# 2012 Gold Coast Suns season

The 2012 AFL season is the Gold Coast Suns' second season in the Australian Football League (AFL). 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 | Queensland | Rookie Promotion | Rookie Promotion |
| 6 | 88 | Alex Sexton | Queensland | Redland Bombers | NEAFL |
| 7 | 91 | Jackson Allen | Queensland | Morningside Panthers | NEAFL |
| Pre-season Draft ||||||
| 1 | 7 | Aaron Hall | Tasmania | Hobart Tigers | TFL |
| Rookie Draft ||||||
| 1 | 2 | Kyal Horsley | Western Australia | Subiaco Lions | WAFL |
| 2 | 20 | Andrew McQualter | Victoria | St Kilda Saints | AFL |
| 3 | 38 | Michael Coad | South Australia | Rookie Listed from Senior List | Rookie Listed from Senior List |
| 9 | 94 | Josh Hall | Queensland | Curra Swans | AFL Townsville |
| Mini-Draft ||||||
| 1 | 1 | Jaeger O'Meara | Western Australia | Perth Demons | WAFL |
$^a$ The mini-draft allowed teams to pre-list players for the following season.

## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via trade Matthew Warnock Via free agency - | Players Lost 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

## Home and Away season
### Results 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 |
| 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1509 | 2481 | 60.8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 10 |

### Home and Away games
## Ladder

2012 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2679 | 1733 | 154.6 | 68 | Finals series |
| 2 | Adelaide | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2428 | 1833 | 132.5 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | Sydney (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2290 | 1629 | 140.6 | 64 | Finals series |
| 4 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2123 | 1823 | 116.5 | 64 | Finals series |
| 5 | West Coast | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2244 | 1807 | 124.2 | 60 | Finals series |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2209 | 1886 | 117.1 | 60 | Finals series |
| 7 | Fremantle | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1956 | 1691 | 115.7 | 56 | Finals series |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2359 | 2097 | 112.5 | 56 | Finals series |
| 9 | St Kilda | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2347 | 1903 | 123.3 | 48 | |
| 10 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2079 | 1925 | 108.0 | 44 | |
| 11 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2091 | 2090 | 100.0 | 44 | |
| 12 | Richmond | 22 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2169 | 1943 | 111.6 | 42 | |
| 13 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1904 | 2092 | 91.0 | 40 | |
| 14 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1691 | 2144 | 78.9 | 22 | |
| 15 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1542 | 2301 | 67.0 | 20 | |
| 16 | Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1580 | 2341 | 67.5 | 16 | |
| 17 | Gold Coast | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1509 | 2481 | 60.8 | 12 | |
| 18 | Greater Western Sydney | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1270 | 2751 | 46.2 | 8 | |

### 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 | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | B | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | - | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |

## NEAFL season
### Results

| 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 | 9th |
| 2 | Saturday, 31 March (10:30 am) | Southport | 10.5 (65) | 19.17 (131) | Won by 66 points | Fankhauser Reserve | 6th |
Gold Coast's NEAFL finals 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 |
| EF | Sunday, 26 August (1:30 pm) | Redland | 22.14 (146) | 6.11 (47) | Lost by 99 points | Victoria Point |

### Ladder

2012 NEAFL Northern Conference Ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | NT Thunder | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2067 | 1391 | 148.6 | 60 |
| 2 | Brisbane Lions (C, P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2335 | 1329 | 175.7 | 56 |
| 3 | Southport | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1978 | 1329 | 148.8 | 56 |
| 4 | Redland | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1888 | 1898 | 99.5 | 46 |
| 5 | Gold Coast | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1687 | 1525 | 110.6 | 36 |
| 6 | Labrador | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1637 | 1747 | 93.7 | 36 |
| 7 | Broadbeach | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1776 | 1823 | 97.4 | 34 |
| 8 | Mount Gravatt | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1477 | 2157 | 68.5 | 20 |
| 9 | Aspley | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1711 | 2028 | 84.4 | 16 |
| 10 | Morningside | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1578 | 2288 | 69.0 | 12 |