melbourne (2-0) vs geelong (1-1) mcg friday night
melbourne smash geelong by 8 goals as the cats waste a lot of chances. melbourne (3-0) face st kilda at the dome sunday. geelong (1-2) host essendon at the dome saturday night.
MELBOURNE: 6.2, 11.4, 14.5, 18.6 (114)
GEELONG: 1.5, 5.8, 6.11, 8.18 (66)
GOALS – Melbourne: Neitz 5, Robertson 3, Bruce 3, Green 2, Davey 2, Whelan, Sylvia, Johnstone
Geelong: Chapman 3, Kingsley 3, Corey, Ablett
BEST – Melbourne: Bruce, Neitz, White, Green, Bizzell, Whelan
Geelong: Hunt, Milburn, Playfair, Tenace, Chapman
carlton (1-1) vs collingwood (0-2) mcg saturday afternoon
collingwood stun carlton by 20 points. collingwood (1-2) face the roos at the g friday night. carlton (1-2) travel to play port saturday night.
CARLTON: 3.4, 8.6, 14.9, 16.12 (108)
COLLINGWOOD: 3.1, 5.7, 14.8, 20.8 (128)
GOALS – Carlton: Lappin 3, Waite 3, Deluca 2, Fevola 2, Whitnall 2, Betts 2, Camporeale, Stevens
Collingwood: Tarrant 5, Holland 3, Rocca 2, Licuria 2, Williams 2, Shaw, Rowe, Caracella, Cloke, Burns, Davis
BEST – Carlton: Stevens, Waite, French, Lappin
Collingwood: Licuria, Holland, Tarrant, Burns, Clement, Lockyer, Rocca
st kilda (1-1) vs kanagroos (2-0) telstra dome saturday afternoon
roos stun st kilda by 7 points to stay unbeaten. kanagroos (3-0) host collingwood at the g friday night. st kilda (1-2) host melbourne sunday at the dome.
ST KILDA: 3.3, 7.5, 12.7, 14.9 (93)
KANGAROOS: 2.2, 6.3, 10.7, 15.10 (100)
GOALS – St Kilda: Gehrig 4, Milne 3, Hamill 3, Fiora 2, Ackland, Voss
Kangaroos: Grant 4, Thompson 2, B. Harvey 2, Sansbury 2, Petrie, Rocca, Stevens, Jones, Wells
BEST – St Kilda: Dal Santo, Hamill, Fiora, Voss, Gehrig, Hayes, Maguire
Kangaroos: Grant, Makepeace, B. Harvey, Sinclair, Brown, Archer, Sansbury
brisbane (1-1) vs sydney (1-1) gabba saturday night
32 points down at 3/4 time no problem for sydney when barry hall goals after the siren to give them a controversal one goal win over brisbane. sydney (2-1) host adeliade sunday. brisbane (1-2) Travel to play hawthorn at the g sasturday afternoon.
SYDNEY: 1.3, 2.4, 6.6, 13.9 (87)
BRISBANE LIONS: 1.5, 4.10, 10.14, 11.15 (81)
GOALS – Sydney: Hall 5, Goodes 2, Ablett, Buchanan, O’Keefe, Williams, Bevan, J. Bolton Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 5, Akermanis 2, Corrie, Lappin, Adcock, Power
BEST – Sydney: Hall, Nicks, J. Bolton, Goodes, Williams, Maxfield Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw, Johnson, Akermanis, Power, Voss, White
freo (1-1) vs west coast (2-0) subiaco saturday night
west coast win the derby by 8 points over freo. west coast (3-0) host bulldogs saturday afternoon. freo (1-2) travel to play richmond at the g sunday.
FREMANTLE: 2.4, 7.6, 9.7, 12.8 (80)
WEST COAST: 2.4, 3.9, 7.14, 12.16 (88)
GOALS – FREMANTLE: J Carr 2, Pavlich 2, Longmuir, Medhurst, Black, Haselby, M Carr, Headland, Sandilands, Farmer WEST COAST: Hansen 3, Cox, Graham, Lynch 2, Judd, Embley, Fletcher BEST – FREMANTLE: M Carr, Pavlich, J Carr, Parker, Longmuir, Black, Cook WEST COAST: Judd, Fletcher, Hansen, Cousins, Chick, Braun, Nicoski, Graham
adelaide (1-1) vs port (1-1) aami stadium sunday
adelaide dismantle port by 68 points in the showdown. adelaide (2-1) travel to play syndey sunday. port (1-2) host carlton saturday night.
