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Round: 14 Venue: Carrara Stadium Date: Sat, 04-07-2015 4:40 pm Crowd: 14,444 | |||||
Gold Coast | 2.3.15 | 5.5.35 | 11.9.75 | 19.11.125 | C: Rodney Eade |
North Melbourne | 0.4.4 | 3.6.24 | 6.9.45 | 10.10.70 | C: Darren Crocker |
SUNS by 11 | SUNS by 11 | SUNS by 30 | SUNS by 55 |
Weather |
12.0°C 21.7°C |
0mm 66% 1012.2mb |
11km/h SE |
Brownlow Medal | 3 Charlie Dixon (SUNS) | 2 Gary Ablett (SUNS) | 1 Aaron Hall (SUNS) |
The 'Mr Hyde' of North Melbourne's ongoing Jekyll and Hyde saga was on clear display at Carrara on Saturday, with the Kangaroos copping a shellacking from bottom-placed Gold Coast. The Suns, welcoming back Gary Ablett from a long-term shoulder injury, blew an impotent North away in the second half, with Charlie Dixon dominant with seven goals. The win lifted the Suns from the foot of the ladder, while for North, the loss leaves it 11th place, a game and a half behind eighth-placed Adelaide.
Signs were good for the Suns from the very start, Luke Russell having two shots at goal in the first five minutes, registering a behind and a goal. After North hit the scoreboard with a Lindsay Thomas behind, Aaron Hall kicked Gold Coast's second to put the Suns two goals clear. The rest of the first quarter was a slog, each side registering several behinds, and Gold Coast led by all points at the first change.
Robin Nahas had a chance to kick North's first early in the second term after a mark, but his kick sailed left. After that the Suns got right on top, and goals to Keegan Brooksby, Ablett and Dixon saw them leading by 29 points, with the alarm bells ringing in the Kangaroo camp. The Roos responded to those alarm bells, and majors to Ben Cunnington (two) and Shaun Higgins saw them back with 11 points at half time.
Unfortunately for North, the momentum it took into half time had disappeared but the time the third quarter began. Dixon and Kade Kolodjashnij goaled within the first three minutes and the Suns were back out to a 23-point lead. Drew Petrie got one back for the Roos but Brooksby and Mitch Hallahan kicked the next two, and Gold Coast were suddenly 29 points clear again. Nahas cut it back to 23 with his first but a brace to Dixon took the Suns lead out to six goals before Higgins' second reduced it to 30 at three-quarter-time to give North the faintest of hope.
That faint hope was extinguished almost as soon as the last quarter began. Ablett goaled within the first minute, and Hall and Dixon followed up with majors over the next seven minutes to put the Suns 49 points clear and settle the score. The game opened right up after that and became a free-scoring affair. North added four goals before the final siren sounded but the Suns added five more in the same period to canter to a 55-point victory.
Kolodjashnij was outstanding for the winners, with 28 touches and a goal, while Dixon (seven goals, five marks) and Ablett (31 possessions, three goals) were also excellent. For North, Goldstein (62 hitouts, six tackles) and Ben Cunnington (29 possessions and two goals) were standouts.
North's next assignment is a home-game against Geelong at Docklands next Saturday night, while the Suns will travel to Cairns to take on the Western Bulldogs earlier that afternoon.
GOALS
Gold Coast: Dixon 7; Ablett, Hall 3; Brooksby 2; Kolodjashnij, Russell, Hallahan, Sexton
North Melbourne: Petrie 3; Higgins, Cunnington 2; Waite, Nahas, Ziebell
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Gold Coast: Kolodashnij, Dixon, May, Ablett, Swallow, Rischitelli
North Melbourne: Thompson, Gibson, Macmillan, Goldstein, Cunnington
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Gold Coast: Kolodjashnij, Dixon, May, Swallow, Ablett, Nicholls
North Melbourne: Goldstein, Cunnington, Dal Santo, Ziebell, Macmillan
INJURIES
Gold Coast: Nil
North Melbourne: Nil
SUBSTITUTES
Gold Coast: Jesse Lonergan replaced Keegan Brooksby at three-quarter time
North Melbourne: Trent Dumont replaced Majak Daw in the third quarter
UMPIRES: Foot, Nicholls, Ryan
TELEVISION BROADCAST: Fox Footy
COMMENTATORS: Dwayne Russell, Jason Dunstall, Brad Johnson, Barry Hall
Video sourced from YouTube, courtesy of the AFL.
