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Round: 7 Venue: Docklands Date: Sun, 04-05-2014 1:10 pm Crowd: 19,819 | |||||
North Melbourne | 1.4.10 | 7.6.48 | 10.10.70 | 11.11.77 | C: Brad Scott |
Gold Coast | 7.4.46 | 10.5.65 | 13.10.88 | 18.12.120 | C: Guy McKenna |
SUNS by 36 | SUNS by 17 | SUNS by 18 | SUNS by 43 |
Weather |
8.7°C 14.2°C |
6.4mm 73% 1010.8mb |
22km/h WSW |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Lachlan Hansen (NTH) | 2 Gary Ablett (SUNS) | 1 Dion Prestia (SUNS) |
Gold Coast caused one of the upsets of round seven with a comprehensive 43-point win against highly fancied North Melbourne at Docklands on Sunday afternoon. The Suns delivered what was almost a knock-out blow in the first quarter with a seven-goal-to-one term and then withstood a Kangaroo fightback that saw North almost draw level, before breaking away again in the lat quarter to record their first-ever victory at Melbourne's second stadium.
The Suns began with a rush with goals to Charlie Dixon, Dion Prestia and Michael Rischitelli in the first six minutes, then absorbed pressure from North Melbourne in the next seven minutes as the Kangaroos tried to work their way into the match before kicking another four consecutive goals in 10 minutes (via Tom Lynch, Gary Ablett, Harley Bennell and Brandon Matera) to amazingly go to a 40-point lead at the 25-minute mark. Drew Petrie saved the Kangaroos from a goalless first quarter with North's first at the 27-minute mark but the Suns held sway by 34 points at the first break.
North Melbourne gradually worked its way into the match in the second term, a goal to Levi Greenwood beginning the long haul back. By half time, after a six-goal to three quarter, the difference was back to a manageable 17 points with the momentum slightly favouring the Roos.
Although Dixon kicked the first major of the third quarter for the Suns, that momentum shift towards North continued, and goals to Majak Daw and Aaron Black saw the lead cut back to just five points at the 17-minute mark. Not long after, Greenwood had a flying shot that would have given North the lead but his shot hit the 'woodwork'. That narrow missed seemed to be a catalyst for Gold Coast. The Suns kicked the final two goals of the term via Bennell and Dixon to restore a three-goal break at the last change of ends, before Gary Ablett set them alight with the first two goals of the last quarter.
The Suns would go on to kick five goals to one for the term and record a highly meritorious seven-goal victory against a side considered to be 'top-four' material. The win takes Gold Coast to a 5-2 record, equal with fourth-placed Collingwood, and with their next two encounters against St Kilda and the Bulldogs (after a bye next week), the Suns could be 7-2 and firmly inside the top four within the next three weeks. As always, Ablett (28 disposals and four goals) was outstanding for them, as were Prestia (28 touches and a goal) and Tom Lynch (8 marks, 21 possessions, two goals).
Meanwhile North's Jekyll and Hyde season continues, with wins against high-quality opposition being countered by losses to unfancied teams. The Roos have a bye next weekend, before taking on Brisbane (Docklands) and Geelong (Kardinia Park) in rounds nine and ten.
GOALS
North Melbourne: Daw 2; Petrie, Greenwood, Thomas, Harvey, Gibson, McKenzie, Bastinac, Black, Mullett
Gold Coast: Ablett 4; Dixon, Matera 3; Bennell, Lynch 2; Day, Prestia, Rischitelli, Hall
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North Melbourne: Hansen, Cunnington, Greenwood, Ziebell, Goldstein, Gibson
Gold Coast: Prestia, Lynch, Ablett, Kolodjashnij, Harbrow, Bennell, Day
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North Melbourne: Hansen, Cunnington, Ziebell, Gibson
Gold Coast: Prestia, Lynch, Matera, Ablett, Bennell, Swallow, Kolodjashnij, Dixon, Harbrow, O’Meara
INJURIES
North Melbourne: Hansen (knee)
Gold Coast: Kolodjashnij (knee), Nicholls (knee)
SUBSTITUTES
North Melbourne: Joel Tippett replaced by Luke McDonald in the fourth quarter.
