Frederick receives outside a stoppage for a snap off a step from 40m on a slight angle, that one floats for the first goal of the overcast day. (Q1 2:03)
Uwland roves a chaos ball at half back but has his man Voss right on his ginger and gets caught HTB. Voss converts with no problem from 40m out in front. (Q1 4:11)
Rowell to Miller to exit a stoppage on outer wing, long ball towards King, crumb over the back where Walter is behind Draper to rove and goal. (Q1 8:53)
Flanders starts a handball chain behind a stoppage at the hotspot for Gold Coast, Uwland baulks Sharp and bangs through his first goal in the ones from 50m on a slight angle! (Q1 10:53)
Jeffrey marks a sideways kick in the back pocket and tries to play on by hand but misses Andrew with a clanger handball, Wagner accepts the gift goal from 20m on a slight angle. (Q1 12:54)
King kicks across the face from a set shot from 40m on the flank. (Q1 21:10)
Switkowski marks 30m out on a slight angle and converts to make good on some Docker territory over the last five minutes. (Q1 24:24)
More territory for Fremantle but Wagner hits the right post with a mid-range snap. (Q1 26:21)
Bolton is front and centre for a long ball to the square, tries a grubber between bodies but rolls it into the left post. (Q1 30:06)
Freo keep locking the ball in, eventually the dam wall breaks with Voss ramming through a snap from inside CHF after a forward give by Jackson. (Q1 30:50)
Johnson spins on the HFF and tries to kick inside with Noble diving at his boot, shanks to 25m where Serong dives for a spectacular gully catch but misses near side left. (Q1 32:54)
Ryan is whistled for a hold on Long 45m out on a slight angle, Long’s set shot drifts to the near side left for a point. (Q2 2:23)
Long marks on the lead 45m out on a slight angle, has had a sighter from this distance and swerves this one through. (Q2 9:27)
Long tries to perform exactly the same play a minute later, but hits the left goalpost. (Q2 11:14)
Lombard snaps his first goal in his first game blazing away from a stoppage in the pocket into point blank range, then sprints off in the modern fashion, pumping his fist! (Q2 18:39)
King gets a contact free on Cox in a pack at the hotspot after Anderson clears from the bounce, he brings the margin back to within a straight kick. (Q2 20:37)
Bolton converts a set shot from 35m on a slight angle to settle the Dockers. (Q2 23:44)
Treacy feeds Voss who snaps across the body and across the face from the pocket 20m out. (Q2 28:26)
An already sodden Gold Coast is being pelted with more rain as we begin Q3. (Half Time)
Ball is a cake of soap, Walter tries to rove at the hotspot but fumbles and is perhaps lucky to get a holding free on Draper, who had gone to ground. Walter kicks truly. (Q3 4:06)
Scores level after the Dockers dominated Q1 and the Suns bossed Q2. Bit of a wind going to the end that Freo is kicking to in Q3, albeit with rain falling less important. (Q3 4:51)
Bolton jets away from the next bounce ahead of Rowell, reaches CHF and lets fly… but kicks just to the left. (Q3 5:21)
Miller roves and shoots off a step from 30m on a slight angle but tumbles it into the near right post. (Q3 6:20)
Ryan whinges about contact from behind after Long marks an Ainsworth kick to 40m in the corridor, replay shows a big push but ump didn’t see it. Kick short and rushed. (Q3 8:08)
Cox catches King around the neck as they wrestle 30m out on the flank waiting for a high ball, ump saw that one but King shanks it OOTF across the face to the left. (Q3 11:51)
Brayshaw snaps through a pack from the hotspot, two in the square but it swerves past them as well with wicked Waqar Younis inswing for an unlikely goal! (Q3 20:37)
After Flanders keeps a ground ball alive on one HFF and centres, Ainsworth marks 45m out on the other HFF, his set shot is off the pack and sits up on the line… Flanders goal! (Q3 22:25)
Bolton flies through the quick answering goal from near CHF after the next centre bounce, the second time he has done that in the quarter but the first one that stayed straight. (Q3 23:47)
Voss marks a high Serong kick over Collins 45m out on the boundary, he tries a kick to the top of the square but it’s off hands for a point. (Q3 27:08)
Treacy has Voss in space for a running snap from 30m, that’s his third goal to give the Dockers a big lead in the wet! (Q3 30:42)
Jackson receives a lovely handball from outer wing by Fyfe, his kick inside 50 is a scrubber but Frederick gets a snap away from 30m… across the face. (Q4 1:26)
Bolton marks in the pocket 20m out and converts, that is just about the ball game in these conditions. (Q4 8:31)
Ryan gets back on the goal line to rush a high snap by Miller from 40m. (Q4 11:17)
Flanders is paid a contact free on Brayshaw 50m out on a slight angle, Banfield gives away 50m for nothing, cheap goal Gold Coast. (Q4 18:28)
A crumb falls towards the behind post from a ball up, Flanders gets there first and tries a volley off the ground… threads it in spectacular fashion! (Q4 21:26)
A goal the difference and five minutes to play. (Q4 22:08)
Andrew slides to mark on the boundary 20m out from a massive roost from outer wing by Humphrey, but he screws it too early for a point off his left. (Q4 22:55)
Flanders tumbles a kick from the HFF to the teeth of goal but Freo clears, two minutes to go and it’s a mad scramble. (Q4 26:30)
Rioli comes in hard and collects Brayshaw high as he goes low to rove, free kick and a slight lull as he is assessed. (Q4 27:11)
Voss roves on the HFF and gives forward to Reid whose snap is off a body and out for a throw in, 1:07 and Suns need to rebound. (Q4 27:27)
Miller’s clearance smothers, surge to wing but Frederick repels, Jackson to Brayshaw to Jackson, kick inside 50 to grass, Bolton strips Holman, Amiss rolls through the sealer! (Q4 28:41)
