afl 2008 round 1

carlton vs richmond thursday night 610pm

richmond oveerun carlton by 5 goals to open the season. richmond (1-0) host north sunday. carlton (0-1) play st kilda at the dome saturday night.

Richmond       4.3   8.5   11.5    17.7  (109)
Carlton           4.3   9.6   10.10   11.13  (79)

GOALS
Richmond: 
Richardson 5, Brown 3, Deledio, 2, Pettifer, Foley, Tuck, Pattison, Polak, Tambling, Jackson.
Carlton: Betts 2, Fevola 2, Scotland 2, Stevens, Houlihan, Edwards, O’hAilpin, Murphy.

BEST
Richmond: Richardson, King, Foley, Johnson, Thursfield, Tuck, McMahon.
Carlton: Murphy, Thornton, Simpson, Stevens, Edwards, Judd.

port vs geelong aami stadium thursday night 840pm

geelong win the grand final rematch by 9 points over port. geelong (1-0) host essendon sunday. port (0-1) travel to sydney sunday.

GEELONG: 6.4, 10.8, 12.11, 15.15 (105)
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.0, 6.1, 10.6, 14.12 (96)

GOALS – Geelong: Stokes 3, Mooney 2, Chapman 2, Johnson, Chapman, Gamble, Ling, Hawkins, Corey, Ablett, Mackie Port: Ebert 3, Lade 2, Tredrea 2, Motlop 2, Logan, Boak, S.Burgoyne, C.Cornes, Westhoff
BEST – Geelong: Kelly, Corey, Enright, Ling, Ablett, Selwood, Milburn, Chapman Port: Lade, K.Cornes, K.Cornes, P.Burgoyne, K.Cornes, Salopek, Cassisi

collingwood vs freemantle mcg saturday afternoon 210pm

collingwood overrun freo by 26 points at the g. collingwood (1-0) travel to brisbane friday night. freo (0-1) host hawthorn saturday night.

COLLINGWOOD: 3.3, 7.6, 10.10, 16.15 (111)
FREMANTLE: 3.1, 7.2, 10.4, 13.7 (85)

GOALS: COLLINGWOOD: Rocca 6, Didak 3, Thomas 2, Davis 2, Medhurst, Cloke, Lockyer
FREMANTLE: McPharlin 3, Pavlich, Bell, Mark Johnson, M.Carr, McManus, Mundy, Crowley, McManus, Farmer, Headland
BEST: COLLINGWOOD: Rocca, R.Shaw, Davis, Egan, Swan, Didak, Pendlebury
FREMANTLE: Mundy, Bell, Hayden, McPharlin, Schammer, Headland, Dodd, Farmer

st kilda vs sydney telstra dome saturday night 710pm

in a miserable game st kilda beat sydney by 2 points. st kilda (1-0) host carlton saturday night. sydney (0-1) host port sunday.

ST KILDA: 4.3, 4.6, 6.10, 6.15 (51)
SYDNEY: 1.1, 4.6, 4.10, 6.13 (49)

GOALS: ST KILDA: Riewoldt 2, Koschitzke 2, Milne, Schneider
SYDNEY: Grundy, Hall, J Bolton, Buchanan, Goodes, Davis
BEST: ST KILDA: Riewoldt, S Fisher, Dal Santo, Geary, Harvey
SYDNEY: Kennelly, Buchanan, C Bolton, McVeigh

west coast vs brisbane sbuicao saturday night 740pm

west coast hold off brisbane by 16 points. west coast (1-0) Travel to adeliade saturday afternoon. brisbane (0-1) host collingwood friday night.

