SUNS lock in Round 10 Sir Doug Nicholls team

Gold Coast SUNS Head Coach Damien Hardwick has made four changes to his team named to take on Yartapuulti in Sir Doug Nicholls Round.

By SUNS Media

Gold Coast SUNS Head Coach Damien Hardwick has made four changes to his team named to take on Yartapuulti in Sir Doug Nicholls Round.

Reigning Brownlow Medalist Matt Rowell returns to the mix alongside Nick Holman and StreetSmarts SUNS Academy graduates Jed Walter and Zeke Uwland.

The group step in to place of Ethan Read (knee), Ben Long (ankle), Alex Davies (managed) and Ben Jepson (omitted).

Gold Coast will be gunning for ten straight wins under the Friday night lights at its Northern Territory fortress. Cheer on the SUNS in the Darwin/Larrakia guernsey from 7:40pm ACST. Gates open from 6:00pm.

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SUNS lock in Round 10 Sir Doug Nicholls team

Gold Coast SUNS Head Coach Damien Hardwick has made four changes to his team named to take on Yartapuulti in Sir Doug Nicholls Round.

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New Balance becomes fabric of the SUNS

The Gold Coast SUNS will be bound by a single thread of red, with New Balance & Belgravia Apparel becoming the club’s Official AFLW Apparel Partner.

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Leo Lombard is doing what every young player new to the AFL has to do…make their mark.

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