Round 2 Review
- Christian Karunatileke
- Mar 25
- 6 min read
Published 25/03/2025: Christian ( Chief Sports writer at Swerve media) and
Toby Billings (Chief AFL Journalist at Swerve media)
Hawthorn vs Carlton Match Report
On a Thursday Night in front of a big crowd of 62,735, Carlton needed to respond after last weeks shock loss and during the second quarter it looked like the hawks had control of the match leading by 14 points but the blues responded in the quickly kicking 4 out of the next 5 match leading by 14 points but the blues responded in the quickly kicking 4 out of the next 5 goals to have a 5 point lead at the half.
Just like last week the Blues just fell away quickly kicking just 2 goals in the third quarter and not kicking any in the last as the hawks overran them comfortably. That’s 2 weeks in a row where Carlton has scored just 2 second half goals and despite this Michael Voss said in his post match press conference “We’re running out games well”
CARLTON 2.1 6.4 8.8 8.12 (60)
HAWTHORN 2.3 5.5 9.7 12.8 (80)
GOALS
Carlton: Williams 2, Silvagni, Motlop, Kemp, Hewett, Cottrell, Cerra
Hawthorn: Chol 3, Watson 2, Hardwick 2, Gunston 2, Ward, Sicily, Moore
BEST
Carlton: De Koning, Cripps, Hewett, Cerra, Walsh
Hawthorn: Newcombe, Day, Ward, Battle, D'Ambrosio, Chol, Sicily
Essendon vs Adelaide Match Report
The Crows travelled to the MCG to play the bombers there for the first time since 1995 and for their first MCG win since 2017. They are coming off a huge win against the Saints last week while Essendon had a loss against premiership contenders Hawthorn. Over 46,000 people headed to the MCG on Saturday afternoon to see the Crows and bombers put on a show full of attacking football with the score at half time being 11.8 (74) to 5.4 (34) with Adelaide in the lead.
The second half opened up even more with the crows kicking a sensational 14 goals in the second half to Essendon’s 10 which gave the crows a massive 61 point win and start the season 2-0. Unfortunately for bombers fans they are now 0-2 and struggling.
ESSENDON 3.2 5.4 9.7 15.10 (100)
ADELAIDE 5.5 11.8 18.10 25.11 (161)
GOALS
Essendon: Merrett 4, Edwards 3, Draper 3, Kako 2, Martin, Caldwell, Gresham
Adelaide: Keays 4, Rachele 4, Fogarty 3, Thilthorpe 3, Neal-Bullen 2, Rankine 2, Soligo 2,
Milera, Hinge, Walker, Curtin, Sholl
BEST
Essendon: Merrett, Caldwell, Redman, Tsatas, Durham
Adelaide: Dawson, Rankine, Keays, Rachele, Thilthorpe, Murray
Brisbane vs West Coast Match Report
West Coast had the longest trip in AFL Footy this week travelling across the country to the Gabba as Brisbane unveiled their premiership flag for their first home game. The Lions came in heavy favourites with the eagles coming off a flogging from the suns last week. Surprisingly the Eagles came out of the blocks by kicking the first 5 goals of the match with youngster Tyrell Dewar kicking 2 of them and at half time held onto a 24 point lead. The Lions came back to their known ways by dominating the third quarter kicking 5.3 to 1.6 and taking it to a 3 point game at three quarter time. The final quarter had a moment of a bit of controversy with West Coast superstar Harley Reid showing the middle finger to a Brisbane fan but Brisbane had the last laugh with a 19 point win
BRISBANE 1.2 4.3 9.6 14.10 (94)
WEST COAST 5.2 8.3 9.9 11.9 (75)
GOALS
Brisbane: Ah Chee 3, Morris 3, McLachlan 2, Hipwood 2, Neale, Dunkley, Bailey, Fletcher
West Coast: Ryan 3, Dewar 2, Brockman 2, Petruccelle, Hall, Cripps, Allen
BEST
Brisbane: Neale, Fletcher, Andrews, Zorko, Berry, McCluggage
West Coast: Baker, Ryan, Kelly, Dewar, Edwards, Maric
North Melbourne vs Melbourne Match Report
On Sunday arvo the roos and Melbourne had a clash with both teams coming off a loss to the bulldogs and GWS respectively. North Melbourne new recruit Jack Darling was playing his 300th game with 298 of them being for west coast. Melbourne came into the game favourites due to only just losing to premiership contenders GWS. The game got off to an even start with Melbourne leading by a goal. North Melbourne came back hard in the second quarter getting to a somewhat surprising 2 goal lead.
