carlton (0-1) vs essendon (0-1) mcg friday night
carlton come from 28 down to beat essendon by 4 points. carlton (1-1) host collingwood saturday afternoon at the g. essendon (0-2) host hawthorn sunday at the g.
CARLTON: 5.2, 6.7, 9.11, 16.14 (110)
ESSENDON: 4.1, 9.2, 15.3, 17.4 (106)
GOALS – Carlton: Whitnall 4, Betts 3, Deluca 3, Fevola 2, Davies, Koutoufides, Camporeale, Lappin
Essendon: Lucas 6, M. Johnson 3, Cupido, Monfries, Peverill, McPhee, J. Johnson, Bolton, McVeigh, Bradley
BEST – Carlton: Whitnall, Stevens, Scotland, Deluca, Teague, French
Essendon: Lucas, Solomon, Peverill, Fletcher, M. Johnson, J. Johnson
kanagroos (1-0) vs sydney (1-0) manaka oval saturday afternoon
horrible kicking cost sydney in a 23 point loss to the roos. kanagroos (2-0) face st kilda at the dome saturday afternoon. sydney (1-1) travel to brisbane saturday night.
KANGAROOS: 2.5 4.8 7.9 12.10 (82)
SYDNEY: 2.5 4.11 7.14 7.17 (59)
GOALS: Kangaroos: Grant 3, Stevens 3, Rocca 2, Jones, Hale, Sansbury, Harris Sydney: Hall, Davis, Jolly, Crouch, Kirk, Buchanan, Bevan
BEST: Kangaroos: Archer, Grant, Picioane, Stevens, Sinclair, Simpson, Colbert Sydney: C Bolton, Ablett, Buchanan, Hall, Kirk
bulldogs (1-0) vs melbourne (1-0) telstra dome saturday afternoon
bad kicking and a 5 day break cost the dogs in a 26 point loss to melbourne. melbourne (2-0) host geelong friday night at the g. bulldogs (1-1) host richmond at the dome sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 1.4, 6.8, 10.15, 15.21 (111)
MELBOURNE: 6.4, 12.9, 17.12, 20.17 (137)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: Cooney 4, Johnson 3, Gilbee 3, Bowden 2, Ray, Faulkner, Harris Melbourne: Bruce 5, Davey 4, Robertson 4, Yze 4, Neitz, Ferguson, Green
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Johnson, West, Bowden, Gilbee, Harris, Darcy, Cooney Melbourne: Bruce, McLean, Davey, Yze, Johnstone, Robertson, Green, Sylvia, White
west coast (1-0) vs geelong (1-0) subiaco saturday night
geelongs travel woes continues in a 22 point loss to west coast. west coast (2-0) face freo in the derby saturday night. geelong (1-1) face melbourne at the g friday night.
WEST COAST: 3.2, 5.6, 9.9, 12.12 (84)
GEELONG: 1.6, 4.9, 6.11, 8.14 (62)
GOALS – WEST COAST: Hansen 4, Embley 3, Sampi, Lynch, Braun, Glass, Cox GEELONG: Byrnes 2, Kingsley 2, Bartel, Chapman, Rooke, Ling BEST – WEST COAST: Embley, Fletcher, Hansen, Braun, Nicoski, Chick GEELONG: Byrnes, Corey, Johnson, Kingsley, Ling
port (0-1) vs brisbane (1-0) aami stadium saturday night
port win the grand final rematch by 2 points over a fast finishing brisbane. port (1-1) play adeliade sunday in the showdown. brisbane (1-1) host sydney saturday night.
