the grand final rematch. st kilda (0-1) host freo in tasmania sunday.
BRISBANE LIONS: 4.1, 10.5, 14.5, 18.8 (116)
ST KILDA: 2.4, 6.6, 12.11, 13.15 (93)
GOALS – Brisbane Lions: Brennan 4, Bradshaw 2, Keating 2, Akermanis 2, McGrath 2, Pike 2, Copeland, Voss, Lappin, Adcock
St Kilda: Riewoldt 3, Milne 3, Hamill 2, Harvey 2, Fiora, Ball, Thompson
BEST – Brisbane Lions: Johnson, Voss, Power, Leppitsch, Macdonald, Brennan
St Kilda:Dal Santo, Hamill, Ackland, Ball, Thompson, Harvey
INJURIES – Brisbane Lions: Johnson (thigh/two teeth out), Brennan (leg), Lappin (ankle) St Kilda: Riewoldt (shoulder)
CHANGES – St Kilda: Peckett replaced in selected side by Fisher
UMPIRES – McBurney, McLaren, Ryan
kanagroos v carlton telstra dome saturday afternoon
roos beat carlton by 20 points to open their season. kangaroos (1-0) host sydney in canberra saturday afternoon. carlton (0-1) host essendon friday night at the g.
Kangaroos: 3.4, 6.6, 10.7, 16.9 (105)
Carlton: 3.5, 5.8, 7.10, 12.13 (85)
GOALS – Kangaroos: Rocca 4, Wells 2, Jones 2, Rawlings, Grant, Sinclair, Stevens, Thompson, Firrito, Harvey, Hale
Carlton: Fevola 3, Waite 2, Betts 2, Davies, Whitnall, Houlihan, Scotland, Koutoufides
BEST – Kangaroos: Sinclair, Grant, Rocca, Brown, Watt, Rawlings, Wells
Carlton: Koutoufides, Lappin, Scotland, French, Waite
INJURIES – Kangaroos: Nil
Carlton: Livingston (ankle), Walker (calf)
UMPIRES – Schmitt, Ellis, Jeffery
melbourne v essendon mcg saturday night
an emotional night for melbourne saw them get revenge by 46 points over essendon for the elim final. melbourne (1-0) play the bulldogs at the dome saturday afternoon. essendon (0-1) face carlton at the g friday night.
MELBOURNE: 3.2, 9.8, 12.11, 15.13 (103)
ESSENDON: 3.4, 6.6, 6.8, 8.9 (57)
GOALS – Melbourne: Yze 4, Davey 2, Miller 2, Neitz, Green, Moloney, McDonald, Robertson, White, Johnstone
Essendon: Lucas 3, Henneman 2, Winderlich, Stanton, Johnson
BEST – Melbourne: Ferguson, Yze, Bruce, Moloney, Rivers, Green, Miller Essendon: Fletcher, J. Johnson, Lucas, Bradley, Welsh
freo v port subiaco saturday night
ports title defence doesn’t start well in a 35 point loss to freo. freo (1-0) travel to play st kilda in tasmania sunday. port (0-1) host brisbane in the grand final rematch saturday night.
FREMANTLE: 4.3, 6.5, 10.9, 13.10 (88)
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.1, 5.5, 6.6, 7.11 (53)
GOALS – FREMANTLE: Pavlich 3, Medhurst 2, Woods 2, M Carr, Murphy, Farmer, Headland, Longmuir, Black PORT ADELAIDE: Primus 2, K Cornes, Montgomery, Thurstans, Cochrane, Dew BEST – FREMANTLE: Pavlich, Headland, M Carr, Black, Bell, J Carr, McPharlin PORT ADELAIDE: K Cornes, Wanganeen, P Burgoyne, Tredrea
sydney v hawthorn scg sunday
sydney smash hawthorn by 63 points in lance franklins first game (for hawthorn). sydney (1-0) face the roos in canberra saturday afternoon. hawthorn (0-1) host richmond sunday at the g.
