The Gold Coast SUNS have named a 34-man squad to tackle Melbourne and the Brisbane Lions in Saturday nights NAB Cup opener at Metricon Stadium.

The GC SUNS have named seven new faces with Jaeger O’Meara to play his first game, along with Queenslanders Jackson Allen and Alex Sexton.

Joining them in the squad are fellow new faces, Aaron Hall and Kyal Horsley as well as former Saint Andrew McQualter and Demon Matthew Warnock.

The GC SUNS will name a 22-man team to play Melbourne in the first match and can then select another 22-man team to play the Lions from the initial 34-man squad.

1. Jaeger O’Meara
2. Zac Smith
3. Jared Brennan
4. Maverick Weller
5. Jarrod Harbrow
6. Alik Magin
7. Karmichael Hunt
8. Luke Russell
9. Gary Ablett
11. Harley Bennell
13. Hayden Jolly
14. Matthew Warnock
15. Piers Flanagan
17. Josh Fraser
21. Jeremy Taylor
23. Charlie Dixon
24. David Swallow
26. Matt Shaw
30. Campbell Brown
31. Jackson Allen
33. Aaron Hall
35. Michael Rischitelli
36. Sam Iles
37. Alex Sexton
38. Joel Wilkinson
41. Dion Prestia
42. Kyal Horsley
43. Liam Patrick
44. Nathan Bock
45. Steven May
47. Daniel Gorringe
48. Seb Tape
49. Jacob Gillbee
51. Andrew McQualter

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