Blog log from R7 of 2024: Gold Coast vs West Coast

Yeo clears from the opening bounce, Maric marks in front of Ballard at the hotspot for the first goal of the day. Simple game, footy! (Q1 0:51)
Yeo tumbles through a goal himself from a stoppage 30m out on a slight angle. Eagles getting the jump two weeks in a row! (Q1 3:34)
Petruccelle bounces through space in midfield and goes long over Andrew to Waterman in the pocket 20m out, he checksides another one! (Q1 5:28)
Bailey Williams is blown up for high contact on Witts in ruck 45m out on the flank from Gold Coast’s goals, Witts converts with a big set shot. (Q1 9:27)
Anderson gives to Miller to clear from the next centre bounce, King marks in front of Harry Edwards wide on the flank 40m out but hits the post. (Q1 11:12)
Atkins loses possession in the back pocket under pressure, Waterman flips up a handball to Petruccelle who blazes wide from 20m. (Q1 14:29)
Cole sets up Kelly for a snap from the boundary from 45m which stays left and OOTF. (Q1 17:43)
Holman gathers in front of Witherden in the pocket and tries a low-percentage snap from 25m that flies well wide left. (Q1 20:29)
Kelly is pinged for a hold on Anderson at a ball up 45m on the flank. Nando tucks in to the free chicken dinner for his first goal. (Q1 25:43)
Rogers passes to Day after the first centre bounce of Q2, the old stager converts from 50m on a slight angle. (Q2 0:55)
Petruccelle shoots on the run from 45m on the flank after a Powell turnover, he looks dubious as to whether it cleared the near right post, review shows it was a goal! (Q2 2:40)
Humphrey bounces a quick snap across the face from 25m in the pocket. (Q2 4:26)
Rebound started from the last line by Gold Coast around outer wide, Ainsworth marks a Rowell pass 20m out on a slight angle for the goal. (Q2 5:40)
Humphrey roves Anderson’s centre clearance kick 40m out on a slight angle and gets horse-collared by Witherden, but misses with a hook to the right. (Q2 7:48)
Miller kicks across the last line towards Collins but misses the target so badly it’s OOTF, Waterman curls in the set shot from the boundary next to the behind post. (Q2 10:40)
Four turnovers in thirty seconds at half forward for Gold Coast, but Rogers shows excellent skills to spot up King’s lead 40m out on a slight angle, he converts. (Q2 12:20)
Darling marks a Yeo clearance kick over Ballard at the hotspot after the next centre bounce and also kicks straight. (Q2 14:00)
Both coaches are pushing an extra behind the ball in this game, which is giving the flankers a lot of possessions but tending to limit dangerous goalmouth action. (Q2 20:56)
The obvious move from Damien Hardwick would be to shift Jack Lukosius forward, to even up numbers and give Jed Walter more of a help against Jeremy McGovern. (Q2 22:10)
Graham delivers a set shot from 40m on the flank for his first senior goal after a 50m penalty against Petruccelle for timewasting by punching an OOTF kick away. (Q2 25:15)
Walter has been beaten in the air often today by McGovern, but he halves a contest to a Berry speculator to 20m against Harry Edwards for Humphrey to rove and goal. (Q2 28:01)
Kelly receives from Brockman on members wing, decides to take a lash from 55m on a slight angle but leaves it narrow to the left. (Q2 29:59)
Powell shanks a rebound kick to start a counter, Duggan goes to the boundary 20m out for Waterman to mark over Collins and curl through his third goal. (Q2 30:36)
Cripps marks 40m out on a slight angle for the first goal of Q3 to change the lead again. (Q3 1:24)
Rogers snaps his first senior goal on the run from 45m after King roves at CHF and feeds forward. (Q3 4:08)
Ainsworth gathers a Humphrey bounce handball, breaks a tackle and sails through another quick one from 25m on the flank after Gold Coast bosses the next bounce. (Q3 5:09)
Yeo gets a contact free on Atkins 35m out on the flank, dumb hold by Atkins as he had the outnumber. Yeo misses near side left. (Q3 9:58)
Humphrey bustles through a Cole challenge with impressive strength and feeds Anderson to grubber the goal from 25m. (Q3 12:25)
Day drifts across a pack in front of Duggan to juggle a mark at the hotspot but nicks the inside of the right post for a behind. (Q3 19:55)
King is paid a mark from a Powell pass in front of McGovern 35m out in front, didn’t have a lot of it but enough. He kicks straight. Suns in control. (Q3 21:55)
Harry Edwards just watches King walk past him on the mark 50m out on the flank but King shanks OOTF. (Q3 24:11)
Rowell gets another high contact free at a stoppage, this one 40m out on the flank against Yeo. He hoofs through the goal. (Q3 27:51)
Rowell roves a ball up at the top of the square and wobbles through another one, getting away from Kelly way too easily. (Q3 29:55)
Walter’s chase forces Witherden to turn the ball over with a wobbly rebound kick to 30m on the flank, Ainsworth intercepts just before the 3QT siren but hits the far right post. (Q3 32:51)
McGovern passes to Cripps 45m out on a slight angle who kicks truly, through a sunshower. (Q4 2:08)
Waterman runs his full measure from the pocket after roving over the back of Collins and then a bit more to goal from the square. (Q4 5:49)
Walter marks a Fiorini pass on the lead in front of McGovern 40m out on a slight angle, his kick in the rain is high but across the face to the right. (Q4 8:05)
Fiorini kicks off junk time with a champagne footy goal in his 100th match. (Q4 19:55)
Darling gets himself some garbage. (Q4 23:10)
Ryan snaps his first senior goal for a long time after his injury layoff to give the West Coast fans something positive. (Q4 24:25)
Walter converts a set shot from 35m in front after Hough fumbles and Berry reefs out a handball to Rogers for the pass. (Q4 27:11)
King hits the post with a set shot from the HFF. (Q4 29:23)
Swallow sets Walter off to run into the open goal for his second. (Q4 29:55)
Miller clears from the next bounce to King 45m out in front who does get that third goal. (Q4 32:05)