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Nickname
Suns
Formed
2008
Address
Metricon Stadium, Nerang , Broadbeach Road, Carrara, QLD. 4211
Home Ground
Metricon Stadium at Carrara; The Gabba in Brisbane
Training Ground
Metricon Stadium
Current Affiliation
AFL 2011-present
Historical Affiliations
VFL 2010
Colours
Red, gold and blue
Emblem
Suns
Website
goldcoastfc.com.au
Most Games
22 - Jared Brennan, Jarrod Harbrow, Danny Stanley (2011)
Most Goals
20 - Danny Stanley (2011)
CEO
Travis Auld
President
John Witheriff
Coach
Guy McKenna
Assistant Coaches
Shane O'Bree, Ken Hinkley, Dean Solomon, Shaun Hart
Head of Football Operations
Marcus Ashcroft
Recruiting Manager
Dom Ambroglio
List Manager
Scott Clayton
Fitness Staff
Andrew Weller (high performance manager)
Club Doctors
Barry Rigby, Paul Ohmsen
"The league wanted to get a toehold on the Gold Coast because the region south of Brisbane was experiencing a population explosion and already boasted teams from rival codes, the NRL, A-League and NBL. And they would make sure the fledgling club had none of the teething problems that the Carrara-based Brisbane Bears experienced in the late 1980s: it would have virtually everything money could buy in order to become a successful flagbearer for the code..."
| Rnd | Home | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Away | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Coast | 3.6 | 3.8 | 6.11 | 13.12 | 90 | def | St Kilda | 1.7 | 6.9 | 7.14 | 10.17 | 77 | 13 | CA | Mar 30 (Sat, 6:40) | Details |
| 2 | Sydney | 2.1 | 6.4 | 11.10 | 17.12 | 114 | def | Gold Coast | 2.2 | 3.4 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 73 | -41 | SCG | Apr 6 (Sat, 1:45) | Details |
| 3 | Gold Coast | 3.5 | 4.7 | 8.11 | 13.14 | 92 | def by | Brisbane | 4.5 | 6.13 | 10.13 | 13.16 | 94 | -2 | CA | Apr 13 (Sat, 7:40) | Details |
| 4 | Gold Coast | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 9.12 | 66 | def by | Port Adelaide | 3.2 | 12.5 | 15.8 | 16.8 | 104 | -38 | CA | Apr 20 (Sat, 7:40) | Details |
| 5 | GWS | 3.3 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 16.8 | 104 | def by | Gold Coast | 3.3 | 10.11 | 13.18 | 21.22 | 148 | 44 | MAN | Apr 27 (Sat, 1:45) | Details |
| 6 | Gold Coast | 0.2 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 7.12 | 54 | def by | Fremantle | 3.3 | 6.5 | 10.6 | 15.9 | 99 | -45 | CA | May 4 (Sat, 7:40) | Details |
| 7 | Melbourne | 0.2 | 3.7 | 4.10 | 7.12 | 54 | def by | Gold Coast | 5.5 | 9.8 | 14.12 | 16.18 | 114 | 60 | M.C.G | May 12 (Sun, 4:40) | Details |
| 8 | Gold Coast | 1.3 | 4.7 | 11.11 | 13.15 | 93 | def | Western Bulldogs | 3.3 | 5.6 | 6.10 | 8.13 | 61 | 32 | CA | May 18 (Sat, 4:40) | Details |
| 9 | Hawthorn | vs | Gold Coast | M.C.G | May 26 (Sun, 1:10) | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Geelong | vs | Gold Coast | KP | Jun 1 (Sat, 7:40) | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Gold Coast | vs | North Melbourne | CA | Jun 8 (Sat, 7:40) | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Essendon | vs | Gold Coast | Docklands | Jun 15 (Sat, 7:40) | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Gold Coast | Bye | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | Gold Coast | vs | Adelaide | CA | Jun 29 (Sat, 1:40) | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Brisbane | vs | Gold Coast | G | Jul 6 (Sat, 4:40) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Richmond | vs | Gold Coast | CS | Jul 13 (Sat, 4:40) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Gold Coast | vs | Collingwood | CA | Jul 20 (Sat, 4:40) | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Gold Coast | vs | Carlton | CA | Jul 27 (Sat, 1:45) | ||||||||||||
| 19 | West Coast | vs | Gold Coast | S | Aug 3 (Sat, 2:40) | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Gold Coast | vs | Melbourne | CA | Aug 10 (Sat, 7:40) | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Port Adelaide | vs | Gold Coast | FP | Aug 17 (Sat, 1:40) | ||||||||||||
| 22 | St Kilda | vs | Gold Coast | Docklands | Aug 25 (Sun, 1:10) | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Gold Coast | vs | GWS | CA | Aug 30 (Fri, 12:00) | ||||||||||||
| J | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | Ablett Jnr, Gary | 8 | 143 | 17.9 | 106 | 13.3 | 249 | 31.1 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 5.4 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 7 | 55 |
| 31 | Allen, Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Bennell, Harley | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 38 | 6.3 | 123 | 20.5 | 22 | 3.7 | 4 | 0.7 | 8 | 1.3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1.2 | 6 | 48 |
| 17 | Brennan, Jared | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 59 | 7.4 | 141 | 17.6 | 28 | 3.5 | 9 | 1.1 | 31 | 3.9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 16 |
