Gold Coast Football Club chief executive Travis Auld says his club is serious about having a presence in the Far North and hopes to bring a VFL game to Cazalys next season.
Auld was a guest of AFL Cairns during the league’s presentation night and spoke of the Gold Coast’s journey to becoming the AFL’s 17th franchise.
After playing in the TAC Cup this season, the Gold Coast will enter a side in next year’s VFL before joining the AFL in 2011.
With Far Northern products Charlie Dixon and Rex Liddy on Gold Coast’s roster, Auld wants his club to be accepted across Queensland.
"The VFL is an 18-game competition and we’ve agreed to play eight of those in Melbourne," he said.
"The other 10 we want to spread the brand as wide as we can.
"If there is an opportunity to play a game in Cairns we’ll definitely look at it and talk to the AFL about how we might fund that.
"But it would certainly be exciting to get our brand into the Cairns market, particularly in that we’ve got a couple of players from this area.
"We need the support of all of Queensland, not just the Gold Coast, and therefore the ability to get out there in the market and play some games elsewhere is good for our kids."
Last Modified on 18/09/2009 09:26