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Pre Game
00:00
Gold Coast has been behind at half-time on three occasions this season - losing all three of these games. It has been ahead at half-time on four occasions, going on to win each of these games.
Quarter 1
00:00
Q1 is now underway.
01:12
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Marcus Bontempelli)
02:13
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)
03:24
The Bulldogs score from both of their first two inside 50s of the game. Mitch Wallis is the only Bulldogs player to be involved in both scoring chains.
04:59
Mitch Wallis has also won three of the Bulldogs first five intercept possessions.
06:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
09:03
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)
10:38
Gold Coast has recorded a disposal efficiency of 84% in the midfield so far, the Bulldogs have a disposal efficiency of 67% in the midfield zone.
10:58
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
13:48
Gold Coast has won 10 intercept possessions so far, eight of which have been in the back half. The Bulldogs have won 13 intercept possessions, with five of those coming in the forward half of their ground.
14:43
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
15:39
Alex Sexton has kicked both of the Suns goals tonight. He has also won a team-high six disposals and three groundball-gets.
19:43
Hayden Crozier has taken three of the Bulldogs four intercept marks tonight.
20:38
Jarrod Witts leads Tom English 8-3 in the hitouts, both players have had just one hitout-to-advantage so far.
22:35
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Tom Liberatore)
25:16
Hayden Crozier finished with seven intercept possessions for the quarter. He also gained 192 metres for the quarter - the second most of any player behind Lachie Weller who had 193.
Quarter 2
00:00
Q2 is now underway.
02:17
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Bailey Smith)
02:28
Hayden Crozier's eighth intercept possession led to the Bulldogs first score of the quarter.
05:09
The Bulldogs have taken 16 marks so far tonight - seven of those have been from opposition kicks.
06:55
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Izak Rankine)
07:02
Both teams moving the ball differently. The Suns have a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.95:1 with 76 kicks and 37 handballs. The Bulldogs have a kick-to-handball ratio of 1.22, recording 61 kicks and 49 handballs.
08:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
10:00
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (David Swallow)
10:09
The Suns have had the last eight inside 50s of the game, scoring 1.2 in this time.
12:16
Touk Miller leads the Gold Coast with seven disposals, five contested possessions, three groundball-gets and two clearances this quarter.
15:38
The Bulldogs have not had a forward half disposal across the past 10 minutes of the game.
17:48
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
17:58
The Suns lead the inside 50 count 15-3 for the quarter, but have scored just 1.3 to 0.1 across the term.
20:11
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
21:45
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Patrick Lipinski)
23:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
23:58
Both teams scored 1.3 that quarter, despite the Suns leading the inside 50 count 16-6 for the quarter.
Quarter 3
00:00
Q3 is now underway.
02:31
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Alex Sexton)
02:50
Sam Day's first disposal of the night, comes almost three minutes into the third quarter, but leads to a score assist for Alex Sexton's third goal of the night.
05:21
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Jason Johannisen)
06:46
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Rushed)
07:46
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Mitch Wallis)
08:58
Mitch Wallis kick his first goal of the night. He has had five disposals and five score involvements so far tonight.
10:33
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Laitham Vandermeer)
10:40
The Bulldogs lead the inside 50 count 5-1 in the third quarter, scoring 2.2 from their five entries so far.
14:24
Jason Johannisen leads the Bulldogs with five disposals and 129 metres gained so far across the quarter.
17:01
Sam Collins has won a game-high 11 intercept possessions so far and Hayden Crozier ranks second with 10. The Suns have not scored from any of Collins' intercepts and the Bulldogs have scored from just one of Crozier's intercepts.
17:49
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Rushed)
19:59
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Brandon Ellis)
20:26
Touk Miller launches the Suns fifth goal of the night. He leads the Suns with 20 disposals, 10 contested possessions and 10 handball-receives so far across the game.
21:25
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Noah Anderson)
21:38
The Suns score a behind from a score launched from a centre bounce clearance. They have outscored the Bulldogs 15-3 from all clearances across the night.
22:46
Gold Coast leads the hitout count 30-10 across the game, but the hitouts-to-advantage are tied at five apiece.
26:00
Outside of the stoppages, the Suns lead the contested possession count 71-57, but the Bulldogs lead the uncontested possession count 139-127 and the tackle count 32-19 across the game.
Quarter 4
00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:27
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
02:04
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Ed Richards)
02:15
The Bulldogs go coast-to-coast scoring a goal from a kick-in. It is the only time they have scored from 28 chains starting in their defensive 50 tonight.
04:18
SCORE
GOAL - Bulldogs (Lachie Young)
04:50
The Bulldogs have scored the opening two goals of this quarter, scoring one goal from a kick-in and one goal from a centre bounce.
05:49
The Bulldogs have now won the last seven centre clearances of the game. The Suns last centre bounce clearance was at the opening bounce of the third quarter.
06:41
SCORE
BEHIND - Bulldogs (Billy Gowers)
06:53
There are only three Bulldogs player yet to take a mark tonight, one of these is their key marking target Josh Bruce who has had seven disposals and two score involvements.
07:19
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
10:59
SCORE
GOAL - Suns (Ben Ainsworth)
11:10
The Bulldogs lead the clearance count 5-2 in the fourth quarter. Touk Miller has won both the Sun's clearances this quarter, including the one that just launched Ben Ainsworth's goal
14:28
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
16:05
Tom Liberatore has a match-high eight score involvements and three score launches so far tonight.
17:52
SCORE
BEHIND - Suns (Izak Rankine)
18:47
Sam Collins has won 14 intercept possessions tonight - one more than his previous career-high set in Round 14, 2016 while playing with Fremantle.
20:34
Gold Coast has had 12 of the last 14 inside 50s across the game. They have scored 1.4 this quarter.
22:15
Hugh Greenwood has applied a game-high seven tackles so far. He has also won five clearances - ranked third for Gold Coast.
24:51
Marcus Bontempelli wins his first intercept possession of the night stopping the Suns from one last chance at scoring with a mark at centre half-back..
25:13
The Bulldogs scrape home by five points, they outscored the Suns by two points in the opening quarter and three points in the final, with the second and third quarters both drawn.