Suns relish taste of Top End
Coast players visit communities as Farrar gets contract extension
Gold Coast Suns players have immersed themselves in communities across the Top End, as one of their Territory-linked players was handed a contract extension.
Defender Jy Farrar was selected by the Suns as pick 60 in the 2019 Draft after impressing in the Adelaide Crows SANFL side.
And incidentally on the week his side will play the Crows in Darwin at TIO Stadium Farrar was handed a contract extension until 2025. “I’m really excited that Suns have seen me in their future, it’s great,” Farrar said.
“Gold Coast is my home and I love the Suns and everything they have given me.
“We’ve got such a talented and determined group and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else as we continue to push towards success for this club and this city.”
It comes just a couple of days after Farrar came on as the super sub in the Suns win over the Western Bulldogs, playing six minutes in the Indigenous strip he helped design.
Since then the players have done the miles in their exploration of the Northern TerriVFL
tory during their stay in the Top End for back-to-back AFL games. Early this week following their wins in the AFL and on Saturday, players visited the Tiwi Islands, Kakadu National Park and Litchfield National Park as part of their community support.
Half a dozen of the players, including Alex Davies, Oscar Faulkhead, Jy Farrar, Elijah Hollands, Joel Jeffrey, Jeremy Sharp and James Tsitas, visited the town of Jabiru in Kakadu and met with locals.
“We love coming up here in Darwin, it’s good to get up in the community and the spread the love and spread footy,” Farrar said.
“We’ve got boys from the Territory and obviously it’s good for them to come back here and get into the communities.”
Tsitas previously came to the Top End as a player for both Nightcliff in their premiership winning 2019-20 season, and later for Southern Districts where he dominated the stats.
The 28-year-old said the trip was “really good” as they got to learn more about Indigenous culture, including practices on how to live off the land.
The players got the true Territory experience spotting more than 15 crocodiles and had insightful stories shared by local tour guides.
Kids from the Jabiru Area School met with the Suns players and got to experience a game of footy supported by former AFL footballer Richard Tambling who worked at the school.
“He took us out with the kids after school and we played a game of footy which was awesome,” Tsitas said.
“There is so much young talent down there in Jabiru. To see the speed and skill was unreal.
“They are just fun loving kids.
“They got around us, you could see their big bright smiles, (they’re) super energetic, it gave us a real kick.
“It was an awesome day.”