Adelaide celebrated Danielle Ponter's 50th game in style, beating Gold Coast at Unley Oval to remain undefeated after five rounds.
Both sides were tireless but it was the Crows who dominated from start to finish, winning by 32 points, 7.5 (47) to 2.3 (15), to remain undefeated both at Unley Oval and for the season so far.
A high-pressure start to the game meant the first goal was not scored until 10 minutes in, when Caitlin Gould got on the end of a Ponter handball and kicked truly from short range.
The Suns' first shot on goal did not come until late in the first quarter, but their first score was a rushed behind.
Adelaide's defence was resolute from the start.
Zoe Prowse snagged intercept mark after intercept mark, while quiet achiever Teah Charlton showed composure and stamped her authority on the game with five tackles by quarter-time.
Even when the Crows let the Suns' most dangerous player in Charlie Rowbottom sneak into the forward 50 by herself and take a mark, the visitors could not finish the job; her shot on goal fell short, summing up the Suns' day.
Madison Newman ran red-hot for the Crows, picking up a swag of uncontested marks and possessions in her side's defensive half every time the Suns even thought about entering their attacking 50m.
In her 50th game, Ponter did what she does best, a running snap going straight through the big sticks in the second quarter, and the crowd loved it.
Adelaide utility Eloise Jones took some huge marks including a stunning one-hander at the tail end of a coast-to-coast play, but her kick for goal was marked just before the line.
Crows midfielder Anne Hatchard ran hard, laying important tackles and snagging possession after possession while her offsider Ebony Marinoff was silenced by young gun Sun Lucy Single, who did an outstanding job tagging the influential Crow.
Heading into the second-half with a 28-point deficit, the Suns had to lift, but the Crows seemed to have all the answers, particularly in its young, yet capable backline.
Jones took another huge grab and goaled, but from there the ball ping-ponged from one 50m arc to the other, with no team able to kick a major for the rest of the quarter.
SCOREBOARD
ADELAIDE 3.0 5.0 6.4 7.5 (47)
GOLD COAST 0.1 1.2 1.2 2.3 (15)
GOALS
Adelaide: Ponter 2, Jones 2, Gould 2, Martin
Gold Coast: Dupuy 2
BEST
Adelaide: Jones, Newman, Hatchard, Charlton, Prowse
Gold Coast: Rowbottom, Dupuy, Whitfort, Drennan, Single
