2011 Gold Coast Football Club season

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

Pre-season results

NAB Cup


	Pool 5
Saturday, 19 February 8:20 pm	Sydney 0.3.4 (22)	def. by	Gold Coast 0.4.1 (25)	Blacktown Olympic Park (crowd: 10,000)	Report
Saturday, 19 February 9:25 pm	Greater Western Sydney 0.4.3 (27)	def. by	Gold Coast 0.8.4 (52)	Blacktown Olympic Park (crowd: 9,947)	Report


	Qualifying finals
Sunday, 27 February 4:40 pm	West Coast 0.12.15 (87)	def.	Gold Coast 1.5.11 (50)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 12,625)	Report

Regular season results

Home and Away season

Round 1


	Round 1
	Bye: Gold Coast

Round 2


	Round 2
Saturday, 2 April 6:40 pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Carlton	Gabba (Crowd: 27,914)	Report
	1.1 (7) 3.5 (23) 6.8 (44) 7.10 (52)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	9.5 (59) 15.7 (97) 21.10 (136) 26.15 (171)	Umpires: McBurney, Nicholls, Kamolins Television broadcast: Network Ten / One

Dixon 2 Harris, Bennell, Fraser, Matera, Stanley 1		Goals	Garlett, Walker 5 Thornton 4 Judd, Warnock, Betts, Waite 2 Curnow, Murphy, Robinson, Simpson 1
Rischitelli, Harris, Matera, Dixon, Bennell		Best	Judd, Murphy, Yarran, Carrazzo, Gibbs, Thornton



The Gold Coast Suns lost their first match by 119 points, the largest defeat suffered by any team in their AFL debut.

Round 3


	Round 3
Saturday, 9 April 2:10 pm	Western Bulldogs	def.	Gold Coast	Ethiad Stadium (Crowd: 21,373)	Report
	5.5 (35) 11.7 (73) 15.9 (99) 18.14 (122)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 4.4 (28) 6.6 (42) 7.9 (51)	Umpires: Kennedy, Kamolins, Ryan Television broadcast: Network Ten / One HD

Hall 5 Roughead, Hill, Cooney 2 Higgins, Ward, Picken, Hudson, Griffen, Sherman, Murphy 1		Goals	Stanley 2 Gorringe, Smith, Bennell, Matera, Brennan 1
Boyd, Cross, Griffen, Hall, Higgins, Murphy		Best	Ablett, Swallow, Smith, Brennan, Bennell, Rischitelli
Giansiracusa (gastro), Hudson (ankle)		Injuries	Hunt (cramp), Prestia (cramp)

Round 4


	Round 4
Sunday, 17 April 2:10pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Melbourne	Gabba (Crowd: 12,111)	Report
	3.2 (20) 4.5 (29) 8.11 (59) 9.15 (69)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.2 (38) 11.9 (75) 15.14 (104) 23.21 (159)	Umpires: Meredith, Ryan, Keating Television broadcast: Seven Network

Smith, Swallow 2 Stanley, Fraser, Matera, Shaw, Magin 1		Goals	Jurrah, Morton 3 Davey, Trengove, Dunn, Green, Jamar, Wonaeamirri 2 Moloney, Sylvia, Bail, Jones, Bennell 1
Swallow, Rischitelli, Brennan, McKenzie, Smith		Best	Moloney, Trengove, Davey, Grimes, Jamar, Jurrah

Round 5


	Round 5
Saturday, 23 April 2:40 pm	Port Adelaide	def. by	Gold Coast	AAMI Stadium
	5.3 (33) 9.5 (59) 14.7 (91) 15.11 (101)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 5.6 (36) 9.9 (63) 15.14 (104)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports






Gold Coast recorded its first victory at AFL premiership level, defeating Port Adelaide by three points. Gold Coast trailed by 40 points late in the third quarter, before recovering to win the match; Port Adelaide's Justin Westhoff missed a 45m set shot after the siren which would have won the game for the Power.

