Gold Coast were in hot form going into this one on their home deck with a definitive win against finalist Essendon without their best player in the last round of the season to clinch a finals berth themselves.
They still had Whitford, Drennan and Single in the midfield, ruck dominance as the Swans have gone small since Morphett went down and 2 solid tall forwards in Bohanna and Dupuy but even as a Sydney supporter I didn't see this coming.
With a record-breaking 106 tackles and only a -1 in clearances with a - 43 in hit outs, it allows the Swans first use out of congestion and into their marking game where they were + 28.
Simply an unbelievable result for a young team only in their 2nd season, coming off the back of a demoralising win-less season i 2022.
They've already exceeded expectations by a wide margin but hey, while you're there you might as well try and go as far as you can and who knows what can happen.
From this game we look at:
Gold Coast not really organised at stoppage and Chloe Molloy sharking 1 of the Suns' 59 hit outs in Sydney's forward 50 and successfully snapping for goal.
Gold Coast being instructed at quarter time to go forward more and they set up accordingly at the center bounce to start the 2nd quarter to pretty good effect.
Sydney making the adjustment to the Suns center bounce structure by positioning more defensively and then being able to fill the space the Suns want to go forward in.
Sydney not pressing from the front defensively where they usually would and enabling the Suns to maintain forward ball movement.
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