bulldogs (2-0) vs st kilda (2-0) telstra dome friday night 740pm
in a come from behind win bulldogs stay unbeaten by 38 points over st kilda. bulldogs (3-0) play essendon at the dome friday night. st kilda (2-1) host geelong saturday at the dome.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: 1.2, 6.6, 11.9, 19.11 (125)
ST KILDA: 7.3, 9.6, 10.8, 13.9 (87)
GOALS: Western Bulldogs: Akermanis 3, Griffen 3, Hahn 3, Cooney 2, Harbrow 2, Hill 2, Minson, R. Murphy, Welsh, Wight
St Kilda: Koschitzke 3, Ball 2, Milne 2, Riewoldt 2, Gehrig, Gram, Montagna, Schneider
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Cooney, Griffen, Hill, Hahn, Cross, Morris, Akermanis
St Kilda: Fisher, Gram, Hudghton, Goddard, Harvey
north (1-1) vs hawthorn (2-0) telstra dome saturday afternoon 210pm
hawthorn stay unbeaten against north by 16 points. hawthorn (3-0) host adeliadei n tasmania sunday. north (1-2) host melbourne at the g saturday afternoon.
NORTH MELBOURNE: 4.6, 7.7, 12.8, 13.8 (86)
HAWTHORN: 1.3, 7.5, 9.9, 15.12 (102)
GOALS: NORTH MELBOURNE: Jones 3, Grant 2, Brown 2, Thompson, Hale, Edwards, Thomas, Campbell, Rawlings
HAWTHORN: Franklin 5, Roughead 4, Osborne 3, Hodge, Sewell, Lewis
BEST: NORTH MELBOURNE: Harvey, Rawlings, Jones, Grant, Pratt, Harris
HAWTHORN: Sewell, Osborne, Franklin, Roughead, Bateman, Lewis
west coast (1-1) vs freo (0-2) subiaco sunday afternoon 410pm
freo beat west coast by 13 points. freo (1-2) host richmond sunday. west coast (1-2) travel to sydney saturday night.
FREMANTLE: 3.5, 5.9, 8.10, 12.14 (86)
WEST COAST 3.2, 8.5, 10.8, 10.13 (73)
GOALS: West Coast: McKinley 3, Lynch 2, Hurn, Ebert, Waters, Wirrpanda, Priddis 1
Fremantle: Pavlich 5, Farmer 2, Bell, Headland, Crowley, Mundy, Sandilands 1
BEST: West Coast: Kerr, McKinley, Priddis, Hunter, Waters, B.Jones
Fremantle: Pavlich, Palmer, Hayden, Schammer, Grover, Mundy, Duffield
brisbane (1-1) vs sydney (1-1) gabba saturday night 710pm
sydney beat brisbane by 17 points. sydney (2-1) host west coast saturday night. brisbane (1-2) travel to port saturday night.
BRISBANE: 1.2, 5.4, 7.7, 10.11 (71)
SYDNEY: 3.3, 7.4, 10.6, 13.10 (88)
GOALS: BRISBANE: Bradshaw 5, Henderson 2, Brown, Notting, Sherman. SYDNEY: O’Loughlin 2, McVeigh 2, Moore 2, O’Keefe 2, Hall 2, Kirk, Buchanan, Barlow.
BEST: BRISBANE: Bradshaw, Adcock, Charman, Black, Lappin, McDonald, Notting. SYDNEY: O’Keefe, Kirk, C.Bolton, Goodes, McVeigh, Ablett, Kennelly, Hall.
essendon (1-1) vs carlton (0-2) mcg saturday night 710pm
essendon keep carlton winless for 14 games by 16 points. essendon (2-1) host bulldogs friday night. carlton (0-3) host collingwood sunday.
ESSENDON: 6.4, 11.8, 17.11, 23.12 (150)
CARLTON: 5.2, 9.4, 18.6, 21.8 (134)
GOALS: ESSENDON: Lloyd 4, McVeigh 4, Lonergan 2, Monfries 2, Lovett 2, Peverill, Davey, Ryder, Reimers, Ramanauskas, Laycock, Hille, McPhee, Houli
CARLTON: Fevola 8, Stevens 2, Kreuzer 2, Judd 2, Fisher, Betts, Bannister, Hadley, Carrazzo, Murphy, Gibbs
BEST: ESSENDON: McVeigh, Lovett, Stanton, Fletcher, Nash, McPhee
CARLTON: Fevola, Judd, Betts, Stevens, Murphy
geelong (2-0) vs melbourne (0-2) skilled stadium sunday afternoon 110pm
geelong survived a melbourne scare by 5 goals. geelong (3-0) play st kilda at the dome saturday afternoon. melbourne (0-3) play north at the g saturday afternoon.
