'Rubbing "Voldt" into the Wound' Round 3, 2010 Wrap - 3, 2, 1 Votes.

Round 3 ... what a round of football! Where, do i begin?

Among the hot topics included Mick Malthouse's onfield spat with Milne, which he then followed up with a straight up lie to the media denying the incident ever occurred, and only earlier today lying once again about having ever... erm... lied. You think that is confusing, well take the handful of Richmond players who quite literally drowned their sorrows by getting pissed in the early hours of the morning, not too long after their thumping in Sydney.

But by far the biggest story onfield was that which occurred first up on Friday night, with Nick Riewoldt sustaining a major hamstring injury, denting the premiership aspirations of the Saints and simultaneously crippling the hopes of those punters who may have already had a bet on him. You could say he left them feeling 'hamstrung', if you will... ok, ok enough with the cheesy puns.

With recent scans having revealed he will be out for up to a maximum 4 months, any chance he may of had at claiming the Brownlow has now all but evaporated. And if you've been following my round by round phantom Brownlow votes up until now, you'll have noticed I had the 'Voldt' leading with 6 votes at the conclusion of Round 3, so he was in spectacular form. It may be bold of me to say, but of the other St. Kilda players, i'm tipping Hayes will now receive much of the attention umpires were affording Riewoldt when they were drafting up their votes. Now that may just be the man-crush I have for him taking precedence, but in all seriousness, watch this space.

St Kilda vs Collingwood
3. L. Hayes
2. S. Gilbert
1. J. Gram

North Melbourne vs West Coast
3. B. Harvey
2. A. Swallow
1. D. Wells

Port Adelaide vs Brisbane Lions
3. M. Rischitelli
2. J. Sherman
1. J. Brown

Sydney vs Richmond
3. J. Bolton
2. B. McGlynn
1. H. Grundy

Carlton vs Essendon
3. J. Watson
2. N. Lovett-Murray
1. D. Fletcher

Melbourne vs Adelaide
3. James McDonald
2. J. Frawley
1. J. Grimes

Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn
3. B. Boyd
2. R. Griffen
1. C. Rioli

Fremantle vs Geelong
3. M. Pavlich
2. G. Ablett
1. S. Hill

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LEADERBOARD AT CONCLUSION OF ROUND 2:
6 - N. Riewoldt
6 - J. Brown (+)
6 - G. Ablett (+)
5 - A. Sandilands
5 - M. Barlow
5 - T. Boak
4 - J. Bartel
4 - M. Boyd (+)
4 - B. Harvey (+)
4 - J. Brennan*
4 - B. McGlynn (+)
3 - L. Hayes
3 - A. Cooney
3 - M. Pavlich
3 - S. Gilbert (+)
3 - M. Rischitelli
3 - L. Hodge
3 - D. Swan
3 - A. Davey
3 - K. Cornes
3 - R. O'Keefe
3 - S. Byrnes
3 - A. Carrazzo
3 - J. Watson
3 - James McDonald
3 - J. Bolton
2 - A. Goodes
2 - R. Griffen
2 - H. Shaw
2 - A. Swallow
2 - J. Sherman
2 - R. Petterd
2 - J. Lewis
2 - A. Selwood
2 - M. Murphy
2 - B. Goddard
2 - E. Betts
2 - D. Cross
2 - N. Lovett-Murray
2 - J. Frawley
1 - S. Black
1 - S. Mitchell
1 - J. Gram
1 - M. Kreuzer
1 - H. Ballantyne
1 - C. Enright
1 - P. Hasleby
1 - S. Pendlebury
1 - L. Montagna
1 - J. Davenport
1 - L. Gilbee
1 - D. Wells
1 - H. Grundy
1 - P. Dangerfield
1 - D. Fletcher
1 - J. Grimes
1 - C. Rioli
1 - S. Hill

Note: (*) Ineligible. (+) Ranking Rise. (-) Ranking Drop.