AFL Round 2 Review

The Footy is back and we here at Amplify are going to dive into every game of the weekend

Collingwood Vs Richmond

Collingwood and Richmond played out their first draw against each other since the 16th of June 1917. The game was the first AFL game in 3 months and it really showed with only 10 goals being kicked for the game.

The Pies got off to a fast start thanks to Taylor Adams who started a run of four straight Collingwood goals to Richmond’s none in the first quarter. In the second quarter the Tigers sprung to lift with all three of their goals coming off the boot of Tom Lynch and the Pies just managing one through Tom Phillip which would be the last Magpie's goal for the game, the Pies would lead the Tiger’s by 14 points heading into the main break.

In the third, it was all Richmond who kicked their two majors through Shai Bolton and Jack Higgins who controversially marked the ball over the line, but he would still snap truly to cut the margin at the final change to two points.

In the last, no goals were scored Collingwood scored two points to Richmond four, But Collingwood had a chance to win the game 20 seconds left when the ball comes out to Josh Thomas who shanks his kick to Callum in the pocket before he can pick the ball up Nick Valustian with a game-saving tackle to get the ball over the boundary.

Final Scores

Collingwood 5.6.36 to Richmond 5.6.36

Goal Kickers:

Collingwood: Philips 2, Sidebottom 1, Brown 1, Adams 1

Richmond: Lynch 3, Higgins 1, Bolton 1

Geelong Vs Hawthorn

It was the first trip down to the “Cattery” for the Hawks in 14 years and it did not go to plan. In a blink of an eye of the ball being bounced the Cats had gone down and scored thanks to Luke Dahlhaus. The Cats would kick the next two before Hawthorn finally kicked their first thanks to second-year Hawk Oliver Hanrahan and the veteran Hawk Shaun Burgoyne, the Cats would then kick the next two and the Hawks would then kick the next two off the boot of Jack Gunston; the Cats would lead at the first change by 7.

The second would start off a bit differently with the Hawks booting the first goal and after that, it was goal for goal until Luke Dahlhaus kicked his second to extend the half time lead to a goal.

In the third, it all went downhill for the Hawks with Geelong kicking the next 5 including new Dad Sam Menegola, before Tim O’ Brien finally kicked a goal for the Hawks but the damage was done with the Cats extending their lead to 27 at the final change.

In the last quarter, the Cats just ran rampant over the hapless Hawks to add misery to the Hawthorn trip down the Highway with the Cats adding another 4 goals to run out 61 point winners and move to a 1-1 record in season 2020. Late in the third Shaun Burgoyne was involved in an incident with Patrick Dangerfield where he slung the star down to the ground in a tackle after he thought he had disposed of the ball. Final scores

Geelong 17.6.108 def Hawthorn 7.4.47

Goal Kickers:

Geelong: Miers 3, Ablett 2, Stanley 2, Menegola 2, Dahlhaus 2, Atkins 2, Dangerfield 1, Selwood 1, Rohan 1, Duncan 1

Hawthorn: Gunston 2, Patton 1, Bruest 1, O’Brien 1, Burgoyne 1, Hanrahan 1

Brisbane vs Fremantle

The last time these two teams meet was a cracker and this game was no exception with Fremantle making a late change with Nathan Wilson out and first-year player Hayden Young coming in for his first game. The Lions had something to prove after their Round 1 loss to Hawthorn, the game started off well for the Lions with former Docker Lachie Neale slotting the first major and then Charlie Cameron slotting his first of his four goals.

The Dockers were down by 13 points early until Brandon Matera snapped truly for the Dockers that would then see them kick the next goal before a swing in momentum changed and Brisbane kicked 2 in a row. In the dying seconds of the first Brisbane was given a free kick until the kick was reversed after Jared Lyons hit Michael Walters high. In the remaining second of the first Lachie Schultz popped up and cut the Lions margin to 8.

The second quarter started off the way with Brisbane kicking the first goal through Charlie Cameron before goal for goal until Fremantle’s skipper won a free-kick and kicked truly which started a run for the Dockers with Bailey Banfield kicking truly. Dane Zorko decided to stand up and say “Anything you can do Nat, I can do better” with a big captain's goal and Daniel Mcstay followed suit before Nat Fyfe stood up again with another captain goal to cut Brisbane’s lead to 5 at the major break.

In the third, it started off well for the Lions with them kicking the first three including club debutant Callum Ah Chee before the Dockers hit back with another big captain goal to cut the Lions lead to 18 at the last change.

In the last quarter, the Docker’s had an opportunity to mark the ball in the goal square which was fully marked and knocked through by Harris Andrew for a behind. Later on in the quarter, the Dockers sharpshooter Micheal Walters kicked truly to cut the margin to a goal. Setting up a grandstand finish but as all good captains do with second remaining Dane Zorko stands ups and ices the game for Brisbane as they run out winners 81 to 69.

