Round 8

The round started off with the highly anticipated clash between West Coast and North Melbourne. The Roos came out firing scoring 6 goals to the Eagles 3 in the first term. West Coast couldn't seem to kick straight in the second quarter booting 7 behinds. North coach Brad Scott subbed off Majak Daw during the third quarter. At three quarter time the Roos only led by 4 points and we new we were in for a huge final term. West Coast small forward Josh Hill slotted 3 fourth quarter goals to give the Eagles some hope late in the last. With 35 seconds to go in the last term, West Coast kicked one into their forward 50. A pack formed and North Melbourne left Eagles danger man Nic Naitanui at the back. He rose above the North Melbourne defence to take the mark 30 metres out on a slight angle. Naitanui kicked the major after the siren for the Eagles fourth win of the season. Roos fans were upset after the game saying they had been robbed, blaming the umpires for their devastatingly close loss.

The Bombers had a shock loss to the Lions on Saturday arvo. Brisbane defender Brent Staker came back into the side after an injury had postponed him from playing. Staker kicked the winning goal, again in the final minute of a thrilling clash at Etihad Stadium. Dayne Zorko booted 3 for the Lions and Brendon Goddard had 30 plus possessions for the Dons.
Sam Mitchell and Jarryd Roughead played a pivotable role in the Hawks win over the Giants in Launceston. Roughead kicked 5 to cement a Hawks top spot coming into round 9.
Western Bulldogs young side have not had a good start to season 2013. Saturdays game against the Gold Coast Suns was no exception. At the main break the Dogs were up by a goal, but the Suns weren't going to give up at their home ground. Suns coach Guy McKenna must have given his boys a good old fashion spray at half time because after that they came out firing. The Suns led at three quarter time by 31 points. They left Bulldogs coach Brendon McCartney shaking his head and the Suns won the game comfortably.
The Saturday night games were both equally exciting with the Cats taking on the magpies and the  Swans hosted the Dockers in Sydney. The Maggie's got off to a ripping first 10 minutes leading the cats by about 20 points. The Cats then came back, only trailing the Pies by two goals at the first break. The Cats then steadied later in the game leading the Magpies by two goals at the three quarter time break. Collingwood star Andrew Krakouer cleverly kicked through the winning goal for the pies for their fifth win of the year against the undefeated Cat attack.
Sydney and Fremantle. Yep, who would have guessed it. A draw! With seconds on the clock it was all tied up at 70 a piece. Michael Johnson kicked a long ball inside Freo's forward 50 only to be marked on the line by Sydney young gun, Sam Reid. The draw was the first of 2013.
Carlton's Heath Scotland, Andrew Walker and captain Marc Murphy all played milestone games in the Blues 18 point win over Port Adelaide.
Melbourne played with some grit in the first half against Richmond winning their first 1st quarter of the year. The Demons stayed with them in the second quarter but the Tigers were 34 point victors in the end.
St.Kilda travelled to Adelaide to take on the Crows for the twilight match but the inexperienced Saints uniform struggled to match with the Crows line up. St.Kilda losing the match by just under 7 goals.