2025 Gold Coast Suns season

Gold Coast Suns
2025 AFL season
CoachDamien Hardwick
(2nd season)
Captain(s)Noah Anderson
(1st season)
Home groundPeople First Stadium
Practice MatchLost by 21 points
Highest home attendance18,034
Lowest home attendance16,211
Average home attendance17,123

The 2025 Gold Coast Suns season is Gold Coast's 15th season competing in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 17th overall. Gold Coast continues to field an AFL reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Academy teams in the Talent League Boys and Talent League Girls competitions. Gold Coast will also field a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

Club news

Ben Long and Joel Jeffrey were selected in the Indigenous All-Stars squad for the preseason exhibition match against Fremantle.[1]

AFL team

Season summary

It is the club's 2nd AFL season under senior coach Damien Hardwick, with Noah Anderson appointed as the new club captain.[2]

The club was due to host the opening round match at People First Stadium against Essendon, but the match was postponed on 4 March due to the impact of Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred on the South East Queensland region.[3][4] On 6 March, the AFL announced that the match would be included during round 24 of the season.[5][6]

In their round 2 match against West Coast at Optus Stadium, the Suns recorded their biggest win in club history, defeating their opponents by 87 points.[7]

Pre-season

In an unofficial match simulation, Gold Coast defeated Collingwood by 18 points, and Brisbane Lions by 10 points at People First Stadium.[8] Sydney defeated Gold Coast in the official AFL practice match by 21 points. The game was played at People First Stadium[9]

Coaching staff

Damien Hardwick continued as the club's men's senior coach for the 2nd season.[10]

2025 Gold Coast coaching staff[11]
Role Name
Senior Coach Damien Hardwick
Assistant Coach Shaun Grigg
Assistant Coach Josh Drummond
Assistant Coach - Forward Brad Miller
Head of Development Tate Kaesler
Development Coach Nick Malceski
Development Coach Richard Douglas
Head of Development Hugh Greenwood

2025 playing squad

Gold Coast Suns 2025 playing squad
Senior list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  • Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated:
Source(s): [1], [2]

Changes

Deletions from playing list[12]
Player Reason
Rory Atkins Trade to Port Adelaide
Sandy Brook Delisted
Levi Casboult Retired
Sam Day Delisted
Brandon Ellis Retired
Oskar Faulkhead Delisted
Jack Lukosius Trade to Port Adelaide
Darcy Macpherson Delisted
Jack Mahony Delisted
Hewago Oea Delisted
Will Rowlands Delisted
James Tsitas Delisted
Additions to playing list[12]
Player Reason
Cooper Bell No 49, 2024 National Draft
Asher Eastham Rookie Draft
Zak Evans Category B Rookie
Lachlan Gulbin Category B Rookie
Elliott Himmelberg Free agent from Adelaide
Ben Jepson Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period
Max Knobel Rookie Draft
Leo Lombard No 9, 2024 National Draft, Academy
John Noble Trade from Collingwood
Daniel Rioli Trade from Richmond

Results

Keys
H Home game
A Away game
N Neutral venue game
Table of 2025 AFL Season Results[13]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
OR Match vs Essendon postponed to a later date [14] 11th
1 16 March Won 20 16 136 West Coast 7 7 49 Optus Stadium A 46,532 3rd
2 Bye 6th
3 29 March Won 18 12 120 Melbourne 8 14 62 MCG A 24,506 4th
4 5 April Won 13 13 91 Adelaide 14 6 90 People First Stadium H 16,211 3rd
5 12 April Won 21 15 141 North Melbourne 13 11 89 Barossa Park N 9,317 2nd
6 19 April Lost 9 15 69 Richmond 12 8 80 Marvel Stadium A 18,423 3rd
7 27 April Won 17 15 117 Sydney 12 7 79 Heritage Bank Stadium H 18,034 3rd
8 4 May Lost 7 7 49 Brisbane Lions 9 12 66 Gabba A 33,612 4th
9 10 May Won 15 16 106 Western Bulldogs 14 12 96 TIO Stadium N 9,816 4th
10 15 May Hawthorn TIO Stadium N
11 25 May St Kilda Marvel Stadium A
12 31 May Fremantle People First Stadium H
13 7 June Geelong GMHBA Stadium A
14 Bye
15 22 June Greater Western Sydney ENGIE Stadium A
16 TBC Melbourne People First Stadium H
17 TBC Essendon Marvel Stadium A
18 TBC Collingwood People First Stadium H
19 TBC Adelaide Adelaide Oval A
20 TBC Brisbane Lions People First Stadium H
21 TBC Richmond People First Stadium H
22 TBC Carlton Marvel Stadium A
23 TBC Greater Western Sydney People First Stadium H
24 TBC Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval A
24 (OR) TBC Essendon [14] People First Stadium H

Ladder

Updated to the end of round 17.

