richmond (0-1) vs st kilda (0-1) telstra dome friday night
st kilda beat richmond by 11 points. st kilda (1-1) host brisbane thursday night. richmond (0-2) travel to play west coast saturday night.
RICHMOND: 3.2, 6.4, 10.7, 11.11 (77)
ST KILDA: 4.1, 9.4, 11.6, 13.10 (88)
GOALS – Richmond: P.Bowden 3, Pettifer 3, Jackson 2, Tivendale, Richardson, Simmonds St Kilda: Gehrig 3, Riewoldt 3, Dal Santo, Goddard, X.Clarke, Fiora, Montagna, Harvey, Hayes
BEST – Richmond: J.Bowden, Simmonds, P.Bowden, Hyde, Raines, Coughlan St Kilda: Riewoldt, Hayes, Hamill, Hudghton, Montagna, Harvey
geelong (1-0) vs north (1-0) skilled stadium saturday afternoon
geelong double the roos score by 69 points. geelong (2-0) host hawthorn saturday afternoon. kanagroos (1-1) host collingwood at the dome monday.
GEELONG: 6.3, 11.4, 18.6, 22.6 (138)
KANGAROOS: 3.2, 7.4, 7.8, 10.9 (69)
GOALS – Geelong: Kingsley 8, G.Ablett 4, Mackie 2, Bartel 2, S.Johnson 2, D.Johnson, Tenace, Mooney, Ottens
Kangaroos: Jones 4, Harding 2, Brown, Harris, McIntosh, Wells
BEST – Geelong: Corey, Kingsley, Milburn, Enright, G.Ablett, Tenace, Mooney, Mackie
Kangaroos: Grant, Firrito, Simpson, Jones, Harris
bulldogs (1-0) vs melbourne (0-1) telstra dome saturday afternoon
bulldogs get revenge on melbourne by 47 points. bulldogs (2-0) play essendon at the dome sunday. melbourne (0-2) play adeliade at the gold coast sunday.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.5 6.8 15.13 20.17 (137)
MELBOURNE: 5.5 8.9 11.11 12.18 (90)
GOALS – Western Bulldogs: R.Murphy 4, Johnson 3, Robbins 3, Cooney 2, Cross, Grant, Griffen, Hahn, Minson, Skipper, Smith, West
Melbourne: Robertson 3, Bruce, Carroll, Davey, Green, Jamar, Moloney, Neitz, Sylvia, White
BEST – Western Bulldogs: R.Murphy, Johnson, West, Giansiracusa, Hahn, Cross
Melbourne: Bruce, Sylvia, Johnstone
brisbane (0-1) vs essendon (1-0) gabba saturday night
brisbane beat essendon by 3 goals. brisbane (1-1) travel to the dome to play st kilda thursday night. essendon (1-1) host bulldogs sunday at the dome.
BRISBANE LIONS: 4.5, 7.9, 12.13, 17.13 (115)
ESSENDON: 2.0, 7.0, 10.3, 15.7 (97)
GOALS – Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 5, Power 3, Brown 3, Sherman 2, Charman 2, Hooper, Akermanis Essendon: Monfries 5, Lloyd 4, Lovett, Dyson, Hille, Heffernan, Lucas, Stanton
BEST – Brisbane Lions: Black, Brown, Bradshaw, Power, Charman, Johnson, Sherman, Voss Essendon: Monfries, McPhee, Hille, Watson, Stanton
freo (0-1) vs carlton (1-0) subiaco saturday night
freo beat carlton by 15 points. freo (1-1) travel to port sunday. carlton (1-1) host sydney at the dome saturday night.
FREMANTLE: 7.2, 11.4, 14.7, 15.11 (101)
CARLTON: 2.2, 4.4, 9.6, 13.8 (86)
GOALS – Fremantle: McPharlin 3, Farmer 3, Headland 2, Crowley 2, Pavlich 2, Dodd, Medhurst, Sandilands Carlton: Fevola 6, Bentick, Houlihan, Waite, Simpson, Carrazzo, McLaren, Betts
BEST – Fremantle: Crowley, J Carr, McPharlin, Black, Bell, M Carr
Carlton: Fevola, Walker, Thornton, Houlihan, Carrazzo
sydney (0-1) vs port (0-1) scg sunday
sydneys title defence has started slow losing to port by 26 points. port (1-1) host freo sunday. sydney (0-2) play carlton at the dome saturday night.