SYDNEY: 4.1, 9.3, 12.8, 18.10 (118)
HAWTHORN: 2.1, 3.4, 4.6, 8.7 (55)
GOALS – SYDNEY: Davis 4, Jolly 3, Hall 3, Doyle, Schneider, O’Keefe, C Bolton, J Bolton, Bevan, Williams, McVeigh
HAWTHORN: Dixon 2, Williams, Ladson, Crawford, Holland, Jacobs, Everitt
BEST – SYDNEY: Williams, Davis, Jolly, Mathews, Hall
HAWTHORN: Bateman, Crawford, Hodge, Holland
richmond v geelong mcg sunday
geelong smash richmond by 62 points in the tigers 15th striaght loss. geelong (1-0) travel to play west coast saturday night in perth. richmond (0-1) face hawthorn at the g sunday.
RICHMOND: 4.3, 6.5, 9.6, 15.8 (98)
GEELONG: 6.2, 12.6, 19.10, 25.10 (160)
GOALS – Richmond: Brown 3, Pettifer 3, Richardson 3, Gaspar, Krakouer, Graham, Tuck, Chaffey, Campbell
Geelong: Kingsley 4, Mackie 3, Ottens 3, Playfair 2, Ablett 2, Kelly 2, Enright 2, Byrnes 2, Bartel, Riccardi, Ling, Koulouriotis, Chapman
BEST – Richmond: Gaspar, Tuck, Coughlan, Chaffey, Richardson
Geelong: Enright, Ling, Chapman, Bartel, Ablett, Kingsley, Ottens, Mackie, Hunt, Scarlett
adelaide v west coast aami satdium sunday
west coast beat adelaide by 11 points on the road. west coast (1-0) host geelong saturday night. adelaide (0-1) travel to play collingwood sunday at the dome.
WEST COAST: 1.1, 3.4, 6.5, 9.10 (64)
ADELAIDE: 3.3, 5.7, 7.9, 7.11 (53)
GOALS -West Coast: Embley 3, Gardiner, Hunter, Matera, Sampi, Cox, Hansen. Adelaide: Welsh 3, Burton , Skipworth, Edwards, Perrie
BEST – West Coast: Kerr, Wirrpunda, Cousins, Fletcher, Braun Cox, Embley. Adelaide: Edwards, Hart, Burton, Hentschell, Johncock, Mattner
collingwood v bulldogs mcg monday
bulldogs stun collingwood by 32 points to open their season. bulldogs (1-0) host melbourne saturday afternoon at the dome. collingwood (0-1) host adelaide at the dome.
COLLINGWOOD: 5.4, 9.7, 11.11, 11.14 (80)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.7, 8.7, 9.14, 16.16 (112)
GOALS – Collingwood: Lockyer 2, Davis 2, Caracella 2, O’Bree, Walker, Rocca, Morrison, Tarrant Western Bulldogs: Darcy 3, Hahn 2, Johnson 2, Cooney 2, Birss 2, Gilbee, Eagleton, Bowden, Ray, Murphy
BEST – Collingwood: Clement, Lockyer, Johnson, Licuria, Morrison, Davis Western Bulldogs: Cooney, Hahn, Gilbee, Grant, Harris, Birss, Darcy, Johnson
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Sydney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 55 | 214.55% | 4 |
| 2 | Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 57 | 180.70% | 4 |
| 3 | Fremantle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 53 | 166.04% | 4 |
| 4 | Geelong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 98 | 163.27% | 4 |
| 5 | Wstn Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 80 | 140.00% | 4 |
| 6 | Brisbane | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 93 | 124.73% | 4 |
| 7 | Nth Melbourne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 85 | 123.53% | 4 |
| 8 | West Coast | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 53 | 120.75% | 4 |
| 9 | Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 64 | 82.81% | 0 |
| 10 | Carlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 105 | 80.95% | 0 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 | 116 | 80.17% | 0 |
| 12 | Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 112 | 71.43% | 0 |
| 13 | Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 160 | 61.25% | 0 |
| 14 | Port Adelaide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 88 | 60.23% | 0 |
| 15 | Essendon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 103 | 55.34% | 0 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 118 | 46.61% | 0 |
round 2 matches
friday
carlton v essendon MCG (N)
saturday
kangaroos v sydney MO
bulldogs v melbourne TD
west coast v geelong S (N)
port v brisbane AAMI (N)
sunday
st kilda v freo YP
hawthorn v richmond MCG
collingwood v adelaide TD
Harrison’s world 