GEELONG: 4.4, 8.11, 13.14, 16.16 (112)
MELBOURNE: 3.4, 6.6, 10.8, 12.10 (82)
GOALS: Geelong: Hawkins 5, Ling 2, Johnson 2, Mooney 2, Blake, Stokes, Milburn, Chapman, Ablett
Melbourne: Bruce 3, Morton 2, Dunn 2, Neitz, Miller, Green, White, Wheatley
BEST: Geelong: Corey, Mooney, Ling, Hawkins, Chapman, Ablett
Melbourne: Bruce, McLean, Morton, Wheatley, P.Johnson
richmond (1-1) vs collingwood (1-1) mcg sunday afternoon 210pm
collingwood smash richmond by 44 points. collingwood (2-1) play carlton at the g sunday. richmond (1-2) travel to freo sunday.
RICHMOND: 1.1, 4.5, 9.10, 11.12 (78)
COLLINGWOOD: 5.2, 11.7, 15.9, 18.14 (122)
GOALS: Richmond: Pettifer 2, Pattison 2, Richardson, Newman, Polak, Brown, Morton, Tambling, King
Collingwood: Medhurst 3, Thomas 3, Rocca 3, Cloke 2, Anthony 2, Davis, Maxwell, Fraser, Johnson, Wood
BEST: Richmond: King, Foley, Thursfield, Tuck, Newman
Collingwood: H Shaw, Medhurst, Lockyer, R Shaw, Wakelin, Maxwell, Thomas, Johnson, Pendlebury
adeliade (1-1) vs port (0-2) aami stadium sunday twillight 440pm
adelaide scrape home against port by 1 goal. adelaide (2-1) travel to tasmania hawthorn sunday. port (0-3) host brisbane saturday night.
ADELAIDE: 2.3, 4.8, 8.11, 12.13 (85)
PORT ADELAIDE: 2.3, 4.7, 7.12, 11.13 (79)
GOALS: ADELAIDE: Goodwin 3, Douglas 3, Vince 2, Edwards, McLeod, Burton, Griffin
PORT ADELAIDE: S. Burgoyne 4, C.Cornes 2, Motlop 2, Rodan, Boak, Brogan
BEST: ADELAIDE: Vince, Douglas, Bock, Edwards, Rutten, Thompson, Johncock, Goodwin
PORT ADELAIDE: P.Burgoyne, C.Cornes, Brogan, K.Cornes, Cassisi, Surjan, S.Salopek, S.Burgoyne
ladder
| Position | Team | M | W | D | L | For | Agst | %age | Points |
| 1 | Geelong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 367 | 229 | 160.26% | 12 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 368 | 233 | 157.94% | 12 |
| 3 | Wstn Bulldogs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 412 | 276 | 149.28% | 12 |
| 4 | Sydney | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 283 | 200 | 141.50% | 8 |
| 5 | Adelaide | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 341 | 262 | 130.15% | 8 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 327 | 259 | 126.25% | 8 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 259 | 101.54% | 8 |
| 8 | Essendon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 323 | 351 | 92.02% | 8 |
| 9 | Fremantle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 269 | 296 | 90.88% | 4 |
| 10 | Nth Melbourne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 280 | 310 | 90.32% | 4 |
| 11 | Brisbane | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 243 | 274 | 88.69% | 4 |
| 12 | Richmond | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 273 | 328 | 83.23% | 4 |
| 13 | West Coast | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 222 | 296 | 75.00% | 4 |
| 14 | Carlton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 298 | 384 | 77.60% | 0 |
| 15 | Port Adelaide | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 253 | 336 | 75.30% | 0 |
| 16 | Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 427 | 46.37% | 0 |
round 4 matches
friday
essendon v bulldogs TD (N)
saturday
st kilda v geelong TD
north v melbourne MCG
sydney v west coast ANZ (N)
port v brisbnae AAMI (N)
sunday
hawthorn v adeliade AU
carltonv collingwood MCG
freo v richmond S
Harrison’s world 