2023 Gold Coast Suns season

The 2023 Gold Coast Suns season was Gold Coast's 13th season competing in the Australian Football League (AFL) and 15th overall. The club also fielded a women's side that competed in the AFLW's 8th season, an AFL reserves team in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and Academy teams in the Talent League Boys and Talent League Girls competitions.

AFL

Gold Coast Suns

2023 AFL season
Coach	Stuart Dew [1] (6th season) (R1−R17) Steven King [2] (Caretaker Coach) (R18−R24)
Captain(s)	Jarrod Witts & Touk Miller (2nd season)
Home ground	Heritage Bank Stadium
Practice Match	Lost by 45 points
Home & Away	9 wins, 14 losses, 0 draws (15th)
Finals	DNQ
Best & Fairest	Noah Anderson [3] (First win)
Leading goalkicker	Ben King (Third win)
Highest home attendance	36,219 vs. West Coast (Round 9)
Lowest home attendance	4,378 vs. North Melbourne (Round 24)
Average home attendance	13,724
Club membership	23,359 [4]
← 2022 2024 →

Season summary

The 2023 season was Gold Coast's sixth season being coached by Stuart Dew. The season would also be Dew's last season as coach of the Suns. He coached his last game for Gold Coast in round 17. ^[5] For the second season Jarrod Witts & Touk Miller captained the Suns. ^[6] The 2023 AFL season would also be the first and last season of the home ground being named Heritage Bank Stadium.

Gold Coast had a slow start to the season losing four of their first five matches. The Suns then won five of their next seven matches to make the win-loss record 6-6 and putting them 11th on the ladder. ^{[7] [8]}

Gold Coast played four more matches with Stuart Dew as their coach until he was sacked. ^[5] The only game they won out of their last four matches with Dew was a 67-point win against Hawthorn at Heritage Bank Stadium. Gold Coast's hired former Geelong & St Kilda player Steven King to act as their Caretaker Coach for the rest of the 2023 season. ^[9] The Suns won two of their last six matches of the season finishing 15th place with a win-loss record of 9 wins and 14 losses. ^{[7] [8]}

Pre-season

In an unofficial match simulation, Gold Coast were defeated by Essendon by five points at Austworld Centre Oval. The match simulation was played with six quarters that lasted 25 minutes each. GWS defeated Gold Coast in the official AFL practice match by 44 points. The game was played at Manuka Oval. ^[10]

Coaching staff

Stuart Dew coached his sixth season for Gold Coast in 2023. Dew coached the Suns for the first 17 games of the season. After Dew was sacked by the club, Gold Coast hired Steven King to coach the Suns for the last 7 games of the season. ^{[5] [9]}

On 21 August 2023, Damien Hardwick (who had resigned as Richmond coach on 22 May 2023) was announced as the senior coach of the Gold Coast Suns on a six-year contract, starting from the 2024 season. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

2023 Gold Coast coaching staff ^{[14] [5] [9]}

Role	Name
Senior Coach	Stuart Dew (R1-R17)
Caretaker Coach, Senior Assistant Coach & Midfield Coach	Steven King
Assistant Coach - Forwards	Brad Miller
Assistant Coach - Defenders	Tate Kaesler
Head of Development	Rhyce Shaw
Development Coach	Jackson Kornberg