Port Adelaide: 3.0, 4.4, 9.8, 11.9 (75)
Brisbane Lions: 3.4, 4.4, 5.5, 11.7 (73)
Goals: Port Adelaide: Tredrea 5, Lade 3, White, K. Cornes, James
Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 3, Power 2, Copeland 2, Merrett, Power, Keating, Notting
Best: Port Adelaide: Cassisi, Tredrea, Kingsley, Walsh, Ebert, Shattock, Lade, Primus
Brisbane Lions: Lappin, Pike, C. Johnson, C. Scott, Voss, Power
st kilda (0-1) vs freo (1-0) york park sunday
st kilda beat freo by 1 point in tasmania. st kilda (1-1) host the roos saturday afternoon. freo (1-1) host west coast in the derby saturday night.
St Kilda: 1.0 5.4 6.6 8.11 (59)
Fremantle: 1.3 6.3 7.7 8.10 (58)
Goals: St Kilda: Hamill 2, Hayes 2, Gehrig, Koschitzke, Schwarze, Milne Fremantle: Medhurst 3, Bell, Farmer, Headland, Longmuir, Pavlich
Best: St Kilda: Hamill, Harvey, Hayes, Dal Santo, Schwarze, Ball Fremantle: Longmuir, Bell, Hasleby, Walker, Pavlich, J.Carr
collingwood (0-1) vs adeliade (0-1) telstra dome sunday
adeliade beat collingwood by a goal to oepn their account ending a drought against collingwood going back to 2000. adelaide (1-1) host port in the showdown sunday. collingwood (0-2) face carlton at the g saturday afternoon.
Collingwood: 2.5, 3.6, 7.11, 10.15 (75)
Adelaide: 4.5, 5.6, 8.8, 12.9 (81)
Goals: Collingwood: Caracella 4, Rocca, Walker, Tarrant, Williams, C. Cloke, Rowe
Adelaide: McLeod 4, Hentschel 3, Perrie 2, Welsh, Reilly, Edwards
Best: Collingwood: Caracella, Johnson, Lockyer, Licuria, Shaw, Wakelin, Clement
Adelaide: Johncock, Riccuito, Hentschel, McLeod, Edwards, Goodwin
hawthorn (0-1) vs richmond (0-1) mcg sunday
richmond snap a 15 game losing streak by 14 points over the hawks. richmond (1-1) face the bulldogs at the dome sunday. hawthorn (0-2) face essesndon at the g sunday.
Hawthorn: 2.3, 7.7, 10.13, 12.17 (89)
Richmond: 4.2, 9.5, 12.5, 16.7 (103)
Goals: Hawthorn: Franklin 3, Barker 2, Everitt 2, Williams, Crawford, Bateman, Beaumont, Clarke
Richmond: Richardson 3, Brown 3, Pettifer 2, Simmonds, Stafford, Knobel, Tuck, Coughlan, Krakouer, Hyde, Johnson
Best: Hawthorn: Everitt, Mitchell, Franklin, Hodge, Brown, Barker
Richmond: Richardson, Brown, Johnson, Deledio, Hartigan, Kellaway
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 168 | 142.86% | 8 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 144 | 129.86% | 8 |
| 3 | West Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 115 | 128.70% | 8 |
| 4 | Fremantle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 112 | 130.36% | 4 |
| 5 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 137 | 129.20% | 4 |
| 6 | Geelong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 182 | 121.98% | 4 |
| 7 | Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 168 | 112.50% | 4 |
| 8 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 223 | 217 | 102.76% | 4 |
| 9 | Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 139 | 96.40% | 4 |
| 10 | Carlton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 211 | 92.42% | 4 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 174 | 87.36% | 4 |
| 12 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 201 | 249 | 80.72% | 4 |
| 13 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 128 | 161 | 79.50% | 4 |
| 14 | Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 193 | 80.31% | 0 |
| 15 | Essendon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 213 | 76.53% | 0 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 144 | 221 | 65.16% | 0 |
round 3 matches
friday
melbourne v geelong MCG (N)
saturday
carlton v collingwood MCG
st kilda v kanagroos TD
brisbane v sydney G (N)
freo v west coast S (N)
sunday
adelaide v port AAMI
essendon v hawthorn MCG
bulldogs v richmond TD
Harrison’s world 