Overview

• David Swallow and Sean Lemmens announced they will retire at the end of the 2025 season, closing long tenures with the Gold Coast Suns.
• Coach Damien Hardwick confirmed Swallow will play Saturday night’s elimination final against Fremantle, saying the veteran has earned his spot.
• Swallow, the Suns’ games record holder with 247 appearances across 15 seasons, was the club’s first-ever draft pick and a former co-captain.
• His selection ends his status as the longest-serving player never to have featured in a final, with Hardwick also pointing to expected wet conditions and experience as factors.
• Lemmens, drafted at pick 27 in 2013, has played 149 games and excelled as a lockdown defender in 2021–22, with CEO Mark Evans praising both players’ leadership and service.