A lot has been made of Gold Coast’s three-pronged tall forward attack, but on Sunday afternoon, Tom Lynch and Charlie Dixon showed just how damaging they can be as a dual headline act.

The Gold Coast big men combined for eight goals in the GC SUNS’ 45-point hammering of the Western Bulldogs at Metricon Stadium, stretching the opposition’s tall defenders in Jordan Roughead and Dale Morris along with key forward partner Sam Day.

And while the latter powerhouse might have been relatively quiet on the scoreboard against the Doggies, his ground work and hounding defensive work did not go unnoticed, with Day troubling Brendan McCartney’s backline for just over three quarters before being substituted out of the match in the final period.

Over the first three years of the SUNS’ existence, a player kicked four goals or more in a match on just 11 occasions, and Gary Ablett was responsible for four of those efforts. 

Through the first nine games of the 2014 season, there have already been eight instances of four-goal hauls, or better.

Sunday’s effort was the second week in a row Lynch has booted four majors, while he also collected a bag of five in the club’s last outing at Metricon Stadium against GWS a month ago.  He’s now in the top 10 in the race for the Coleman Medal, just six goals behind new leader Jack Riewoldt, who had a day out on Saturday against the Giants collecting 11 goals.

Speaking exclusively with goldcoastfc.com.au after the team’s round ten celebration, Lynch said he was looking forward to building on his standout performance against Adelaide next week.

“Yeah I was lucky to get on the end of a few today.  Charlie (Dixon) was very good and provided a contest all night,” Lynch said.

Dixon echoed Lynch’s sentiments.

“It’s always good to get on the scoreboard, but what I think worked really well for us today was as a team we were (good) all over the ground,” he said.

“Mids, forwards, backs all came together and it’s showing out on the field; we know where everyone is going and how we’re going to move it and it’s coming together.

“We just have to keep moving forward now.”

Although Gold Coast is now firmly entrenched in the top four, Lynch said his team would take a level-head in to its next clash, when the SUNS head to Adelaide to take on a Crows side smarting from a narrow loss to Carlton, at what is fast becoming one of the most feared AFL venues, the Adelaide Oval.

“It’s shaping up as a big test for us in Adelaide Oval next week,” he said.

“We know they are building Adelaide Oval in to a bit of a fortress but we’re looking forward to the contest.”