# 2013 Gold Coast Suns season

The 2013 AFL season is the Gold Coast Suns' third season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Gold Coast Suns reserves team also competed in the NEAFL. The club was again captained by Gary Ablett, Jr. and coached by Guy McKenna.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | State/Nationality | Recruited From | League |
| National Draft ||||||
| 1 | 13 | Jesse Lonergan | Tasmania | Launceston Blues | TFL |
| 3 | 55 | Tim Sumner | South Australia | Woodville-West Torrens Eagles | SANFL |
| 3 | 57 | Kyal Horsley | Western Australia | Rookie Promotion | Rookie Promotion |
| 3 | 58 | Clay Cameron | Queensland | Mount Gravatt Vultures | NEAFL |
| Rookie Draft ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Leigh Osbourne | Victoria | Frankston Dolphins | VFL |
| 8 | 55 | Andrew Boston | Queensland | Broadbeach Cats | NEAFL |
| Mini-Draft ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Jack Martin | Western Australia | Claremont Tigers | WAFL |
$^a$ The mini-draft allowed teams to pre-list players for the following season.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via trade Greg Broughton Via free agency Tom Murphy | Players Lost Via trade Josh Caddy Tom Hickey Via free agency - |

### Trades

| 8 October 2012 | To Greater Western Sydney Giants No. 2 Pick No. 63 Pick Compensation First Round Pick | To Gold Coast Suns Mini-Draft No. 1 Pick Compensation First Round Pick |
| 10 October 2012 | To Geelong Cats Josh Caddy | To Gold Coast Suns No. 55 Pick Compensation First Round Pick |
| 23 October 2012 | To St Kilda Saints Tom Hickey | To Gold Coast Suns No. 13 Pick No. 37 Pick No. 57 Pick |
| 25 October 2012 | To Fremantle Dockers No. 37 Pick | To Gold Coast Suns Greg Broughton No. 60 Pick |

### Free Agents
#### Additions

| Player | Signed | Former Team |
| Tom Murphy | Signed 2 Year Contract | Hawthorn Hawks |

## Re-signings

Re-signings made in 2012.
| Player | Signed | Year Contract Runs To |
| Charlie Dixon | 3 Year Extension | 2015 |
| Harley Bennell | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Sam Day | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Karmichael Hunt | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Tom Lynch | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Brandon Matera | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Steven May | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Danny Stanley | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| David Swallow | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Jeremy Taylor | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Luke Russell | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Matthew Warnock | 2 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Jacob Gilbee | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |
| Tom Hickey | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |
| Jack Hutchins | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |
| Tom Nicholls | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |
| Liam Patrick | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |
| Alex Sexton | 1 Year Extension | 2014 |
| Maverick Weller | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |
| Joel Wilkinson | 1 Year Extension | 2013 |

## Delistings

Delistings made in November 2012
| Player | Age | Seasons | Games |
| Sam Iles | 25 | 2 | 26 |
| Josh Fraser | 30 | 2 | 18 |
| Nathan Krakouer | 24 | 1 | 13 |
| Josh Toy | 20 | 2 | 13 |
| Taylor Hine | 20 | 2 | 9 |
| Alik Magin | 21 | 2 | 8 |
| Michael Coad | 29 | 2 | 6 |
| Hayden Jolly | 20 | 2 | 6 |
| Andrew McQualter | 26 | 1 | 5 |
| Piers Flanagan | 20 | 2 | 3 |
| Lewis Moss | 20 | 2 | 0 |
* = Retired

## Contract Lengths

Contract lengths at the beginning of 2013.
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Gary Ablett Jr | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns |
| Charlie Dixon | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns |
| Harley Bennell | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Clay Cameron | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Sam Day | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Karmichael Hunt | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Jesse Lonergan | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Tom Lynch | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Brandon Matera | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Steven May | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Tom Murphy | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Jaeger O'Meara | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Luke Russell | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Alex Sexton | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Danny Stanley | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Tim Sumner | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| David Swallow | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Jeremy Taylor | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Matthew Warnock | Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | |
| Jackson Allen | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Nathan Bock | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Andrew Boston | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Jared Brennan | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Greg Broughton | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Campbell Brown | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Jacob Gillbee | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Daniel Gorringe | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Aaron Hall | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Josh Hall | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Jarrod Harbrow | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Kyal Horsley | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Jack Hutchins | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Trent McKenzie | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Tom Nicholls | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Leigh Osbourne | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Liam Patrick | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Dion Prestia | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Michael Rischitelli | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Henry Schade | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Matt Shaw | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Zac Smith | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Seb Tape | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Rory Thompson | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Maverick Weller | Gold Coast Suns | | |
| Joel Wilkinson | Gold Coast Suns | | |

