Source :- THE AGE NEWS
By Murray Wenzel
West Coast’s fresh-look dress held on as a fiery Gold Coast team dropped of the top spot in a 59-point AFL victory.
The Eagles, who only won again next year, headed south with four fresh-faced internationals to take on the red-hot Suns in Sunday’s fight at Carrara.
And it went horribly wrong in the first quarter, with the guests adding objectives at will to take the lead by 62 at the final whistle and looking set to change team records.
However, the Eagles, who were sparked by fiery first-gamer Milan Murdock, lost 20.11 ( 131 ) to 10.12 ( 72 ), which will have provided coach Andrew McQualter with plenty of encouragement.
The Suns threatened to force the margin into quad images before taking their feet off the gas, just like they did last year against Geelong.
Christian Petracca ( 23 disposals, four goals ) and Ben King ( three first-quarter goals ) completed his dominant start at the Suns with five majors.
Joel Jeffrey ( 28 disposals ) was among the Suns ‘ best in defense, while Noah Anderson made a game-high 34 disposals to go with a goal.
In an amazing 84-point first quarter, Alex Davies, Daniel Rioli, Jy Farrar, Jake Rogers, and Ben Long all scored goals.
Murdock ( 22 disposals ), who was only signed from the WAFL two weeks ago, kicked two goals and was the first to stir Mac Andrew’s crows in a daring debut.
Elliot Yeo scored a quickfire double in his third season of injury recovery while Jake Waterman ( three goals, three behinds ) had the better of Andrew.
Those majors, in contrast to the Suns ‘ 3. 2, fueled a 5.4 quarter for the customers, which fought off the threat of Sun information falling.
Deven Robertson, a former Lion, had eight tackles properly before time, while Harley Reid led the Eagles with 23 disposals.
AAP
