Match

Gold Coast Suns vs Melbourne

Commentary / 17 Aug 2024

Pre Game

00:00
Gold Coast has the best record in the league when at home this season with a win rate of 81.8%. Through eight games at People First Stadium, they have won seven and only lost once.

Quarter 1

00:00
Q1 is now underway.
06:17
Since the three-minute mark of the first, the ball has lived in Gold Coast's front half with five straight inside 50s and 85% time in their forward half.
08:57
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Nick Holman)
09:10
Nick Holman kicks the first goal of the game from a turnover. Gold Coast have ranked 3rd best in the league this season at scoring on turnover averaging 52.8 points per game.
11:47
SUNS Interchange - Matt Rowell off due to the blood rule.
12:00
Gold Coast have started strong in the first 10 minutes of this game. This bucks their trend for the season where they rank second worst in the league for point differential in the first 10 minutes of the first quarter.
13:09
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Touk Miller)
15:16
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Sam Flanders)
16:21
Sam Flanders scores Gold Coast's second goal from turnover today. The Demons have been poor in scoring from turnover differential this season being ranked fourth worst in the league and already being -14 today.
16:27
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jack Viney)
19:27
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Daniel Turner)
20:40
Both teams have struggled to convert from their forward 50 entries with Gold Coast scoring a goal from only 14.3% of their entries and Melbourne yet to score a goal from their six entries.
22:20
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Daniel Turner)
24:04
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
25:00
Jacob Van Rooyen kicks Melbourne's second goal of the day from stoppage. Melbourne ranks second worst in scores from clearance differential this season with a differential of -3.5 although they are already plus 13 today.
25:36
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Daniel Turner)
25:50
Melbourne have turned the game around since the 22 minute mark of the first, having four straight inside 50s, five clearances in a row and three goals.
26:53
Jack Viney has built strongly into this first quarter having seven disposals, four contested possessions, three first possessions and incredibly four clearances in a row.
29:50
SUNS Interchange - Matt Rowell off due to the blood rule.
31:47
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Alex Davies)
31:49
With Alex Davies's late goal, the Suns tied the game up to end the first quarter. The Suns have led at quarter-time just seven times this season - the equal second-fewest of any team.

Quarter 2

00:00
Q2 is now underway.
01:35
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
03:10
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Ben King)
03:24
Demons Interchange - Tom Sparrow off due to an injury.
05:49
Demons Interchange - Max Gawn off due to the blood rule.
06:05
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Jarrod Witts)
07:04
Jarrod Witts kicks the Suns first in the second quarter. The Suns have kicked 3.1 (19) from set shot so far today outscoring Melbourne by 12 points. Melbourne has ranked fourth worst this season in set shot scoring differential at -2.5 points per game.
08:55
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
09:19
Jack Viney kicks the Demon's second goal in the quarter. He has been crucial to the Demons having a slight lead in clearances being 15 - 13, even though they rank 17th in clearance differential this season.
11:11
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Ed Langdon)
11:39
Ed Langdon kicks another goal for the Demons. He has racked it up on the outside so far today having 14 disposals, 11 uncontested possesions and 316 metres gained already.
12:22
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Sam Flanders)
13:46
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Lachie Weller)
14:34
Lachie Weller kicks the Sun's second goal straight from centre bounce. The Suns have the fourth-best differential from centre bounce this season.
17:02
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Daniel Turner)
19:39
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Jake Bowey)
19:44
Despite conceding the second-most points from defensive 50 chains this season (20.5), the Suns have limited the Demons only conceding 0.2 (2) from that source so far today.
20:51
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Mac Andrew)
22:36
Melbourne has struggled to develop any kind of outside game in this second term being -15 in uncontested possessions and -7 in handball receives. They are ranked 15th this season in uncontested possession differential losing by 22.9 on average.
23:09
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Max Gawn)
24:12
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
25:18
Bayley Fritsch kicks his first of the day. The Demons have switched the script in terms of scoring from turnover being plus 14 in this second quarter after being -19 in the first.
27:14
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Jarrod Witts)
29:26
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Jed Walter)
31:52
Ben King has been well held by Tom McDonald through the first half. He's limited King to only one kick and three disposals whilst having eight disposals and five intercepts himself.
32:38
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
35:02
Despite the Suns being ranked first in scores against from defensive midfield chains (11.5 per game), the Demons have managed to end the half with 2.0 (12) compared to the Sun's 0.0 (0).

