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The 2018 Gold Coast Suns season was the Gold Coast Suns' 8th season in the Australian Football League. They also fielded a reserves team in the NEAFL.

AFL

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Main article: 2018 AFL season

Senior personnel

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After round 20 in the 2017 season, senior coach Rodney Eade was sacked. In October 2017 it was announced that former Port Adelaide premiership player and Sydney assistant coach Stuart Dew had signed a three-year deal to become the new senior coach at Gold Coast.[1]

List changes

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Main article: 2017 AFL draft

At the end of the 2017 season, the Suns announced that they had delisted five players, including three rookie-listed players.[2] Early in the trade period, half-back Adam Saad requested a trade to Essendon, and the Suns attempted to trade him for Essendon's first-round draft pick. When Essendon instead traded that pick to Greater Western Sydney for Devon Smith, the Suns instead received Essendon's second round pick for the 2018 draft.[3] Fremantle player Lachie Weller requested a trade to the Suns, but Fremantle wanted their number 2 pick in the 2017 draft in exchange. To avoid trading away their very early pick, Gold Coast exchanged a number of draft picks with West Coast to secure their first round pick in the 2018 draft, but Fremantle didn't budge and would only accept the number 2 pick. On the last day of the trade period the Suns accepted the trade, also receiving pick 41 from the Dockers.[4] The Suns also managed to secure Harrison Wigg from Adelaide[5] and Aaron Young from Port Adelaide.[6]

One of the biggest trades of the 2017 trade period was that of two-time Brownlow medallist Gary Ablett. Ablett had originally asked to be traded from the Suns to Geelong, his original team, in 2016, but no agreement could be reached. He requested a trade again in 2017, and Gold Coast attempted to secure a player from Geelong's best 22 in exchange, but again nothing could be settled on. On the last day of the trade period the Suns accepted a deal where they would receive pick 19 (a selection Geelong got as compensation for losing Steven Motlop) and Geelong's second round pick in the 2018 draft while losing Ablett, pick 24 and their fourth round pick in the 2018 draft.[7]

Retirements and deslistings

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Player Date Reason Career games Career goals Ref.
Jarrad Grant 4 September 2017 Delisted 95 94 [2]
Mitch Hallahan 4 September 2017 Delisted 26 7 [2]
Keegan Brooksby 4 September 2017 Delisted 14 3 [2]
Ryan Davis 4 September 2017 Delisted 35 19 [2]
Cameron Loersch 4 September 2017 Delisted 0 0 [2]

Trades

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Date Gained From Lost Ref.
16 October 2017 2018 second round pick (Essendon) Essendon Adam Saad [3]
18 October 2017 Harrison Wigg
Pick 54
2018 fourth round pick (Adelaide) 		Adelaide Pick 39 [5]
19 October 2017 Pick 50
2018 first round pick (West Coast) 		West Coast Pick 21
Pick 26
Pick 37
2018 second round pick (Gold Coast) 		[8]
19 October 2017 Aaron Young Port Adelaide 2018 fourth round pick (Adelaide) [6]
19 October 2017 Pick 19
2018 second round pick (Geelong) 		Geelong Gary Ablett
Pick 24
2018 fourth round pick (Gold Coast) 		[9]
19 October 2017 Lachie Weller
Pick 41 		Fremantle Pick 2 [4]
19 October 2017 2018 third round pick (Fremantle) Fremantle Brandon Matera [10]

Squad

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Gold Coast Suns 2024 playing squad
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Josh Drummond (Defence and Tackling)
  • Brad Miller (Forwards and Training Design Coach)
  • Tate Kaesler (VFL Head Coach)
  • Rhyce Shaw (Head of Development)
  • Shaun Griggs (Midfield)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  • Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 21 October 2024
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Ladder

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Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Richmond 22 18 4 0 2143 1574 136.1 72 2018 finals
2 West Coast (P) 22 16 6 0 2012 1657 121.4 64
3 Collingwood 22 15 7 0 2046 1699 120.4 60
4 Hawthorn 22 15 7 0 1972 1642 120.1 60
5 Melbourne 22 14 8 0 2299 1749 131.4 56
6 Sydney 22 14 8 0 1822 1664 109.5 56
7 Greater Western Sydney 22 13 8 1 1898 1661 114.3 54
8 Geelong 22 13 9 0 2045 1554 131.6 52
9 North Melbourne 22 12 10 0 1950 1790 108.9 48
10 Port Adelaide 22 12 10 0 1780 1654 107.6 48
11 Essendon 22 12 10 0 1932 1838 105.1 48
12 Adelaide 22 12 10 0 1941 1865 104.1 48
13 Western Bulldogs 22 8 14 0 1575 2037 77.3 32
14 Fremantle 22 8 14 0 1556 2041 76.2 32
15 Brisbane Lions 22 5 17 0 1825 2049 89.1 20
16 St Kilda 22 4 17 1 1606 2125 75.6 18
17 Gold Coast 22 4 18 0 1308 2182 59.9 16
18 Carlton 22 2 20 0 1353 2282 59.3 8
Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References

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  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew (4 October 2017). "Stuart Dew signs on as Gold Coast Suns head coach for 2018". Herald Sun. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Whiting, Michael (4 September 2017). "Sun sets on five Gold Coast careers". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Done deal: Speedy Sun off to the Bombers". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b Schmook, Nathan (19 October 2017). "Weller a Sun as Dockers claim prize draft pick". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b Schmook, Nathan (18 October 2017). "Suns pounce to trade for versatile Crow". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b Gaskin, Lee (19 October 2017). "Young Sun: Gold Coast signs Power forward". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  7. ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (19 October 2017). "Ablett completes fairytale return to Geelong". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  8. ^ Schmook, Nathan (19 October 2017). "Suns get Eagles' first-round pick in big swap". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  9. ^ Lerner, Ronny (19 October 2017). "Ablett, Hodge, Gibbs and Stringer all find new homes". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  10. ^ King, Travis (19 October 2017). "Suns' WA-born goalsneak heads to Freo". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 19 October 2017.


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