The 2012 AFL season was the Gold Coast Suns' second season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The team is based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Gold Coast Suns reserves team also competed in the NEAFL.
Draft picks
Round Pick Player State/Nationality Recruited From League 1 24 Henry Schade Tasmania North Hobart Demons TFL 5 80 Alik Magin QueenslandRookie Promotion 6 88 Alex Sexton Queensland Redland Bombers NEAFL 7 91 Jackson Allen Queensland Morningside Panthers NEAFLPre-season Draft 1 7 Aaron Hall Tasmania Hobart Tigers TFLRookie Draft 1 2 Kyal Horsley Western Australia Subiaco Lions WAFL 2 20 Andrew McQualter Victoria St Kilda Saints AFL 3 38 Michael Coad South AustraliaRookie Listed from Senior List 9 94 Josh Hall Queensland Curra Swans AFL TownsvilleMini-Draft 1 1 Jaeger O'Meara Western Australia Perth Demons WAFL The mini-draft allowed teams to pre-list players for the following season.
Transactions
Overview
Via trade Matthew Warnock Via free agency - Via trade - Via free agency -
Trades 12 October 2011 To Greater Western Sydney Giants No. 4 Pick Compensation First Round Pick To Gold Coast Suns Mini-Draft No. 1 Pick No. 31 Pick 17 October 2011 To Collingwood Magpies Peter Yagmoor No. 50 Pick To Gold Coast Suns No. 47 Pick 17 October 2011 To Brisbane Lions, Melbourne Demons Dayne Zorko No. 47 Pick To Gold Coast Suns Matthew Warnock 17 October 2011 To Geelong Cats No. 32 Pick No. 34 Pick To Gold Coast Suns No. 26 Pick 17 October 2011 To Adelaide Crows No. 27 Pick No. 31 Pick No. 68 Pick To Gold Coast Suns No. 24 Pick 17 October 2011 To Richmond Tigers No. 26 Pick Compensation Second Round Pick To Gold Coast Suns Compensation First Round Pick
Delistings Delstings made in November 2011 Player Age Seasons Games Daniel Harris 29 1 11 Rex Liddy 19 1 3 Nathan Ablett 25 1 2 Michael Coad 28 1 2 Joel Tippett 23 1 2 Marc Lock 19 1 1 Roland Ah Chee 20 1 0 Jake Crawford 19 1 0 Jack Stanlake 20 1 0 Jack Stanley 21 1 0 = Retired
2012 playing list
Senior listSenior List goldcoastfc.com.au Retrieved 9 February 2011. No. Born Player Hgt Wgt Date of birth Age in 2012 Debut Recruited from 2012 Games 2012 Goals Career Games Career Goals 2 Zac Smith 205 97 22 February 1990 22 2011 Southport Sharks 16 5 36 19 3 Jared Brennan 195 95 28 July 1984 28 2003 Brisbane Lions 17 7 158 93 4 Maverick Weller 182 79 13 February 1992 20 2011 Burnie Dockers 13 1 28 3 5 Jarrod Harbrow 178 74 18 July 1988 24 2007 Western Bulldogs 13 3 105 26 6 Alik Magin 181 72 13 April 1991 21 2011 Labrador Tigers 5 2 8 3 7 Karmichael Hunt 186 92 17 November 1986 26 2011 N/A 18 3 34 4 8 Luke Russell 186 78 24 January 1992 20 2011 Burnie Dockers 9 Gary Ablett, Jr. 182 85 14 May 1984 28 2002 Geelong Cats 10 Lewis Moss 195 80 4 February 1992 20 **** Port Douglas AFC 11 Harley Bennell 185 74 2 October 1992 20 2011 Peel Thunder 12 Sam Day 196 96 6 September 1992 20 2011 Sturt Blues 13 Hayden Jolly 184 83 4 April 1992 20 2011 Glenelg Tigers 14 Matthew Warnock 194 95 3 April 1984 28 2006 Melbourne Demons 15 Piers Flanagan 189 74 31 March 1992 20 2012 Geelong Falcons 16 Rory Thompson 200 91 12 March 1991 21 2011 Southport Sharks 17 Josh Fraser 202 100 5 