Quarter 3

00:00
Q3 is now underway.
01:18
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
01:38
Jacob Van Rooyen kicks the Demons first in the second half from a centre bounce chain. They rank 16th this season in scoring from centre bounce averaging 8.7 points per game, and have already bettered that today having kicked 2.1 (13)
05:52
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Koltyn Tholstrup)
07:37
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Harrison Petty)
07:58
Demons Interchange - Jacob van Rooyen off due to an injury.
08:23
The Demons have come out strong to start this second half, having four of the first five inside 50s and kicking three goals from those entries converting at a 75% rate.
09:27
After only having five disposals in the entire first half, Alex Neal-Bullen has already matched his first-half total in this third term and has been involved in all three of the Demon's goals.
14:29
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Ben King)
14:58
Ben King slots his first of the game and the Suns first of the half after marking inside 50. King has taken 60 marks inside 50 this season - ranked second in the AFL behind Jesse Hogan.
17:10
The Suns have limited Jake Lever's influence on this game keeping him to only one intercept possession, five disposals and 13 metres gained.
22:02
The Demons have taken control of the uncontested game in this third quarter, being plus 20 in uncontested possessions, plus 219 in metres gained and plus 10 in uncontested marks.
23:30
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Jed Walter)
23:47
SUNS Interchange - Jed Walter off due to an injury.
25:01
Charlie Ballard has been unstoppable intercepting today with eight of his nine possesions being intercepts, with four of those intercepts being marks.
27:35
Gold Coast are yet to win a match this season where they have been behind at three-quarter time (0 - 10).

Quarter 4

00:00
Q4 is now underway.
01:44
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
02:11
Jake Melksham kicks Melbourne's fourth goal from an offensive midfield chain today. The Suns rank fourth in conceding from attacking midfield this season (22.3 points per game), however, the Demons have already managed to clear this kicking 25 points from that source.
04:11
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Mac Andrew)
05:15
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jack Viney)
05:51
Jack Viney adds to his incredible game with his second goal. He has had nine clearances, seven first possessions and nine score involvements today.
06:45
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Judd McVee)
08:16
The Suns are -32 in scores from stoppages today - their second-worst result for the season.
08:23
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Ed Langdon)
09:27
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Bayley Fritsch)
09:50
In the past five weeks, the Demons are ranked last in the AFL in scoring, kicking only 68.6 points per game. They have responded today kicking 86 points already.
12:12
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jake Melksham)
12:21
The Demons have kicked 9.3 (57) from stoppage today which is the greatest total from that source this season.
16:13
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Bailey Humphrey)
17:59
Ed Langdon has dominated on the wing today, having 35 disposals, an incredible 27 uncontested possessions, his highest total for the season and kicked a goal to go along with it.
19:56
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Judd McVee)
22:21
After dominating contested possessions last week, being plus 30 against Port Adelaide, the Demons have had a different approach today being plus 49 in uncontested possessions, their greatest differential this season.
23:13
SCORE BEHIND - Demons (Koltyn Tholstrup)
24:37
SCORE GOAL - SUNS (Ben King)
26:52
Daniel Turner slots his third goal of the match equaling his career-high. He has added to this with six score involvements from his 10 disposals.
27:00
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Daniel Turner)
28:39
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Jacob van Rooyen)
30:17
Daniel Turner kicks Melbourne's fifth goal from centre bounce today. The 32 points they have scored from this source equals their season high.
30:22
SCORE GOAL - Demons (Daniel Turner)
31:47
SCORE BEHIND - SUNS (Rushed)
33:11
The Demons had an incredible game today, especially in terms of scoring from stoppage. The 75 points they kicked from that source today is their highest for the season and the second-highest total for any team this year.