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2011 Gold Coast Suns season

Field	Value
club	Gold Coast Suns
season	2011
imagesize	120px
caption	Gold Coast's guernsey for the 2011 season
president	John Witheriff
coach	Guy McKenna
captain	Gary Ablett, Jr.
home ground	Metricon Stadium
preseason comp	NAB Cup
preseason result	Qualifying finals
regularseason comp	AFL season
regularseason result	17th (Wooden Spoon)
club b&f	Best and Fairest
best and fairest	Gary Ablett, Jr.
leading goalscorer	Danny Stanley (20 goals)
highest attendance	27,914
prevseason	First season
nextseason	2012

| club b&f = Best and Fairest

The 2011 AFL season was the Gold Coast Suns' first season in the Australian Football League (AFL). The Gold Coast Suns reserves team also competed in the inaugural NEAFL season.

Draft picks

Main article: 2010 AFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	State/Nationality	Recruited From	League
1	1	David Swallow	Western Australia Western Australia	East Fremantle Sharks	WAFL
1	2	Harley Bennell	Western Australia Western Australia	Peel Thunder	WAFL
1	3	Sam Day	South Australia South Australia	Sturt Double Blues	SANFL
1	7	Josh Caddy	Victoria Victoria	Northern Knights	TAC Cup
1	9	Dion Prestia	Victoria Victoria	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup
1	10	Daniel Gorringe	South Australia South Australia	Norwood Redlegs	SANFL
1	11	Tom Lynch	Victoria Victoria	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup
1	13	Seb Tape	South Australia South Australia	Glenelg Tigers	SANFL
2	39	Jeremy Taylor	Victoria Victoria	Geelong Falcons	TAC Cup
3	49	Jacob Gilbee	Tasmania Tasmania	Lauderdale Bombers	TFL
Pre-season Draft
1	1	Nathan Ablett	Victoria Victoria	Broadbeach Cats	QAFL
Rookie Draft
1	9	Joel Tippett	Queensland Queensland	Brisbane Lions	AFL
6	82	Jake Crawford	Queensland Queensland	Southport Sharks	QAFL

Transactions

Overview

Trades

11 October 2010
To Geelong Cats	To Gold Coast Suns

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Nathan Bock	Signed 3 Year Contract	Adelaide Crows
Nathan Krakouer	Signed 3 Year Contract	Port Adelaide Power
Michael Rischitelli	Signed 3 Year Contract	Brisbane Lions
Campbell Brown	Signed 3 Year Contract	Hawthorn Hawks
Jarrod Harbrow	Signed 3 Year Contract	Western Bulldogs
Gary Ablett Jr	Signed 5 Year Contract	Geelong Cats
Josh Fraser	Signed 2 Year Contract	Collingwood Magpies
Jared Brennan	Signed 3 Year Contract	Brisbane Lions

