Overview

• Gold Coast Suns defeated St Kilda 12.8 (80) to 8.13 (61) at Marvel Stadium, marking their best-ever 8-2 start to a season and maintaining third place on the AFL ladder.
• St Kilda coach Ross Lyon referred to the Suns as 'the AFL's nepo baby' before the match, a comment criticized by Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick as 'disrespectful.'
• Gold Coast CEO Mark Evans confronted St Kilda CEO Carl Dilena, calling Lyon's remarks offensive and suggesting they undermined the Suns' hard work and progress.
• The match drew a low attendance of just 13,486 fans, St Kilda's smallest Melbourne home crowd since 2002 outside pandemic-affected seasons.
• Gold Coast defender Mac Andrew suffered a suspected right ankle injury late in the game, leaving his availability for the next match uncertain.