2023 playing squad

Gold Coast Suns 2023 playing squad

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Mabior Chol  2 Rory Atkins  3 Sam Flanders  4 Brandon Ellis  5 Alex Davies  6 Alex Sexton  7 Nick Holman  8 Brayden Fiorini  9 Ben Ainsworth 10 Charlie Ballard 11 Touk Miller (vc) 12 Sam Day 13 Jack Lukosius 14 Lachie Weller 15 Noah Anderson 16 Tom Berry 18 Matt Rowell 19 Bailey Humphrey 20 Jeremy Sharp		22 Ben Long 23 Sean Lemmens 24 David Swallow (c) 25 Sam Collins 27 Wil Powell 28 Jarrod Witts (c) 29 Chris Burgess 30 Levi Casboult 31 Mac Andrew 33 Charlie Constable 34 Ben King 35 Connor Budarick 36 Elijah Hollands 40 Joel Jeffrey 41 Malcolm Rosas Jr 44 Darcy Macpherson 46 Caleb Graham 49 Ned Moyle 50 Jy Farrar				17 Jed Anderson 21 James Tsitas 26 Connor Blakely 32 Bodhi Uwland 38 Lloyd Johnston (B) 42 Jake Stein 43 Brodie McLaughlin 45 Sandy Brock 47 Hewego Paul Oea (B)		Head coach Stuart Dew R1−R17 Steven King R18−R24 Assistant coaches Josh Drummond (Defence and Tackling) Tate Kaesler (Team Defence and Strategy) Jackson Kornberg (VFL Head Coach) Rhyce Shaw (Head of Development) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 11 June 2024 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Changes

Deletions from playing list ^[15]

Player	Reason	Ref
Jack Bowes	Trade to Geelong	[16]
Matt Conroy	Delisted	[17]
Josh Corbett	Trade to Fremantle	[18]
Jez McLennan	Delisted	[17]
Oleg Markov	Delisted	[19]
Patrick Murtagh	Delisted	[17]
Rhys Nicholls	Delisted	[17]
Izak Rankine	Trade to Adelaide	[20]
Rory Thompson	Retired	[21]

Additions to playing list ^[15]

Player	Reason	Ref
Jed Anderson	Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period	[22]
Tom Berry	Trade from Brisbane	[23]
Connor Blakely	Rookie Draft	[24]
Bailey Humphrey	No 6, 2022 National Draft	[25]
Lloyd Johnston	Category B Rookie	[26]
Ben Long	Trade from St Kilda	[27]
Brodie McLaughlin	Pre-Season Supplemental Selection Period	[28]
Jake Stein	Rookie Draft	[29]

Statistics

Player	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	T	M	HO	Milestones
Mabior Chol	1	8	10	7	49	12	61	14	28	25
Rory Atkins	2	17	3	3	241	104	345	19	87	0
Sam Flanders	3	14	5	3	179	160	339	35	75	0
Brandon Ellis	4	16	7	8	195	93	288	37	86	0
Alex Davies	5	9	1	3	60	69	129	39	15	0
Alex Sexton	6	8	5	4	29	14	43	5	14	0
Nick Holman	7	19	13	8	101	132	233	84	48	0
Brayden Fiorini	8	17	4	8	204	98	302	44	69	0
Ben Ainsworth	9	21	21	15	228	143	371	39	100	0	100 Games (Round 4)
Charlie Ballard	10	23	1	0	230	63	293	29	142	0
Touk Miller	11	13	4	1	191	133	324	68	50	0
Sam Day	12	3	1	1	13	6	19	5	10	2
Jack Lukosius	13	22	39	22	256	41	297	24	140	0
Lachie Weller	14	9	0	2	138	56	194	15	61	0
Noah Anderson	15	23	14	15	380	239	619	79	104	0
Tom Berry	16	6	0	2	24	16	40	19	10	0	Club Debut (Round 8)
Jed Anderson	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Rowell	18	23	7	2	273	214	487	190	43	0
Bailey Humphrey	19	19	11	12	148	88	236	49	32	0	AFL Debut (Round 4)
Jeremy Sharp	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Tsitas	21	4	3	0	10	9	19	4	8	0
Ben Long	22	15	0	1	114	57	171	34	42	0	Club Debut (Round 1)
Sean Lemmens	23	11	0	1	83	22	105	19	38	0
David Swallow	24	23	14	11	222	160	382	101	78	0	200 Games (Round 3) 100 Goals (Round 24)
Sam Collins	25	23	0	0	176	104	280	37	127	0
Connor Blakely	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wil Powell	27	18	0	3	275	90	365	42	115	0
Jarrod Witts	28	21	4	2	151	139	290	55	51	824	150 Games (Round 8)
Chris Burgees	29	1	0	2	3	2	5	0	1	3
Levi Casboult	30	20	24	11	138	57	195	29	95	93
Mac Andrew	31	17	0	0	148	39	187	24	88	0
Bodhi Uwland	32	3	0	0	19	6	25	3	5	0	AFL Debut (Round 1)
Charlie Constable	33	2	0	0	36	9	45	2	12	0
Ben King	34	20	40	21	112	46	158	9	672	0	100 Goals (Round 6)
Connor Budarick	35	2	0	0	29	6	35	5	10	0
Elijah Hollands	36	9	3	2	72	42	114	23	23	0
Oscar Faulkhead	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Johnston	38	2	0	0	16	8	24	3	4	0	AFL Debut (Round 23)
Joel Jeffrey	40	7	5	4	54	13	67	23	16	0
Malcolm Rosas	41	19	19	17	109	68	177	42	38	0
Jake Stein	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brodie McLaughlin	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Macpherson	44	23	3	2	306	135	441	48	128	0
Sandy Brock	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Caleb Graham	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hewago Oea	47	8	3	1	41	30	71	20	11	0
Ned Moyle	49	2	0	0	6	3	9	10	0	53	AFL Debut (Round 4)
Jy Farrar	50	9	1	1	48	29	77	17	21	0

