History of Australian rules football on the Gold Coast
Current Gold Coast Clubs
Table:
Club

Colors

Founded

Location

Ground

Competition

Gold Coast Suns
Gold Coast Suns reserves

2008
2011
Carrara
Carrara
Carrara Stadium
Carrara Stadium
AFL
NEAFL

Broadbeach Cats

1971
Mermaid Waters
H & A Oval
NEAFL

Labrador Tigers

1964
Labrador
Cooke-Murphy Oval
NEAFL

Southport Sharks

1961
Southport
Frankhauser Reserve
NEAFL

Burleigh Bombers

c. 1979
Burleigh Waters
Bill Godfrey Oval
QFA Div 1

Coolangatta

1962
Coolangatta
Len Peak Oval
QFA Div 2

Palm Beach Currumbin

1961
Palm Beach
Salk Oval
QAFL

Surfers Paradise Demons

1962
Benowa
Sir Bruce Small Park
QFAL

Robina Roos

1995
Robina
Scottsdale Drive
QFA Div 2

Carrara Saints

2012
Carrara
Alan Neilsen Oval
QFA Div 2

Coomera Magpies

2009
Coomera
Coomera Sports Park
QFA Div 2

Bond University Bullsharks

1987
Robina
Scottsdale Drive
QFA Div 2

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The Gold Coast Suns Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club is based on the Gold Coast , Queensland . The club has been playing in the AFL since the 2011 season , having been founded as the league 's 17th active club by a consortium formerly known as GC17 and being granted a licence to join the AFL on 1 April 2009 . The team is based in the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara and play matches at Carrara Stadium ( known for commercial purposes as Metricon Stadium ) and train at the adjacent Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre . The club is one of two AFL clubs based in Queensland , the other being its main rival , the Brisbane Lions . The Suns also field teams in the AFL Women 's and North East Australian Football Leagues .
Carrara is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . At the 2016 Census , Carrara had a population of 12,060 .
Carrara Stadium ( known commercially as Metricon Stadium ) is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia , located in the suburb of Carrara . The venue is primarily used for Australian rules football , serving as the home ground of the Gold Coast Suns , who compete in the Australian Football League . In addition , the venue is used occasionally for cricket , including Big Bash League matches . Carrara Stadium received substantial redevelopment work prior to the entry of the Brisbane Bears to the VFL/AFL in 1987 , but following the Bears relocation to the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 1993 , it was used for other sports including rugby league , rugby union and even baseball . The stadium has hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Commonwealth Games as well as the athletics competitions .
The Australian Football League ( AFL ) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional men 's competition of Australian rules football . Through the AFL Commission , the AFL also serves as the sport 's governing body , and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game . Originally known as the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) , it was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition from the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , with its inaugural season commencing the following year . The VFL , aiming to become a national competition , began expanding beyond Victoria to other Australian states in the 1980s , and changed its name to the AFL in 1990 . The league currently consists of 18 teams spread over five of Australia 's six states ( Tasmania being the exception ) . Matches have been played in all states and mainland territories of Australia , as well as in New Zealand and China to promote the sport abroad . The AFL season currently consists of a 23-round regular ( or home-and-away ) season , which runs during the Australian winter ( March to September ) . The team with the best record after the home-and-away series is awarded the minor premiership . The top eight teams then play off in a four-round finals series , culminating in the AFL Grand Final , which is held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground each year . The grand final winner is termed the premiers , and is awarded the premiership cup . The current premiers are Richmond .
The North East Australian Football League ( NEAFL ) is an Australian rules football league in New South Wales , Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory . The league was formed in November 2010 , and its inaugural competition was in 2011 . It is a second division league , sitting below the national Australian Football League ( AFL ) and features the reserves teams of the region 's four AFL clubs playing alongside six non-AFL affiliated NEAFL senior teams .
Broadbeach Australian Football Club , also known as the Broadbeach Cats , is an Australian rules football club representing the suburb of Broadbeach on the Gold Coast . The club competes in the Queensland Australian Football League after having previously competed in North East Australian Football League . Its home ground is Subaru Oval - Nee Merrimac Oval . In the club 's inaugural year in the QAFL the cats finished 4th but eliminated in the first round of the finals . The senior level won its first premiership in 1987 under Coach Wayne Ling And Captain Brian Rowe . The highest point of the club 's history was in 1996 when the club won 3 of the Grades , Colts , Seconds and Firsts . Some believe a three-year plan/structure built from within the licensed club manager in 1994 , the year the club was supposed to fold due to a heavy debt to the bank and private lenders ( somewhere near $ 80,000 plus unknown amount for new change rooms ) . Despite having been in existence since 1971 , the Broadbeach Football Club has only competed at the top AFLQ level since 1997 . Nevertheless , it has shown steady improvement throughout its brief involvement , and in 2004 , it won 14 of its 18 home and away matches and reached the preliminary final before losing to Morningside . In 2005 , the Cats were one of eight inaugural members of Queensland football 's new first Division set-up , and they once again reached the finals . Broadbeach has an infamous rivalry with fellow Division 1 team Southport Sharks . When the local derby is played between these two neighbouring clubs , the games are typically played in front of a larger than usual attendance due and with increased tension .