Round 6


	Round 6
Sunday, 1 May 1:10 pm	Essendon	def.	Gold Coast	Ethiad Stadium
	15.4 (94) 18.4 (112) 25.8 (158) 31.11 (197)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1 (1) 5.3 (33) 7.5 (47) 8.10 (58)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 7


	Round 7
Saturday, 7 May 7:10 pm	Gold Coast	def.	Brisbane Lions	Gabba
	6.3 (39) 10.8 (68) 13.13 (91) 18.16 (124)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 6.5 (41) 11.7 (73) 17.14 (116)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 8


	Round 8
Saturday 14 May 2011, 2:40pm	Adelaide	def.	Gold Coast	AAMI Stadium (Crowd: 36,056)	Report
	2.2 (14) 9.7 (61) 14.10 (94) 20.10 (130)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.4 (28) 4.6 (30) 6.13 (49) 9.19 (73)	Umpires: Margetts, Rosebury, Hay Most DT Pts: Gary Ablett, Jr. (Gold Coast), 156 pts Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Dangerfield 6 Knights, Wright, Henderson, McKernan 2 Douglas, Reilly, Tippett, S. Thompson, Gunston, L. Thompson 1		Goals	Ablett 4, Smith, Lynch 2 McKenzie 1
Dangerfield, S. Thompson, van Berlo		Best	Ablett, Stanley, Harbrow



Patrick Dangerfield stood out by kicking a career high of 6 goals. This was the first time that Nathan Bock played against Adelaide since leaving to play for the Gold Coast.

Round 9


	Round 9
	Bye: Gold Coast

Round 10


	Round 10
Saturday, 28 May 7:10 pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Geelong	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 21,485)	Report
	6.4 (40) 9.8 (62) 10.11 (71) 10.13 (73)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 8.3 (51) 16.9 (105) 21.13 (139)	Television broadcast: Network Ten / One






Gold Coast played its first home game at the renovated Metricon Stadium, otherwise known as Carrara Stadium.

Round 11


	Round 11
Saturday, 4 June 1:10 pm	West Coast	def.	Gold Coast	Patersons Stadium (Crowd: 36,815)	Report
	7.3 (45) 10.6 (66) 11.7 (73) 13.7 (85)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 5.4 (34) 9.6 (60) 10.7 (67)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 12


	Round 12
Saturday, 11 June 7:10 pm	Gold Coast	def. by	North Melbourne	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 14,945)	Report
	0.2 (2) 2.4 (16) 4.8 (42) 9.9 (63)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	7.3 (45) 9.7 (61) 14.11 (95) 18.14 (122)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 18 June 2:10 pm	Hawthorn	def.	Gold Coast	Aurora Stadium (Crowd: 16,377)	Report
	4.3 (27) 6.8 (44) 12.10 (82) 19.15 (129)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 4.3 (27) 4.8 (32) 8.10 (58)	Television broadcast: Network Ten / One

Round 14


	Round 14
Saturday, 25 June 2:10 pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Western Bulldogs	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 16,149)	Report
	2.7 (19) 5.10 (40) 8.10 (58) 13.10 (88)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.2 (38) 12.2 (74) 16.7 (103) 17.8 (110)	Television broadcast: Network Ten / One

Round 15


	Round 15
Saturday, 2 July 1:10pm	Fremantle	def.	Gold Coast	Patersons Stadium (Crowd: 28,646)	Report
	3.2 (20) 7.2 (44) 13.5 (83) 17.10 (112)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 (25) 7.5 (47) 8.8 (56) 9.8 (62)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 16


	Round 16
Saturday, 9 July 7:10 pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Sydney	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 16,488)	Report
	1.6 (12) 3.6 (24) 3.9 (27) 4.12 (36)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.4 (34) 9.7 (61) 10.12 (72) 15.16 (106)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports






The Gold Coast recorded its lowest score ever, 4.12 (36).

Round 17


	Round 17
Saturday, 16 July 2:10pm	Richmond	def. by	Gold Coast	Cazaly's Stadium (Crowd: 10,382)	Report
	6.8 (44) 6.9 (45) 8.16 (64) 9.16 (70)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 7.6 (48) 7.9 (51) 12.13 (85)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports






For the first time, Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns played host to a premiership match when Richmond hosted the Gold Coast. This was the first round to feature two matches in Queensland.

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 23 July 7:10pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Collingwood	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 23,302)	Report
	3.1 (19) 5.2 (32) 8.4 (52) 11.9 (75)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.4 (40) 13.8 (86) 16.12 (108) 19.15 (129)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 19


	Round 19
Saturday, 30 July 7:10pm	Gold Coast	def. by	St Kilda	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 17,482)	Report
	1.3 (9) 3.10 (28) 4.14 (48) 6.19 (54)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.5 (23) 6.7 (43) 8.11 (59) 10.14 (74)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports






This round saw the Suns play the other Grand Finalist from last year, after meeting the premier in Round 18.