SYDNEY: 3.1, 4.2, 7.6, 11.14 (80)
PORT ADELAIDE: 5.3, 9.10, 14.14, 15.16 (106)
GOALS – Sydney: O’Loughlin 2, Davis 2, Hall 2, Fosdike 2, Buchanan, McVeigh, Crouch
Port Adelaide: C.Cornes 4, Thurstans 2, S.Burgoyne 2, Lade 2, White 2, Motlop, Mahoney, K.Cornes
BEST – Sydney: Davis, Buchanan, Mathews
Port Adelaide: C.Cornes, P.Burgoyne, S.Burgoyne, Wakelin, Salopek, White, Lade, Cassisi
hawthorn (1-0) vs collingwood (0-1) telstra dome sunday
collingwood break their drought by 35 points over the hawks. collingwood (1-1) face the roos at the dome monday afternoon. hawthorn (1-1) travel to geelong saturday afternoon.
HAWTHORN: 3.1, 6.6, 8.8, 12.12 (84)
COLLINGWOOD: 2.4, 4.9, 12.9, 18.11 (119)
GOALS – Hawthorn: Dixon 4, Williams 2, Lewis 2, Croad 2, Hodge, Campbell
Collingwood: Rocca 8, Fraser 2, Davis 2, T. Cloke, Lonie, Tarrant, Johnson, Holland, Didak
BEST – Hawthorn: Hodge, Dixon, Bateman, Crawford, Lewis
Collingwood: Rocca, Johnson, Lonie, Buckley, Swan, Clement, Holland
adeliade (1-0) vs west coast (0-1) aami stadium sunday
west coast beat adelaide by 2 points. west coast (2-0) host richmond saturday night. adeliade (1-1) travel to play melbourne at the gold coast sunday.
WEST COAST: 1.4, 6.6, 11.10, 13.12 (90)
ADELAIDE: 3.3, 4.5, 7.7, 13.10 (88)
GOALS – West Coast: Graham 3, Staker 3, Sampi 2, Cousins 2, Fletcher, Lynch, Jones
Adelaide: Ricciuto 5, Bode 2, van Berlo, Stevens, Biglands, Perrie, McLeod
BEST – West Coast: Jones, Staker, Embley, Cox, Kerr, Hunter, Rosa, Braun, Wirrpanda
Adelaide: Goodwin, Johncock, Edwards, Riccuito, McLeod, Reilly, Hart, Clarke
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 107 | 236.45% | 8 |
| 2 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 142 | 214.08% | 8 |
| 3 | West Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174 | 154 | 112.99% | 8 |
| 4 | Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 167 | 119.16% | 4 |
| 5 | Essendon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 205 | 196 | 104.59% | 4 |
| 6 | Carlton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 179 | 173 | 103.47% | 4 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 196 | 195 | 100.51% | 4 |
| 8 | Fremantle | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 195 | 96.41% | 4 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 154 | 161 | 95.65% | 4 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 193 | 206 | 93.69% | 4 |
| 11 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 193 | 208 | 92.79% | 4 |
| 12 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 197 | 225 | 87.56% | 4 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 212 | 72.17% | 4 |
| 14 | Sydney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 214 | 75.23% | 0 |
| 15 | Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 162 | 230 | 70.43% | 0 |
| 16 | Richmond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 255 | 50.59% | 0 |
round 3 matches
thursday
st kilda v brisbane TD (N)
saturday
geelong v hawthorn SS
carlton v sydney TD (N)
west coast v richmond S (N)
sunday
melbourne v adeliade C
essendon v bulldogs TD
port v freo AAMI
monday
north v collingwood TD