Suns edge Giants in AFL Round 22 thriller amid brutal Canberra conditions

Beneath a cutting Canberra wind, the GWS Giants and Gold Coast Suns contested more than a football match in Round 22 — they contested the age-old question of whether dominance in territory can overcome dominance in execution. The Suns, led by the intercept brilliance of Mac Andrew, turned the Giants' forward pressure into nothing, holding a ten-point halftime lead that the conditions made feel far larger. In weather that punishes ambition and rewards precision, Gold Coast had found the harder, quieter discipline of converting what little they were given.