## 2013 Coaches Panel

| State | Coach | Coaching position | Started | Former clubs as coach |
| Western Australia | Guy McKenna | Senior Coach | 2009 | Claremont (s), West Coast (a), Collingwood (a) |
| Queensland | Marcus Ashcroft | GM of Coaching and Development | 2011 | Gold Coast (a) |
| South Australia | Malcolm Blight | Coaching Advisor | 2009 | North Melbourne (s), Woodville (s), Geelong (s), Adelaide (s), St Kilda (s) |
| Tasmania | Andy Lovell | Assistant coach | - | Glenorchy (s) |
| South Australia | Matthew Primus | Assistant coach (Midfield) | 2013 | Port Adelaide (a), Port Adelaide (s) |
| Western Australia | Mark Riley | Assistant coach (Forwards) | 2013 | Claremont (s), Fremantle (a), Melbourne (a), Melbourne (s) |
| New South Wales | Dean Solomon | Assistant coach | 2011 | - |
| Victoria | Brett Munro | Opposition Coach | 2012 | - |
| Victoria | Ben Mathews | Development coach | 2013 | - |
| Victoria | Andrew Johnston | Development coach | 2010 | - |
| Victoria | Shaun Hart | Reserves Coach | 2009 | Gold Coast (a) |

## Home and Away season
### Season Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts | W | D | L | W | D | L |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 893 | 948 | 94.20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |

### Games
## Ladder

2013 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2523 | 1859 | 135.7 | 76 | Finals series |
| 2 | Geelong | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2409 | 1776 | 135.6 | 72 | Finals series |
| 3 | Fremantle | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2035 | 1518 | 134.1 | 66 | Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2244 | 1694 | 132.5 | 62 | Finals series |
| 5 | Richmond | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2154 | 1754 | 122.8 | 60 | Finals series |
| 6 | Collingwood | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2148 | 1868 | 115.0 | 56 | Finals series |
| 7 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2051 | 2002 | 102.4 | 48 | Finals series |
| 8 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2125 | 1992 | 106.7 | 44 | Finals series |
| 9 | Essendon | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2145 | 2000 | 107.3 | 56 | |
| 10 | North Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2307 | 1930 | 119.5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2064 | 1909 | 108.1 | 40 | |
| 12 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1922 | 2144 | 89.6 | 40 | |
| 13 | West Coast | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2038 | 2139 | 95.3 | 36 | |
| 14 | Gold Coast | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1918 | 2091 | 91.7 | 32 | |
| 15 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1926 | 2262 | 85.1 | 32 | |
| 16 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1751 | 2120 | 82.6 | 20 | |
| 17 | Melbourne | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1455 | 2691 | 54.1 | 8 | |
| 18 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1524 | 2990 | 51.0 | 4 | |
* ↑ Essendon was relegated to ninth due to irregularities in its supplements program during the 2012 season.

### Ladder progress

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | - | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | B | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Position | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

