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07 Sept 2025

Aussies laud 'dancing feet' of Niamh McLaughlin as she lands a goal for the Suns

The Moville woman is also captain of the team and she helped make sure the Suns dominated in the middle against the Giants at People First Stadium on Saturday

Niamh McLaughlin lands  as Gold Coast Suns bag first AFLW win of the season

Niamh McLaughlin celebrates her goal on Saturday evening

Niamh McLaughlin bagged a goal as a third-quarter surge set up Gold Coast Suns’ first AFLW win of the season, seeing off Greater Western Sydney by 19 points.

The Moville woman is also captain of the team and she helped make sure the Suns dominated in the middle against the Giants at People First Stadium on Saturday.

GWS finished strongly, but the 33-point three-quarter-time deficit was always going to be too much to reel in as the Suns prevailed 52 to 33.

To view the goal, click below 

McLaughlin was "delighted" with the performance. "We've been trying to work on a new game plan," she told Fox Footy.

The whole team just stood up when we needed to. We've had a bit of a tough run of it over the last week with injures.

"We had a bit of a tough week this week, a lot of soul-searching for ourselves ... the girls are so determined."

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