Overview

• Victorian clubs including St Kilda have shown interest in Flanders as well as Matt Rowell and Ben King.
• Flanders’s contract runs through the end of the 2027 season, and Hardwick insists the Suns will not trade their best players.
• After overcoming a preseason back injury, Flanders is set to rejoin Rowell, Noah Anderson and Touk Miller in a midfield lineup Hardwick calls the team’s “solution.”
• New recruits Daniel Rioli and John Noble have bolstered Gold Coast’s recruitment drive as it seeks to establish itself as a destination club.
• The Suns have won eight of their first 12 matches and remain optimistic about securing their first-ever finals berth.