Gold Coast Football Club

The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara. The club has been playing in the AFL since the 2011 season. It plays home matches at Carrara Stadium (known for commercial purposes as "Heritage Bank Stadium") and has its training and administrative facilities located at the adjacent Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre. they also play two home games a year in Darwin at (TIO stadium The club is one of two AFL clubs based in Queensland, the other being its main rival, the Brisbane Lions. In addition to the men's team, the Suns field other teams including an AFL Women's side, a reserves side in the Victorian Football League, and a Gold Coast Suns Academy side consisting of the club's best junior development signings contests Division 2 of the men's and women's underage championships and the Talent League. History