brisbane (0-1) vs collingwood (1-0) gabba friday night 740pm
brisbane scrape home against collingwood by 2 points. brisbane (1-1) host sydney saturday night. collingwood (1-1) play richmond at the g sunday.
BRISBANE LIONS: 3.5, 8.10, 9.14, 13. 18 (96)
COLLINGWOOD: 3.3, 7.5, 12.12, 13. 16 (94)
GOALS: Brisbane Lions: Bradshaw 3, Charman 2, Corrie 2, Brown 2, Drummond, Black, Power, Adcock
Collingwood: Cloke 2, Rocca 2, Didak 2, Davis, O’Bree, Thomas, Egan, Swan, Fraser, Medhurst
BEST: Brisbane Lions: Power, Johnstone, Adcock, Brennan, Charman
Collingwood: Swan, Burns, Fraser, Didak, Davis, Johnson
melbourne (0-1) vs bulldogs (1-0) mcg saturday afternoon 210pm
melbounre are lucky not to lose by 100 points again in a 95 point loss to the bulldogs. bulldogs (2-0) host st kilda friday night. melbourne (0-2) travel to geelong sunday.
MELBOURNE: 2.4, 5.8, 7.9, 9.12 (66)
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 2.5, 9.9, 18.13, 24.17 (161)
GOALS: MELBOURNE: Neitz 2, White 2, Robertson 2, Davey, Green, Jones
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Murphy 4, Hill 3, Welsh 3, Akermanis 3, Johnson 3, Cross 3, Giansiracusa, Wight, Gilbee, Hahn, Griffen
BEST: MELBOURNE: Wheatley, McDonald, Jones, Green, Carroll
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Cross, Murphy, Cooney, Hill, Gilbee, Griffen, Boyd
adelaide (0-1) vs west coast (1-0) aami stsadium saturday afternoon 310pm
adelaide smash west coast by 76 points. adeliade (1-1) host port sunday. west coast (1-1) host freo saturday afternoon.
ADELAIDE: 6.4, 10.5, 13.6, 21.7 (133)
WEST COAST: 2.1, 4.4, 7.5, 8.9 (57)
GOALS: Adelaide: Goodwin 7, Burton 3, Tippett 2, Porplyzia 2, Vince 2, Edwards, Thompson, Jericho, van Berlo, McGregor
West Coast: Wirrpanda 2, Cox, Lynch, Hunter, Kerr, Hansen, Staker
BEST: Adelaide: Goodwin, Bock, McLeod, Thompson, Johncock, Porplyzia, Rutten, Bassett, Doughty
West Coast: Priddis, Embley, Cox, Braun, Fletcher
st kilda (1-0) vs carlton (0-1) telstra dome saturday night 710pm
st kilda beat carlton by 40 points to continue the blues bad run. st kilda (2-0) play bulldogs friday night at the dome. carlton (0-2) play essendon at the g saturday night.
ST KILDA: 2.5, 8.7, 12.9, 19.11 (125)
CARLTON: 4.4, 6.6, 6.10, 12.13 (85)
GOALS: ST KILDA: Gehrig 4, Milne 4, X Clarke 3, King 2, Riewoldt 2, Schneider 2, Gram, Blake
CARLTON: Fevola 2, Fisher 2, Murphy, Hampson, Edwards, Pfeiffer, Houlihan, Bannister, Stevens, Betts
BEST: ST KILDA: Montagna, X Clarke, Gram, Hayes, Ball, Fisher
CARLTON: Murphy, Gibbs, Thornton, Betts, Houlihan
freemantle (0-1) vs hawthorn (1-0) subiaco saturday night 740pm
hawks beat freo in perth by 15 points. hawthorn (2-0) play north saturday afternoon at the dome. freo (0-2) play west coast saturday afternoon.
