Versatile Gold Coast SUNS defender Jy Farrar has signed a two-year contract extension with the club until the end of 2025.
The 26-year-old, who has developed into a reliable defender at AFL level, said he was thankful to be continuing his journey at the SUNS.
“I’m absolutely pumped to be able to sign a new contract and help the SUNS towards success,” Farrar said.
“Gold Coast is my home and I love the SUNS and everything they have given me.
“We’ve got such a talented and determined group and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else as we continue to push towards success for this club and this city.”
GC SUNS General Manager of List & Strategy Craig Cameron said the club was eager to retain Farrar’s services for an additional two years.
“Jy came to us with a lot of raw talent, but it’s a credit to him how hard he has worked to develop his game and become an AFL-quality player,” Cameron said.
“We know we can trust Jy to continue to impact at AFL level and are excited to see what he can produce over the next couple of seasons.”
Farrar has had a long journey to the AFL. Raised in Halls Creek in remote Western Australia, he moved to Perth as a teenager to attend boarding school.
He then travelled to regional Victoria to play football for North Wangaratta, where he won a best and fairest before venturing to Adelaide to play for Scotch Old Collegians in the SAAFL, a tier below the SANFL.
He impressed enough to earn a call-up to the Adelaide Crows SANFL side, where he was then earmarked as a mature-age draftee.
The SUNS saw promise in the dashing defender, selecting him with pick 60 in the 2019 AFL Draft.
He made his AFL debut in the final match of the 2020 season, and has gone on to play 27 games in his four seasons at the club.
Off the field, Farrar is proud of his Indigenous heritage and is a passionate artist, culminating in his artwork Our Cultural Journey being featured prominently on the Gold Coast SUNS 2023 Indigenous guernsey.
In the 2022 off-season, Farrar also visited a remote war-torn NT community Wadeye with his cousin and Adelaide Crows player Shane McAdam.
Their experience was captured by SUNS Media in the documentary Wadeye: More than a game.