2011 playing list

Senior list	No.	Born	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of birth	Age in 2011	Debut	Recruited from	2011 Games	2011 Goals	Career Games
1	Victoria	Marc Lock	192	83	21 June 1991	20	2011	Labrador Tigers	1	0	1	0
2	Queensland	Zac Smith	205	97	22 February 1990	21	2011	Southport Sharks	14	10	14	10
3	Northern Territory	Jared Brennan	195	95	28 July 1984	27	2003	Brisbane Lions	15	10	134	85
4	Tasmania	Maverick Weller	182	79	13 February 1992	19	2011	Burnie Dockers	8	1	8	1
5	Queensland	Jarrod Harbrow	178	74	18 July 1988	23	2007	Western Bulldogs	15	0	85	21
7	Queensland	Karmichael Hunt	186	92	17 November 1986	25	2011	N/A	12	1	12	1
8	Tasmania	Luke Russell	186	78	24 January 1992	19	2011	Burnie Dockers	8	2	8	2
9	Victoria	Gary Ablett, Jr.	182	85	14 May 1984	27	2002	Geelong Cats	14	15	206	277
10	Queensland	Lewis Moss	195	80	4 February 1992	19	****	Port Douglas AFC	0	0	0	0
12	Queensland	Jack Stanlake	191	79	28 February 1991	20	****	Southport Sharks	0	0	0	0
13	South Australia	Hayden Jolly	184	83	4 April 1992	19	2011	Glenelg Tigers	4	0	4	0
14	Western Australia	Nathan Krakouer	182	78	5 May 1988	23	2007	Port Adelaide Power	9	7	49	14
15	Victoria	Piers Flanagan	189	74	31 March 1992	19	****	Geelong Falcons	0	0	0	0
16	Queensland	Rory Thompson	200	91	12 March 1991	20	2011	Southport Sharks	2	0	2	0
17	Victoria	Josh Fraser	202	100	5 January 1982	29	2000	Collingwood Magpies	10	8	210	164
18	Victoria	Trent McKenzie	191	82	3 April 1992	19	2011	Western Jets	14	8	14	8
19	Queensland	Joseph Daye	195	85	2 February 1990	21	2011	Southport Sharks	2	1	2	1
20	Victoria	Josh Toy	185	87	18 April 1992	19	2011	Calder Cannons	6	1	6	1
21	Victoria	Daniel Harris	180	82	10 May 1982	29	2001	North Melbourne Kangaroos	10	2	159	46
22	Victoria	Tom Nicholls	201	93	4 March 1992	19	2011	Sandringham Dragons	1	0	1	0
23	Queensland	Charlie Dixon	202	107	23 September 1990	21	2011	Redland Bombers	9	6	9	6
24	Western Australia	David Swallow	186	83	19 November 1992	19	2011	East Fremantle Sharks	14	9	14	9
25	Victoria	Daniel Stanley	187	88	18 February 1988	23	2007	Collingwood Magpies	15	13	20	13
26	Victoria	Matt Shaw	187	71	5 February 1992	19	2011	Dandenong Stingrays	9	3	9	3
27	South Australia	Michael Coad	190	86	13 September 1983	28	****	Sturt Blues	0	0	0	0
29	Victoria	Taylor Hine	184	75	24 January 1992	19	2011	Calder Cannons	1	0	1	0
30	Western Australia	Campbell Brown	179	81.5	28 August 1983	28	2002	Hawthorn Hawks	11	0	170	64
32	Western Australia	Brandon Matera	175	65	11 March 1992	19	2011	South Fremantle Bulldogs	10	12	10	12
33	Queensland	Rex Liddy	185	86	2 January 1992	19	2011	Kenmore Bears	3	0	3	0
34	Victoria	Jack Hutchins	191	92	20 February 1992	19	2011	Sandringham Dragons	6	0	6	0
35	Victoria	Michael Rischitelli	184	81.6	8 January 1986	25	2004	Brisbane Lions	14	5	125	52
36	Tasmania	Sam Iles	185	83	19 June 1985	26	2006	Box Hill Hawks	12	7	19	7
37	Western Australia	Harley Bennell	185	74	2 October 1992	19	2011	Peel Thunder	7	3	7	3
38	Queensland	Joel Wilkinson	186	81	29 November 1991	20	2011	Broadbeach Cats	4	1	4	1
39	South Australia	Sam Day	196	96	6 September 1992	19	2011	Sturt Blues	7	2	7	2
40	Queensland	Tom Hickey	201.4	87.4	6 March 1991	20	****	Morningside Panthers	0	0	0	0
41	Victoria	Dion Prestia	175	82	12 October 1992	19	2011	Calder Cannons	11	1	11	1
42	Victoria	Josh Caddy	186	82	28 September 1992	19	****	Northern Knights	0	0	0	0
43	Northern Territory	Liam Patrick	189	71.9	4 March 1988	23	2011	Wanderers Eagles	12	2	12	2
44	South Australia	Nathan Bock	193	93	20 March 1983	28	2004	Adelaide Crows	14	1	127	58
45	Northern Territory	Steven May	190	93	10 January 1992	19	2011	Melbourne Grammar School	5	0	5	0
46	Victoria	Thomas Lynch	199	91	31 October 1992	19	2011	Dandenong Stingrays	9	14	9	14
47	South Australia	Daniel Gorringe	200	88	2 June 1992	19	2011	Norwood Redlegs	7	2	7	2
48	Victoria	Seb Tape	191	81	6 August 1992	19	2011	Glenelg Tigers	9	0	9	0
49	Tasmania	Jacob Gillbee	184	76	13 September 1992	19	****	Lauderdale Bombers	0	0	0	0
50	Victoria	Jeremy Taylor	191	83	17 June 1992	19	****	Geelong Falcons	0	0	0	0
55	Victoria	Nathan Ablett	194	96	13 December 1985	26	2005	Geelong Football Club	0	0	32	46
6	Queensland	Alik Magin	181	72	13 April 1991	20	2011	Labrador Tigers	3	1	3	1
28	Northern Territory	Roland Ah Chee	181	79	21 November 1990	21	****	Norwood Redlegs	0	0	0	0
31	Queensland	Jack Stanley	192	87	3 January 1990	21	****	Zillmere Eagles	0	0	0	0
51	Queensland	Jake Crawford	190	89	5 March 1992	19	****	Southport Sharks	0	0	0	0
52	Victoria	Joel Tippett	197	91	26 October 1988	23	****	Brisbane Lions	0	0	0	0

Pre-season results

[[2011 NAB Cup|NAB Cup]]