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 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 31y 51d | 271 | 364 |
13 | Boston, Andrew | 11 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21y 103d | 13 | 8 |
31 | Brooksby, Keegan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25y 68d | 3 | 3 |
12 | Day, Sam | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 301d | 69 | 46 |
23 | Dixon, Charlie | 11 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24y 284d | 58 | 80 |
33 | Hall, Aaron | 12 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24y 237d | 52 | 49 |
14 | Hallahan, Mitch | 9 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22y 315d | 16 | 4 |
28 | Kolodjashnij, Kade | 18 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19y 329d | 31 | 8 |
37 | Lonergan, Jesse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20y 232d | 22 | 2 |
19 | Lynch, Tom | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22y 246d | 71 | 99 |
7 | Malceski, Nick | 16 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30y 323d | 183 | 67 |
32 | Matera, Brandon | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23y 115d | 65 | 68 |
17 | May, Steven | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23y 175d | 62 | 15 |
18 | McKenzie, Trent | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 92d | 87 | 20 |
44 | Miller, Touk | 9 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19y 132d | 13 | 4 |
22 | Nicholls, Tom | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23y 122d | 25 | 5 |
35 | Rischitelli, Michael | 17 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 29y 177d | 191 | 84 |
8 | Russell, Luke | 12 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23y 161d | 63 | 25 |
42 | Saad, Adam | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20y 346d | 12 | 1 |
20 | Schade, Henry | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 269d | 9 | 0 |
6 | Sexton, Alex | 10 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21y 213d | 34 | 16 |
24 | Swallow, David | 9 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22y 227d | 78 | 39 |
Rushed | 3 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 195 | 75 | 144 | 339 | 19 | 11 | 33 | 67 | 14 | 14 | 23y 222d | 1428 | 1007 |
North Melbourne | Match Stats | Career | ||||||||||||
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# | Player | K | M | H | D | G | B | HO | T | FF | FA | Age | Games | G |
18 | Atley, Shaun | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22y 294d | 97 | 12 |
10 | Cunnington, Ben | 14 | 5 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24y 4d | 112 | 47 |
15 | Dal Santo, Nick | 15 | 2 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 31y 132d | 289 | 149 |
38 | Daw, Majak | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24y 115d | 15 | 15 |
14 | Dumont, Trent | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20y 4d | 7 | 2 |
11 | Firrito, Michael | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31y 219d | 243 | 29 |
43 | Gibson, Sam | 8 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29y 38d | 73 | 27 |
22 | Goldstein, Todd | 9 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27y 3d | 138 | 63 |
6 | Hansen, Lachlan | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26y 321d | 125 | 76 |
29 | Harvey, Brent | 12 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37y 51d | 397 | 466 |
4 | Higgins, Shaun | 8 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27y 122d | 142 | 152 |
5 | Jacobs, Ben | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23y 176d | 58 | 8 |
34 | Macmillan, Jamie | 15 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23y 284d | 73 | 31 |
28 | Nahas, Robin | 12 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27y 236d | 103 | 125 |
20 | Petrie, Drew | 8 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 32y 262d | 282 | 379 |
9 | Swallow, Andrew | 8 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28y 32d | 175 | 73 |
25 | Tarrant, Robbie | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26y 70d | 50 | 41 |
12 | Thomas, Lindsay | 9 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27y 125d | 166 | 271 |
16 | Thompson, Scott | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29y 56d | 149 | 6 |
30 | Waite, Jarrad | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32y 150d | 196 | 272 |
19 | Wright, Sam | 15 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24y 354d | 97 | 56 |
7 | Ziebell, Jack | 15 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24y 126d | 113 | 64 |
Rushed | 4 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 193 | 78 | 176 | 369 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 82 | 14 | 13 | 27y 128d | 3100 | 2364 |