Long ball to the top of the square swirls in the wind inside the stadium and lands in the breadbasket of King for the first goal of the sunny afternoon. (Q1 1:15)
Rioli touches through a kick from 55m out in front by Melksham for a behind. (Q1 4:21)
Culley baulks around Clohesy on the mark on the HFF but misses on the run from 40m. (Q1 5:49)
Lombard halves a contest at the top of the square against two Demons then roves and feeds out for Read who snaps the goal off his right from 15m. (Q1 8:04)
Gawn to Steele for the next centre clearance, Mihocek dives in front of Andrew to mark at true CHF, his set shot is a boomer for his first goal. (Q1 9:16)
McDonald’s fumble at half back leads to a turnover, Lombard marks an errant Read snap in the pocket and gives inside for Zeke Uwland to goal from 20m. (Q1 13:41)
Windsor’s clearance from outer wing is to the knees of Walter but the pressured handball to Riioli allows his man Mihocek to catch Rioli HTB, who misses from 40m on a slight angle. (Q1 15:54)
Rioli plays on past a lumbering Petty after marking in the centre and spots up King 45m out on a slight angle, who misses to the right. (Q1 17:41)
Graham passes to King for a quality contested grab over McDonald 40m out on a slight angle, he just had a sighter from this range and sails this one through. (Q1 19:24)
Culley beats Zeke Uwland to mark a Latrelle Pickett speculator to the pocket 15m out, but his left-foot curling set shot is poor and goes limply narrow to the right. (Q1 21:46)
Latrelle Pickett grubbers narrow from the boundary 20m out after a stoppage. (Q1 22:26)
Langdon marks in front of Noble 40m out near the boundary after another trademark tireless run around outer wing, but tugs his drop punt near side left. (Q1 24:55)
Witts spoils a speculator by Langdon to the hotspot on the end of a lot of repeat inside 50s, crumb falls to Salem in the pocket who snaps the goal just before the QT siren! (Qtr Time)
Latrelle Pickett misses to the left from the hotspot after Gawn engineers another centre clearance to begin Q2. (Q2 0:23)
Gulbin marks 45m out on the flank and sails through a high quality drop punt for his debut senior goal. (Q2 1:44)
Mihcoek stands between Andrew and Collins to mark a high speculator by Tholstrup to the top of the square for his second goal. (Q2 5:17)
Read gets a holding free on McDonald near the hotspot and converts to the hoots of the smallish number of Demon supporters at the G. (Q2 7:08)
Gawn down the Pickett from the centre, two bounces ahead of the chasing Graham then a kick to the top of the square for Melksham to mark and goal. Simple game, footy! (Q2 8:31)
Andrew flies in to tackle Melksham and prevent a goal from 20m but Culley wins the crumb and reefs out a give to the ground for Melksham to rove and curl in a fine finish! (Q2 11:15)
Langford marks a Lever pass in front of Zeke Uwland 40m out on the flank and puts the Demons into a well-deserved lead with his first goal! (Q2 13:17)
Mihocek is not paid a juggled mark against Andrew at half forward but jinks away for a left-foot pass to Sharp 25m out on a slight angle, another goal Melbourne! (Q2 16:59)
King marks over Turner 20m out from a high speculator by Anderson, his set shot looks ugly but it’s straight enough. (Q2 19:47)
Latrelle Pickett marks a long pass by his cousin Kysaiah on outer wing and passes to van Rooyen 40m out on the flank, who converts. (Q2 21:17)
Powell roosts through a booming set shot from CHF to bring the margin back to a kick. (Q2 26:10)
Chandler releases Sparrow to sprint to CHF after the next centre contest but that snap slices to the right. (Q2 27:30)
Anderson marks 50m out on a slight angle, can the Suns convert a third of these long chances? No, stays to the right. (Q2 29:11)
Zeke Uwland receives from Miller on the HFF, baulks past Lever and kicks a fine goal from 35m! (Q3 1:39)
After a turnover on outer wing, Lombard centres from the HFF to Graham 30m out on a slight angle, who steers through the lead-changing goal. (Q3 3:32)
Tholstrup marks 45m out in the corridor and thumps through a nice drop punt. (Q3 6:37)
Melksham kneels on the head of Collins for a specky 40m out on the flank to wow the crowd, then kicks straight to restore Melbourne’s lead! (Q3 11:40)
Walter juggles the mark from a Gulbin pass inside 50 to the pocket 30m out but misses. (Q3 14:30)
Chandler marks a Sharp pass deep in the pocket 25m out but decides to play on inside into traffic and snaps under pressure into the near left post. (Q3 15:28)
Walter marks a Weller snap on the goal line after Turner looked to have caught King HTB in the build up. Crowd hoots, Walter puts Gold Coast back level. (Q3 16:54)
Witts is stuck on the mark after a free to Swallow in the centre, allowing Gawn to run forward and mark at the hotspot. Gawn tries a J-curve from straight in front… goals! (Q3 18:55)
Rogers is penalised under the stand rule to bring Lindsay to 20m out on a slight angle for a charity goal. (Q3 21:50)
Sharp runs through the centre with three bounces on a slingshot play, looks inside but goes himself from 50m on a slight angle… rolls to the right. (Q3 23:38)
Gold Coast kick in comes straight back in via Latrelle Pickett to Petty 40m out near the boundary, he nicks the near left post. (Q3 24:28)
Read marks on the HFF 50m out on the end of a rebound around outer wing, not much inside so he loads up for bear and roosts a lovely finish! (Q3 24:50)
Powell tries his luck with another shot from 50m out on the outer flank but this time Gawn is there to touch it through on the line. (Q3 27:09)
Melksham mops up a ground ball in front of Andrew after a stoppage and gives out a lovely handball to Kysaiah Pickett who does the right off the right boot from the hotspot. (Q3 29:36)
Kysaiah Pickett receives from Sharp at half forward and hits the lead of van Rooyen 35m out on a slight angle, who misses near side right. (Q4 1:09)
Sharp marks a van Rooyen pass 50m out on a slight angle, turns and kicks a mongrel punt that lands in the arms of Melksham at the top of the square for another one! (Q4 2:45)
Salem kicks from members wing after Gawn engineers another clearance, Langford marks over Weller and kicks the Demons further clear! (Q4 5:42)
Gold Coast haven’t looked like they can handle Melbourne’s best game all day, starting with Gawn dominating Witts in the middle and filtering all across the ground. (Q4 6:14)
Rogaers passes to Miller 40m out on the flank. This has to go through for the Suns, who are on the ropes… goes across the face to the right. (Q4 10:34)
Walter juggles a mark in front of McDonald from Jeffrey’s kick from half forward to the hotspot. He makes no mistake with the drop punt. (Q4 12:49)
Rogers jinks on the HFF and has three options to choose for the target inside 50, picks out Walter leading to the pocket 25m out who shanks the set shot for no score. (Q4 14:30)
Read bumps Latrelle Pickett off a ground ball in the pocket but numbers arrive and cousin Kysaiah arrives to send him into the open goal! (Q4 16:50)
Gulbin is smothered in the pocket but the crumb falls back to him for a centring ball to Jeffrey 40m out in the corridor. Another must-kick… just falls inside the right post. (Q4 19:05)
Rioli legs Latrelle Pickett on the end of a frenetic passage of play around outer side. The younger Pickett shoots from 40m on a slight angle, hooks left and short, no score. (Q4 25:20)
Three minutes left and four kicks in it, Demons are home. (Q4 25:35)
Melbourne now playing tempo and receiving a standing ovation from their fans, well deserved. (Q4 28:37)
