Fiorini’s mission

GOLD Coast Suns midfielder Brayden Fiorini wants a crack at blue chip QClash performer Dayne Beams.

Fiorini was handed the assignment of curtailing the Tigers’ AFL premiership captain Trent Cotchin on Saturday night and took the honours.

However, despite keeping the Brownlow medallist to just 12 disposals while collecting 29 of his own, it had zero impact on the Richmond’s 74-point victory because the Tigers’ midfield runs so deep.

However, as the Suns showed in this year’s first derby when Touk Miller won the Marcus Ashcroft Medal for tagging Dayne Zorko, the Lions are heavily reliable on the two Daynes and shutting one down is a step towards victory.

Zorko has had his challenges with breaking a tag and Suns coach Stuart Dew would be giving strong consideration to sending Miller back out to the Lions captain at Metricon Stadium on Saturday night.

But Beams has been the star this year and is on track for another club champion award and a return to the All-Australian team.

He is also a QClash standout having won two Marcus Ashcroft Medals as the best player in a derby.

Beams, Miller, Gary Ablett and Pearce Hanley are the only players to win the award twice.

Fiorini would love the opportunity to play on either of the Lions’ two prime movers, saying it could be a gamechanging match-up.

“I definitely would grab that with both hands,” he said. “Hopefully Dayne Beams or someone like that.

“Cotchin didn’t have much of it on the weekend but it didn’t really matter and he didn’t really care because they had a lot of other contributors.

“But this weekend, if I do go to one of them it is a big opportunity.”