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THE PRODIGAL SUN

IN THEIR DECADE-LONG HISTORY, the Gold Coast Suns have had three coaches, 150 losses, zero finals appearances, and one Brownlow medallist (Gary Ablett Jnr) pick up and skip town. If you can hang your membership hat on a 12th-placed finish, they did so six years ago. It remains their greatest

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