Round 20


	Round 20
Saturday, 6 August 2:10pm	Geelong	def.	Gold Coast	Skilled Stadium
	8.1 (48) 18.4 (122) 21.8 (134) 29.14 (188)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.0 (18) 3.0 (18) 6.1 (37) 6.2 (38)	Television broadcast: Fox Sports

Round 21


	Round 21 (QClash)
Saturday, 13 August 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	Gold Coast	The Gabba (Crowd: 23,565)	Report
	5.2 (32) 7.5 (47) 10.11 (71) 18.15 (123)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 (10) 3.6 (24) 4.9 (33) 8.13 (61)	Umpires: B Rosebury, H Ryan, S Wenn Marcus Ashcroft Medal: Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) Television broadcast: Fox Sports

B Staker, M Clark, J Polkinghorne, S Sheldon, T Banfield, M Leuenberger 2 S Black, A Raines, J Adcock, P Hanley, C Stiller, P Karnezis 1		Goals	M Rischitelli, Shaw 2 G Ablett, J Fraser, D Stanley, H Bennell 1
S Black, J Redden, M Leuenberger, B Staker, T Rockliff, J Drummond		Best	N Bock, Ablett, T McKenzie, J Brennan, S Iles

Round 22


	Round 22
Saturday, 20 August 2:10pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Adelaide	Metricon Stadium (Crowd: 16,168)	[1]
	2.2 (14) 5.7 (37) 8.8 (56) 9.10 (64)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	9.4 (58) 10.7 (67) 11.11 (77) 18.17 (125)	Umpires: M Nicholls, J Armstrong, M Jennings Television broadcast: Fox Sports

M Shaw, T McKenzie 2 G Ablett, H Bennell, T Hickey, L Russell, R Thompson 1		Goals	T Walker, K Tippett 4 J Gunston, D Mackay, J Petrenko 2 N Van Berlo, R Sloane, M Wright, R Douglas 1
N Bock, G Ablett, D Stanley, H Bennell, D Prestia, R Thompson		Best	S Thompson, N Van Berlo, R Sloane, P Dangerfield, J Petrenko, S Jacobs
S Iles (Hip)		Injuries

Round 23


	Round 23
Sunday, 28 August 2:10 pm	Melbourne	def.	Gold Coast	MCG (Crowd: 21,534)	Report
	4.3 (27) 7.5 (47) 13.7 (85) 17.10 (112)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 6.5 (41) 7.8 (50) 12.10 (82)	Television broadcast: Seven Network

Round 24


	Round 24
Saturday, 3 September 1:10pm	Gold Coast	def. by	Hawthorn	Metricon Stadium	Report
	5.1 (31) 8.5 (53) 10.9 (69) 14.13 (97)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.4 (22) 6.6 (42) 12.7 (79) 16.10 (106)	Television broadcast: To be confirmed

Ladder

2011 AFL Ladder

TEAM

PTS

Collingwood

2592

1546

167.66

Geelong (P)

2548

1619

157.38

Hawthorn

2355

1634

144.12

West Coast

2235

1715

130.32

Carlton

2225

1700

130.88

St Kilda

1891

1677

112.76

Sydney

1897

1735

109.34

Essendon

2217

100.00

North Melbourne

2106

2082

101.15

Western Bulldogs

2060

2155

95.59

Fremantle

1791

2155

83.11

Richmond

2069

2396

86.35

Melbourne

1974

2315

85.27

Adelaide

1742

2193

79.43

Brisbane Lions

1814

2240

80.98

Port Adelaide

1718

2663

64.51

Gold Coast

1534

2726

56.27

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

References

^ Senior List goldcoastfc.com.au Retrieved 9 February 2011.

External links

Gold Coast Football Club

History • Records • Players (current squad) • Captains • Coaches • Awards • Club Champion • Leading Goalkickers Captain: Gary Ablett • Coach: Guy McKenna Nickname: Suns

Home grounds	Carrara Stadium (2009; 2011–) • Fankhauser Reserve (2010) • The Gabba (2011)

Premierships	Nil

Seasons (3)	2009 • 2010 • 2011

Related articles	Australian rules football in Queensland · QClash

2011 AFL season

Events	NAB Cup · Premiership season · Finals series · Grand Final · International Rules Series

Awards	AFLPA Awards · All-Australian team · Brownlow Medal · Coleman Medal · Goal of the Year · Leigh Matthews Trophy · Mark of the Year · Michael Tuck Medal · Norm Smith Medal · Rising Star

Club overviews	Adelaide · Brisbane Lions · Carlton · Collingwood · Essendon · Fremantle · Geelong · Gold Coast · Hawthorn · Melbourne · North Melbourne · Port Adelaide · Richmond · St Kilda · Sydney · Western Bulldogs · West Coast

Player changes	Trades · National Draft · Pre-season Draft · Rookie Draft · Debuts · Retirements, sackings and delistings

2011 Gold Coast Football Club season

Contents

2011 playing list

Pre-season results

Ladder

References

External links