Ever the holistic view, Gowans said Molloy\u2019s massive day out was the result of good work up the ground, and while she deserved ever plaudit that came her way, so did the rest of the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I said it last week, I think she\u2019s a superstar, and she\u2019s just building into her game and what she\u2019s done over her rehab is able to get really strong, so she\u2019s at a new level of fitness and the talent\u2019s undeniable, and now she\u2019s marrying that today,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019ll take a month or so to get really going, but today she was a beneficiary of a lot of good work up the ground, and you\u2019ve still got to kick them and she did, and credit to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really felt it\u2019s one of those ones where you look at it and say \u2018that\u2019s a team effort\u2019. People like Tanya Kennedy<\/a>, 18 disposals but 10 tackles, you just highlight people like that, and we\u2019ve got several people with their pressure acts and ability to force turnovers and give the ball to players like Chloe and Montana Ham<\/a> is really important for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Ham herself had a massive day out, finishing with 27 disposals, 10 marks, five tackles, four inside 50s and two goals. It is likely she and Laura Gardiner<\/a> (38 disposals, three marks 10 tackles, seven clearances, eight inside 50s and a goal) will fill out the minor votes in what was a dominant team performance. Throw in Round 2 Rising Star Zippy Fish<\/a> (27 disposals, four marks, four tackles and 565 metres gained) and the Swans are firing on all cylinders.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of talent at the top-end that people will talk about and highlight and so they should because they\u2019re doing well,\u201d Gowans said. \u201cWhen as a coach I do deep dive into the other players on the list and they\u2019re the ones that are feeding the ball to the right positions and sacrificial leading and just playing their role on the team which allows us to get the ball on our terms, and once you win the ball in the past, our problem has been we\u2019re okay at winning the ball but we just couldn\u2019t do anything with it, now we\u2019ve added that onto our game i think. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see and I think fans are enjoying it.\u201d<\/p>\n Gowans said he did feel for the Suns at the moment, having been in their position a few years back in the Swans\u2019 inaugural year, which is why he knows fortunes can change quickly.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s nice to play four quarters, now Gold Coast definitely had their moments and mindful they\u2019re a very young and up-and-coming side as well,\u201d Gowans said. \u201cThey\u2019ll give cheek as they go along, and we\u2019ve been in that position that they\u2019re in. \u201cFrom our perspective I think it\u2019s nice to play a game where you can get momentum and use it. \u201cThat\u2019s a sign of a developing side that\u2019s heading in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the reason why the Swans were able to dominate so heavily and pile on the goals, Gowans credited the team\u2019s work rate and ability for everyone to assist in transition.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019ve done a lot of work with our field shape and when you play against any side, they\u2019re always going to get momentum and they\u2019re always going to have their moments of ball movement,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s when you turn that ball over it\u2019s what you do with it. \u201cAnd the big change for us is what do with that turnover from there, and that\u2019s based on as the opposition are going up the field with the ball we have a certain shape that we\u2019re looking for, and off the back of that we were able to take advantage of turnovers and get territory and hopefully score.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite all the positives, Gowans is well aware it is only Round 2 of a 12-round season, and the Swans have faced two of the lower ranked teams in the Suns and Richmond. The next fortnight will be a great indicator of where the red and white side is at, taking on Geelong down at GMHBA Stadium before hosting fellow finals hopefuls Fremantle at Henson Park.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot worked right today, there\u2019s still some growths there believe me,\u201d Gowans said. \u201cBut I thought our ball movement was a highlight today. \u201cIt might not have been noticed, but we gave a couple of different ways to move the footy and we were able to execute most of it pretty well.<\/p>\n \u201cStill some decision making to develop and some game state stuff that we have to work on. \u201cThen our contest work was very good today against a traditionally contested team, that was pleasing. It was more what we\u2019re doing with the ball that worked quite well. just some decision making to help out of our back half I thought today as a bit of a growth.\u201d<\/p>\n The Swans coach said he was looking forward to taking on the Cats, who despite being 0-2 to start the season, had faced two premiership contenders in North Melbourne and Adelaide.<\/p>\n \u201cGeelong are an amazing side and boy they play really well down there and that\u2019s a great challenge,\u201d Gowans said. \u201cWe spoke about it after the game and said to celebrate and enjoy the moments from today, but we\u2019ll do a recovery tonight and we\u2019re staying her again tonight so it\u2019s a great opportunity as a team to have a night of dinner and enjoy it, but recover well because it\u2019s a massive challenge and we\u2019re taking the season step by step, and Geelong\u2019s a significant step next week.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FLEXING their muscles against a younger opponent, Sydney Swans crushed Gold Coast Suns in a dominant 82-point win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,40356,60458,56026,85,71560,52784],"class_list":{"0":"post-97558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-chloe-molloy","14":"tag-laura-gardiner","15":"tag-montana-ham","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tanya-kennedy","18":"tag-zippy-fish"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Gowans-Molloy-Sydney.png\")
Scott Gowans laughs with Chloe Molloy after her seven-goal haul. Image credit: Rookie Me Central<\/p>\n