2025 Gold Coast Suns season

Gold Coast Suns
2025 AFL season
CoachDamien Hardwick
(2nd season)
CaptainsNoah 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 Won 16 8 104 Hawthorn 15 6 96 TIO Stadium N 12,314 3rd
11 25 May Won 12 8 80 St Kilda 8 13 61 Marvel Stadium A 13,486 3rd
12 31 May Lost 9 10 64 Fremantle 11 9 75 People First Stadium H 11,750 4th
13 7 June Lost 5 7 37 Geelong 9 7 61 GMHBA Stadium A 29,502 5th
14 Bye 6th
15 22 June Lost 14 15 99 Greater Western Sydney 16 10 106 ENGIE Stadium A 10,504 9th
16 28 June Won 15 14 104 Melbourne 12 13 85 People First Stadium H 13,064 8th
17 5 July Won 18 7 115 Essendon 11 8 74 Marvel Stadium A 29,672 7th
18 11 July Won 10 9 69 Collingwood 8 15 63 People First Stadium H 22,831 5th
19 20 July Lost 6 10 46 Adelaide 16 11 107 Adelaide Oval A 44,249 8th
20 26 July Won 20 10 130 Brisbane Lions 9 10 64 People First Stadium H 20,833 8th
21 2 August Won 16 11 107 Richmond 2 11 23 People First Stadium H 14,841 6th
22 9 August Won 13 15 93 Carlton 11 6 74 Marvel Stadium A 24,120 6th
23 16 August Lost 11 10 76 Greater Western Sydney 17 9 111 People First Stadium H 16,007 9th
24 22 August Lost 9 13 67 Port Adelaide 10 11 71 Adelaide Oval A 40,897 9th
24 (OR) 27 August Won 23 15 153 Essendon [14] 8 10 58 People First Stadium H 40,897 7th

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Adelaide 23 18 5 0 2278 1635 139.3 72 Finals series
2 Geelong 23 17 6 0 2425 1714 141.5 68
3 Brisbane Lions (P) 23 16 6 1 2061 1804 114.2 66
4 Collingwood 23 16 7 0 1991 1627 122.4 64
5 Greater Western Sydney 23 16 7 0 2114 1834 115.3 64
6 Fremantle 23 16 7 0 1978 1815 109.0 64
7 Gold Coast 23 15 8 0 2173 1740 124.9 60
8 Hawthorn 23 15 8 0 2045 1691 120.9 60
9 Western Bulldogs 23 14 9 0 2493 1820 137.0 56
10 Sydney 23 12 11 0 1845 1902 97.0 48
11 Carlton 23 9 14 0 1799 1861 96.7 36
12 St Kilda 23 9 14 0 1839 2077 88.5 36
13 Port Adelaide 23 9 14 0 1705 2136 79.8 36
14 Melbourne 23 7 16 0 1902 2038 93.3 28
15 Essendon 23 6 17 0 1535 2209 69.5 24
16 North Melbourne 23 5 17 1 1805 2365 76.3 22
17 Richmond 23 5 18 0 1449 2197 66.0 20
18 West Coast 23 1 22 0 1466 2438 60.1 4
Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

VFL team

Gold Coast Suns
2025 VFL season
CoachTate Kaesler
CaptainJames 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
12 Geelong (R) 18 9 9 0 1472 1466 100.4 36
13 Carlton (R) 18 8 10 0 1387 1586 87.5 32
14 Gold Coast (R) 18 7 10 1 1466 1493 98.2 30
15 North Melbourne (R) 18 7 10 1 1500 1528 98.2 30
16 Werribee 18 7 11 0 1325 1378 96.2 28
Source: [17]
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)
CaptainsNiamh McLaughlin & Lucy Single
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.[18][19]

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. ^ "2025 VFL ladder". AFL.com.au. Archived from the original on 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  18. ^ "SUNS 2025 AFLW Coaching Panel taking shape". Gold Coast Suns. 25 February 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Suns sack AFLW coach Joyce after missing finals". afl.com.au. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
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