WEST COAST: 6.2, 7.5, 10.7, 14.8 (92)
BRISBANE: 1.2, 3.2, 9.6, 11.10 (76)

GOALS: West Coast: Wirrpanda 2, Waters 2, Seaby 2, LeCras 2, Hunter, Cox, Braun, Fletcher, Lynch, Staker
Brisbane: Brown 6, Bradshaw 3,Charman 1, Drummond 1
BEST: West Coast: Cox, Kerr, Seaby, Priddis, Wirrpanda, Braun, B.Jones
Brisbane: Brown, Black, Bradshaw, Johnstone, Drummond, Power

bulldogs vs adeliade telstra dome sunday afternoon 110pm

in ahigh scoring game bulldogs brokea 7 game winless run over adeliade by 3 points. bulldogs (1-0) play melborune at the g saturday afternoon. adelaide (0-1) host west coast saturday afternoon.

WESTERN BULLDOGS: 5.4, 6.9, 13.9, 19.12 (126)
ADELAIDE: 2.1, 7.8, 12.13, 18.15 (123)

GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Johnson 5, Welsh 4, Giansiracusa 3, Akermanis, Eagleton, Gilbee, Hahn, Hill, R.Murphy, Wight
Adelaide: Burton 5, Douglas 2, Edwards 2, Goodwin 2, McGregor 2, Tippett 2, McLeod, Reilly, Stevens
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Cooney, Johnson, West, Akermanis, Cross, Eagleton
Adelaide: Burton, Porplyzia, Reilly, Goodwin, Stevens

hawthorn vs melbourne mcg sunday twillight 440pm

a horrible 3 quarters didn’t help melbourne in a 104 point loss to hawthorn. hawthorn (1-0) travel to freo saturday night. melbourne (0-1) host bulldogs saturday afternooon.

HAWTHORN: 5.5, 7.10, 15.12, 23.16 (154)
MELBOURNE: 1.1, 1.5, 2.10, 6.14 (50)

GOALS: Hawthorn: Franklin 6, Roughead 3, Osborne 3, Boyle 2, Dew 2, Stokes 2, Campbell 2, Young, Taylor, Rioli
Melbourne: Robertson 3, Green 2, Newton
BEST: Hawthorn: Bateman, Franklin, Mitchell, Birchall, Osborne, Young, Dew, Sewell, Taylor, Campbell
Melbourne: Green, Jones, Buckley

north vs essendon telstra dome monday afternoon 210pm

essendon broke a 6 year drought smashing north by 55 points. essendon (1-0) play geelong sunday on the road. north (0-1) play richmond at the g sunday.

NORTH MELBOURNE: 4.3, 6.7, 7.9, 9.13 (67)
ESSENDON: 2.0, 8.2, 15.5, 19.8 (122)

GOALS: North: Thompson 4, Thomas 3, Edwards, Petrie
Essendon: Lloyd 6, Lovett-Murray 4, Watson, Ramanauskas, McVeigh, Johnson, Hille, Laycock, Lucas, Davey, Fletcher
BEST: North: Harvey, Thompson, Thomas, Campbell, Power, Swallow
Essendon: Lloyd, Ramanauskas, McVeigh, Michael, Watson, Houli, Lovett-Murray, Hille, McPhee, Davey

ladder

PositionTeamMWDLForAgst%agePoints
1Hawthorn110015450308.00%4
2Essendon110012267182.09%4
3Richmond110010979137.97%4
4Collingwood110011185130.59%4
5West Coast11009276121.05%4
6Geelong110010596109.38%4
7St Kilda11005149104.08%4
8Wstn Bulldogs1100126123102.44%4
9Adelaide100112312697.62%0
10Sydney1001495196.08%0
11Port Adelaide10019610591.43%0
12Brisbane1001769282.61%0
13Fremantle10018511176.58%0
14Carlton10017910972.48%0
15Nth Melbourne10016712254.92%0
16Melbourne10015015432.47%0

round 2 matches

friday

brisbane v collingwood G (N)

saturday

melboure vs bulldogs MCG

adeliade v west coast AAMI

st kilda vs carlotn TD (N)

freo vs hawthorn S (N)

sunday

sydney vs port SCG

geelong vs essendon SS

richmond vs north MCG (T)

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