Final Scores Brisbane 12.9.81 def Fremantle 10.9.69

Goal Kickers:

Brisbane: Cameron 4, Zorko 2, Neale 2, Mcstay 1, McInerney 1, Hipwood 1, Ah Chee 1

Fremantle: Fyfe 3, Taberner 2, Walters 2, Schultz 1, Banfield 1, Matera 1

Carlton Vs Melbourne

It was a West Australian debut fest at Marvel Stadium with pick 3 Luke Jackson, pick 32 Trent Rivers, and Harley Bennell all making their debuts for Melbourne. It was a strange old night at Marvel as Melbourne started the first quarter like a house on fire kicking the first 5 goals thanks to Fritch, Pettracca, Neal- Bullen and Hunt taking a 32-point lead into the first break.

The second quarter did not start well for the Blues with Melbourne kicking the next two before Carlton finally hitting the scoreboard with a goal through David Cunningham and Darcy Lang with the half time margin being 29 points.

In the third, Melbourne basically stopped playing and Carlton outscored the Dees 2 Goals to 1 making the margin at the final change 23 points.

In the fourth, Carlton decided to turn up and kicked 3 goals to Melbourne none with the last goal coming via their skipper Patrick Cripps but it wouldn’t be enough and Melbourne would hang on to win by a point 53 to 54

Final Scores Carlton 7.11.53 def by Melbourne 8.6.54

Goal Kickers:

Carlton: Cripps 1, Betts 1, Lang 1, McGovern 1, Gibbons 1, Cunningham 1, Casboult 1

Melbourne: Hunt 3, Petracca 2, Neal- Bullen 3, Fritsch 1

Gold Coast Vs West Coast

Horrorshow in the Hub from the Eagles and Gold Coast break their 19 game losing streaks thanks to early Draft picks. From the word go you could tell the Eagles were off. The Gold Coast started the game brighter of the two teams with them kicking two goals coming through Lachie Weller and Sean Lemmens before Luke Shuey skidded one home cutting the quarter-time margin to 2 points.

In the second quarter, the game kept getting better and better for the Gold Coast Suns with number 2 draft pick Noah Anderson kicking truly to extend the lead followed by a Sam Day goal to help extend the lead before the Eagles got a run on with four straight goals but that was all the highlights for the Eagles for the night with Gold Coast then kicking two majors in a row from new recruit Hugh Greenwood and number 1 pick Matt Rowell to extend the lead to 3 points going into the major break.

The third quarter didn’t start well with the Eagles with Gold Coast kicking three in a row including a goal from former number 2 pick Jack Lukosius before Oscar Allen responded with a goal and that was the end of the goal scoring for the Eagles, Just to add salt into the wounds Matt Rowell finished off a nice goal going into the final change with a 26 point lead.

In the fourth, Gold Coast added more misery to the Eagles night by piling on three more goals to run out 44-point winners and to move to a 1-1 record in season 2020. Late in the last quarter, Jeremy McGovern was involved with a head-high hit with Alex Sexton and got up to remonstrate with him and flushed him straight in the face accept a one-week suspension as well as a $1000 fine for pushing Sexton in the fence.

Final Scores Gold Coast 14.6.90 def West Coast 6.10.46 for their second-ever win over the Eagles

Goal Kickers:

Gold Coast: Ainsworth 2, Day 2, Rowell 2, King 1, McPherson 1, Holman 1, Lukosius 1, Lemmens 1, Anderson 1, Weller 1, Greenwood 1

West Coast: Allen 2, Petruccelle 1, Kennedy 1, Darling 1, Shuey 1

Port Adelaide Vs Adelaide

The first game with the crowd and Port Adelaide making a statement before entering the hubs. The night started off well for the Crows kicking the first two goals of the game through captain Rory Slone and Darcy Fogarty before Port got a goal on the board. Port managed to kick 4 goals in a row to finish the first quarter on top leading by 13.

The second started off the same as the first with Adelaide kicking the first before the Power picked up right where they left off by kicking the next four to extend their half time lead to 32 points.

In the third it was one-way traffic with Port slamming on six goals to Adelaide’s one to extend their lead to 64 at the final change. The only shining light for the Crows in third was new Crow, Ben Croker, kicking his first goal for the club.

In the fourth Port added four more goals to end any Crow’s comeback to run out 75-point winners to move to 2-0 record in season 2020 and cementing their spot atop of the AFL ladder after two rounds. Travis Boak won his second Showdown medal.

Final Scores Port Adelaide 17.8.110 Def Adelaide 5.5.35

Goal Kickers:

Port Adelaide: Duursma 3, Dixon 3, Westhoff 3, Marshall 2, Motlop 2, Boak 1, Butters 1, Rozee 1, Ebert 1

Adelaide: Croker 1, Smith 1, B.Crouch 1, Sloane 1, Fogarty 1

GWS vs North Melbourne

The battle of the brothers was on a Giants Stadium Sunday afternoon with Heath vs Rhyce. The game couldn’t have started better for North when Cameron Zurhaar slotted a goal from the clearance before Jeremy Finlayson slotted the first for the Giants to take a 2-point lead into the first break.

