The Gold Coast Suns have slumped to 1-Four after a crushing loss to the Fremantle Dockers at Norwood Oval through the AFL’s Collect Spherical on Friday evening.
The perennial cellar dwellers went down by 10 factors ultimately, however have been inside 4 factors throughout a tense interval with simply minutes left.
WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Michael Walters flirts with the boundary line in contest with Darcy Macpherson.
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And they are going to be forgiven for considering they need to have been two factors up after the Dockers kicked their third aim of the match in controversial circumstances.
The enthralling battle between Suns defender Darcy Macpherson and star Dockers veteran Michael Walters was the topic of fascination all through the sport, however one contest between the 2 proved game-defining.
Walters was monitoring the ball within the Dockers’ ahead pocket through the first quarter because it trickled in direction of the boundary line, with Macpherson sizzling on his heels.
However Macpherson stopped chasing for a break up second when the ball appeared to obviously go over the boundary line.
No whistle was forthcoming, and the artful small ahead took full benefit of Macpherson’s lapse in focus.
He picked the ball up, swung on his left foot and drilled a dart onto the chest of Lachie Schultz, who kicked a straightforward aim from instantly in entrance.
“Macpherson’s performed a very good job, (however for) simply half a second, he stopped,” triple premiership participant Alastair Lynch mentioned on commentary.
“You really cannot cease. I imply, I do know he thought the ball was out, however what he did, he allowed Walters to show him round, so he simply switched off for that half a second.
“He wanted to maintain him pushed over the road so he cannot come again, no matter whether or not the ball is in or out – hold him over the road.
Regardless of the blunder, the Suns held leads of just about 4 targets on two completely different events within the second and third quarters.
However they kicked simply two of the final six targets of the sport to hunch to a second consecutive loss and have their season on the ropes once more.
“That is shattering for the Suns, excellent for the Dockers,” Lynch mentioned on the finish of the sport.
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