Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide

The Doggies are in red hot form and Barry Hall seems to fill the missing link by providing a target up forward. Will

Daniel Giansiracusa racked up 22 disposals and 7 tackles in last weeks victory

Minson has been named for his first game of the season, poor bloke copped a bad batch of soy milk proving the stuff is as deadly as it tastes.

For the Power Jay Nash has been given the boot and will have to earn his place in the squad for future games. Bulldog fans will be hoping Daniel Giansiracusa and Matthew Boyd back up after last weeks excellent performance while Port fans Justin Westhoff and Danyle Pearce can build on there current form.

The Bulldogs bandwagon is starting to gather momentum with fans hopeful that 2008 2009 2010 will be the year of the dog and if they win this week it will move up a gear, the media will climb on board and Fev’s antics will be forgotten.

As for the Power they are rebuilding and a win would mean a chance to put some more silverware in the trophy cabinet, that’s about it. This game should be a lot closer than people would expect but the home ground advantage at Etihad should see the Bulldogs home by a goal or two.

Western Bulldogs by 9 points

St Kilda v Fremantle

Fremantle have reached the semi finals by default after being gifted Melbourne in round one and North Melbourne in round two. They will need to pull there finger out in order to defeat the Saints  who are so confident of a win that skipper Nick Riewoldt and champion backman Brendon Goddard have been given a rest so they are fit and firing for the Grand Final next week. Coming in to replace the duo are youngsters Tom Lynch and Will Johnson who will relish the opportunity before they are shafted next week.

The Dockers will again be looking to Hayden Ballantyne to provide some inspiration, provided he’s not busy destroying throwing a ring into the fires of Mordor. For the Saints the usual suspects in Nick Dal Santo, Leigh Montagna and Lenny Hayes will all play an instrumental role in dismantling Fremantle’s game plan. Expect the Saints to romp in, anything less than 6 goals should be considered a loss by their lofty standards.

St Kilda by 35 points

NAB Challenge matches

Friday March 5

Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats at Visy Park, 3pm

Saturday March 6

West Coast v Carlton at Leederville, 10.30am
Hawthorn v North Melbourne at North Ballarat, 2pm
Richmond v Collingwood at Visy Park, 4pm
Adelaide v Melbourne at Elizabeth, 4pm
Sydney Swans v Essendon at Blacktown, 7pm

Your NAB Round 3 Tips & Observations

So what are your tips & observations for the 3rd week of the opening round of the 2010 NAB Cup? Do you agree with Depps? if yes or no please post your tips and observations about the third round of the NAB competition in the comments section.

We will include the total correct tips of the Kick2Kick writers & readers for the NAB cup, so include yours and lets see just who knows what they are talking about. You do not have to give tips for the Challenge Games, we are just including them so you know where every team is playing this weekend.

1. Princess of the Cats: 8
2. Jermayn: 6
3. Depps: 6
4. the_tony: 5
5. Johnytruent: 5*

*No tips submitted for round 1