2011 pre-season games: 2-1 (Home: 0-0; Away: 2–1)
Game
1
2
3
4
5

[[2011 AFL season|Home and Away season]]

Results summary

Overall	Home	Away	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	%	Pts	W	D	L	W	D	L
22	3	0	19	1534	2726	56.27	12	1	0	10	2	0	9

[[2011 AFL season#Premiership season|Home and Away games]]

2011 home and away games: 3-19 (Home: 1–10; Away: 2–9)
Round
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24

Ladder

Ladder Progress

(hits the dab)

Awards

Brownlow Medal

Votes	Player
23	Gary Ablett Jr
3	Jared Brennan
3	Nathan Bock
2	David Swallow
2	Zac Smith
2	Michael Rischitelli
2	Brandon Matera

Gold Coast Club Champion

Votes	Player
-	Gary Ablett Jr
-	Nathan Bock

Other Awards

Award Name	Player
Ironman Award	Michael Rischitelli
Community Award	Alik Magin
Most Professional	Michael Rischitelli
Most Improved	Karmichael Hunt
Reserves Best	Jacob Gillbee

Representative honours

International Rules

[[Australia international rules football team|Australia]]

Player	Games
Trent McKenzie	2
Zac Smith	2

NEAFL season

Main article: 2011 NEAFL season

Results

Home	Away	Result	Bye	Bye	Bye	Bye
1	Saturday, 2 April (12:30 pm)	Mount Gravatt	10.11 (71)	15.9 (99)	Lost by 28 points	H & A Oval [H]
2	Saturday, 9 April (7:00 pm)	Northern Territory	11.15 (81)	11.6 (72)	Lost by 9 points	TIO Stadium [A]
3	Saturday, 16 April (11:15 am)	Aspley	16.16 (112)	11.13 (79)	Won by 33 points	H & A Oval [H]
4	Saturday, 23 April (2:00 pm)	Labrador	9.4 (58)	13.12 (90)	Won by 32 points	Cooke-Murphy Reserve [A]
5	Saturday, 30 April (2:00 pm)	Mount Gravatt	11.8 (75)	12.16 (88)	Won by 13 points	Dittmer Park [A]
6	Saturday, 7 May (11:00 am)	Brisbane (res)	17.18 (120)	9.9 (63)	Won by 57 points	Fankhauser Reserve [H]
7	Saturday, 14 May (1:50 pm)	Sydney (res)	18.12 (120)	3.10 (28)	Lost by 9 points	Lakeside Oval [A]
8	-
9	Saturday, 28 May (1:15 pm)	Southport	18.5 (113)	11.11 (77)	Won by 56 points	Sir Bruce Small Park [H]
10	Saturday, 4 June (12:15 pm)	GWS	17.9 (111)	11.8 (74)	Lost by 37 points	Blacktown Olympic Park [A]
11	Saturday, 11 June (1:00 pm)	Morningside	12.10 (82)	12.8 (80)	Won by 2 points	H & A Oval [H]
12	-
13	Sunday, 26 June (3:15 pm)	Redland	11.15 (81)	19.13 (127)	Won by 46 points	Yeronga [A]
14	Saturday, 2 July (2:00 pm)	Southport	9.6 (60)	24.11 (155)	Won by 95 points	Fankhauser Reserve [A]
15	Saturday, 9 July (3:00 pm)	Sydney (res)	21.15 (141)	9.8 (62)	Won by 79 points	Carrara Stadium [H]
16	Saturday, 16 July (10:15 am)	Northern Territory	10.10 (70)	20.9 (129)	Lost by 59 points	Cazaly's Stadium [H]
17	Saturday, 23 July (3:25 pm)	Brisbane (res)	18.10 (118)	7.13 (55)	Won by 63 points	Carrara Stadium [H]
18	-
19	Saturday, 6 August (2:00 am)	Broadbeach	14.14 (98)	12.8 (80)	Lost by 16 points	H & A Oval [A]
20	Saturday, 13 August (2:00 am)	Brisbane (res)	11.17 (83)	12.7 (79)	Lost by 4 points	Coorparoo Oval [A]
21	Sunday, 20 August (10:10 am)	GWS	22.17 (149)	7.10 (52)	Won by 97 points	Carrara Stadium [H]
22	3rd

Week	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold)	Venue	Home	Away	Result
QF	Sunday, 28 August (2:00 pm)	Mount Gravatt	26.12 (168)	16.6 (102)	Lost by 66 points	Victoria Point [A]
SF	Saturday, 3 September (9:10 pm)	Morningside	7.10 (52)	19.13 (127)	Lost by 75 points	Fankhauser Reserve [H]

Ladder

References

[http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/the-team/player-profiles/ Senior List] {{Webarchive. link. (13 October 2009 goldcoastfc.com.au Retrieved 9 February 2011.)

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