West Coast’s season from hell has taken one other flip for the more serious after Jack Darling and Jamaine Jones have been injured in a 70-point thumping by the hands of Gold Coast at Optus Stadium.
The Suns piled on eight objectives to at least one in a dominant second quarter on the way in which to posting the 16.17 (113) to six.7 (43) win in entrance of a dejected crowd of 36,219 in a Friday evening fizzer.
Damningly, West Coast misplaced the contested possession tally 43-16 within the second time period in one of the vital insipid quarters within the membership’s historical past.
It allowed Gold Coast to construct a 50-point lead by halftime.
Adding to West Coast’s woes, Jones was subbed out at halftime with a damaged nostril, whereas out-of-form ahead Darling injured his left arm within the third quarter.
It means the Eagles’ harm record now stands at 18 gamers.
Darling tried to play on by way of the harm, however he winced in ache every time his arm copped a knock and struggled to make an impression.
The premiership ahead completed the match with simply 0.1, 5 marks and 7 disposals.
In distinction, his direct opponent Charlie Ballard was one of the vital dominant figures on the sphere with 11 marks – eight of which have been contested.
Ballard’s 10 intercept marks was an equal AFL report.
Suns midfielder Matt Rowell continued his pre-match custom by munching on a bit of the stadium’s turf.
He then set to work by destroying West Coast’s midfield on the way in which to 29 possessions, six clearances, one purpose and a exceptional 17 tackles.
Jarrod Witts (48 hitouts) was a monster within the ruck, whereas spearhead Ben King booted 4 objectives.
West Coast’s report for the yr stands at 1-8, placing them in main hazard of accumulating the wood spoon.
The Eagles have now received simply three of their previous 35 matches.
West Coast’s defence fought valiantly to carry the fort in a gap quarter wherein the Suns received the within 50m depend 18-6.
The Eagles scored 2.3 from their six entries, and they might have gone into quartertime with a shock lead if it wasn’t for a intelligent fend-off and snap from Mabior Chol with simply 20 seconds remaining.
The second quarter was pure and easily a humiliation for West Coast as Gold Coast lastly cashed in on their dominance.
The Suns received the clearances 14-3 for the time period and the within 50m depend 17-5 on the way in which to booting 8.5 to West Coast’s 1.2.
King kicked three objectives for the quarter – together with two within the house of a minute to interrupt the sport open – whereas Rowell continued to terrorise within the midfield.
Whatever Eagles coach Adam Simpson mentioned at halftime appeared to work as West Coast got here out firing within the third quarter with two fast objectives.
Gold Coast didn’t boot a purpose for the time period, however they got here residence strongly within the fourth to get an vital percentage-boosting win.
The Suns’ third win from their previous 4 video games improved their report to 4-5 forward of subsequent week’s crunch conflict with Brisbane on the Gabba.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
