The 2025 StreetSmarts SUNS Academy Gold Coast and Northern Rivers HUB squads have been announced, featuring many of the zones most promising 13–15-year-old male and female footballers.

All players named in the squads will be eligible to represent the SUNS in their respective HUBS while participating in a unique training program, featuring education workshops and culminating in a number of competitive matches.

The SUNS Academy aims to be the best youth academy in Australia by delivering supportive and high performing programs that allows everyone involved to feel a sense of belonging to our club, grow as people and achieve their full potential.

The 2025 Academy HUB program has undergone some significant change from recent years with a shorter program aligned better to club/school programs and more aspirational opportunities, such as earning selection into specific Emerging Talent Programs.

The HUB program caters for young male & female players in the Gold Coast SUNS region focussing on aspiring players aged between 13 - 15 years. It forms a key development stage in the Gold Coast talent player pathway. It marks the start of our holistic approach to technical and tactical growth. It focuses on the discovery and refinement of fundamental skills and the introduction of basic play concepts, building towards higher-level game sense and more intense training standards.

The SUNS Academy HUB program provides this next generation of stars with experiences, learnings and further opportunities to best prepare them for the next steps in their football journey.

We would like to congratulate the following players on their selection to the program.