The second went a lot the same as the first with Cameron Zurhaar slotting his second, before Harry Perryman kicked his first to level the scores at half time 18 all.

The third started off well for the Giants with Jeremy Finlayson kicking his second before Tarryn Thomas kicked his first to put the Roos in front, until the Giants got a run on kicking two straight goals. The Roos then fished the third off with a flurry with three consecutive goals of their own to extend their lead to 4 at the final change.

In the fourth, the Roos got off to a perfect start with the first two goals through Curtis Taylor and Bailey Scott, but the Giants hit back with two of their own before the Roos got a run on kicking 3 out of the last 4 goals to run out 20 point winners 60 to 80.

Final Scores GWS 8.12.60 def by North Melbourne 12.8.80

Goal Kickers:

GWS: Finlayson 2, Himmelberg 2, Perryman 2, Ward 1, Cameron 1

North Melbourne: Zurhaar 3, Thomas 2, Brown 1, Ziebell 1, Scott 1, Taylor 1, Pittard 1, Polec 1, Goldstein 1

Sydney Vs Essendon

The last time these two teams meet Essendon and Sydney played each other at the MCG for the first time since 2004, but this time the venue was a switch from Melbourne to Sydney this time at the SCG. The Bombers got off to a fast start thanks to Jake Stringer and Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti before Nick Blakey and Tom McCartin got the Swans on the board, Minutes later Jake stringer struck again before Devon Smith kicked one of the goals of the years from the pocket to extend their lead to 20 points at the first change.

In the second, the Swans started to control with goals through Sinclair, Heeney and Papley to help cut Essendon lead to a goal at the major break.

In the third, the Dons started off with a flurry of goals courtesy of Shaun McKernan, the Swan then responded with a goal of their own before Essendon hit back with one their own to keep their noses in front, The game went goal for goal before dashing defender Jake Lloyd slammed one through and ex lion Lewis Taylor and the Essendon lead had been cut to 8 points.

In the fourth, things started well for the Dons with Shaun McKernan kicking his third before the Swans hit back with two of their own to cut the margin to one. In the dying minute's Darcy parish marked in the pocket and had his own Dom Sheed moment and slotted the goal from the boundary to give Essendon a 7 point lead, but the Swans had one more chance from the middle to win the game. The ball was handballed out to James Rowbottom who had a shot from 50 but hits the post and like they did in round 1 Essendon run out 6 point winners to improve to 2-0.

Final Score Sydney 11.7.73 def by Essendon 12.7.79

Goal Kickers:

Sydney: Taylor 3, Papley 3, Heeney 1, Sinclair 1, McCartin 1, Lloyd 1, Blakey 1

Essendon: Stringer 3, Mckernan 3, McDonald Tipungwuti 2, Smith 1, Langford 1, Merrett 1, Parish 1

St Kilda Vs Western Bulldogs

Dirty day for the Dogs as they consolidated last. The Saints rose up for their first win of the season. In the last game of the round we saw the Saints take on the dogs, the Saints got off to a great start through Max King before the Bulldogs got a roll on with two of their own. Jack Billings responded for the Saints as they kicked two in a row to extend their lead to 3 points at the first change.

The second started off badly for the Bulldogs as they conceded the first two, before first game Laitham Vandermeer slotted his first goal in footy to cut into the Saints lead. Jack Steele restored the margin with his first goal followed by new recruit Dan Butler to lead at half time by 33 points.

In the third, the Dogs got off to a flyer thanks to Ed Richards before the Saints kicked 5 out of the next 6 goals to put the margin beyond doubt to lead at the final change by 40 points.

In the fourth, it was goal for goal, but it was too late for the Dogs as second gamer Max King put the cherry on top kicking his second and the Saints running out 39-point winners.

Final Scores St Kilda 14.4.88 def Western Bulldogs 7.7.49

Goal Kickers:

St Kilda: Billings 3, Butler 2, King 2, Lonie 1, Membrey 1, Marshall 1, Steele 1, Jones 1, Hind 1, Hannebery 1

Western Bulldogs: Naughton 1, Vandermeer 1, Williams 1, Wallis 1, Richards 1, Macrae 1, Dunkley 1

Round 3 Fixtures

Thursday 18 June

Richmond Vs Hawthorn MCG

Friday 19 June

Western Bulldogs Vs GWS MRVL

Saturday 20 June

North Melbourne Vs Sydney MRVL

Collingwood Vs St Kilda MCG

Brisbane Vs West Coast Gabba

Geelong Vs Carlton GMHBA

Sunday 21 June

Gold Coast Vs Adelaide MS

Essendon Vs Melbourne MCG

Fremantle Vs Port Adelaide MS

Written by Jevan Collins