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Gold Coast Suns

Gold Coast SunsAs part of the AFL’s expansion, the Gold Coast Suns entered the AFL in 2011 with the competition’s 17th licence. A team of the Suns’ youth players competed in the 2009 TAC Cup and 2010 VFL before the team joined the AFL in 2011. The Suns’ home ground is the newly-built Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast.

The team is primarily based around youth, including top draft pick David Swallow, with NRL star Karmichael Hunt poached by the AFL to the club.

However, the team’s star player is Brownlow Medallist and Premiership player Gary Ablett, who captains the team.

Gold Coast Suns Articles

Suns’ Smith is latest AFL knee victim

by , 21 May 2013

Gold Coast ruckman Zac Smith is the latest player to have his season cut short as part of a plague of serious knee injuries that has swept the AFL. The Suns announced on Monday that the 23-year-old will need a reconstruction after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during Saturday’s win [...]

Are we witnessing the best debut season ever?

Are we witnessing the best debut season ever?

by , 19 May 2013

Are we witnessing the best first year from a youngster in the AFL ever? Gold Coast’s Jaeger O’Meara has taken the football world by storm this year and is currently the hot favourite to take out the AFL’s Rising Star Award. The midfielder is fresh off another top performance, after gathering 25 disposals and a [...]

Suns beat Dogs for back-to-back wins

by , 19 May 2013

Gold Coast posted back-to-back AFL wins for the first time as they beat a tired Western Bulldogs by 32 points at Metricon Stadium on Saturday. The Suns, who beat Melbourne by 60 points last weekend, ran away with the match in a seven-goal-to-one third quarter on their way to the 13.15 (93) to 8.13 (61) [...]

O’Meara the brightest of rising AFL Suns

by , 19 May 2013

Sometimes, you can believe the hype. Gold Coast teenager Jaeger O’Meara went into the 2013 AFL season as possibly the most anticipated of the expansion club’s young brigade. Freed from the tagging role that he’d performed admirably in the opening seven matches of his career, the 19-year-old had his most influential display to date in [...]

Gold Coast Suns vs Western Bulldogs: AFL live scores

by , 18 May 2013

Saturday twilight at Metricon Stadium has the Gold Coast Suns and Western Bulldogs doing battle in an intriguing clash. Live scores begins from the opening bounce at 4.40pm AEST. By the end of this game, there is every chance the Gold Coast could find themselves with a 50 percent record for the first time in [...]

Time to wake up, the Gold Coast Suns have turned a corner

Time to wake up, the Gold Coast Suns have turned a corner

by , 15 May 2013

There was an odd build-up to Sunday’s Melbourne-Gold Coast clash. It seemed like one of those games where the interest levels rose out of sheer voyeurism. “Imagine the pressure the losing coach will be under” – or words to that effect – were repeated ad nausea. We’ve come to expect comments like these, but they [...]

Suns confirm AFL drug probe

by , 14 May 2013

Gold Coast CEO Travis Auld says he has not been officially told that star AFL player Nathan Bock is being investigated in a major drugs in sport probe. But Auld confirmed it was only a matter of time before the club held talks with the AFL and the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA). Instead of [...]

Suns loss could seal Neeld’s AFL fate

by , 13 May 2013

The two AFL expansion clubs are proven coach killers and Melbourne’s Mark Neeld could well be the latest victim. The Demons stumbled backwards into more gloom on Sunday blowing several weeks of AFL improvement with a terrible performance against Gold Coast. The Sun’s 10-goal win on Sunday at the MCG is the first time they [...]

Melbourne vs Gold Coast Suns: AFL live scores, blog

Melbourne vs Gold Coast Suns: AFL live scores, blog

by , 12 May 2013 Popular article!

The low end of the ladder delivers an intriguing contest today, as the Gold Coast Suns search for their first win at the MCG, while Melbourne will be craving any kind of win. Join us from 4.40pm AEST for live scores and commentary. It was a similar story in Round 4, when Melbourne were nearly [...]

Big round for both top and bottom teams

by , 11 May 2013

Round 7 in the AFL this year presents fans with a smorgasbord of intriguing clashes, and it is some of the lower profile games that may prove most interesting in the long run. In a week where we have the top of the table clash between Geelong and Essendon, the grand final replay between the [...]


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