2009 Gold Coast Football Club season

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2009 season
Coach Guy McKenna
Captain(s) Marc Lock
Home ground Carrara Stadium
Best and fairest Marc Lock [1]
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The 2009 Gold Coast Football Club season was the club's inaugural season. It competed in the 2009 TAC Cup season beginning on 4 April 2009, just five days after the club was granted a provisional licence to enter the Australian Football League (AFL) in 2011. [2]

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Gold Coast did not yet have a nickname, and it was not until July 2010 that the would club would be known as the "Suns". [3]

Background

Gold Coast Football Club Ltd was registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on 24 December 2007 by the Australian Football League. On 12 March 2008, the AFL received unanimous support from the existing 16 clubs for two expansion teams to enter the league. [4]

Collingwood assistant coach Guy McKenna was officially announced as GC17's inaugural head coach in August 2008. [5] On 5 September, the bid team announced the club would be known as the Gold Coast Football Club and would wear red, gold and blue. [6]

In October 2008, the GCFC bid team presented their submission to the AFL commission which included 42,000 committed supporters and the required 111 business partners. The AFL Commission revealed in November that the newly formed team would compete in the TAC Cup in 2009 and the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2010, but had not yet been granted an AFL licence. [7]

On 31 March 2009, AFL Chief Executive Andrew Demetriou announced that the Gold Coast bid team had been granted a provisional licence to enter the AFL in 2011. [8] By this time, Gold Coast had already played two official practice matches. [9]

Season summary

This section is an excerpt from History of the Gold Coast Suns § 2009: TAC Cup.[ edit ]
Brisbane Broncos fullback Karmichael Hunt signed with Gold Coast on 29 July 2009 Karmichael Hunt (28 July 2009, Sydney).jpg
Brisbane Broncos fullback Karmichael Hunt signed with Gold Coast on 29 July 2009

Gold Coast scheduled a practice match against the reigning QAFL premiers Southport Sharks in the buildup to their first game in the TAC Cup. [10] The Gold Coast would go down to the Sharks 6.3 (39) to 3.5 (23) at Carrara Stadium. [11] Marc Lock was named as the first captain of the club just days before their first round clash with the Eastern Ranges in the TAC Cup. [12] The club lost their first round clash with the Rangers by 38 points at Carrara Stadium.

The following week, the Gold Coast recorded their first ever victory during a 134-point annihilation of the Western Jets. [13] The team went on to record 10 wins in their following 15 matches. The results would see the Gold Coast finish fifth on the ladder and earn them a spot in the finals. A top of the table clash in the last round saw Gold Coast miss a crucial double chance for the finals with a loss to the Geelong Falcons. [14] Gold Coast would come out victorious in their elimination final against the Northern Knights, but their dream season came to an end the following week in a semi-final loss to the Geelong Falcons. [15]

During the season, on 29 July, Gold Coast announced the signing of professional rugby league footballer Karmichael Hunt. [16] The three-year contract would begin in May 2010 when Hunt completed his prior commitments to play Rugby Union in France. The local media was quick to label the signing a publicity stunt with most media outlets tipping Hunt to return to the NRL before his contract expired. [17] Hunt completed his last game for the Broncos in a preliminary final loss to the Melbourne Storm at Etihad Stadium. "It's a bit of a sad moment for me but I will still be playing football in the future, it will just be a different code." Hunt said after the game. [18] He then traveled to France to play Rugby Union for Biarritz Olympique in the Top 14 competition.

Results

RdHome teamScoreAway teamScoreGroundDate
1Gold Coast9.10 (64)def by Eastern Ranges 16.6 (102) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 4 April
2 Western Jets 5.5 (35)def byGold Coast26.13 (169) Burbank Oval Sunday, 12 April
3Bye
4 Tassie Mariners 4.5 (29)drew withGold Coast3.11 (29) MCG Sunday, 26 April
5 Calder Cannons 18.11 (119)defGold Coast15.13 (103) ABD Group Stadium Sunday, 3 May
6Gold Coast12.7 (79)def Gippsland Power 12.5 (77) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 9 May
7Gold Coast9.11 (65)def Dandenong Stingrays 8.12 (60) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 16 May
8Gold Coast10.9 (69)def by NSW/ACT Rams 14.10 (94) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 23 May
9Gold Coast7.13 (55)def Oakleigh Chargers 7.10 (52) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 30 May
10Gold Coast10.17 (77)def North Ballarat Rebels 11.4 (70) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 13 June
11 Tassie Mariners 16.14 (110)defGold Coast7.6 (48) Aurora Stadium Saturday, 20 June
12Bye
13Gold Coast5.8 (38)def by Murray Bushrangers 14.9 (93) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 4 July
14Gold Coast13.16 (94)def Northern Knights 10.6 (66) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 11 July
15Gold Coast13.16 (94)def Western Jets 10.6 (66) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 18 July
16 North Ballarat Rebels 8.14 (62)defGold Coast7.6 (48) Northern Oval Saturday, 26 July
17Gold Coast15.16 (106)def Sandringham Dragons 8.2 (50) Carrara Stadium Sunday, 2 August
18Gold Coast12.14 (86)def Bendigo Pioneers 6.11 (47) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 15 August
19 Gippsland Power 10.9 (69)def byGold Coast12.14 (86) Visy Park Sunday, 23 August
20Gold Coast6.14 (50)def by Geelong Falcons 14.7 (91) Carrara Stadium Saturday, 29 August
Elim FinalGold Coast10.17 (77)def Northern Knights 9.9 (63) Visy Park Saturday, 5 September
Semi FinalGold Coast5.9 (39)def by Geelong Falcons 11.14 (80) Visy Park Sunday, 13 September

Source: [19]

2009 playing squad

33 players were named on the Gold Coast list in 2009, with Marc Lock as the inaugural captain. [20]

Inaugural team (Round 1, 2009)

B:Hamish WattsJames NelisDaniel Ramage
HB:Jake CrawfordMatt StoreyJesse Haberfield
C: Joseph Daye Josh Thomas Todd Grayson
HF:Taylor RolfeMatt FowlerLuke Shreeve
F: Rory Thompson Liam Rutledge Alik Magin
Foll: Zac Smith Marc Lock (c)Mitch Harley
Int:Declan BevanBrad ReesJack Stanlake
Nick PriceTyler Green
Coach: Guy McKenna [21]

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