2008 Premiership Round 1

Brian017

So here we go folks, the season starts on Thursday.
Let's hope its the start of an exciting 6 months of AFL action

Thursday, 20 March 2008

Carlton vs Richmond 6:10pm (5:10am GMT)
Geelong vs Port Adelaide 8:15pm (9:45am GMT) Setanta Sports 2 @ 9:30am

Saturday, 22 March 2008

Collingwood vs Fremantle 2:10am (3:10am GMT)
West Coast Eagles vs Brisbane 5:40pm (2:40am GMT)
St. Kilda vs Sydney 7:10pm (8:10 GMT) Setanta Sports 2 @ 8:00am

Sunday, 23 March 2008

W. Bulldogs vs Adelaide 1:10pm (2:10am GMT)
Hawthorn vs Melbourne 4:40pm (5:40am GMT) Setanta Sports 2 @ 5:30am
Kangaroos vs Essendon 2:10pm (3:10am GMT)

Audio is available on all games via the Official AFL site. TG4 has Round 1 highlights on the 26th.

Predictions wise I'm going for wins for:
Carlton, Geelong, Collingwood, Eagles, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and the Roos.

Xavi6

Get your tips in folks -


Carlton vs Richmond - Carlton
Geelong vs Port Adelaide - Geelong
Collingwood vs Fremantle - Collingwood
West Coast Eagles vs Brisbane - West Coast
St. Kilda vs Sydney - St. Kilda
W. Bulldogs vs Adelaide - Adelaide
Hawthorn vs Melbourne - Hawthorn
Kangaroos vs Essendon - Essendon

Skittlebrau

Carlton vs Richmond - Carlton
Geelong vs Port Adelaide - Geelong
Collingwood vs Fremantle - Fremantle
West Coast Eagles vs Brisbane - West Coast
St. Kilda vs Sydney - St. Kilda
W. Bulldogs vs Adelaide - Adelaide
Hawthorn vs Melbourne - Hawthorn
Kangaroos vs Essendon - Kangaroos

hanton12

glad to have the season just around the corner again!

Carlton vs Richmond - Carlton
Geelong vs Port Adelaide - Geelong
Collingwood vs Fremantle - Collingwood
West Coast Eagles vs Brisbane - West Coast
St. Kilda vs Sydney - St Kilda
W. Bulldogs vs Adelaide - Adelaide
Hawthorn vs Melbourne - Hawthorn
Kangaroos vs Essendon - Roos

Spud83

Carlton vs Richmond - Carlton
Geelong vs Port Adelaide - Geelong
Collingwood vs Fremantle - Collingwood
West Coast Eagles vs Brisbane - West Coast
St. Kilda vs Sydney - St. Kilda
W. Bulldogs vs Adelaide - W. Bulldogs
Hawthorn vs Melbourne - Hawthorn
Kangaroos vs Essendon - Roo's

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Brian017 wrote: »

Audio is available on all games via the Official AFL site.

Could someone please point me in the direction of this, I can't find it on the afl.com.au website.

hanton12

DesF wrote: »

Could someone please point me in the direction of this, I can't find it on the afl.com.au website.

on the main fornt page of afl.com.au, there is a square on the right sponsered by Carlton Draught (mmmm, Carlton Draught, made from beer as they say- sorry going off topic!)

anyway, this is the gameday live section. Click on the game you want (Carlton or Geelong games right now) A new window opens up and on the top left, there are 5 radio stations to select, Krock, 5AA, 3MMM, ABC, SEN. For the Geelong game, its pre game build up, as there is 6 mins to kick off. This new window will also have the mapped out thing that afl.com.au does where it indicates where the ball is etc. this is in the section on the right of the gameday live page. You can also change games from here on the top bar menu. Its a good section where by it shows the teams and maps out goals and all sorts.

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Got it thanks.

Xavi6

Can't believe Richmond beat Carlton. Richo is some legend.

P.S. How come you got your 'thanks' back Des?!

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Xavi6 wrote: »

P.S. How come you got your 'thanks' back Des?!

You mentioned it, and now it's gone again :mad:

Actually.

It's only you I can't "thank"

wtf?

Xavi6

wtf indeed? This is not on. I'm off to helpdesk

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Who is "The Tomahawk"?:)

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Geelong beat Port Adelaide, and it was close in the end.

14.12. 96
15.15 105

So a nine point win.

Have to say, I really enjoyed the Triple M radio coverage:)

hanton12

DesF wrote: »

Geelong beat Port Adelaide, and it was close in the end.

14.12. 96
15.15 105

So a nine point win.

Have to say, I really enjoyed the Triple M radio coverage:)

yeah sounded very close at the end alright. recorded it on sky+ so will forward through it later on. Geelong seemed to be strolling away with it but Storm came right back at them. Radio coverage is generally fairly good, the guys really get excited watching it and shout and roar to really get an atmosphere going. lads in work were wondering what the hell I was listening to.

Shutuplaura

Go the Tigers! Can't believe they beat Carlton. Didn't see the game, just saw the result - how'd they play?

Xavi6

West Coast 6.2 7.5 10.7 14.8 (92)
Brisbane Lions 1.2 4.4 9.6 11.10 (76)

Well talk about making hard work of things. Up by 5 goals at quarter time the Eagles completely took the foot off the gas and allowed trhe Lions back into the game. Jonathan Brown was superb, scoring six against Darren Glass. Not an easy thing to do.

For the Eagles, Dean Cox put in a sensational performance in the ruck while Daniel Kerr was his usual busy self in midfield. Surprising performance of the day came from Beau Waters who kicked two early goals and did a lot of roving work. Got his usual busted nose for his troubles!

Shaky start to the season but it's a win on the board.

Xavi6

Buddy Franklin had a stormer today to join Jonathan Brown on 6 goals as the Hawks destroyed Melbourne by nearly 100 points.

Skittlebrau

Xavi6 wrote: »

Buddy Franklin had a stormer today to join Jonathan Brown on 6 goals as the Hawks destroyed Melbourne by nearly 100 points.

And it was bloody great to watch. Some great youngsters at the Hawks this year. And Stuart Dew looks like a worthwhile acquisition too.

The D's were shockingly bad though. Early wooden spoon tip I reckon.

Xavi6

Some comeback from the Bombers today. Everyone told me I was mad for tipping them against the Roos but they did me proud. Pity about the loss of Lucas but Lloyd again showed his class.

6 out of 8 tips correct for me this week. Happy with that.

redspider

Round 1 - Results

It might be useful to always include all the results from a round in a single post in the round thread:

CAR 79 RIC 109
POR 96 GEE 105
COL 111 FRE 85
WCE 92 BL 76
STK 51 SYD 49
WB 126 ADE 123
HAW 154 MEL 50
ROO 67 ESS 122

redspider

No major surprises I thought in Round 1 results.

Carlton were neck and neck with Richmond until the 3rd quarter, but faded badly in the last. Setanta O'hAilipin got a goal.

Geelong made a slow but a winning start to their campaign.

Collingwood brushed aside Freemantle with a young team. I'm not sure if Marty Clarke played, he wasnt noted as one of their best according to reports.

West Coast get underway, Kilda scraped past Sydney in a poor match, Bulldogs and Adelaide played probably the match of the round with Bulldogs nicking it, and Hawthorn and Essendon easily won their games. It remains to be seen whether Essendon can create any type of consistency, as they had some big wins last season too to no avail.

Redspider