January 1982 30 2000 Collingwood Magpies 18 Trent McKenzie 191 82 3 April 1992 20 2011 Western Jets 19 Thomas Lynch 199 91 31 October 1992 20 2011 Dandenong Stingrays 20 Josh Toy 185 87 18 April 1992 20 2011 Calder Cannons 21 Jeremy Taylor 191 83 17 June 1992 20 2011 Geelong Falcons 22 Tom Nicholls 201 93 4 March 1992 20 2011 Sandringham Dragons 23 Charlie Dixon 202 107 23 September 1990 22 2011 Redland Bombers 24 David Swallow 186 83 19 November 1992 20 2011 East Fremantle Sharks 25 Daniel Stanley 187 88 18 February 1988 24 2007 Collingwood Magpies 26 Matt Shaw 187 71 5 February 1992 20 2011 Dandenong Stingrays 28 Josh Caddy 186 82 28 September 1992 20 2011 Northern Knights 29 Taylor Hine 184 75 24 January 1992 20 2011 Calder Cannons 30 Campbell Brown 179 81.5 28 August 1983 29 2002 Hawthorn Hawks 31 Jackson Allen 179 75 14 April 1993 19 2012 Morningside Panthers 32 Brandon Matera 175 65 11 March 1992 20 2011 South Fremantle Bulldogs 33 Aaron Hall 186 78 9 November 1990 22 2012 Hobart Tigers 34 Jack Hutchins 191 92 20 February 1992 20 2011 Sandringham Dragons 35 Michael Rischitelli 184 81.6 8 January 1986 26 2004 Brisbane Lions 36 Sam Iles 185 83 19 June 1985 27 2006 Box Hill Hawks 37 Alex Sexton 185 71 3 December 1993 19 2012 Redland Bombers 38 Joel Wilkinson 186 81 29 November 1991 21 2011 Broadbeach Cats 40 Tom Hickey 201.4 87.4 6 March 1991 21 2011 Morningside Panthers 41 Dion Prestia 175 82 12 October 1992 20 2011 Calder Cannons 43 Liam Patrick 189 71.9 4 March 1988 24 2011 Wanderers Eagles 44 Nathan Bock 193 93 20 March 1983 29 2004 Adelaide Crows 45 Steven May 190 93 10 January 1992 20 2011 Melbourne Grammar School 47 Daniel Gorringe 200 88 2 June 1992 20 2011 Norwood Redlegs 48 Seb Tape 191 81 6 August 1992 20 2011 Glenelg Tigers 49 Jacob Gillbee 184 76 13 September 1992 20 2011 Lauderdale Bombers 50 Henry Schade 196 81 8 August 1993 19 **** North Hobart Demons 52 Nathan Krakouer 182 78 5 May 1988 24 2007 Port Adelaide Power Rookie list No. Born Player Hgt Wgt Date of birth Age in 2012 Debut Recruited from 2012 Games 2012 Goals Career Games Career Goals 27 Michael Coad 190 86 13 September 1983 29 2011 Sturt Blues 4 0 6 0 42 Kyal Horsley 182 88 2 September 1987 25 2012 Subiaco Lions 13 3 13 3 46 Josh Hall 197 84 3 April 1990 22 2012 Curra Swans 2 2 2 2 51 Andrew McQualter 179 74 9 June 1986 26 2005 Gippsland Power 5 2 94 39
Pre-season results
NAB Cup
2012 pre-season games: 1–4 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–2) Game Date Team Score Most Goals Most Disposals VenueAttendance Record 1 25 February Melbourne W 26-23 - (-) - (-) Metricon Stadium5,150 1–0 2 25 February Brisbane L 16-18 - (-) - (-) Metricon Stadium5,150 1–1 3 2 March Geelong L 69-118 - (-) - (-) Metricon Stadium5,381 1–2 4 10 March Greater Western Sydney L 63-76 - (-) - (-) Lavington Sports Ground6,740 1–3 5 17 March Sydney L 84-103 - (-) - (-) Blacktown Olympic Park741 1–4
Home and Away season
Results summary OverallHomeAway 22 3 0 19 1509 2481 60.8 12 2 0 9 1 0 10
Home and Away games
