Match

Gold Coast Suns vs North Melbourne

Commentary / 08 Jun 2013

Pre Game

00:00
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Quarter 1

00:00
Welcome to Metricon Stadium for the Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne.
00:01
We are off and underway in the wet conditions in the Gold Coast.
01:40
North Melbourne in their away strip which sees a reversal of the blue and white stripes.
03:30
Scoring and clean possession will be difficult objectives that both teams will want to achieve tonight.
05:00
Still yet to see any scoring after 5 minutes of football. The pressure from the Gold Coast defence making things even more difficult for for the Kangaroos.
05:40
GOAL KANGAROOS - From the boundary throw in, Thomas pounces on it. He spins around and sings Kylie's big hit in the process and snaps it through for a goal.
05:49
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
07:40
Daniel Wells who has the unimaginative nickname of Wellsy, is playing on Gary Ablett who also is known by another name. He is inspired by Tina Turner's classic 'The Best'.
09:30
GOAL KANGAROOS - Cunnington with a beautifully weighted kick to Petrie waiting at the edge of the goal square. Petrie marks, plays on and kicks it through.
09:35
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
10:40
North Melbourne dominating the clearances 8 to 1.
13:00
Brent Harvey has already touched it 7 times tonight. It would be fair to say conditions are tailor made for him.
16:00
BEHIND SUNS - Ablett creates an opportunity out of nothing and kicks it through the pack, but it bounces through for a behind.
16:18
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)
17:29
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
17:30
GOAL KANGAROOS - Black is paid the free kick for contact below the knee. From 30 metres out he goes back and kicks the goal.
18:30
North Melbourne have made a very good start and seem to have adapted to the conditions better than their opponents.
21:00
The Suns are breaking down across centre half forward at the moment with the North Melbourne defence a well organised unit for the time being.
22:00
GOAL KANGAROOS - Brent Harvey gets down low to gather the footy. He dishes it off to the Dish himself and Drew Petrie kicks his second. The Kangas lead by 23 points.
22:01
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Drew Petrie)
23:00
A weather update from Metricon Stadium. It has stopped raining.
24:20
The Suns continue to overuse the football with excessive handballing turning the ball over to North Melbourne.
25:30
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Murphy kicks it straight to Thomas who marks and plays on. Thomas bounces a couple of times before he runs in and hits the post from 10 metres out!
27:05
BEHIND KANGAROOS - Thomas marks 45 metres out. The siren sounds and he takes his time. He lines it up and goes to prove that he can hit the post from anywhere. Yes, he's done it again.
27:06
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
27:10
North Melbourne lead by 25 points at quarter time after kicking 4 unanswered goals.
27:12
The siren has sounded to end Q1.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
00:01
The second quarter is underway.
01:14
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Lindsay Thomas)
01:15
GOAL KANGAROOS - Lindsay Thomas is really in the thick of things tonight. He cops one high and is paid the free kick. From 35 metres out he kicks his second goal. North Melbourne by 31 points.
02:30
GOAL SUNS - Bennell receives the handball out wide just inside the 50 metre arc. He kicks off one step and it's a very good kick. It's a goal.
02:34
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Jarrod Harbrow)
04:00
GOAL SUNS - The Suns have put two goals together with Shaw running onto it and kicking the goal from 13 metres out. The Suns are right back in this game.
04:01
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Matt Shaw)
06:30
GOAL SUNS - Ablett picks up the ball when everyone else couldn't and he throws it onto his boot then kicks the goal. Cue the annoying trumpet thing from their club song!
07:50
The Suns employing numbers behind the footy with the ball spending plenty of time inside their attacking 50.
09:00
The umpires have put their whistles away in storage only bringing it back out for the most obvious of free kicks. That's good umpiring.
12:30
This quarter has been much tighter than the first with the Suns turning things around in the second quarter.
14:35
BEHIND SUNS - The long kick is sent to the hot spot with Nathan Grima fisting the ball backwards for a rushed behind.
14:39
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
16:40
BEHIND SUNS - Adams takes the ball over the line for a rushed behind.
16:44
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
18:06
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Luke Russell)
18:10
GOAL SUNS - Ablett takes off and centres to Russell who marks. Russell goes back and kicks the goal. The Suns are back within a kick.
19:09
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
19:30
BEHIND SUNS - Patrick takes a bounce running at high speed. His shot falls short and Thompson takes it over for a rushed behind.
20:30
North Melbourne are struggling to deal with the Suns' forward press.
21:20
BEHIND SUNS - Harbrow kicks around the corner, but it's through for a behind.
21:25
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Jarrod Harbrow)
28:11
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
29:43
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Campbell Brown)
30:34
The siren has sounded to end Q2.

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:34
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Aaron Hall)
09:45
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)
16:03
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
19:22
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Daniel Wells)
27:49
The siren has sounded to end Q3.

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
00:55
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Sam Gibson)
01:51
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Gary Ablett)
08:36
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Campbell Brown)
10:17
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Gary Ablett)
11:39
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Rory Thompson)
17:41
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Campbell Brown)
19:41
SCORE GOAL - Suns (Luke Russell)
22:48
SCORE GOAL - Kangaroos (Aaron Black)
24:09
SCORE BEHIND - Suns (Tom J. Lynch)
27:11
SCORE BEHIND - Kangaroos (Rushed)
28:43
The siren has sounded to end Q4.