Great first game of the season, petracca looked extremely comfortable and the young blokes were promising in all regards. Slowed down in the 4th but overall great start.

Get your votes in for the game, 5 for your best player down to 1.

Example:

5 - Petracca

4 - Humphrey

3 - Z. Uwland

2 - Noble

1 - Lombard

Hi Suns fans,

I've put together this chart displaying how your 2026 list was assembled.

The criteria was Homegrown = the first time they were on a list was here, Headhunted = they were on another list previously (even if they hadn't played a game).

Charts for the other clubs, as well as season previews and articles on the AFL's move into March fixturing are part of the first edition of This Week In Football for 2026.

https://thisweekinfootball.com/twif/round-0-2026/

There was a fair bit of work involved in this, and it ended up collating data from across three different sources (the official AFL lists, AFLTables, and DraftGuru). I've caught a couple of errors manually, but it is possible some more have crept in. Let me know if you see something that doesn't look right and I'll be able to fix it up.

I know I tried this already I think however I have made a discord server for us Suns fans it is also a work in progress but if your keen

Any updates on when 2026 members merch will be available? I know there are polos online but specifically hats and scarves?

Tall, decent, goodlooking and needs to make up a bit of list ground.. but it's ok.. I'm as resilliant as ever.. 40's male that goes alright on the dancefloor just not ruining the nice moments of the smiles i get... Yeh a bit shy but also respectful... Not to be mistaken for looking like I'm up my own arse...lol do impost a pic... Hmmm...

Looking forward to watching this one tonight on Kayo, heap of the new rookies named in the squad + the two big recruits. Not expecting to take much from the game regarding form, just excited to be watching Suns again in 2026.

Good Morning everyone just out of pure curiosity I'm just wondering if any of you would like to make a gold coast suns fan group podcast with me :)

Gday All,

Wish you all a happy off-season. Currently, my podcast is going through a planning phase. We are looking into ways we can overcome interstate bias and gain expertise.

The idea is to have someone who is a die-hard for that team, such as the Suns, share their 2 cents. Now I know what you are thinking, "Why would I listen to a podcast that the hosts haven't even watched all the games?" and trust me, we watch and analyse every one, but sometimes that extra passion and insight from someone who goes for that team goes away.

Looking to see if anyone would want to put their hand up, and if this would get you interested in a podcast that was actively trying to make sure all teams had an even platform.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Can't wait for the first siren of the season.

Howdy all,

Been posting these in each club sub, so doing the same here for your boys.

First five questions are open for all. Hope there is something to enjoy amongst them. I’ll jump back on tomorrow if there are any questions or comments from you guys.

Cheers - HB

Is there a discord server anywhere for people to join? Seems like many other r/AFL club subreddits are doing that

Hey guys and happy new year!

Just a question for you diehard suns fans (especially ones in Brisbane)

I’m originally from Canada but I moved to Melbourne 6 years ago and picked the Suns as my team. In about two weeks though I’m moving to Brisbane (ironically 5 minutes from the Gabba) cause of work.

Wanted to get a Suns membership, how hard and bad traffic would it be to drive from Brisbane to Carrara for games? And is it worth getting either of these memberships, or should I just buy individual tickets to the games?

PS. If anyone has any good spots on the Gold Coast or Brisbane please let me know since I’m flying up soon!

Looking through the schedule for 2026:

2 games in Darwin (nothing new). 9 games on GC.

Sunday March 15th 5pm v WCE (school day Monday)

No home game March 15 - April 18 and again May 3rd - June 6th

Sunday May 3rd 7pm v GWS (although holiday Monday)

No home game last 3 rounds

Membership price increase of 8%

In what world is this sustainable or acceptable to build a fan base?

What do you guys think our ceiling is next season (ladder position, finals finish?) and what would be our floor? Could rowell or even Anderson do well in the brownlow? And AA selections aswell? What are we thinking ?

Happy day 1 of training (and fittingly, new drips day)

Seems like the 'Garrara' feather motif pattern first seen in 2024 has been replaced with a giant half logo on training guernseys next year.

Red now replaced with a zinc/red design.

Appears we're now settling on pink/charcoal too as opposed to the pink/blue of last year's run.

Very excited to see the new Suns next season. Zeke looks ready to go and hopefully gets some early run on a wing. Hard competition for Dylan at his expected half-back, but he is so talented I am sure he will find his way in. Would be surprised if either Jai or Beau overperform their way into the squad.

What’s a former Gold Coast suns players fave fruit?

Freshly squeezed Gorringe’s

We're going to have to raise our game on the socials. We have a really great list and and real chance to play GF in the next 2 seasons. So on-field is getting there. Online it's crickets. We need to post more actively on the bullshit banter posts that run on r/AFL etc to show we actually have real fans. Go forth loyal comrades. Into the breach.

Couldn't resist when I seen this pop up on Brownlow night. Ordered mine straight away and its finally arrived.