Results

Keys

H	Home game
A	Away game
N	Neutral venue game

Table of 2023 AFL Season Results ^[30]

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance	Ladder
			G	B	T		G	B	T
1	18 March	Lost	9	7	61	Sydney	16	14	110	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	13,648	17th
2	26 March	Lost	11	14	80	Essendon	16	12	108	Marvel Stadium	A	32,915	16th
3	2 April	Won	10	13	73	Geelong	7	12	54	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	13,122	15th
4	8 April	Lost	8	12	60	St Kilda	17	11	113	Marvel Stadium	A	21,049	17th
5	14 April	Lost	13	12	90	Fremantle	15	10	100	Norwood Oval	N	9,329	16th
6	23 April	Won	14	13	97	North Melbourne	7	12	54	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	9,672	14th
7	30 April	Won	11	6	72	Richmond	6	12	48	Marvel Stadium	A	23,664	13th
8	6 May	Lost	13	7	85	Melbourne	13	12	90	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	11,440	14th
9	12 May	Won	16	17	113	West Coast	6	7	43	Optus Stadium	A	36,219	11th
10	20 May	Lost	9	10	64	Brisbane Lions	16	11	107	Gabba	A	23,286	13th
11	27 May	Won	13	6	84	Western Bulldogs	11	11	77	TIO Stadium	N	9,316	12th
12	3 June	Won	16	16	112	Adelaide	13	9	87	TIO Stadium	N	10,772	11th
13	Bye												11th
14	18 June	Lost	8	13	61	Carlton	18	12	120	MCG	A	29,602	12th
15	25 June	Won	14	17	101	Hawthorn	5	4	34	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	14,242	10th
16	1 July	Lost	5	12	42	Collingwood	18	12	1	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	22,483	12th
17	8 July	Lost	11	7	73	Port Adelaide	16	10	106	Adelaide Oval	A	31,053	13th
18	15 July	Won	11	11	77	St Kilda	8	3	51	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	13,015	13th
19	23 July	Lost	9	9	63	Greater Western Sydney	15	13	103	Manuka Oval	A	10,026	14th
20	29 July	Won	15	6	96	Brisbane Lions	7	13	55	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	14,097	14th
21	5 August	Lost	9	7	61	Adelaide	13	11	89	Adelaide Oval	A	35,777	14th
22	12 August	Lost	13	12	90	Sydney	18	6	114	SCG	A	33,911	15th
23	19 August	Lost	13	9	87	Carlton	13	13	91	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	19,253	15th
24	26 August	Lost	14	13	97	North Melbourne	20	12	132	Blundstone Arena	A	4,378	15th