The third quarter was again pretty evenly matches with North Melbourne kicking 3 goals to 2 to have a 3 goal buffer at 3 quarter time. But it was in the last quarter that North Melbourne put the foot and the throat kicking an incredible 6 goals in the first 10 minutes of the final quarter to take the game out of melbourne’s reach
NORTH MELBOURNE 3.5 8.9 11.10 19.11 (125)
MELBOURNE 4.5 6.9 8.10 9.12 (66)
GOALS
North Melbourne: Zurhaar 4, Curtis 3, Larkey 3, Darling 2, Scott, McKercher, Simpkin,
Konstanty, Parker, Powell, Xerri
Melbourne: Chandler 3, Fritsch, Petracca, Turner, Henderson, van Rooyen, Oliver
BEST
North Melbourne: Xerri, Powell, Zurhaar, Curtis Daniel, Comben
Melbourne: Oliver, Chandler, Petracca, Gawn, Lindsay, Viney
Fremantle vs Sydney Match Report
The final game of the round was out in Perth where two somewhat out of form teams played off on Sunday Afternoon. It wasn’t looking good for the swans to start off with them being goalless at quarter time compared to Fremantle’s 4.3. The swans came back and competed well to bring the half time margin back to 8 points. Sydney’s accuracy at goal were costing them during the game with Sydney having 7.12 at 3 quarter time.
The final quarter was a tussle between both sides with no goals scored until 14 minutes into the quarter when Jye Amiss slotted one to put the dockers 10 points up, Riley Bice then kicked one of his own to bring it back within a kick before spearhead Joel Amartey kicked the match winner with 2 minutes left on the clock
FREMANTLE 4.3 5.5 8.8 9.11 (65)
SYDNEY 0.5 3.8 7.12 9.14 (68)
GOALS
Fremantle: Treacy 4, Voss, Serong, Jackson, Banfield, Amiss
Sydney: McLean 2, Amartey 2, Ch.Warner, Ladhams, Hayward, Hanily, Bice
BEST
Fremantle: Treacy, O'Meara, O'Driscoll, Clark, Brayshaw, Jackson
Sydney: Jordon, Ch.Warner, McLean, Roberts, Lloyd, Rowbottom
Footscray Vs Collingwood Match Report
Pies spoil the party, Collingwood narrow 6 point victory over Footscray will see the
Bulldogs lose on their 100th anniversary match, Bulldogs got off to a fast start
kicking the first three goals with the pies edging back with three of their own, the rest
of match played out evenly with multiple lead changes, till the last quarter the When
the magpies took a 15 point lead then the Bulldogs kicked goals of their own through
Joel Frejiah and Tom Liberatore. The match wasn’t decided until the final three
minutes as veteran Steele Sidebottom won the ball from a stoppage and found the
goals to give the pies a 7-point lead. Collingwood went on to win by 6 points.
Magpies young gun Nick Daicos had 39 disposals and 9 clearances with claimed for
best on ground.
FOOTSCRAY 3.4 6.7 7.9 10.10 (70)
COLLINGWOOD 2.4 5.8 8.11 10.16 (76)
GOALS
Footscray: Darcy 4, McNeil, Vandermeer, Harmes, West, Liberatore, Freijah
Collingwood: Schultz 2, Hill 2, Sidebottom 2, McStay, Elliott, Houston, McCreery
BEST
Footscray: Darcy, Liberatore, Richards, Dale, Kennedy, English
Collingwood: N.Daicos, Pendlebury, Schultz, Cameron, Lipinski, Howe
Port Adelaide Vs Richmond Match Report
After a tough week of criticism, the power responded with a 72-point win over the
Tigers. The Power booted 13 first half goals to the Tigers 3 goals. The Power
continued their momentum into the second half. Credit to the young Richmond side,
with last week’s hero Seth Campbell kicking 2 goals and rising star nominee Sam
Lalor kicking a goal. Powers midfield dominated this week with Connor Rozee
racking up 39 disposals and 2 goals and Ollie wines 33 disposals.
PORT ADELAIDE 6.6 13.11 19.13 21.14 (140)
RICHMOND 1.3 3.6 6.10 9.14 (68)
GOALS
Port Adelaide: Georgiades 4, Powell-Pepper 3, Rioli 3, Rozee 2, Burgoyne 2,
Wines, Richards, Horne-Francis, Farrell, Evans, Byrne-Jones, Berry
Richmond: Armstrong 2, Campbell 2, McIntosh, Lalor, Fawcett, Blight, Bauer
BEST
Port Adelaide: Rozee, Powell-Pepper, Burgoyne, Farrell, Drew, Georgiades
Richmond: Mansell, Miller, Hopper, Armstrong, Campbell, Blight
St Kilda Vs Geelong Match Report
St Kilda’s fast start saw them pile on six first quarter goals which set the precedent
for the match. St Kilda played one of their best halves of football in a long time taking
a 29-point lead. In the third quarter St Kilda took a game high 42 points lead, which
then saw the cats fierce comeback but unfortunately to much damage was done by
the Saints. Saints star recruit Jack McRae starred with 35 disposals and 9
Clearances and crafty forward Jack Higgins slotted 4 goals to seal the Saints first
win of the season.
ST KILDA 6.1 10.5 14.6 15.8 (98)
GEELONG 1.4 5.6 9.9 13.13 (91)
GOALS
St Kilda: Higgins 4, Collard 2, Wood 2, Sinclair 2, Windhager 2, Owens, Collard,
Keeler
Geelong: Clohsey 2, Dempsey 2, Neale 2, Stengle 2, Blicavs, Close, Holmes,
Cameron, Knevitt,
BEST
St Kilda: Windhager, Macrae, Sinclair, Wanganeen-Milera, Marshall, Higgins
Geelong: Humphries, Atkins, Guthrie, Cameron, o'Sullivan
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