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Club Information

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

Gold Coast


Club Biography

"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..."

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2013 Season

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Gold Coast's 2013 Fixture

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)  
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2013 Player Stats

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