Suns beat Dogs for back-to-back AFL wins Gold Coast coach Guy McKenna believes his team is ready to move up a weight division in the AFL after their 32-point win over Western Bulldogs on Saturday. The Suns claimed back-to-back victories for the first time with the 13.15 (93) to 8.13 (61) win over the struggling Bulldogs, moving to 4-4 for the season. The victory comes after last weekend's impressive 60-point thrashing of Melbourne at the MCG and will have plenty considering the Suns as a chance to sneak into this year's finals. But looming ahead are last year's grand finalists Hawthorn and this year's frontrunners Geelong in a one-two punch that McKenna knows is a whole new challenge for his improving team. "That was a good result but we're clearly looking towards Hawthorn next week and we know we've got to play a lot better than we did tonight, that's for sure," McKenna told reporters. Based on where we finished last week I think you've got the lightweights, you've got the middleweights and you've got the heavyweights. Based on results now we're clearly in the lightweight division but we might be just coming out of that. We get to play one of the heavyweights and I think, with all the tests we've had this season, this test will be something for us. The boys are now better able to stand up and absorb that. If we bring effort, we bring composure, we give ourselves a chance of competing. What will give McKenna heart going into the clashes with the Hawks and Cats is the way the Suns delivered a thorough and professional performance to beat the combative Bulldogs. Former Hawk Campbell Brown's extra aggression and drive was on show as he kicked three goals and got himself involved in most of the Suns' big moments. There was also inspiration from boom teenager Jaeger O'Meara, who kicked a miracle goal as he was being tackled to the ground in the third term in a run of six unanswered goals by the home side. Add the performances of rising stars such as Jesse Lonergan, Trent McKenzie and Aaron Hall and not even the departure of ruckman Zac Smith to an injured knee at halftime could derail the rising Suns. It's a different story for the Bulldogs, who are now 1-7 after the defeat and sharing the wrong end of the ladder with the Demons and winless Greater Western Sydney. Dogs coach Brendan McCartney was keeping things positive though, confident his team is not far away from clawing their way back up the ladder. "We don't feel great right now, but what we're hellbent on is bouncing back Monday," McCartney said. The review will be very similar to what we always do. This was a pivotal moment in the game, this was the decision that was made and this is the consequence of the action. We're not going to move away from that ... the people who fit that are tough-minded with skill who generally do what the team needs.