Bulldogs deal Gold Coast's finals hopes a blow

By Andrew Stafford, Cairns
Updated July 13 2014 - 12:18pm, first published July 12 2014 - 11:04pm

WESTERN BULLDOGS 5.1 5.5 7.12 13.16 (94) GOLD COAST 2.3 6.6 7.10 9.12 (66)
Goals: Western Bulldogs: J Macrae 2 J Stringer 2 L Hunter 2 J Johannissen J Redpath L Dahlhaus M Bontempelli N Hrovat S Crameri T Liberatore. Gold Coast: C Dixon 3 J O'Meara 2 T Lynch 2 H Bennell J Martin.
BEST: Western Bulldogs: Macrae, Boyd, Johannisen, Wallis, Murphy, Minson. Gold Coast Suns: O'Meara, Swallow, Prestia, Dixon, Bennell, Kolodjashnij.
Injuries: Western Bulldogs: Griffen (virus) replaced in selected side by Johannisen. Gold Coast: Kolodjashnij (hamstring).
Umpires: Robert Findlay, Tristan Burgess, Leigh Fisher.
Crowd: 9746 at Cazaly Stadium.