Fiorini sharks a Borlase handball on the wing, butters up and passes inside 50 for Ainsworth 35m out on a slight angle. Ainsworth levers through the first goal of the night. (Q1 2:18)
Rowell is a bull under a tackle, he reefs out a handball after a throw in to 25m with Laird on his back, Miller feeds Anderson who rather shanks the goal from 45m. (Q1 11:15)
Anderson to Sexton for a flying snap from 50m on a slight angle after the Suns boss another throw in, but that one hits the left post. (Q1 13:37)
Sexton dives to spoil what looked to be an easy mark inside 50 for the Crows, but the crumb falls nicely for Keays who snaps the goal from the hotspot. (Q1 16:05)
Rain falling now at Carrara. (Q1 21:04)
Flanders passes short to Ellis on the point of 50m on the flank. Wind blowing to the GC end in Q1 so Ellis has a lash… no score. (Q1 22:03)
Flanders snaps off a step from the HFF, pack falls over leaving Casboult on his own in the square but he spills it off his knee for a behind. (Q1 22:33)
Rain now falling heavily in tropical conditions. (Q1 24:06)
Fiorini loses the handle on a crumb on the HBF, Sholl mops up and gives inside to Laird who misses from 40m. (Q1 26:02)
Thomas Berry wins a free on Sholl with a chasedown tackle in the forward pocket, ump pays insufficient intent. Checkside squeezes through in the rain from 15m! (Q1 26:58)
Fiorini feeds Ellis who snaps across the body from 45m on a slight angle to an empty square… skids into the left goalpost. (Q2 2:25)
Ainsworth shows good hands to clunk a Miller pass to 45m on a slight angle running back with the flight behind Hinge. Rain has stopped in Q2, Ainsworth delivers the goal. (Q2 7:33)
Rosas marks 30m out on a slight angle and hits the right goalpost. (Q2 9:38)
Sholl bombs towards the hotspot where Pedlar marks strongly over Uwland with good body strength, he misses to the left. (Q2 16:37)
Rowell gets a free on Milera at a stoppage on the HFF 35m out, melee in the pocket and the ump sees a 50m penalty against Smith to ensure the goal. Valuable in wet conditions! (Q2 24:18)
No rain in Q3 but the ground is very wet making ball handling impractical. This lead is almost enough for the Suns, given the lack of firepower in the Crow forward 50. (Q2 25:19)
Humphrey volleys a crumb wide from near the behind post. (Q3 5:39)
Smith’s kick in is straight to Humphrey at the hotspot, he bends over looking disconsolate. Humphrey kicks it over his head for a big goal! (Q3 6:27)
Hupmhrey skids a snap wide from a pack near the hotspot. (Q3 8:28)
Pedlar breaks lines with a scoot around outer wing, he passes just over the fingers of Powell to Rankine 20m out in the pocket, who screws through a much-needed goal. (Q3 9:28)
Borlase touches through a snap by King from the pocket 20m out. (Q3 10:45)
Laird receives from Pedlar and tumbles a snap wide from 45m on the flank. (Q3 12:02)
Rosas is over the back to mark an Anderson inside 50 kick in stride, play on and ram through the goal from 20m. (Q3 12:56)
Rowell wobbles a centring ball from the pocket to the hotspot for Humphrey to mark on his chest, bit of luck but good fundamentals there. Humphrey misses again, though. (Q3 14:39)
Rowell spins and shoots from 35m off the right across the body but sprays it OOTF. (Q3 16:06)
Rain pelting down again now making this lead practically unassailable. (Q3 19:30)
Rachele tries his luck with a set shot from just outside 50m on a slight angle, low percentage in driving rain and it’s off hands for a point, predictably. (Q3 21:05)
Lukosius snaps on the turn behind a pack 30m out on the flank, it’s just narrow. Crowd almost went up then subsided moistly. (Q3 27:49)
Rachele marks just inside 50m on a slight angle and shoots as the 3QT siren sounds, that one is long enough and straight as a die! (Q3 28:45)
Ellis smothers Dawson on the HBF, butters up and passes short to Humphrey 35m out. Humphrey takes his full allotted time and kicks across the face. (Q4 4:57)
Miller roves the kick in by Milera on the wing and goes back inside 50 to Rosas 40m out in the corridor, he converts to seal the deal for the Suns to go 2-0. (Q4 5:54)
Pedlar roves a Dawson kick to the square and gives outside to Keays for his second goal from 15m. (Q4 7:54)
Worrell dives on the goal line to touch through a bouncing snap from half forward by Holman. (Q4 9:18)
Sam Berry roves a pack 10m out and gets caught high by Swallow, obvious free and goal. (Q4 14:49)
Rachele roves, spins out of a tackle and snaps a lovely finish off the left from 30m on the flank. (Q4 17:26)
Eight minutes left and still four kicks in it. Surely not! (Q4 17:54)
Ainsworth receives from the prolific Flanders and just misses a drop punt from the pocket 25m out. (Q4 20:54)
Crouch stands up in a Rowell tackle and gives off to Rachele who tumbles through another one from 30m on the flank! (Q4 25:10)
3:30 to go and three kicks in it now. (Q4 25:10)
Sam Berry with the centre clearance, Soligo scrubs a kick from CHF to the hotspot, crumb falls to the pocket where Rankine roves and skids through another one! (Q4 26:25)
3:09 and the margin is single figures, the comeback is now on! (Q4 26:25)
O’Brien spins and snaps from a stoppage 20m out in the pocket but it’s poor and sits up to be rushed. 2:15 to go, still seven points in it. (Q4 28:28)
Suns clear to members wing for a throw in, 2:02. (Q4 28:28)
Stoppages on the Crow HFF, 1:27. (Q4 29:22)
Pedlar kicks to the teeth of goal, off hands and rushed. Six points in it, 1:15! (Q4 29:55)
Cleared to members wing 70m from the Crow goals, 1:06. (Q4 30:10)
Flanders get his 35th touch but it turns over, Murphy gets a free, Dawson inside 50, Pedlar roves but it’s ruled OOB, 44 seconds left! (Q4 30:10)
Rowell dumps a kick outside 50, out for a throw in 70m out, 32 seconds to go. (Q4 31:33)
Repeat throw in, 24 seconds. (Q4 32:10)
Budarick strips Borlase, Hinge gets it inside 50, Sam Berry can’t mark 45m out, Suns clear and the siren goes to give Gold Coast the 2-0 start… just! (Final Siren)