Gold Coast: Tom Nicholls (knee) replaced by Luke Russell in the third quarter.
UMPIRES: Dalgleish, Burgess, Findlay
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Anthony Hudson, Danny Frawley, Alastair Lynch,
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of AFL Media.
North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
13 | Adams, Leigh | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26y 28d | 89 | 65 |
18 | Atley, Shaun | 11 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21y 233d | 68 | 7 |
3 | Bastinac, Ryan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22y 316d | 86 | 45 |
35 | Black, Aaron | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23y 156d | 29 | 45 |
10 | Cunnington, Ben | 16 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22y 308d | 81 | 29 |
15 | Dal Santo, Nick | 12 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30y 71d | 267 | 143 |
38 | Daw, Majak | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23y 54d | 8 | 12 |
11 | Firrito, Michael | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30y 158d | 214 | 28 |
43 | Gibson, Sam | 18 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27y 342d | 42 | 18 |
22 | Goldstein, Todd | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25y 307d | 108 | 51 |
24 | Greenwood, Levi | 15 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25y 74d | 58 | 13 |
17 | Grima, Nathan | 17 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28y 272d | 79 | 1 |
6 | Hansen, Lachlan | 23 | 17 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25y 260d | 106 | 75 |
29 | Harvey, Brent | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 35y 355d | 369 | 438 |
21 | McDonald, Luke | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19y 84d | 7 | 0 |
2 | McKenzie, Brad | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20y 340d | 19 | 4 |
41 | Mullett, Aaron | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 70d | 38 | 22 |
20 | Petrie, Drew | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31y 201d | 251 | 315 |
12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 8 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26y 64d | 137 | 216 |
16 | Thompson, Scott | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27y 360d | 118 | 6 |
36 | Tippett, Joel | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25y 190d | 4 | 0 |
7 | Ziebell, Jack | 18 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23y 65d | 84 | 40 |
Rushed | 5 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 230 | 106 | 155 | 385 | 11 | 11 | 51 | 63 | 16 | 17 | 25y 279d | 2262 | 1573 |
Gold Coast | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
9 | Ablett, Gary | 15 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 29y 355d | 260 | 348 |
11 | Bennell, Harley | 14 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 214d | 52 | 60 |
36 | Broughton, Greg | 8 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27y 217d | 92 | 19 |
12 | Day, Sam | 7 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21y 240d | 49 | 35 |
23 | Dixon, Charlie | 6 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 23y 223d | 38 | 32 |
33 | Hall, Aaron | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23y 176d | 37 | 38 |
5 | Harbrow, Jarrod | 18 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25y 290d | 133 | 39 |
28 | Kolodjashnij, Kade | 13 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18y 268d | 6 | 1 |
40 | Lemmens, Sean | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19y 183d | 7 | 1 |
19 | Lynch, Tom | 13 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21y 185d | 45 | 49 |
32 | Matera, Brandon | 10 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 54d | 45 | 44 |
17 | May, Steven | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 114d | 41 | 15 |
18 | McKenzie, Trent | 10 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22y 31d | 64 | 19 |
22 | Nicholls, Tom | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 61d | 15 | 2 |
1 | O'Meara, Jaeger | 12 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20y 70d | 29 | 19 |
10 | Prestia, Dion | 16 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 204d | 58 | 15 |
35 | Rischitelli, Michael | 9 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28y 116d | 164 | 73 |
8 | Russell, Luke | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22y 100d | 48 | 17 |
26 | Shaw, Matt | 11 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22y 88d | 59 | 23 |
25 | Stanley, Danny | 12 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26y 75d | 65 | 35 |
24 | Swallow, David | 7 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21y 166d | 58 | 29 |
16 | Thompson, Rory | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 53d | 40 | 7 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 214 | 77 | 176 | 390 | 18 | 12 | 21 | 72 | 17 | 16 | 23y 26d | 1405 | 920 |