Another tough week at the office for the Gold Coast SUNS, suffering a heavy defeat to fellow expansion club GWS at Spotless Stadium.

Jesse Lonergan was one player whose efforts didn’t drop all night, with the Tasmanian recording a game-high 11 tackles to go with 19 disposals at 95% efficiency.

Aaron Hall accumulated 32 disposals and recorded 672 metres gained, the most of any player on the field, while Dion Prestia had 28 possessions (14 contested).

Jack Leslie was solid down back in his first game of the season with eight spoils along with 15 disposals and seven rebound 50s.

At the other end of the ground, Brandon Matera booted three goals while star forward Tom Lynch kicked two for the visitors.

Who gets your votes in Round 8?

Another best-on-ground performance to vice-captain Tom Lynch in the loss to Melbourne extends his lead in this year’s Fans Player of the Year award.

Round 7 v Melbourne
Tom Lynch – 45 votes
Sam Day – 14 votes
Touk Miller – 10 votes

Season Leaderboard
Tom Lynch – 185 votes
Aaron Hall – 125 votes
Gary Ablett – 74 votes

Vote now in the 2016 Fans Player of the Year Award