FREMANTLE: 3.2, 4.4, 10.7, 14.13 (97)
HAWTHORN: 3.4, 8.7, 11.11, 16.16 (112)
GOALS: Fremantle: Pavlich 3, McPharlin 2, Mayne 2, J.Carr 2, Farmer, Crowley, Sandilands, Bell, Palmer 1
Hawthorn: Franklin 4, Roughead 4, Boyle 2, Rioli 2, Osborne, Tuck, Campbell, Stokes 1
BEST: Fremantle: Pavlich, Headland, McPharlin, Bell J.Carr, Palmer, Sandilands
Hawthorn: Roughead, Mitchell, Franklin, Young, Rioli, Tuck, Sewell
sydney (0-1) vs port (0-1) scg sunday afternoon 110pm
port have started a grand final hang over in a 68 point loss to sydney. sydney (1-1) travel to brisbane saturday night. port (0-2) play adeliade sunday in the local showdown.
SYDNEY: 6.2, 10.5, 17.10, 22.14 (146)
PORT ADELAIDE: 4.1, 6.7, 7.8, 11.12 (78)
GOALS: Sydney: Hall 5, O’Loughlin 4, McVeigh 2, Kirk 2, Barlow, Jack, Barry, Bolton, Roberts-Thomson, Goodes, Grundy, Bevan
Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne 4, Tredrea 2, Motlop 2, Rodan, K.Cornes, Pettigrew
BEST: Sydney: Mattner, C.Bolton, Barry, Hall, Jack
Port Adelaide: S.Burgoyne, Lade, Westoff.
geelong (1-0) vs essendon (1-0) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 210pm
in a 154 point reversal essendon lose by 99 points to geelong. geelong (2-0) host melbourne sunday. essendon (1-1) host carlton saturday night.
GEELONG: 4.4, 11.9, 17.13, 22.18 (150)
ESSENDON: 1.2. 3.6, 4.10, 6.15 (51)
GOALS: Geelong: Gamble 3, Blake 2, Stokes 2, Bartel 2, Corey 2, Mooney 2, Ablett 2, Selwood, West, Wojcinski, Enright, Ling, Kelly, S Johnson
Essendon: Houli, Stanton, Davey, McPhee, Hille, Laycock
BEST: Geelong: Bartel, Ablett, Corey, Selwood, Scarlett, Ling, Stokes, Chapman, Milburn, Enright, Kelly
Essendon: Fletcher, Ryder, Hille, Stanton
richmond (1-0) vs north (0-1) mcg sunday afternoon 440pm
north beat richmond by 41 points. north (1-1) host hawthorn saturday afternoon. richmond (1-10 host collingwood sunday.
RICHMOND: 3.1, 7.4, 10.7, 13.8 (86)
NORTH MELBOURNE: 7.4, 11.4, 18.5, 20.7 (127)
GOALS: Richmond: Schulz 3, Richardson 2, Brown, Deledio, Foley, Hughes, Hyde, King, Simmonds, Tuck
North Melbourne: Jones 7, Grant 4, Campbell 3, Edwards 2, N. Thompson 2, Simpson, Thomas
BEST: Richmond: Deledio, Newman, Schulz
North Melbourne: Jones, Wells, McIntosh, Grant, Rawlings, Harris
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Hawthorn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 266 | 147 | 180.95% | 8 |
| 2 | Geelong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 147 | 173.47% | 8 |
| 3 | Wstn Bulldogs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 287 | 189 | 151.85% | 8 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 134 | 131.34% | 8 |
| 5 | Sydney | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 129 | 151.16% | 4 |
| 6 | Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 183 | 139.89% | 4 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 205 | 181 | 113.26% | 4 |
| 8 | Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 206 | 94.66% | 4 |
| 9 | Nth Melbourne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 194 | 208 | 93.27% | 4 |
| 10 | Brisbane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 186 | 92.47% | 4 |
| 11 | Essendon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173 | 217 | 79.72% | 4 |
| 12 | West Coast | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 209 | 71.29% | 4 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 182 | 223 | 81.61% | 0 |
| 14 | Carlton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 234 | 70.09% | 0 |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 251 | 69.32% | 0 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 315 | 36.83% | 0 |
round 3 matches
friday
bulldogs vs st kilda TD (N)
saturday
north v hawthorn TD
west coast v freo S
essendon vs carlton MCG (n)
brisabne v sydney G (N)
sunday
geelong v meloburne SS
richmond v collingwood MCG
adelaide v port AAMI (T)
Harrison’s world 