THE Gold Coast Suns will not waste any time in extending the contracts of their newest draftees to fend off ­future poaching raids from southern clubs.

Callum Ah Chee, Brayden Fiorini, Joshua Schoenfeld and Mackenzie Willis, taken at No.8, 20, 34 and 52 of the 2015 draft, will play under the Gold Coast banner until the end of 2017 with the club poised to offer all four upgraded deals.

Suns football manager Marcus Ashcroft revealed the group had impressed during the pre-season and extended deals would be offered in just their first year at the club.

“We always have the philosophy of looking to extend our first-year players for the third year,” Ashcroft said.

“Our approach is to retain all of our first and second-year players because you want them at your club for a long period of time.

“You get them into the routine of training and playing and then you start to negotiate that in their first year so you don’t wait for the second year.”

They are yet to play a game but the young crop of players have showed promising signs since their arrival at Metricon Stadium.

Ah Chee has been the standout of the draftees and emerged as a potential replacement to former Suns midfielder Harley Bennell.

Former No.2 pick Bennell was traded to the Fremantle Dockers in the off-season after a troubled start to his AFL career on the Glitter Strip.

Ah Chee’s silky skills, good leap and ability to find goal has caught the attention of Suns staff and led coach Rodney Eade to suggest the 18-year-old may make his AFL debut in the opening rounds.

Ah Chee held his own against his senior teammates at the Suns’ intraclub match last week and will make his club debut against rivals Brisbane Lions in the opening round of the NAB Challenge tomorrow.

Fiorini is building a stronger base after arriving at the Suns with some body issues and his skills and ability to hit a target are qualities that the club has needed to improve on.

West Australian Schoenfeld is a running machine, rated as the best endurance athlete at the club and is viewed as a long-term wingman.

Willis, 20, is slightly older than his fellow draftees and his transition to an AFL club has been smooth.

He has shaped as a utility who can play both forward and back.

A host of senior Suns players will be rested from tomorrow’s game against the Lions at the Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex.