Graham roves in the pocket and gives inside to Ainsworth to snap the first goal of the day from 20m, Gold Coast starting into a significant breeze. (Q1 1:30)
Collins drops an intercept mark in the square, Larkey was playing behind and roves near the behind line but his grubber is across the face for a point. (Q1 5:01)
Larkey marks 35m out near the boundary, starts his kick way left to account for the breeze but it still skews wickedly to the right for a point. Strong wind, this! (Q1 6:01)
Long runs up members wing then props and spots up Graham 45m out on a slight angle. Big test into the teeth of the wind with the set shot… hoofs it through! (Q1 6:58)
Simpkin snaps the opener for North from the pocket 20m out. (Q1 9:04)
King converts a free kick from the pocket 20m out. (Q1 13:02)
Corr turns the ball over by foot deep in defence, Weller’s snap hits the right goalpost from 15m. (Q1 13:33)
North Melbourne uses the breeze to full extent on a coast to coast rebound ending with Konstanty hitting Darling running back behind Read to mark and run into the open goal! (Q1 14:11)
Read catches Darling around the neck rucking in the back pocket 20m out, Darling misses across the face to the left. (Q1 15:55)
Long is front and centre for a King contest 20m out, he screws through a lovely finish from the pocket. (Q1 17:36)
Curtis gets a high contact free on Ainsworth after roving a throw-in to 30m, he converts. (Q1 20:14)
King is 25m in the clear in the square to waltz into goal on the end of a rebound around outer wing. (Q1 24:07)
Graham’s diagonal kick from the HBF misses the target, Daniel sets up the counter but Powell blazes to the right from 40m in front under no pressure. (Q1 29:03)
Sheezel dithers in possession on members wing and gets monstered by Rowell’s bump, real Chad stuff there by the big marn, Miller marks 40m out in front and goals. (Q1 30:33)
Powell spins in traffic and uses good vision to centre for Davies-Uniacke just inside true CHF. LDU has the wind at his back, but shoots way wide right. (Q1 32:32)
Davies-Uniacke intercepts Rioli on members wing and runs to 55m to try his luck again, bombs long but it hits the post just before QT. (Qtr Time)
Long snaps across the face from a pack 35m out on the flank. (Q2 1:09)
Rowell forces a cough up handball by Parker at a ball up on the HFF and volleys the spillage to Long 30m out, he makes no mistake with the set shot. (Q2 2:34)
Rogers feeds Flanders for a checkside goal from the pocket 10m out after the Suns again clear from the centre with strength and skill. (Q2 4:03)
Parker wears late contact from Witts to pass from the HFF inboard to Larkey 30m out on a slight angle, who kicks truly into the breeze. (Q2 10:21)
Fisher is involved twice in a rebound that ends with Duursma converting a set shot from 40m in the corridor. (Q2 13:01)
Duursma has two chasing him towards the behind line after roving, he tries a checkside under heavy pressure off the right but it stays left. (Q2 15:36)
Darling grabs the ball out of ruck 30m out but gets smothered by Rowell but Noble fumbles Ainsworth’s handball to let Sheezel rove and goal! (Q2 17:44)
Walter hits the post with a set shot from the HFF. (Q2 19:06)
Rowell wins a HTB free 45m out on the flank but his set shot with the wind falls in the square to be rushed. (Q2 21:07)
Noble receives outside from Graham on the HFF and passes short to Anderson 40m out near the boundary just before Curtis smashes him. Nando leaves his kick narrow to the left. (Q2 23:50)
Konstanty drops a rather easy mark at the top of the square anticipating contact that didn’t come, Curtis volleys the crumb wide left from 10m. (Q2 25:39)
Curtis is over the back of Andrew to mark a long Zurhaar bomb from the HFF to the square on a slingshot play from a back half stoppage, he goals. (Q2 27:05)
Walter chips in front of King’s lead to mark an Anderson inside 50 kick over McDonald at the hotspot, he goals. (Q2 29:20)
Zurhaar roves a Curtis contest near the hotspot and screws through a quality finish off the right, and gets smashed for his troubles by Weller. (Q3 3:39)
Miller feeds Clohesy for a tough snap from the boundary 25m out that doesn’t get anywhere near. (Q3 5:11)
Rogers goes long from members wing to the pocket over Logue to Long 25m out on the end of a slingshot from a back half stoppage. Long curls it too early, behind. (Q3 6:23)
The wind from the first half has largely dissipated to leave this contest as even as it could get. (Q3 6:40)
Kostanty gathers a bounce pass from Larkey at half forward, pivots and delivers a nice inboard pass to the hotspot for Duursma. This for the lead… it’s good! (Q3 7:53)
Read gets a contact free on Comben leading to the HFF, he passes short towards the boundary for Clohesy 35m out. Another tough angle, Clohesy sprays it OOTF. (Q3 10:09)
Parker feeds Kostanty for another North goal from a stoppage inside forward 50, Xerri is beating Witts with the accuracy of his taps if not quantity. (Q3 13:20)
Flanders sets up King to snap his third goal from the pocket. (Q3 17:09)
Larkey with his second goal after Davies-Uniacke passes to him 25m out on a slight angle, Collins left flat-footed behind him. (Q3 19:30)
Gold Coast handball inboard from a throw-in on the HFF to set up Jeffrey who strokes through a classic back flanker’s goal from true CHF. (Q3 22:50)
King does his best to miss a set shot from the hotspot with a kick that slices to the right, but it sneaks in for goal number four. (Q3 26:22)
Jeffrey has another lash from a long set shot but that one is a miss. (Q3 32:07)
Rioli feeds Weller who sails through another long snap for a goal. (Q3 33:11)
Rowell rolls through another one for the Suns just before the 3QT siren, those red time specials are heartbreakers for North who had kept up with the Suns all day. (3 Qtr Time)
Rowell rides a double tackle at a stoppage deep in attack to feed Rogers for the first goal of Q4. (Q4 1:01)
Rioli bounces a snap from the pocket for a behind. (Q4 2:33)
Darling beats Andrew to mark a Hardeman kick to the square for a goal. (Q4 4:40)
After a poor kick in the centre by Simpkin mopped up by Noble, Holman roves a Long contest and feeds Noble for a snap goal from 25m on the flank. (Q4 6:46)
Miller snaps to the left from a throw-in to 20m. (Q4 13:16)
Flanders roves 40m out on the flank and has all the time and space to measure a snap off his left for some more junk. (Q4 14:16)
Curtis gives away a contact free to Rogers 40m out on the flank who misses to the left. (Q4 17:14)
Read checksides some more garbage from next to the behind post after a stoppage. (Q4 18:15)
King adds his fifth goal from a free kick 20m out in the pocket, Corr all over him like a cheap suit. (Q4 20:49)
Curtis marks 30m out on the flank but hits the left goalpost. (Q4 23:27)
Simpkin gets some junk from a set shot 30m out. (Q4 27:28)
Holman roves a Witts contest and adds some more from 20m. (Q4 29:16)
Sheezel clears from the centre bounce, Larkey draws a contact free on Andrew 40m out on a slight angle but misses. (Q4 30:51)
Read gets a ruck free on Logue 35m out on a slight angle but misses. (Q4 32:58)
Rowell spots up Long at true CHF for a set shot after the final siren, which sails through. (Q4 33:40)