Mermaid Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . In the 2016 census , Mermaid Waters had a population of 12,045 people .
Kombumerri Park ( known commercially as Subaru Oval ) is a multi-sports venue in Mermaid Waters , a suburb in the Gold Coast , Australia . It includes an Australian Rules Football and Cricket ground . It has been used by the NEAFL 's Broadbeach Australian Football Club team as their home game base . The Gold Coast Suns reserves side also occasionally uses the ground for home matches . The Geelong Cats senior side has used the ground for a training in July 2017 , with thousands of spectators coming along to watch them .
Labrador Australian Football Club , also known as the Labrador Tigers , is a Gold Coast based sports club . Labrador 's Australian rules football team currently competes in the Queensland Australian Football League . From 2011-2014 it was an inaugural member club of the NEAFL competition . Formed in 1964 the Tigers played in the Gold Coast AFL until they were promoted into the Queensland State League in 1997 . Runners-up in 2010 the club is a founding member of the NEAFL .
Labrador is a coastal suburb located on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . At the 2006 Census , Labrador had a population of 15,391 , and grew to 16,402 at the 2011 Census . The suburb overlooks the Gold Coast Broadwater to the east and Southport on the southern border . There are many Aboriginal cultural sites across the Gold Coast . Labrador was part of traditional country for several families , due to the abundance of shell fish , mudcrabs , oysters and waterfowl in the area . The two local peoples most spoken of by the early settlers were the Yugambeh and Kombumerri Aboriginals . Dawn Rix in her book Labrador - The early pioneers writes that a Scottish Engineer Robert Muir is believed to have named the area in the late 19th century after the a local fishery in north-eastern Canada , owing to the similarities both held in the recreational fishing of streams and the peninsula shape of the land . Two noteworthy and historical buildings of 1921 were named after the neighbourhood , a residence called Labrador house and the original Labrador State School . The Gold Coast City Council publishes the Labrador Heritage Walk , and produces a guide booklet which includes twenty one places of historical interest . Three mapped walks have been designed to note the points of interest .
Cooke-Murphy is a sports venue in Labrador , a suburb in the Gold Coast , Australia . It includes an Australian Rules Football ground . It has been used by the NEAFL 's Labrador Australian Football Club team as their home game base . The Gold Coast Suns reserves side also occasionally uses the ground for home matches .
Southport Australian Football Club ( nicknamed The Sharks ) is a Gold Coast based club competing in the NEAFL Australian rules football competition . Southport has claim to be the most successful ever Queensland based AFL club with a total of 13 premierships in only 26 years . The club has been involved in Australian Football League licence bids since 1996 . To date none of these bids have been granted , however the AFL began taking interest in 2006 with pushes to merge Southport with a Melbourne-based AFL club . Southport Sharks joined the NEAFL competition in 2011 . As of 2016 , the current competition consists of the following sides : Southport Sharks , Aspley Hornets , Redland Bombers , NT Thunder , Sydney University Students , Canberra Demons , Gold Coast Suns , Brisbane Lions , Sydney Swans , Greater Western Sydney Giants .
Southport is a coastal suburb and the central business district near the midpoint of Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia and has one of the city 's largest communities . As of the 2016 Census , Southport had a population of 31,908 . Originally known as Nerang Creek Heads , it was named Southport because it was the southernmost port of the colony of Queensland . Southport is recognised as the central business district of the City of Gold Coast . It has the city 's largest area of office space at 103,818 m2 . In the past , Southport was the central entertainment location of the Gold Coast . In current times it is set apart from the normal tourist hub of the Gold Coast . However , it has still experienced tourist-driven development and extraordinary growth . Southport has 18 high-rise towers either completed , under construction or awaiting commencement .
Burleigh Bombers Australian Rules Football Club , also known as the Burleigh Bombers , is an Australian rules football club representing the suburb of Burleigh on the Gold Coast . The club currently competes in the highest AFL Queensland league , Division One of the AFL Queensland State League and its home ground is Bill Godfrey Oval .
Burleigh Waters is a suburb in Gold Coast City in Queensland , Australia .
Bill Godfrey Oval is a sports venue in Burleigh Waters , Queensland , a suburb in the Gold Coast , Australia . It includes an Australian Rules Football and cricket ground . Bill Godfrey Oval was named after Mr Thomas Willam ( Billy ) Melbourne Godfrey . Bill Godfrey will be inducted into the Hall of Fame of the new Gold Coast Stadium , the home of the Gold Coast Suns . In 2006 the Burleigh Cricket Club , nicknamed Bullsharks , was established and began playing home matches at Bill Godfrey Oval in the summer months .
Australian rules football in South East Queensland has a varied history and many changes were made especially in the 21st century . Ruled and organised by the AFL Queensland , the region had a total of 46 teams playing in different divisions . Occasionally inter-zone matches are held with separate South East Queensland representative sides taking part , they include the Gold Coast Stingrays , the Suncoast Power , the Western Taipans , and the Northern Raiders . Additionally when the South East competes together they are known as the South East Bushrangers .
