Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick always felt Bailey Humphrey's freakish goal would be "difficult for the umpire to overturn" after the Suns' win over Greater Western Sydney.

Eight minutes into the final term, Humphrey was running into goal when Giants defender Lachie Ash brought him down with a tackle.

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With the ball knocked loose, as Humphrey slid across the goal line, the back of his heel clipped the ball and the goal umpire paid a major. The crucial score stood on video review and the Suns went on to win by two points to snap a 10-game losing streak.

Hardwick acknowledged it was a close-run thing that the goal was allowed on video review.

"There was a clear view we saw - it came off his foot, he dragged it across the line," Hardwick said.

"We thought it was always difficult for the umpire to overturn. But trust me, as someone who's been on the end of those ones for a number of years and a number of times, sometimes it's swings and roundabouts.

"You just wear those ones."

Matt Rowell was the star of the show in wet conditions in Canberra, finishing with 40 disposals, 17 clearances and 16 tackles.