September football may be foreign to Gold Coast but veteran Lachie Weller is adamant it will suit the side and their history-making duo.
The Suns secured the club's first finals appearance since their 2011 AFL admission with a record 95-point thumping of a depleted Essendon on Wednesday.
On Thursday, star midfielders Matt Rowell and Noah Anderson were awarded with All Australian blazers for their stirring seasons.
It was the Suns' first All Australian representation since Touk Miller in 2022 and the first time the club had won multiple selections.
Anderson (103 votes) also tied for the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year with Geelong's Bailey Smith, narrowly ahead of Rowell (97).
Weller, traded from Fremantle in 2018, Anderson and Rowell will play their first finals games next week Saturday in Perth against the Dockers.
They're three of at least eight Suns with 100 or more games to their name that will make September debuts, on a list with just three men boasting finals experience.
Not that Weller, in his 11th season and seeking to extend his Suns contract beyond next year, is concerned.
"For sure it suits us," he told AAP.
"Finals are high contest, high pressure and the midfield we've got, those contested beasts … we do that well and that's what a finals game is."
Keen to return home after three seasons in Perth, defender Weller arrived at the Suns courtesy of an eyebrow-raising trade for pick two that secured the Dockers Andrew Brayshaw.
Weller has battled through two knee reconstructions and seven losing seasons to finally taste September action.
It took its toll, the 29-year-old revealing to AAP earlier this season there were times he felt "not even worthy as a person" due to the Suns' poor results.
"We've got fans that been hanging around for ages, waiting for this moment," he said.
"It's pretty cool, and the players want that responsibility, to play finals.
"It's kind of made it all worth it now.
"You can ride the ups and downs of footy so much.
"To the point now I'm just loving it, you want to be in here."