Coolangatta-Tweed Heads Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Gold Coast , Queensland . The team currently competes in the AFL Queensland league .
Coolangatta is a coastal suburb and the southernmost suburb of City of Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia . It is named after the schooner Coolangatta which was wrecked there in 1846 . At the 2016 census , the suburb recorded a population of 5,948 . Coolangatta and its immediate neighbouring Twin Town Tweed Heads in New South Wales have a shared economy . The Tweed River supports a thriving fishing fleet , and the seafood is a local specialty offered in the restaurants and clubs of the holiday and retirement region on both sides of the state border . The Gold Coast Airport , formerly known as Coolangatta Airport , is located at Coolangatta , with some of the runway going across the border into New South Wales .
The Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club on the Gold Coast , Queensland . The club emblem is the lion and the club plays in both Division One and Division Two of the AFL Queensland State League . Palm Beach won the 1999 premiership .
Palm Beach is a coastal suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia , between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek . At the 2016 Census , Palm Beach had a population of 14,654 .
Salk Oval is a multi-sports venue in Palm Beach , a suburb in the Gold Coast , Australia . It includes an Australian rules football and Cricket ground . It used by the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and the Palm Beach Currumbin Cricket Club . The ground was named after American physician Jonas Salk .
The Queensland Australian Football League ( QAFL ) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland , contested by clubs from South East Queensland . Previously known as the Queensland Football League ( QFL ) , Queensland Australian National Football League ( QANFL ) , Queensland Australian Football League ( QAFL ) and AFL Queensland State League ( AFLQSL ) , the QAFL is the premier semi-professional competition in Queensland . The QAFL is one division below that of the North East Australian Football League , the premier NSW/QLD/NT/ACT territories in Australia .
Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club ( nicknamed The Demons ) is a Gold Coast based club competing in the AFL Queensland QAFL Australian rules football competition .
Benowa is a suburb in Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia . It is located 3 kilometres ( 1.9 mi ) west of Surfers Paradise .
Sir Bruce Small Park is a sporting facility located in Benowa , a suburb of the Gold Coast , Queensland in Australia . Its baseball facilities are home to the Surfers Paradise Baseball Club , current premiers of the Greater Brisbane League . It has hosted many high-profile Australian baseball events such as the Masters Games and University Games . The adjacent oval is home to the Surfers Paradise-Benowa Cricket Club and Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club , which plays in the QAFL . It is named after former Gold Coast Mayor Sir Bruce Small .
Robina Roos Football Club ( nicknamed The Roos ) is an Australian rules football club based in Gold Coast , Queensland . The team currently competes in the SEQAFL Div 2 .
Robina /roʊˈbiːnə/ is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland , Australia . Robina is notable as one of the first communities in Australia to be a master planned residential community . In the 2016 census , Robina had a population of 23,106 people . The Robina Town Centre shopping centre , Bond University , Cbus Super Stadium and Robina Branch Library are located in Robina .
Carrara Australian Football Club ( nicknamed The Saints ) is a Carrara based club competing in the SEQAFL Div 3 Australian rules football competition & also caters for teams in junior & youth divisions AFLQGC juniors .
Coomera Australian Football Club ( nicknamed The Magpies ) is an Australian rules football club based in Gold Coast , Queensland . The team currently competes in the QFA South league .
Coomera is a suburb of the Gold Coast , Queensland , Australia . At the 2016 Census , Coomera had a population of 13,305 The name Coomera comes from the Yugambeh word kumera , a species of wattle .
Bond University AFL , nicknamed as the Bull Sharks , is a Gold Coast based club operating out of Bond University competing in the Queensland Football Association Division Two and the Queensland Women 's Football League , Australian rules football competitions . The club is supported by Bond University . It is one of two universities that supply teams to AFL Queensland , the others being University of Queensland .
Queensland ( locally /ˈkwiːnzlænd/ KWEENZ-land , [ note 1 ] abbreviated as Qld ) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia . Situated in the north-east of the country , it is bordered by the Northern Territory , South Australia and New South Wales to the west , south-west and south respectively . To the east , Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean . To its north is the Torres Strait , with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland . The state is the world 's sixth-largest sub-national entity , with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres ( 715,309 sq mi ) . As of 15 May 2018 , Queensland had a population of 5,000,000 , concentrated along the coast and particularly in the state 's South East . The capital and largest city in the state is Brisbane , Australia 's third-largest city . Often referred to as the Sunshine State , Queensland is home to 10 of Australia 's 30 largest cities and is the nation 's third-largest economy . Tourism in the state , fuelled largely by its warm climate , is a major industry . Queensland was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders . The first European to land in Queensland ( and Australia ) was Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 , who explored the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula near present-day Weipa . In 1770 , Lieutenant James Cook claimed the east coast of Australia for the Kingdom of Great Britain .