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Collingwood (P)	23	18	5	0	2142	1687	127.0	72	Finals series
2	Brisbane Lions	23	17	6	0	2180	1771	123.1	68
3	Port Adelaide	23	17	6	0	2149	1906	112.7	68
4	Melbourne	23	16	7	0	2079	1660	125.2	64
5	Carlton	23	13	9	1	1922	1697	113.3	54
6	St Kilda	23	13	10	0	1775	1647	107.8	52
7	Greater Western Sydney	23	13	10	0	2018	1885	107.1	52
8	Sydney	23	12	10	1	2050	1863	110.0	50
9	Western Bulldogs	23	12	11	0	1919	1766	108.7	48
10	Adelaide	23	11	12	0	2193	1877	116.8	44
11	Essendon	23	11	12	0	1838	2050	89.7	44
12	Geelong	23	10	12	1	2088	1855	112.6	42
13	Richmond	23	10	12	1	1856	1983	93.6	42
14	Fremantle	23	10	13	0	1835	1898	96.7	40
15	Gold Coast	23	9	14	0	1839	2006	91.7	36
16	Hawthorn	23	7	16	0	1686	2101	80.2	28
17	North Melbourne	23	3	20	0	1657	2318	71.5	12
18	West Coast	23	3	20	0	1418	2674	53.0	12

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

Awards

Club Awards

Source: ^[31]

• Club Champion: Noah Anderson
• Player's Player: Matt Rowell
• Heritage Bank Emerging Player: Sam Flanders
• HOSTPLUS Most Professional: Levi Casboult
• Life Membership: Sam Day & Rory Thompson
• Jarrod Harbrow Community Award: Brodie McLaughlin
• SIXT Leading Goalkicker: Ben King
• Academy Players of the Year: Jed Walter

League Awards

Source: ^[32]

• 22 Under 22 team: Noah Anderson

VFL

Gold Coast Suns

2023 VFL season
Coach	Josh Drummond (1st season)
Captain(s)	James Tsitas [33]
Home ground	Heritage Bank Stadium
Home & Away	16 wins, 2 losses, 0 draws (1st)
Finals	Premiers
Leading goalkicker	Chris Burgess [34] (61)

Season summary

The 2023 VFL season was Gold Coast's first season being coached by former Brisbane Lions player Josh Drummond. ^[35] The Sun's were captained by James Tsitas. ^[36] Gold Coast had their best season in the VFL in 2023. The Suns only lost two games throughout the entire year. ^[37]

Gold Coast won their first eight games of the season with an average margin of 38. The first game the club lost was in round nine against Werribee by two points. The Suns then won their next four games with an average margin of 78 points. In round 15, 17th placed Essendon defeated Gold Coast by a single point at Windy Hill. Gold Coast then won their last four games of the season finishing at first place at the end of the home & away season. ^{[37] [38]}

Gold Coast defeated Brisbane in the qualifying final by 43 points to put them in the preliminary final. ^{[39] [40]} In the preliminary final the Suns defeated the Box Hill Hawks by 15 points to place them in their first ever VFL grand final. Gold Coast defeated the Werribee Tigers by 19 points to become the 2023 VFL premiers for the first time. ^{[37] [38]}

2023 playing squad

Gold Coast Suns reserves

List						Academy list		Coaching staff
52 Cody Harrington 53 Josh Young 55 Taine Dawson 56 Jared Eckersley 57 Nick Williams 58 Will Derrington 59 Morgan Ferres 60 Marlin Corbett 61 Campbell Lake 70 James Frawley						51 Jake Rogers 53 Ben O'Brien 54 Leo Lombard 62 Finn Hay 64 Will Graham		Head coach Josh Drummond Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 11 June 2024 Source(s): [41] [42]

Statistics

Source: ^[43]

