The Gold Coast SUNS have today settled on its team to play the Adelaide Crows at Metricon Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Aaron Hall will be the only GC SUNS player to make his debut, a stark contrast to the SUNS first game last season where 12 youngsters made their AFL debuts.
The 21-year-old from Hobart, flew up to the Gold Coast to train with the GC SUNS following the 2011 Draft and after impressing recruiters and coaches on the training track, Hall was rewarded with a place on Gold Coast SUNS senior list.
The versatile Hall played in a number of positions for Hobart in 2011, starting the year as a forward before excelling late across halfback, where he caught the attention of a number of AFL recruiting scouts in the final game of the year against Lauderdale.
Hall is the son of former Hobart premiership player and Sydney Swans draftee Dale.
Also making his first appearance for the GC SUNS will be former Melbourne defender Matthew Warnock.
Matthew Warnock joined the GC SUNS during the 2011 AFL Exchange period. The 55 game former Melbourne player will be asked to hold down a key defensive post for the SUNS in 2012.
GC SUNS Round 1 Team
B: J. Harbrow, M. Warnock, S. Tape
HB: Jar. Brennan, S. May, J. Taylor
C: M. Rischitelli, G. Ablett, H. Bennell
HF: J. Caddy, TJ, Lynch, L. Russell
F: C. Brown, D. Gorringe, A. Hall
Foll: Z. Smith, K. Hunt, D. Swallow
Inter: T. Hickey, S. Iles, B. Matera, D. Prestia
Emerg: M. Weller, J. Fraser, A. Sexton
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