
Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick says he would have liked the umpires to break up scrimmages quicker in the Suns' loss to the Western Bulldogs to minimise the risk of dangerous tackles.
Two hard-nosed midfields - spiced up by bulls Tom Liberatore and Matt Rowell going head-to-head - faced off at Ballarat's Mars Stadium on Sunday, with plenty of tough contested ball situations.