Player	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	HO	Milestones
Jake Rogers	51	3	1	0	5	15	20	1	7	0	VFL debut (Round 14)
Cody Harrington	52	5	3	1	10	12	22	4	3	0
Ben O'Brien	53	4	1	1	7	8	15	2	4	0	VFL debut (Round 2)
Josh Young	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	VFL debut (Round 9)
Leo Lombard	54	3	1	0	18	15	33	9	14	0	VFL debut (Round 22)
Taine Dawson	55	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	VFL debut (Round 8)
Jared Eckersley	56	14	3	4	74	67	141	47	37	0
Nick Williams	57	5	0	0	23	10	33	14	1	0	VFL debut (Round 5)
Will Derrington	58	5	2	1	24	9	33	5	3	0	VFL debut (Round 1)
Morgan Ferres	59	2	0	0	5	4	9	1	3	0
Marlin Corbett	60	5	2	1	18	28	46	10	4	0
Campbell Lake	61	8	4	3	35	30	65	19	19	0	VFL debut (Round 3)
Finn Hay	62	3	1	0	9	9	18	4	4	0	VFL debut (Round 15)
Will Graham	64	4	2	0	15	24	39	13	11	0	VFL debut (Round 14)
James Frawley	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results

Key

H	Home game
A	Away game
N	Neutral venue game

Regular season

Table of 2023 VFL Season Results ^[44]

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Ladder
			G	B	T		G	B	T
1	25 March	Won	12	11	53	Williamstown	7	10	52	Austworld Centre Oval	H	6th
2	2 April	Won	28	14	182	Geelong	11	9	75	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	2nd
3	9 April	Won	9	13	67	Sandringham	6	14	50	RSEA Park	A	2nd
4	Bye											3rd
5	23 April	Won	20	16	136	North Melbourne	12	8	80	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	3rd
6	30 April	Won	21	11	137	Richmond	9	10	64	Swinburne Centre	A	1st
7	6 May	Won	17	10	112	Casey	13	14	92	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1st
8	13 May	Won	12	4	76	Southport	10	14	74	Fankhauser Reserve	A	1st
9	20 May	Lost	13	11	89	Werribee	14	7	91	Avalon Airport Oval	A	2nd
10	27 May	Won	21	16	142	Footscray	10	17	77	TIO Stadium	N	2nd
11	3 June	Won	7	9	51	Port Melbourne	17	14	115	ETU Stadium	A	2nd
12	Bye											1st
13	18 June	Won	22	14	146	Northern Bullants	3	6	24	Preston City Oval	A	1st
14	25 June	Won	24	5	149	Box Hill	12	13	85	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1st
15	2 July	Lost	12	4	76	Essendon	11	11	77	Windy Hill	A	1st
16	8 July	Won	22	12	144	Frankston	5	7	37	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1st
17	Bye											1st
18	23 July	Won	17	17	119	Greater Western Sydney	12	7	79	Manuka Oval	A	1st
19	29 July	Won	13	14	92	Brisbane	11	8	74	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1st
20	Bye											2nd
21	12 August	Won	19	8	122	Sydney	8	6	54	SCG	A	1st
22	19 August	Won	23	11	149	Carlton	2	10	22	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1st

Finals series

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground
			G	B	T		G	B	T
1st Qualifying Final	2 September	Won	19	13	127	Brisbane	12	12	84	Heritage Bank Stadium	H
1st Preliminary Final	16 September	Won	12	16	88	Box Hill	11	7	73	Heritage Bank Stadium	H
Grand Final	24 September	Won	17	10	112	Werribee	14	9	93	IKON Park	N

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Gold Coast (R) (P)	18	16	2	0	2137	1158	184.5	64	Finals series
2	Werribee	18	16	2	0	1747	1040	168.0	64
3	Box Hill	18	14	4	0	1681	1305	128.8	56
4	Brisbane (R)	18	13	4	1	1838	1204	152.7	54
5	Williamstown	18	13	5	0	1349	1222	110.4	52
6	Footscray (R)	18	12	6	0	1659	1278	129.8	48
7	Casey	18	11	7	0	1607	1255	128.0	44	Wildcard Round
8	Collingwood (R)	18	11	7	0	1620	1363	118.9	44
9	Richmond (R)	18	10	7	1	1347	1359	99.1	42
10	North Melbourne (R)	18	10	8	0	1505	1369	109.9	40
11	Carlton (R)	18	10	8	0	1412	1326	106.5	40
12	Greater Western Sydney (R)	18	9	9	0	1454	1658	87.7	36
13	Geelong (R)	18	8	9	1	1247	1549	80.5	34
14	Southport	18	8	10	0	1494	1384	107.9	32
15	Port Melbourne	18	6	12	0	1270	1512	84.0	24
16	Sandringham	18	5	12	1	1298	1482	87.6	22
17	Essendon (R)	18	5	13	0	1263	1545	81.7	20
18	Sydney (R)	18	4	14	0	1241	1651	75.2	16
19	Frankston	18	4	14	0	1112	1566	71.0	16
20	Northern Bullants	18	2	16	0	844	2088	40.4	8
21	Coburg	18	0	18	0	1022	1833	55.8	0

