Prior to last Friday’s Club Academies deadline, the Gold Coast SUNS nominated six players from the club’s academy to be eligible as an academy selection in the upcoming draft.



The SUNS nominated Didymus Blanket (Southport Sharks), Robert Blood (Southport Sharks), Dyson Budarick (Labrador), Jesse Joyce (Palm Beach), Max Spencer (Palm Beach) and Connor West (Labrador).



For a player to be included as a draft eligible Club Academy Player for any of the Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants or Sydney Swans, the player must have represented either New South Wales or Queensland, as the case may be, at any underage national football championships in that year or any other competition as determined by the AFL.