Where and when: Metricon Stadium, Saturday July 13, 7.25pm AEST
What it means for Gold Coast: The Suns need to regain credibility. A win would be incredible – and snap an 11-game losing streak – but at a minimum they need to show some spirit for themselves and their fans after last week’s horrendous loss to Richmond.
What it means for Adelaide: A chance to regain some form and confidence. Although they can’t take Gold Coast lightly – remember the Suns beat Sydney at the same point of 2018 – this is a chance to solidify a spot in a tight top-eight race.
The stat: There’s one team Gold Coast is yet to defeat in its AFL history – Adelaide. The Crows are a perfect 12-for-12 against the Suns, with eight of those victories by a margin in excess of 50 points. The closest Gold Coast has come is 28 points in round 14, 2013.
The match-up: Jarrod Harbrow v Eddie Betts. While the Suns might try another player (Jesse Joyce) to man Betts, Harbrow (ranked 220 overall in the Official AFL Ratings) would love a chance to atone for the round five contest where Betts (No.109) bagged six majors, including a miraculous left-footed banana Goal of the Year contender.
It’s a big week for: Jack Hombsch. The former Port defender has been forced to play on bigger opponents most of the year following a ruptured ACL to Rory Thompson and season-ending hip injury to Sam Collins. He’ll again likely be fighting out of his weight division against either Taylor Walker or Josh Jenkins.
Thommo’s Tip: Adelaide by 30 points.
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FINAL INTERCHANGES
Gold Coast: Anthony Miles, Will Brodie, Michael Rischitelli, Jacob Heron
Adelaide: Hugh Greenwood, Riley Knight, David Mackay, Tyson Stengle
any chance ROB could please score 160??
oh FFS – ROB with 5 frees against already … FFS!
Laird has a hard tag by Scheer on him in this game – buggering his scoring *sad* … will try to post scores a bit later … or now …
3 m ins into second qtr
Adelaide Crows: 6.7.43
Wayne Milera 47
Rory Atkins 46
Jake Kelly 37
Brodie Smith 36
Brad Crouch 34
Rory Sloane 33
Taylor Walker 32
Luke Brown 27
Hugh Greenwood 24
Matt Crouch 24
Josh Jenkins 23
Paul Seedsman 22
David Mackay 20
Alex Keath 20
Riley Knight 20
Eddie Betts 20
Daniel Talia 20
Reilly O’Brien 19
Kyle Hartigan 19
Rory Laird 12
Tyson Stengle 7
Lachlan Murphy 6
Gold Coast Suns: 2.3.15
Jarrod Witts 35
Jack Lukosius 34
Anthony Miles 32
Jarrod Harbrow 32
Charlie Ballard 30
Pearce Hanley 30
Brayden Fiorini 26
Darcy MacPherson 24
Jack Hombsch 20
Lachlan Weller 18
Brad Scheer 18
Sean Lemmens 16
David Swallow 15
M. Rischitelli 14
Touk Miller 13
Sam Day 13
Jacob Heron 10
Ben King 9
Alex Sexton 7
Jesse Joyce 3
Josh Corbett 1
Will Brodie -4
3 qtr time scores …
Adelaide Crows: 19.10.124
Rory Atkins 102
Wayne Milera 96
Hugh Greenwood 86
Taylor Walker 86
Brad Crouch 81
Jake Kelly 80
Rory Sloane 80
Luke Brown 75
Josh Jenkins 74
Eddie Betts 72
Alex Keath 68
Matt Crouch 66
Brodie Smith 65
Lachlan Murphy 64
Rory Laird 63
Reilly O’Brien 55
Riley Knight 55
Tyson Stengle 54
Kyle Hartigan 47
Daniel Talia 47
Paul Seedsman 45
David Mackay 42
Gold Coast Suns: 4.7.31
Jarrod Witts 90
Jarrod Harbrow 76
Pearce Hanley 73
Jack Lukosius 64
Darcy MacPherson 63
David Swallow 60
Anthony Miles 60
Brayden Fiorini 57
Sean Lemmens 56
Touk Miller 54
Charlie Ballard 54
Lachlan Weller 54
Jack Hombsch 47
Sam Day 40
Jacob Heron 34
M. Rischitelli 32
Brad Scheer 31
Jesse Joyce 21
Alex Sexton 15
Ben King 15
Will Brodie 12
Josh Corbett 12
Matt crouch needs 50 touches to ton up
SO happy I got rid of him. Imagine having a premo get get 36 touches and still sub ton, ugh!
If anyone who owns milera or brodie smith ever calls lloyd a seagull hang your head , what a pair of flat trackers
Mate if you’ve ever watched milera or smith play more than once milera cuts through traffic with ease and smith is one of the comps best long penetrating kicks into the corridor or at goals. Ignorant comment