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(R) = Reserves
(P) Premiers

AFLW

Gold Coast Suns

2023 AFLW season
Coach	Cameron Joyce (3rd season)
Captain(s)	Tara Bohanna (2nd season)
Home ground	Heritage Bank Stadium
Home & Away	6 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw (5th)
Finals	Elimination Final
Best & Fairest	Claudia Whitfort
Leading goalkicker	Jamie Stanton

Season Summary

Cameron Joyce coached his third season at Gold Coast and Tara Bohanna was their captain for her second consecutive season. ^{[45] [46]}

The Sun's lost their first match of the season against Carlton by only two points but were able to win their next three matches. Gold Coast won two of their next three matches and then drew against Port Adelaide at Alberton Oval in round eight. The Suns won their next two matches and then ended the season with a loss against eighth place Sydney.

Pre Season

Gold Coast were defeated by Sydney in a match simulation at Heritage Bank Stadium. Cameron Joyce kicked five of the last six goals of the game. ^[47] In an official practice match the Suns versed Brisbane at Brighton Homes Arena. ^[48]

Coaching Staff

2023 Gold Coast AFLW coaching staff ^{[45] [49]}

Role	Name
Senior Coach	Cameron Joyce
Assistant Coach - Midfielders	Sam Iles
Assistant Coach - Defenders	Jarrod Wells
Assistant Coach - Forwards	Jennifer Revell
Development Coach	Brooks Mustey
Development Coach	Kieran Davey

Playing List

Changes

Deletions from Playing List ^[50]

Player	Reason	Ref.
Courtney Jones	Trade to Richmond	[51]
Ellie Hampson	Trade to Brisbane	[52]
Serene Watson	Trade to St Kilda	[53]
Tori Groves-Little	Delisted	[54]
Jade Pregelj	Delisted	[55]
Annise Bradfield	Delisted	[56]
Shannon Danckert	Delisted	[57]
Krystal Scott	Retired	[58]
Ashlee Atkins	Retired	[59]

Additions to Playing List ^{[50] [60]}

Player	Reason	Ref.
Clara Fitzpatrick	Trade from St Kilda	[61]
Jordan Membrey	Trade from Collingwood	[61]
Ella Maurer	Trade from North Melbourne	[61]
Maddy Brancatisano	Trade from Richmond	[62]
Cara McCrossan	No 6, 2023 Draft	[60]
Meara Girvan	No 10, 2023 Draft	[60]