## NEAFL season
### Results

Gold Coast's NEAFL practice matches :
| Week | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) | Venue |
| Week | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue |
| 1 | Saturday, 2 March (1:30 pm) | Aspley | 7.11 (53) | 4.4 (28) | Won by 25 points | Carrara Stadium |
| 2 | Saturday, 9 March (2:30 pm) | Broadbeach | 18.7 (115) | 12.12 (84) | Won by 31 points | Carrara Stadium |
| 3 | Saturday, 16 March (2:30 pm) | Brisbane (res) | 14.6 (90) | 22.8 (140) | Lost by 50 points | Carrara Stadium |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Ladder position |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Ladder position |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | - |
| 2 | Saturday, 30 March (3:00 pm) | Mount Gravatt | 24.14 (158) | 4.6 (32) | Won by 126 points | Carrara Stadium | 2nd |
| 3 | Saturday, 6 April (10:05 am) | Sydney (res) | 15.20 (110) | 10.5 (65) | Lost by 45 points | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4th |
| 4 | Saturday, 13 April (4:00 pm) | Brisbane (res) | 10.10 (70) | 28.12 (180) | Lost by 110 points | Carrara Stadium | 7th |
| 5 | Saturday, 20 April (1:30 pm) | Redland | 12.13 (85) | 22.19 (151) | Won by 66 points | Victoria Point | 5th |
| 6 | Thursday, 25 April (12:00 pm) | Brisbane (res) | 12.7 (79) | 17.9 (111) | Lost by 32 points | Harrup Park | 6th |
| 7 | Saturday, 4 May (4:00 pm) | Southport | 16.10 (106) | 11.11 (77) | Won by 29 points | Carrara Stadium | 6th |
| 8 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | - |
| 9 | Saturday, 18 May (12:00 pm) | Morningside | 5.10 (40) | 17.17 (119) | Won by 79 points | Esplen Oval | 6th |
| 10 | Saturday, 25 May (10:00 am) | GWS (res) | 14.7 (91) | 18.12 (120) | Won by 29 points | Blacktown Olympic Park | 4th |
| 11 | Saturday, 1 June (1:30 pm) | Brisbane (res) | 10.10 (70) | 17.15 (117) | Won by 47 points | Giffin Park | 4th |
| 12 | Saturday, 8 June (3:00 pm) | Sydney (res) | | | | Carrara Stadium | - |
| 13 | Sunday, 16 June (9:30 am) | GWS (res) | | | | Skoda Stadium | - |
| 14 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | - |
| 15 | Saturday, 29 June (7:00 pm) | Northern Territory | | | | TIO Stadium | - |
| 16 | Saturday, 6 July (12:00 pm) | Brisbane (res) | | | | Giffin Park | - |
| 17 | Saturday, 13 July (1:30 pm) | Aspley | | | | Graham Rd Oval | - |
| 18 | Saturday, 20 July (1:30 pm) | Sydney (res) | | | | Carrara Stadium | - |
| 19 | Saturday, 27 July (10:05 am) | GWS (res) | | | | Carrara Stadium | - |
| 20 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | - |
| 21 | Saturday, 10 August (4:00 pm) | Labrador | | | | Carrara Stadium | - |
| 22 | Saturday, 17 August (1:30 pm) | Broadbeach | | | | H & A Oval | - |
| 2013 NEAFL Season Schedule ||||||||

### NEAFL Ladder

| NEAFL North Conference | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
| Brisbane Lions res. | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2165 | 1308 | 165.52% | 64 |
| Southport Sharks | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1934 | 1362 | 142.00% | 56 |
| Aspley Hornets | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1960 | 1467 | 133.61% | 50 |
| Morningside Panthers | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1825 | 1508 | 121.02% | 44 |
| Redland Bombers | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1862 | 1656 | 112.44% | 44 |
| Gold Coast Suns res. | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1850 | 1658 | 111.58% | 42 |
| NT Thunder | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2008 | 1809 | 111.00% | 36 |
| Broadbeach Cats | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1540 | 1776 | 86.71% | 28 |
| Mount Gravatt Vultures | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1126 | 2259 | 49.85% | 4 |
| Labrador Tigers | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1112 | 2316 | 48.01% | 4 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
| Elimination | Redland | 13 | 11 | 89 | Morningside | 11 | 18 | 84 |
| Qualifying | Aspley | 17 | 16 | 118 | Southport | 10 | 14 | 74 |
| 1st Semi | Southport | 16 | 13 | 109 | Redland | 11 | 12 | 78 |
| 2nd Semi | Brisbane Lions Reserves | 16 | 10 | 106 | Aspley | 15 | 14 | 104 |
| Preliminary | Aspley | 20 | 15 | 135 | Southport | 8 | 21 | 69 |
| Grand | Brisbane Lions Reserves | 19 | 11 | 125 | Aspley | 11 | 13 | 79 |