Media Release from Gold Coast

The Gold Coast SUNS is pleased to announce champion midfielder Gary Ablett has confirmed he will join the club for the next five years.

The 2009 Brownlow medallist, dual Geelong premiership player and four-time All Australian, is widely recognised as the best player in the AFL competition.

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Gold Coast SUNS CEO Travis Auld said the announcement is the biggest endorsement of the new AFL team yet with Ablett joining recent player signings Nathan Bock, Nathan Krakouer, Michael Rischitelli, Campbell Brown and Jarrod Harbrow.

“This is an historic day for the AFL’s newest team. These established players will be the solid base from which we build a successful club around a talented young list of young players including Zac Smith, Maverick Weller, David Swallow, Brandon Matera, Charlie Dixon and of course Karmichael Hunt,” he said.

“Gary is the single biggest marquee player in the AFL. We are inspired by the fact he has accepted a huge personal challenge to assist in launching a new AFL team in a developing market.

“We are also inspired by his belief, that we can put together a team that can sustain a window of opportunity to achieve great things.