| 36 | Broughton, Greg | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 61 | 8.7 | 133 | 19.0 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 2.6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Brown, Campbell | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 5 | 2.5 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 40 |
| 39 | Day, Sam | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 45 | 5.6 | 93 | 11.6 | 34 | 4.3 | 9 | 1.1 | 16 | 2.0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 33 |
| 23 | Dixon, Charlie | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 36 | 6.0 | 88 | 14.7 | 25 | 4.2 | 64 | 10.7 | 17 | 2.8 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 72 |
| 33 | Hall, Aaron | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 30 | 3.8 | 100 | 12.5 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 62 |
| 40 | Harbrow, Jarrod | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 66 | 8.3 | 189 | 23.6 | 29 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 2.4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0.5 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Hunt, Karmichael | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 37 | 6.2 | 66 | 11.0 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 4.0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 |
| 34 | Hutchins, Jack | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 19 | 3.2 | 69 | 11.5 | 20 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 16 | 2.7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 |
| 37 | Lonergan, Jesse | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 20 | 6.7 | 36 | 12.0 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 46 | Lynch, Tom | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 14 | 3.5 | 48 | 12.0 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 28 |
| 32 | Matera, Brandon | 8 | 88 | 11.0 | 17 | 2.1 | 105 | 13.1 | 33 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 1.9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0.8 | 9 | 45 |
| 45 | May, Steven | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 31 | 4.4 | 67 | 9.6 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 3 | 45 |
| 18 | McKenzie, Trent | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 26 | 6.5 | 79 | 19.8 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | Murphy, Thomas | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 30 | 5.0 | 96 | 16.0 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | OMeara, Jaeger | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 74 | 9.3 | 164 | 20.5 | 32 | 4.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 37 | 4.6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0.9 | 7 | 49 |
| 41 | Prestia, Dion | 7 | 98 | 14.0 | 58 | 8.3 | 156 | 22.3 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 3.9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | 15 |
| 35 | Rischitelli, Michael | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 51 | 8.5 | 104 | 17.3 | 17 | 2.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 21 | 3.5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Russell, Luke | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 15 | 3.0 | 51 | 10.2 | 15 | 3.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 10 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 21 |
| 26 | Shaw, Matt | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 67 | 8.4 | 152 | 19.0 | 36 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 1.4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0.5 | 6 | 30 |
| 2 | Smith, Zac | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 34 | 4.3 | 83 | 10.4 | 16 | 2.0 | 154 | 19.3 | 13 | 1.6 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 3 | 51 |
| 28 | Stanley, Danny | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 36 | 9.0 | 74 | 18.5 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2.5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 13 |
| 24 | Swallow, David | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 69 | 8.6 | 159 | 19.9 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 3.1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Thompson, Rory | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 31 | 3.9 | 96 | 12.0 | 46 | 5.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 17 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 20 |
| 37 | Warnock, Matthew | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 16 | 4.0 | 35 | 8.8 | 11 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Wilkinson, Joel | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 21 | 5.3 | 38 | 9.5 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 176 | 1710 | 9.7 | 1113 | 6.3 | 2823 | 16.0 | 679 | 3.9 | 262 | 1.5 | 487 | 2.8 | 163 | 152 | 103 | 0.6 | 96 | 714 | |