Chol bounces through the first goal of the evening after roving a long ball to a pack at the hotspot and evading a Logue tackle. (Q1 1:51)
King marks a Rowell pass in front of Corr near the hotspot for the second goal. All the early play in the Sun half. (Q1 4:15)
Weller intercepts a dump kick by Sheezel on the HFF and passes inboard to Lukosius 45m out on a slight angle. Luko misses to the left. (Q1 6:15)
Another intercept at half forward by Gold Coast, this one Macpherson from Phillips, long ball to the square roved by Ainsworth who feeds Ellis for a miss from 20m. (Q1 9:26)
Powell clears in ugly fashion from a stoppage at half forward but it lands in the arms of Larkey at the hotspot in front of Collins, he misses though. (Q1 10:55)
Goldstein roves on the HFF and passes to the lead of Stephenson 25m out in the pocket, who plays on and screws through the first goal for North Melbourne off the left. (Q1 16:51)
Gold Coast’s attacks are very slow and deliberate, but this one works as King marks behind a pack that sucked towards Witts 25m out in the pocket. He goals. (Q1 21:10)
Chol earns an arm chop free on Corr 45m out in the corridor, his set shot flirts with the right goalpost, review called by goal ump… yep, big spike on Edge, just a point. (Q1 23:55)
The Suns are getting repeat inside 50s on the back of pressure, eventually Witts receives outside from Swallow and snaps a nice goal from 40m on the flank off a few steps. (Q1 25:27)
Comben catches a dithering Ballard HTB 50m out on a slight angle, Rooster looked like he was laying an egg there. The free kick flies wide right (Q1 27:10)
Lukosius marks in front of McKay 30m out on the flank but hits the far left post. (Q2 0:53)
Larkey gives to Scott who snaps off a step from the hotspot off the right around the body… screws it too far left. (Q2 1:47)
Taylor drops a short Goldstein pass on the wing and the Suns swarm on the counter, Ellis passes to Rosas 40m out on a slight angle who hooks right and OOTF. (Q2 4:53)
Three Suns fly to spoil a Larkey contest to a Cunnington long ball to the hotspot, no one stays down to cover Stephenson who roves and goals with ease. (Q2 6:58)
Andrew was the one who really should have stayed on the small instead of going up. (Q2 7:13)
Casboult goes low and long from the centre to King who marks over McKay 20m out on a slight angle. He kicks this one, his third goal. (Q2 8:18)
Fiorini misses a swinging snap from mid-range. (Q2 11:53)
Curtis beats Ballard in a ground battle on the HFF and kicks towards the square where Larkey earns a contact free on Lemmens for the goal. (Q2 14:53)
Chol stands tall to mark in a pack at the hotspot but misses to the right. (Q2 16:13)
After a Powell intercept at half back, Weller runs free on outer wing and hits the lead of Ainsworth near the hotspot, who swings the kick left to right and through. (Q2 19:14)
Stephenson gathers a grubber by Zurhaar on the HFF and pops a kick into a hole off the left for Taylor to mark 25m out. He goals. (Q2 21:14)
Lukosius roves 20m out in a battle with Ziebell but snaps OOTF off the right. (Q2 22:52)
Weller intercepts a Scott dump kick from a deep stoppage to 45m on a slight angle. His kick is a big slice, but at the fall 15m out in the pocket King gets a push free and goal! (Q2 28:34)
Howe roves at half forward and kicks to a pack 30m out on the flank where Comben marks over Andrew with Ballard trailing behind. Comben misses near side right. (Q3 1:39)
A downfield free against Comben then cheap 50m penalty against Howe sets up Anderson for a long snap from the HFF which goes wide. (Q3 3:07)
Casboult marks a Powell inside 50 kick on the lead in front of Logue 30m out on the flank but he also tugs his kick left. (Q3 3:57)
Wil Powell runs past two Roos in midfield and passes to the fat side for Holman 40m out on the flank, who misses. (Q3 7:47)
Swallow is involved twice on a rebound around members wing that finishes with Casboult poking short to Lukosius 30m out on the flank, who plays on to screw through the goal. (Q3 12:55)
Fiorini catches Cunnington HTB in the centre, Ainsworth plays on to advantage to pass to Humphrey 40m out on the flank for a strong contested grab and nice finish! (Q3 14:45)
Swallow passes to Humphrey 45m out on the flank who tugs his set shot right and OOTF. (Q3 17:22)
Ainsworth is over the back of the North defence to mark a long Chol ball at the hotspot. We are just about in junk time at this point… Ainsworth makes sure of it. (Q3 19:48)
Ainsworth marks 45m out near the boundary and misses. (Q3 24:48)
Zurhaar blazes wide from 55m in front. (Q3 26:12)
Humphrey receives on the boundary 30m out and tries a checkside off a step but it flies OOTF. (Q3 27:49)
Anderson passes after marking outside CHF to Holman 30m out on a slight angle, who kicks off Q4 junk time with a well-deserved goal after some excellent tagging work early. (Q4 1:13)
Tucker wins a HTB free on Andrew at the North hotspot, a bit lucky as Andrew might have been caught high. The junk time goal is no problem. (Q4 3:48)
Ellis marks a Humphrey kick off the left at the hotspot but misses. (Q4 6:23)
Stephenson hits the post from the hotspot after a Macpherson clanger. (Q4 7:55)
Stephenson wins a free on Long 35m out on a slight angle for some junk. (Q4 8:34)
No he didn’t, it snicked the post. (Q4 9:24)
Humphrey gets a contact free 20m out on a slight angle for his second goal. (Q4 11:44)
Weller blazes wide from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 13:06)
Tucker goes long to the pocket and gets dumped after disposal, downfield free to Curtis 30m out who misses. (Q4 14:56)
Curtis roves and misses from 20m. (Q4 16:37)
Taylor gives from a pack to Turner who misses a quick snap from 20m. (Q4 18:06)
Ainsworth marks an Anderson diagonal ball in the centre and passes to Chol leading back to 30m on the flank, who misses everything. (Q4 19:04)
Stephenson passes to Zurhaar who marks in front of Humphrey near the hotspot for some junk. (Q4 20:17)
King feeds Fiorini who bounces a snap from 45m on a slight angle into the post. (Q4 22:36)
Curtis gives to Taylor who misses from 30m on the flank. (Q4 23:36)
Sheezel roves at half forward, spins out of trouble and gives inside to Shiels who does the rest from 40m on a slight angle. (Q4 24:24)
Fiorini turns provider for King who shows him how it’s done with a lovely snap from 40m on a slight angle for goal number five. (Q4 25:26)
Ainsworth passes to Humphrey in the pocket 25m out who hits the post off the left. (Q4 26:49)
Chol catches a tired-looking Howe HTB on the boundary 30m out, Howe gobs off at the ump but no penalty… Mabior kicks the goal anyway. (Q4 29:05)
Curtis marks a long kick from the centre by Zurhaar over Ballard 10m out but hits the post. (Q4 30:21)
