AdvertisementSportAFLAFL 2026 Hard truths: How beers with ‘Dimma’ helped skipper grow as team’s season nosedived Peter Ryan August 7, 2026 — 3:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Share A A ALoadingAs the Suns’ season of promise started to wobble and losses grew, the club’s relatively young skipper Noah Anderson and triple premiership coach Damien Hardwick decided to go for a beer. Gold Coast skipper Noah ANderson leads his team off the ground after another frustrating loss. When asked whether the team’s woes simply come down to their best players not playing well this season, Anderson, who shared last year’s AFL coaches’ award with Geelong’s Bailey Smith, acknowledged that it hadn’t helped. AdvertisementIt’s a difficult process for a player whose career had progressed in a somewhat upwards linear fashion until this season.