2012 home and away games: 3–19 (Home: 2–9; Away: 1–10) Round Date Team Score Most Goals Most Disposals VenueAttendance Record 1 31 March Adelaide L 68-137 Gary Ablett Jr (2)Campbell Brown (2)Harley Bennell (2) Gary Ablett Jr (42) Metricon Stadium12,790 0–1 2 8 April St Kilda L 47-139 Gary Ablett Jr (2)Campbell Brown (2) Gary Ablett Jr (40) Etihad Stadium21,078 0–2 3 14 April Essendon L 88-105 Gary Ablett Jr (2)Nathan Bock (2)Aaron Hall (2) Gary Ablett Jr (45) Metricon Stadium17,069 0–3 4 21 April Brisbane L 46-111 Harley Bennell (3) Gary Ablett Jr (33) Gabba21,980 0–4 5 28 April L 93-127 Harley Bennell (2) Jared Brennan (24) Etihad Stadium17,680 0–5 6 5 May L 87-94 Harley Bennell (3) David Swallow (3) Harley Bennell (37) Metricon Stadium11,670 0–6 7 12 May L 67-94 Sam Day (2) Josh Caddy (2) Gary Ablett Jr (33) Manuka Oval, Canberra 8,603 0–7 8 19 May L 34-72 Harley Bennell (1) Tom Lynch (1) Zac Smith (1) Dion Prestia (1) Gary Ablett Jr (29) TIO Stadium8,724 0–8 9 26 May L 70-118 Sam Day (3) Harley Bennell (25) Gary Ablett Jr (25) Danny Stanley (25) S. Iles(25) Metricon Stadium12,416 0–9 10 3 June L 52-149 Campbell Brown (3) Gary Ablett Jr (53)MCG36,913 0–10 11 9 June L 49-144 Tom Hickey (2) Jared Brennan (2) S. Iles(27) Metricon Stadium12,534 0–11 12 16 June L 80-87 Gary Ablett Jr (4) Gary Ablett Jr (42) Metricon Stadium10,170 0–12 13 Bye 14 30 June L 40-166 Gary Ablett Jr (1) Harley Bennell (1) Matthew Shaw (1) Liam Patrick (1) Danny Stanley (30) Patersons Stadium 34,592 0–13 15 8 July L 96-110 Josh Caddy (3) Gary Ablett Jr (27) Metricon Stadium15,824 0–14 16 14 July W 90-88 Josh Hall (2) Brandon Matera (2) Karmichael Hunt (2) Gary Ablett Jr (33)10,961 1–14 17 21 July L 48-59 Jared Brennan (1) Gary Ablett Jr (1) Tom Lynch (1) Harley Bennell (1) Gary Ablett Jr (37) Metricon Stadium16,550 1–15 18 28 July L 54-126 Brandon Matera (3) Gary Ablett Jr (42) Metricon Stadium11,169 1–16 19 5 August L 66-108 Harley Bennell (4) Harley Bennell (38) MCG18,097 1–17 20 11 August W 109-79 Aaron Hall(3) Campbell Brown (3) Gary Ablett Jr (3) Danny Stanley (26) Metricon Stadium14,657 2–17 21 19 August L 65-129 Steven May (3) Gary Ablett Jr (43) MCG23,098 2–18 22 25 August W 98-86 Tom Lynch (4) Gary Ablett Jr (23) Metricon Stadium15,251 3–18 23 1 September L 62-153 Gary Ablett Jr (2) Steven May (2) Gary Ablett Jr (26)AAMI Stadium35,463 3–19
Ladder
Ladder Progress
Awards
Brownlow Medal Votes Player 24 Gary Ablett Jr 6 Harley Bennell 3 Tom Lynch 3 Brandon Matera 2 Luke Russell 1 Steven May 1 Aaron Hall 1 Matt Shaw 1 Sam Iles 1 David Swallow
Gold Coast Club Champion Votes Player 215 Gary Ablett Jr 163 Harley Bennell 84 Danny Stanley
Other Awards Award Name Player Ironman Award Kyal Horsley Community Award Jarrod Harbrow Most Professional Kyal Horsley Most Improved Harley Bennell Reserves Best Alik Magin
NEAFL season
Results Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) Venue Ladderposition Home Away Result 1 Bye 9th 2 Saturday, 31 March () Southport 10.5 (65) 19.17 (131) Won by 66 points Fankhauser Reserve [A] 6th
+ Gold Coast's NEAFL finals matches Week Date and local time Opponent Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) Venue Home Away Result EF Sunday, 26 August () Redland 22.14 (146) 6.11 (47) Lost by 99 points Victoria Point [A]
Ladder
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