Could the Gold Coast Suns survive without Ben King?<\/p>\n
The superstar key forward has been a staple for the club since his draft year, anchoring the side\u2019s forward line throughout their steady rise into finals contention.<\/p>\n
However, the Victorian-born talent is entering the final year of his current contract, and with interest from multiple Victorian clubs, a homecoming for King has certainly not been ruled out.<\/p>\n
Booting a career-high 71 goals in 2025, the 120-game star will be one of the hottest commodities on the market, but can the Suns afford to lose him?<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s unmatched access to elite talent has begun to pay dividends, with key forward pair Ethan Read and Jed Walter making waves in their development over their short careers.<\/p>\n
And while the recruitment of Jamarra Ugle-Hagan certainly holds its own questions, a fit and firing Jamarra can compete with the best of the best.<\/p>\n
Speaking on SEN Breakfast, Sam Edmund argued that re-signing the 25-year-old should be non-negotiable.<\/p>\n
Kane argued otherwise.<\/p>\n
Edmund: \u201cThey are stacked everywhere! Stacked forwards, stacked mids, there is no weakness there. The only thing stopping them is themselves, and just how quick this development can be for the likes of (Jed) Walter and (Ethan) Read, and all of these guys to ease the goalscoring burden on Ben King – who will be his own story.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is out of contract this year \u2013 they\u2019ve got to sign him up, and they\u2019ve got to sign up quick.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cornes:\u201cDo they have to sign Ben King up?\u201d<\/p>\n
Edmund: \u201cI\u2019m not convinced on Jed Walter to be honest. Ben King is an established key forward proposition, and I don\u2019t think you give them away easily.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cornes:\u201cI don\u2019t think it would be a catastrophic disaster if he chose to leave, depending on what you get from Jamarra, and the development of Walter.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you\u2019re going to have 12 months. You\u2019ll have a full season to understand that. I wouldn\u2019t be paying huge dollars for King, (and) I wouldn\u2019t be devastated if he left.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could the Gold Coast Suns survive without Ben King? The superstar key forward has been a staple for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-423160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}