Touted as a rivalry round, round 3 certainly didn't disappoint. The round kicked off with the dogs grinding out a gutsy win against a fancied Brisbane to register their first win of the year, Over 85,000 people braved the weather to watch the Magpies continue their perfect start despite a scare from a surging Tigers outfit. Saturday kicked off with the inaugural Clarko cup, it was the rookie coach who one upped the legend giving hawthorn their first win for the year. A wasteful blues with some help from some umpire descent survived a massive Giant scare, while the two blockbusters on Saturday night didn't disappoint. The saints remain in dreamland celebrating their 150th anniversary in style to go 3-0 after a highly physical encounter with the bombers while Adelaide finally strung 4 quarters together leading them to showdown glory in one of the all time great showdowns. On Sunday the Suns shone brightly to send the reigning premiers 0-3 and to the bottom of the ladder in a unthinkable start, at the other end of the ladder the Demons flexed their muscle and made a statement against a flat Sydney outfit before Fremantle got on the board for the first time in an inspired western derby performance, catch up on all the action from round 3 and preview the round ahead with Pat and corn here on Plug footy.