ADELAIDE: 3.2, 9.5, 13.13, 18.16 (124)
PORT ADELAIDE: 1.1, 5.2, 7.5, 8.8 (56)
GOALS – Adelaide: Welsh 4, McLeod 2, Hentschel 2, Goodwin 2, Shirley 2, Johncock, Ricciuto, Mattner, Edwards, Skipworth, Reilly Port Adelaide: Dew 3, Ebert 2, K. Cornes, Shattock, Kingsley
BEST – Adelaide: Ricciuto, Edwards, Mattner, Goodwin, Hentschel, McGregor, Reilly, Doughty Port Adelaide: K. Cornes, Wilson, Dew, Wanganeen
essendon (0-2) vs hawthorn (0-2) mcg sunday
in the most controversal game of the year an umpiring mistake gave essendon a 2 point win over the hawks when a rushed behind was called a goal in the last quarter which the afl later admited was a mistake. essendon (1-2) face geelong at the dome saturday night. hawthorn (0-3) host brisbane at the g saturday afternoon.
ESSENDON: 1.6, 5.10, 7.14, 10.17 (77)
HAWTHORN: 1.1, 1.4, 7.8, 11.9 (75)
GOALS – Essendon: Solomon 3, Hird 2, Monfries, Henneman, McPhee, Lovett, Lucas Hawthorn: Williams 3, Roughead 2, Franklin, Smith, Clarke, Miller, Barker, Hodge BEST – Essendon: Fletcher, J. Johnson, Bradley, M. Johnson, Welsh, Stanton, Hird Hawthorn: Croad, Smith, Hodge, Everitt, Beaumont, Brown
bulldogs (1-1) vs richmond (1-1) telstra dome sunday
richmond stun bulldogs by 4 points in a thriller. richmond (2-1) host freo sunday at the g. bulldogs (1-2) travel to play west coast saturday afternoon.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 3.1, 6.7, 8.14, 11.18 (84)
RICHMOND: 3.4, 5.9, 7.14, 12.16 (88)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: P. Bowden 2, Hahn 2, Johnson 2, McMahon, Eagleton, Bandy, Boyd, Giansiracusa Richmond: Richardson 4, Brown 3, Krakouer 2, Tivendale, Coughlan, Campbell
BEST – Western Bulldogs: Hahn, Gilbee, Giansiracusa, Eagleton, Faulkner, Johnson, Smith Richmond: Richardson, Brown, Campbell, Gaspar, Coughlan, Hyde, Tuck, Krakouer
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Melbourne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 354 | 234 | 151.28% | 12 |
| 2 | Nth Melbourne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 237 | 121.10% | 12 |
| 3 | West Coast | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 236 | 195 | 121.03% | 12 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 258 | 195 | 132.31% | 8 |
| 5 | Sydney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 264 | 218 | 121.10% | 8 |
| 6 | Richmond | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 289 | 333 | 86.79% | 8 |
| 7 | Fremantle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 226 | 200 | 113.00% | 4 |
| 8 | Brisbane | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 270 | 255 | 105.88% | 4 |
| 9 | Wstn Bulldogs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 307 | 305 | 100.66% | 4 |
| 10 | Geelong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 288 | 296 | 97.30% | 4 |
| 11 | Collingwood | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 283 | 301 | 94.02% | 4 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 245 | 274 | 89.42% | 4 |
| 13 | Carlton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 303 | 339 | 89.38% | 4 |
| 14 | Essendon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 240 | 288 | 83.33% | 4 |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 184 | 285 | 64.56% | 4 |
| 16 | Hawthorn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 219 | 298 | 73.49% | 0 |
round 4 matches
friday
kangaroos v collingwood MCG (N)
saturday
hawthorn v brisbane MCG
west coast v bulldogs S
geelong v essendon TD (N)
port v carlton AAMI (N)
sunday
sydney v adelaide SCG
richmond v freo MCG
st kilda v melbourne TD
Harrison’s world 