Overview

• Coach Damien Hardwick has urged the Suns to ease their reliance on Ben King when he is double- or triple-teamed inside 50 and to distribute the ball to secondary targets.
• Ben King has managed nine goals from his past five matches yet remains third in the Coleman Medal race with 32 goals.
• Gold Coast has lost all eight previous games at GMHBA Stadium and Hardwick has never coached a victory at the venue.
• Last week’s 11-point defeat to Fremantle unveiled defensive lapses and costly goal concessions that Hardwick called a “gift” for revealing weaknesses.
• The Suns have replicated GMHBA’s dimensions at their training ground as they work to improve delivery inside 50 ahead of Saturday’s match.