Statistics

Player	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	T	M	HO
Jasmyn Smith	1	1	0	0	1	8	9	0	2	0
Lauren Bella	2	11	0	0	48	34	82	13	21	257
Darcie Davies	3	10	3	0	25	33	58	20	20	89
Claudie Whitfort	4	11	4	4	142	128	270	21	76	0
Maddy Brancatisano	5	11	1	2	64	79	143	22	44	0
Elise Barwick	6	5	0	0	7	8	15	2	12	0
Lauren Ahrens	7	11	0	0	78	34	112	29	21	0
Charlie Rowbottom	8	9	2	2	125	117	242	26	86	0
Clara Fitzpatrick	9	8	0	0	35	45	80	19	17	5
Ella Maurer	10	4	0	0	8	23	31	2	8	0
Niamh McLaughlin	11	11	4	3	56	68	124	16	15	0
Tara Bohanna	12	11	15	14	74	25	99	29	15	11
Lucy Single	13	10	0	1	105	59	164	12	81	0
Cara McCrossan	14	4	0	0	11	13	24	2	8	0
Wallis Randell	15	9	0	0	65	20	85	18	20	0
Gabrielle Biedenweg-Webster	16	2	0	0	8	4	12	1	3	0
Jamie Stanton	17	11	16	4	52	14	66	17	29	0
Georgia Clayden	18	11	2	2	72	52	124	28	22	0
Ashanti Bush	19	3	0	1	10	4	14	1	5	0
Daisy D'Arcy	20	11	1	2	106	64	170	19	49	0
Jordan Membrey	21	5	4	1	14	22	36	7	5	0
Kalinda Howarth	23	1	0	0	10	5	15	5	1	0
Alana Gee	24	7	1	0	41	23	64	9	15	0
Meara Girvan	25	10	1	0	56	59	115	27	20	0
Jacqueline Dupuy	27	11	13	7	93	54	147	40	25	66
Elizabeth Keaney	30	11	0	3	93	62	155	33	32	0
Alison Drennan	33	11	0	1	120	101	221	18	57	0
Tahlia Meyer	34	3	0	0	11	11	22	4	8	0
Vivien Saad	39	8	0	0	57	42	99	28	19	0

Results

Key

H	Home game
A	Away game

Table of 2023 AFLW Season Results ^{[63] [64]}

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance	Ladder
			G	B	T		G	B	T
1	2 September	Lost	4	48	32	Carlton	5	4	34	IKON Park	A	3,244	10th
2	9 September	Won	15	9	99	West Coast	4	2	26	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1,071	6th
3	17 September	Won	5	3	33	Collingwood	2	9	21	Victoria Park	A	2,537	4th
4	24 September	Won	7	6	48	Western Bulldogs	7	2	44	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1,181	6th
5	1 October	Lost	2	3	15	Adelaide	7	5	47	Thomas Farms Oval	A	3,300	5th
6	8 October	Won	5	6	36	Richmond	5	5	35	IKON Park	A	1,848	5th
7	14 October	Lost	3	3	21	Brisbane	8	9	57	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1,873	7th
8	21 October	Drawn	7	3	45	Port Adelaide	7	3	45	Alberton Oval	A	1,853	7th
9	27 October	Won	7	6	48	Greater Western Sydney	2	5	17	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	1,045	6th
10	3 November	Won	6	3	39	Essendon	3	7	25	Great Barrier Reef Arena	H	2,131	5th

Table of 2023 AFLW finals results

Round	Date	Result	Score			Opponent	Score			Ground		Attendance
			G	B	T		G	B	T
Elimination Final	11 November	Lost	6	5	41	Sydney	9	4	58	Heritage Bank Stadium	H	2,710

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	10	9	1	0	599	314	190.8	36	Finals series
2	Melbourne	10	8	2	0	653	293	222.9	32
3	North Melbourne	10	7	3	0	478	213	224.4	28
4	Brisbane (P)	10	7	3	0	505	339	149.0	28
5	Gold Coast	10	6	3	1	416	351	118.5	26
6	Geelong	10	6	4	0	449	318	141.2	24
7	Essendon	10	6	4	0	379	354	107.1	24
8	Sydney	10	6	4	0	462	432	106.9	24
9	St Kilda	10	6	4	0	408	399	102.3	24
10	Richmond	10	5	5	0	382	379	100.8	20
11	Collingwood	10	5	5	0	331	399	83.0	20
12	Carlton	10	4	6	0	361	420	86.0	16
13	Fremantle	10	4	6	0	289	402	71.9	16
14	Hawthorn	10	3	7	0	307	456	67.3	12
15	Port Adelaide	10	2	7	1	404	538	75.1	10
16	Greater Western Sydney	10	2	8	0	316	596	53.0	8
17	West Coast	10	2	8	0	269	530	50.8	8
18	Western Bulldogs	10	1	9	0	320	595	53.8	4

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for
(P) Premiers

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External links

• Official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
• Official website of the Australian Football League