Durham runs to half forward from centre wing, Hobbs punches Noble off the ball, ump sees the retaliatory scragging, free kick and first goal to Essendon. (Q1 9:43)
Humphrey roves Read’s contest from the next centre clearance by Noble and snaps the opener for Gold Coast. (Q1 10:14)
Read turns rover to the next inside 50 for the Suns contested by King against two Dons, he snaps the goal off his right from a pack 20m out in front. (Q1 12:15)
Durham gets caught HTB deep in attack but Uwland’s kick is OOTF, Lual hits the hotspot but no score results. (Q1 26:32)
Duursma takes a link mark on the HFF and goes quickly to the hotspot where six talls congregate, Caddy leaps in front of them for the mark and goal. (Q1 27:22)
Anderson tries to free his arms under a Kako tackle at CHB but gets caught HTB. Kako’s set shot is a shank for no score. (Q1 30:15)
Clarke gets a set shot from 40m in front after marking a high Goldstein speculator from the HFF, he puts the Bombers into the lead with his first goal. (Q1 31:05)
Read marks the next centre clearance 20m out on a slight angle between Blakiston and Ridley, QT siren goes, Read converts. (Q1 32:15)
Jeffrey runs on outer wing to receive and kick a rare goal from 40m on a slight angle. (Q2 2:10)
King gets a contact free on Laverde at the top of the square for his first kick and goal of the game. (Q2 9:09)
The crowd likes a similar free against Andrew on Caddy better, he plays on and bangs through a huge goal from outside 50m on the flank! (Q2 11:59)
Read marks on the lead 40m out on a slight angle, nothing Balkiston could do there. He bangs through a personal best third goal. (Q2 14:11)
Wright gets corralled by two Suns in the pocket with Andrew also in the square as goalkeeper, he snaps off the right anyway, the ball pitches in front of Mac and through him! (Q2 23:11)
Andrew flies over Caddy in the square to spoil a kick from the pocket but doesn’t get a hand on it, Caddy free and goal, Bombers back in the lead! (Q2 27:56)
Another red time centre clearance by Gold Coast, another tall marks 20m out, this time it’s King who goals on the HT siren. (Q2 29:11)
Budarick marks a Rowell inside 50 kick from outer wing to the hotspot over Johnson for the first goal of Q3. (Q3 1:27)
Caddy marks 50m out on the boundary, plays on inside again but his kick floats late across the face to the right. (Q3 3:09)
McGrath’s long ball up the centre is off Wright’s hands for Kako who scuds through the goal from 40m. (Q3 3:57)
Moyle gets back to the behind line to mark a wayward Fiorini high ball from the pocket on his chest, he converts. (Q3 7:07)
Anderson had a quiet first half but Miller sends him away up the centre for a running snap from CHF that sails though. (Q3 8:59)
May kicks his first and then his second goals of the game within a minute of each other with some big finishes! (Q3 13:37)
Walter misses a set shot from 40m in the corridor, much to the delight of the local fans. (Q3 15:27)
May soccers his third goal in a row from the top of the square to restore Essendon’s lead! (Q3 16:09)
Kako falls on the HFF after a lunge from behind by Powell who whinges at the ump for a free, contact started on the rump but did include an accidental ankle tap. No score results. (Q3 20:02)
Walter floats majestically over a pack 20m out in the pocket for a beauty of a contested grab, he shows strong concentration on the process of kicking the goal. (Q3 26:42)
Moyle reaches over Wright to intercept in defence but plays on and panics, his short kick towards Miller is intercepted by Caldwell 40m out in front, who converts. (Q3 29:38)
Laverde is off side and gives away an obvious free to King in the pocket after the Suns go coast to coast quickly around outer wing. King shoots from 15m to the booing… goals. (Q3 32:12)
Miller marks a short Flanders pass from outer wing to 45m out on a slight angle, his set shot is a peach. (Q4 1:13)
Ainsworth snaps off his right boot from near the hotspot for another one. Suns keep building a lead, Dons have to keep clawing their way back into it. (Q4 2:28)
Gold Coast emulates the GWS tsunami with a flowing rebound up the guts, ending with Humphrey in the Finn Callaghan role to skid through a sensational finish from long range! (Q4 7:01)
Ah, but a late ARC review showed a little nick on the goalpost, goal overturned. (Q4 8:33)
King marks 25m out on the flank and steers through goal number four. (Q4 11:09)
Humphrey gets a tunnelling free on Roberts leaping for a Jeffrey kick near the hotspot and boots the official sealer. (Q4 20:44)
Anderson adds a cherry goal, the team gets around their captain who led the team to victory with a big second half. (Q4 22:59)
Durham feeds Merrett for a running snap from 45m after the next bounce but that one floats left into the post. (Q4 23:24)
Fiorini piles it on with a snap from half forward. (Q4 26:29)
Moyle misses a set shot on the final siren. (Q4 30:59)
