Sisters Grace and Niamh Kelly combined for five goals to propel Adelaide to a scintillating 10-point win against Gold Coast at Unley Oval on Saturday.

Playing against her old side for the first time, Anne Hatchard started on the ball and had seven touches and two clearances in the first quarter, and kicked two crucial goals in the tense final term.

But young Adelaide star Chloe Bown capped a brilliant individual display with a superb goal with a minute remaining to seal a memorable 10.3 (63) to 7.11 (53) win that keeps the Crows in the finals hunt.

On a sour note for Adelaide, Maddie Newman was carried from the ground in the third quarter with a potentially serious left knee injury.

Charlie Rowbottom was outstanding for the Suns, who were left to rue their wastefulness in front of goal after a loss that ended their barnstorming run of six straight wins. 

Gold Coast led the inside 50 count 14-5 in the first term, but managed just the one goal, with a brilliant running major to Grace Kelly providing a spark for the home side.

The Suns had 28 more handballs than Adelaide in the first half, but the home side upped its pressure in the second quarter.

The Crows had a strong appetite for the contest, and troubled Rhyce Shaw’s charges with their tackling pressure, leading the tackle count 28-15 at the main break.

Grace Kelly’s cool conversion and India Rasheed’s impressive major from an angle put their side out to a nine-point lead before Ava Usher replied to drag the margin back to a point at half-time.

The entertaining contest went up another notch after the break.

Sunny Lappin gave her side the lead from close range, but Adelaide hit back through Grace Egan and Lily Tarlinton.

Havana Harris gave the Suns back the lead, but Grace Kelly made it three goals in a game for the first time in her AFLW career and sister Niamh slotted a huge goal from 45m out to send the home side into the final term with a nine-point lead.

Niamh Kelly booted a team-lifting second goal late in the last quarter, with Bown stepping up to seal a stunner with a brilliant goal on the run.

SCOREBOARD

ADELAIDE            1.1    3.2     7.2     10.3 (63)
GOLD COAST       1.4    2.7    4.11    7.11 (53)

GOALS
Adelaide: G.Kelly 3, N.Kelly 2, Tarlinton, Rasheed, Egan, Charlton, Bown
Gold Coast: Hatchard 2, Harris 2, Usher, Rowbottom, Lappin

BEST 
Adelaide: Bown, Marinoff, N Kelly, G Kelly, S Allan, Goodwin
Gold Coast: Rowbottom, Single, Hatchard, McLaughlin, D'Arcy, D.Davies

INJURIES
Adelaide: Newman (knee)
Gold Coast: Nil