Gold Coast open training and other top stories

Gold Coast open training

There will be an open training session on Friday 10th April at Metricon Stadium, training now commences at 6:00pm. This will consist of a light captains run and a limited signature opportunity immediately afterwards as well as a junior footy clinic ... >> view original

Preview: St Kilda vs Gold Coast

After a terribly disappointing round-one loss to Melbourne, Gold Coast will be out to turn things around quickly. The Suns will gladly welcome back centre half-forward Tom Lynch from suspension, and will hope skipper Gary Ablett is better second time ... >> view original

Gold Coast forward Sumner quits the club

TIMMY Sumner's brief AFL career is over, after the 20-year-old informed Gold Coast of his desire to end his time with the club. Sumner and the Suns had been working closely in a bid to revive the South Australian's hunger to train and play, but after ... >> view original

Gold Coast couple narrowly escape house blaze

A Gold Coast couple has lost almost all of their worldly possessions, including tens of thousands of dollars' worth of work equipment, after a huge blaze gutted their home. The Mudgeeraba home was completely destroyed after fire broke out in the garage ... >> view original

Boa constrictor lost on Gold Coast: Authorities call off search

Authorities say the animal would have been brought into Australia as part of the black market trade in pets. The trade is alive and well in Queensland, and while it's improbable the missing snake could find a mate in the Gold Coast scrub, it's not ... >> view original

Melbourne Comedy Festival Announces Gold Coast Roadshow Cast

This year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival is a few days shy of entering its final week, and thus is turning its attention to its encore roadshow series, with the announcement of the comedic cast heading to the Gold Coast being made this week. >> view original

Gazza quiet as Hogan stars

Melbourne introduced seven new faces for its season opener against Gold Coast, with coach Paul Roos handing debuts to Jesse Hogan, Angus Brayshaw and Aaron vandenBerg. Ex-Magpie Heritier Lumumba, in his 200th game, Jeff Garlett (formerly at ... >> view original

Gold Coast pair charged with fraud

Two former employees of a Gold Coast private investigations firm have been charged with money laundering and fraud offences after investors lost more than $700,000. The charges follow the Crime and Corruption Commission's investigation of a number of ... >> view original

Gold Coast a big test first-up: Mathews

MIDFIELD coach Ben Mathews expects Melbourne to come up against a quick, attacking Gold Coast under new coach Rodney Eade. Mathews, who was formerly on Gold Coast's coaching panel and played under Eade at the Sydney Swans, said it would be ... >> view original

Parking inspector bashed on Gold Coast

A man accused of beating up a parking inspector who was in the middle of issuing him a fine has been charged with assault. A 59-year-old Gold Coast City Council employee is nursing cuts, bruises and a sore head after allegedly being punched a number of ... >> view original