The Gold Coast SUNS will head to Tuesday night’s national draft with four selections – No. 6, No. 16, No. 29 and No. 56.

All of these picks are almost certain to move in various directions, with the draft set to be affected by academy and father/son bidding for the first time.

The SUNS first three picks are set to shuffle down the order, but the final pick should come forward, and in the case of No. 56, potentially quite some way.

If as expected, a club bids for Sydney academy product Callum Mills in the first handful of picks – most likely Melbourne at pick No. 3 - the Swans will be forced to match the bid via a collection of draft picks.

This will see them leap up the draft order to secure Mills and the flow on effect will see the SUNS move from pick No. 6 to No. 7.

Following the Mills bid, most draft experts predict Greater Western Sydney will be forced to use their first pick (No. 10) and then match another club’s bid to secure the services of two of their academy products – Jacob Hopper and Matthew Kennedy. Hopper is expected to be taken as high as No. 9 if Adelaide bid for him, forcing the Giants to match the bid, and then Kennedy not long after that.

Then, it is likely Brisbane will have to match a bid in the early teens to add academy product, Eric Hipwood, to their list. This will essentially mean Gold Coast’s second pick – No. 16 – will shuffle down the order to No. 19, once the academy selections have been taken into account. Both of the clubs first two picks will still remain as first round selections.

Our history in the first round

As an expansion club, Gold Coast’s inception was greeted with a large helping of first round picks in 2010, but quickly the SUNS became part of the normal regime with minimal concessions in the ensuing years.

2010’s first round draftees include the last two Club Champions, Tom Lynch (No. 11) and David Swallow (No. 1), as well as star midfielder Dion Prestia (No. 9).

In 2011, the SUNS traded pick No. 4 to secure the rights to underage recruit Jaeger O’Meara as part of Greater Western Sydney’s entry concessions.

The club then re-entered the first round the following year, collecting Tasmanian inside midfielder Jesse Lonergan (No. 13), before collecting another apple isle product 12 months later in the form of 2015 best and fairest runner up Kade Kolodjashnij (No. 5).

Last year, Gold Coast acquired highly rated key forward Peter Wright (No. 8) and prodigious talent Jarrod Garlett (No. 15) in the first round.