The visitors led by 20 points at half-time and eventually won by eight points, but could have put the game to bed much earlier if it wasn't for some poor kicking.
Gold Coast finished with 12.20, and had 11 different players miss shots at the big sticks.
Small forward Brandon Matera – who was one of the main culprits, kicking 2.3 – said it was an area the Suns had to work on ahead of Saturday's home match against Greater Western Sydney.
"If we kicked a bit straighter we could have put them away a bit earlier," Matera said at Monday's recovery session.
"I don't think the boys had the right boots on ... to kick 20 points, we had a lot of opportunities inside 50 where we should have kicked a bit better.
"It was good to get the ball there and have the shots - we've just got to convert now."
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