The Gold Coast Suns 2015 season was its fifth season in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Club summary The 2015 AFL season will be the 119th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; having entered the competition in 2011, it will be the 5th season contested by the Gold Coast Football Club. Metricon Stadium will once again act as Gold Coast's primary home ground, hosting all of the club's eleven home games,SUNS welcome 2015 fixture, Gold Coast Football Club official website, 30 October 2014 and all of which will be played on Saturday. The club will play , the Brisbane Lions, , the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles twice during the regular season, and travel interstate nine times (three times to Melbourne and once each to Sydney, Canberra, Geelong, Launceston, Adelaide and Perth) in addition to also playing an away game against the Western Bulldogs in Cairns. After four consecutive meetings in Queensland, the Suns will play in Melbourne for the first time.Analysis of the Tigers’ 2015 fixture, Richmond Football Club official website, 30 October 2014
Major sponsors HostPlus and Fiat will continue as the club's two major sponsors,Valued Sponsors, Gold Coast Football Club official website while BLK will manufacture the club's on-and-off field apparel for the next five seasons starting in 2015.Gold Coast Suns partner with BLK , BLK Sport, 5 November 2014
Senior Personnel Rodney Eade served as the club's head coach for the season, having replaced Guy McKenna who was sacked on 1 October 2014,Eade appointed as senior coach, Gold Coast Football Club official website, 30 October 2014 while Gary Ablett, Jr. continued as the club's captain for the fifth consecutive season.
2015 player squad
Playing list changes During the 2014 off-season, the Suns acquired the services of 's Nick Malceski via the free agency system,Nick Malceski quits Swans to join Gold Coast on three-year deal, AFL.com.au official website, 6 October 2014 while they also received Mitch Hallahan from the Hawthorn Football Club during the trade period in October. Foundation player Nathan Bock and Tom Murphy both retired last season, while Karmichael Hunt left the club to link with the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. In addition, Jackson Allen, Jack Hutchins, Jeremy Taylor, Matthew Warnock and Leigh Osborne were all delisted during the off-season.
The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2014 season and the commencement of the 2015 season.
In Player Previous club League via Nick Malceski Sydney Swans AFL Free agency Mitch Hallahan AFL AFL Trade Period Peter Wright Calder Cannons TAC Cup AFL Draft Jarrod Garlett South Fremantle Football Club WAFL AFL Draft Touk Miller Calder Cannons TAC Cup AFL Draft
Out Player New Club League via Nathan Bock Retirement N/A N/A Tom Murphy Retirement N/A N/A Karmichael Hunt Queensland Reds Super Rugby N/A Jackson Allen Delisted N/A N/A Jack Hutchins Delisted N/A N/A Jeremy Taylor Delisted N/A N/A Matthew Warnock Delisted N/A N/A Leigh Osborne Delisted N/A N/A
Season summary Pre-season matches The club will play three practice matches as part of the 2015 NAB Challenge, and will be played under modified pre-season rules, including nine-point goals.
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Home Away Result 1 Sunday, 1 March (3:40 pm) 10.19 (79) 1.9.8 (71) Won by eight points Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville (H) 4,431 2 Saturday, 7 March (4:10 pm) 14.10 (94) 2.6.4 (58) Lost by 36 points Blacktown International Sportspark (A) 1,787 3 Friday, 20 March (7:40 pm) 0.8.15 (63) 1.7.12 (63) Match drawn Metricon Stadium (H) Source
Premiership Season
Home and away season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladderposition Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 4 April (1:45 pm) 17.13 (115) 13.11 (89) Lost by 26 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 27,013 15th 2 Saturday, 11 April (7:20 pm) 10.16 (76) 16.8 (104) Lost by 28 points Metricon Stadium (H) 13,649 14th 3 Sunday, 19 April (3:20 pm) 16.9 (105) 13.18 (96) Lost by 9 points Simonds Stadium (A) 20,813 16th 4 Saturday, 25 April (5:40 pm) 16.23 (119) 7.11 (53) Lost by 66 points StarTrack Oval (A) 6,917 17th 5 Saturday, 2 May (4:35 pm) 18.10 (118) 7.12 (54) Won by 64 points Metricon Stadium (H) 12,464 15th 6 Saturday, 9 May (5:10 pm) 11.12 (78) 18.11 (119) Lost by 41 points Metricon Stadium (H) 12,464 16th 7 Saturday, 16 May (5:40 pm) 21.9 (135) 6.7 (43) Lost by 92 points Domain Stadium (A) 26,964 17th 8 Saturday, 23 May (4:35 pm) 9.9 (63) 20.12 (132) Lost by 69 points Metricon Stadium (H) 16,440 17th 9 Saturday, 30 May (1:45 pm) 14.9 (93) 6.4 (40) Lost by 53 points Aurora Stadium (A) 11,320 17th 10 Saturday, 6 June (4:35 pm) 5.11 (41) 13.15 (93) Lost by 52 points Metricon Stadium (H) 13,068 18th 11 Saturday, 13 June (1:40 pm) 7.4 (46) 6.17 (53) Lost by 9 points Metricon Stadium (H) 8,911 17th 12 Bye 13 Sunday, 28 June (3:20 pm) 14.19 (103) 9.15 (69) Lost by 34 points Etihad Stadium (A) 30,207 18th 14 Saturday, 4 July (4:35 pm) 19.11 (125) 10.10 (70) Won by 55 points Metricon Stadium (H) 14,444 17th 15 Saturday, 11 July (4:35 pm) Western Bulldogs Cazaly's Stadium (A) 16 Saturday, 18 July (2:10 pm) Metricon Stadium (H) 17 Saturday, 25 July (1:40 pm) Adelaide Oval (A) 18 Saturday, 1 August (7:20 pm) Metricon Stadium (H) 19 Saturday, 8 August (4:35 pm) Brisbane Lions The Gabba (A) 20 Sunday, 16 August (1:10 pm) Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 21 Saturday, 22 August (4:35 pm) Metricon Stadium (H) 22 Saturday, 29 August (7:20 pm) Metricon Stadium (H) 23 TBC Sydney Cricket Ground (A) Source
Ladder
Awards, Records & Milestones
Awards
Records
Milestones Round 1: Adam Saad – AFL debut Touk Miller – AFL debut Nick Malceski – first game for Gold Coast Round 2: Jarrod Harbrow – 150th AFL game Round 4: Charlie Dixon – 50th AFL game
Brownlow Medal
Results Round 1 vote 2 votes 3 votes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Brownlow Medal tally Player 1 vote games 2 vote games 3 vote games Total votes Total
italics denotes ineligible player
Tribunal cases Player Round Charge category Verdict Points Result Victim Club Ref(s) Tom Lynch Pre-season Rough conductGuilty N/AOne-match suspensionMatthew Buntine Matt Shaw 1 Engaging in rough conductGuilty N/AOne-match suspensionDean Kent Steven May 2 Rough conductGuilty N/A$1,000 fine Jack Lonie Alex Sexton 2 StrikingGuilty N/AOne-match suspension Jack Lonie Steven May 5 Rough conductGuilty N/AThree-match suspension Tom Rockliff
Notes "Points" refers to carry-over points accrued following the sanction. For example, 154.69 points draw a one-match suspension, with 54.69 carry-over points (for every 100 points, a one-match suspension is given).
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