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AFLCommentsIs this a new dawn for the Gold Coast Suns?

There could be a new Sun rising over Gold Coast, with questions around whether the AFL club’s new look has been leaked ahead of a likely rebranding later this week.

Jake Santa Maria

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumAndrew’s precedent reaffirms Reid set for record pay day

West Coast may need to offer No.1 draftee Harley Reid one of the biggest contracts in AFL history after Gold Coast set a new precedent with a mega-deal for Mac Andrew.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFLCommentsPremiumBluey’s back? Eagles great open to return to AFL world

West Coast great Guy McKenna is understood to be open to a return to football at the elite level after reports emerged he’d been sounded out by his former club.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFLMagpie’s preferred trade destination revealed

Collingwood says it will “consider” a trade request made by a contracted defender after the Pies’ season ended on the weekend.

Ed Bourke

AFLCommentsYoung Eagles stun Suns to give Schoey a shot at top job

Katy Perry isn’t here until the grand final, but it didn’t stop Jarrad Schofield from living in a Teenage Dream as the interim coach led a young West Coast outfit to a 10-point win over Gold Coast.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFL‘To Dimma’: Retiring Sun’s emotional tribute

A Gold Coast wingman has called time on his 251-game career and paid tribute to his former coach at two different clubs.

Ed Bourke

AFLPremiumWinning Ashcroft medal would be an ‘honour’ for young Lion

For one emerging Brisbane Lions star, Saturday’s QClash holds some extra significance.

Marco Monteverde

AFL VideoCommentsPowell opens up on family pain caused by homophobic slur

Gold Coast defender Wil Powell has opened up on the fallout from his use of a homophobic slur and says he “hurt the people he loves”, including his two gay brothers. 

Jake Santa Maria

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Eagles need to make decision on Simpson for sake of rebuild

From West Coast’s Adam Simpson situation to the Dockers’ clever Justin Longmuir deal, The West Australian reporter Mitchell Woodcock takes a no-holds-barred look on the week of footy.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFLComments‘Grow the f*** up’: Suns coach drops F-bomb

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick has dropped an F-bomb in his post-match press conference after the club’s upset loss to North Melbourne on Saturday.

Samantha Rogers

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HASLEBY: Why Brayshaw should be the man to play tag

Hayden Young has been deployed for Fremantle as their preferred tagger but I believe Andrew Brayshaw is the man to do it for Fremantle, writes Paul Hasleby.

Paul Hasleby

AFLCommentsPremiumDockers ready to respond after spray, Chapman ‘good to go’

Fremantle head of football Joe Brierty says the players have bought into a rare public spray from coach Justin Longmuir heading into Sunday’s crucial clash with Gold Coast at Optus Stadium.

Glen Quartermain

AFLVideoCommentsSuns brace for brutal road test against Dockers

Fremantle's players have owned up to their disappointing loss against the Bulldogs and are eager to step up in Sunday's home AFL clash with Gold Coast.

Justin Chadwick

AFLCommentsPremiumSuns hope to rise to finals for former skipper Swallow

Gold Coast have plenty of motivation to make a maiden finals appearance in 2024 – but maybe none more so than teammate David Swallow.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFLCommentsDockers lose dashing defender, Voss added to squad

Fremantle have lost a dashing defender for their clash with Gold Coast at Optus Stadium on Sunday.

Samantha Rogers

AFLVideoCommentsHaving ‘learnt lessons’, Sun set for return against Freo

Gold Coast coach Damien Hardwick says Wil Powell has ‘learnt some lessons’ and is ready to make an immediate return at senior level after serving his five-match suspension.

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AFLVideoCommentsAfter a run of unlucky 13, can Suns snap road drought in WA?

Winning away from home is tough for any AFL team, but Gold Coast’s road woes have slumped to alarming levels across the past 12 months ahead of this weekend’s trip to Perth.

Chris Robinson

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumBrayshaw says Freo response to be ‘physical and aggressive’

Fremantle vice-captain Andrew Brayshaw has warned Gold Coast to expect a ‘physical and aggressive’ Dockers who are looking to rebound from ‘one of our worst performances’.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFLCommentsPremiumHardwick: Clubs behind ‘laughable’ claims should be named

Three-time premiership coach Damien Hardwick has backed Justin Longmuir and even called for Victorian clubs who dismissed the travel burden on interstate clubs to be “named and shamed”. 

Jackson Barrett

AFLPremiumSuns to target ‘damaging’ Cats star

Geelong star Tom Stewart can expect plenty of attention from the Gold Coast Suns in Darwin on Thursday night.

Marco Monteverde

AFLPremiumWA-bred Sun cops five-game ban for homophobic slur

Gold Coast defender Wil Powell has copped a five-match ban after making a homophobic slur, with the WA product describing it as ‘a terrible mistake’.

Chris Robinson

AFLPremiumLions confident of saving season

The Berry brothers will go head-to-head in Sunday’s QClash that the Lions and Suns are desperate to win for different reasons.

Marco Monteverde

AFLVideoCommentsReid-less Eagles given a lesson in the contest by Suns

A Harley Reid-less West Coast were belted at their own game by a tougher but sloppy Gold Coast, dashing their hopes of stringing together three consecutive wins.

Mitchell Woodcock

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumThree-word analysis of every Eagle in competitive Suns loss

If you had to sum up each Eagles player’s game in three words - what would you choose? Read our thoughts and leave your own as West Coast pushed Gold Coast but ultimately fell 37 points short.

Chris Robinson