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Collingwood 16 14 2 0 1508 1085 139.0 56 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 16 11 4 1 1436 1252 114.7 46
3 Adelaide 16 11 5 0 1569 1135 138.2 44
4 Geelong 16 11 5 0 1601 1210 132.3 44
5 Hawthorn 16 11 5 0 1441 1212 118.9 44
6 Western Bulldogs 16 10 6 0 1716 1288 133.2 40
7 Gold Coast 15 10 5 0 1432 1169 122.5 40
8 Greater Western Sydney 16 10 6 0 1405 1255 112.0 40
9 Fremantle 16 10 6 0 1354 1243 108.9 40
10 Sydney 16 7 9 0 1265 1354 93.4 28
11 Port Adelaide 16 7 9 0 1248 1425 87.6 28
12 Carlton 16 6 10 0 1245 1296 96.1 24
13 Essendon 15 6 9 0 1082 1419 76.3 24
14 Melbourne 16 5 11 0 1253 1446 86.7 20
15 St Kilda 16 5 11 0 1270 1482 85.7 20
16 North Melbourne 16 4 11 1 1237 1601 77.3 18
17 Richmond 16 3 13 0 1015 1610 63.0 12
18 West Coast (E) 16 1 15 0 1055 1650 63.9 4
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(E) Eliminated from finals contention

VFL team

Gold Coast Suns
2025 VFL season
CoachTate Kaesler
Captain(s)James Tsitas
Home groundPeople First Stadium

Season summary

Tate Kaesler continues as coach of the club's VFL program, with James Tsitas appointed as captain.[15]

In March, captain James Tsitas was selected in the initial 43-player squad for the VFL State Team to play the SANFL State Team in April.[15]

Results

Keys
H Home game
A Away game
N Neutral venue game
Table of 2025 VFL Season Results[16]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Ladder
G B T G B T
1 Bye 20th
2 29 March Lost 13 10 88 Casey 13 12 90 Casey Fields A 14th
3 5 April Won 25 14 164 Northern Bullants 5 9 39 People First Stadium H 10th
4 19 April Lost 8 8 56 Southport 16 15 111 Fankhauser Reserve A 13th
5 27 April Won 14 9 93 Sydney 6 10 46 People First Stadium H 11th
6 4 May Lost 14 9 93 Brisbane Lions 14 11 95 Brighton Homes Arena A 13th
7 Bye
8 17 May Box Hill People First Stadium H
9 25 May Sandringham RSEA Park A
10 31 May Coburg People First Stadium H
11 8 June Geelong GMHBA Stadium A
12 Bye
13 22 June Greater Western Sydney Blacktown ISP Oval A
14 TBC Casey TBC H
15 TBC Essendon TBC A
16 TBC Collingwood TBC H
17 TBC Port Melbourne TBC A
18 TBC Brisbane Lions TBC H
19 TBC Richmond TBC H
20 TBC Carlton TBC A
21 TBC Greater Western Sydney TBC H

Ladder

Further information: 2025 VFL season
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
15 Geelong (R) 12 5 7 0 926 1011 91.6 20
16 Port Melbourne 12 4 7 1 930 902 103.1 18
17 Gold Coast (R) 11 3 7 1 888 954 93.1 14
18 Essendon (R) 11 3 8 0 836 903 92.6 12
19 Sydney (R) 12 2 10 0 751 1130 66.5 8
Updated to match(es) played on 29 June 2025. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(R) = Club is the reserves team of a senior club of the Australian Football League

AFL Women's team

Gold Coast Suns
2025 AFL Women's season
CoachRhyce Shaw
(1st season)
Home groundPeople First Stadium

Season summary

After the sacking of Cam Joyce at the end of the previous season, the Suns announced Rhyce Shaw to begin his first season as head coach.[17][18]

Coaching staff

Rhyce Shaw will begin his first season as head coach of the AFLW program.

2025 Gold Coast Suns coaching staff
Role Name
Senior coach Rhyce Shaw
Senior Assistant coach Sam Iles
Assistant coach Rory Thompson

Results

Fixture yet to be released

References

  1. ^ "Long & Jeffrey to represent Indigenous All Stars". Gold Coast Suns. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Noah Anderson to lead the Gold Coast SUNS". Gold Coast Suns. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  3. ^ Valencich, Glenn (4 March 2025). "AFL calls off Brisbane-Geelong and Gold Coast-Essendon as Tropical Cyclone Alfred forecast worsens". 7news.com.au. Seven West Media. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Cyclone Alfred forces AFL to postpone both Queensland Opening Round games". sen.com.au. Sports Entertainment Network. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Fixture Update: Suns V Bombers". Gold Coast Suns. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  6. ^ Sutton, Ben (7 March 2025). "AFL announce new fixture for Brisbane-Geelong and Gold Coast-Essendon matches". 7news.com.au. Seven West Media. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Gold Coast Suns record biggest win in club history against West Coast, GWS breaks Melbourne hearts late". abc.net.au. ABC NEWS Australia. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  8. ^ "SUNS perform strongly in trial against Lions and Magpies". Gold Coast Suns. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  9. ^ "AFL practice matches 2025: Results, scores for pre-season Community Series". The Sporting News. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Damien Hardwick joins Gold Coast Suns as head coach on six-year deal". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  11. ^ "AFL Coaches". goldcoastfc.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  12. ^ a b "INS AND OUTS: Every club's final list changes for 2025 season". afl.com.au. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  13. ^ "AFL Fixtures and Results". afl.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Both Qld games postponed due to tropical cyclone". afl.com.au. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  15. ^ a b "Tsitas named in VFL State Team squad". Gold Coast Suns. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  16. ^ "VFL Fixtures and Results". afl.com.au. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  17. ^ "SUNS 2025 AFLW Coaching Panel taking shape". Gold Coast Suns. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Suns sack AFLW coach Joyce after missing finals". afl.com.au. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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