Gold Coast Suns
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The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League. The club is based on the Gold Coast in
AFL Hall of Fame legend Guy McKenna, inaugural coach
Michael Rischitelli was instrumental in the club's first winning game with 31 disposals and 2 goals against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium in Round 5 of the 2011 season.
Gary Ablett Jr was Gold Coast's inaugural marquee player and captain
The Gold Coast Suns Academy
Brisbane Bears
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The Brisbane Bears were a professional Australian rules football club based in Brisbane, Queensland, now known as the Brisbane Lions. Granted a Victorian Football League licence in 1986, it was the fi
Queenslander Michael Voss debuted in 1992 at age 17, becoming the youngest-ever player to play a senior game for the club. He went on to win two Best & Fairests between 1995 and 1996 and the only Bear to win a Brownlow, in the club's last year.
Nathan Buckley caused controversy when he rejected being zone-drafted by Brisbane, seeking instead to play with Collingwood.
The recruitment of former Fitzroy full-back turned spearhead Alastair Lynch saw him became a poster boy for the new-look Bears. However, chronic fatigue saw him largely sidelined until 1996.