Bodhi Uwland

Uwland was born and raised on the Gold Coast^[1] where he attended All Saints Anglican School throughout his younger years.^[2] He began playing junior football for the Burleigh Bombers in the Gold Coast under-6s competition and later switched clubs to play senior football for the Broadbeach Cats in the top tier QAFL state league.^[3]

Uwland joined the Gold Coast Suns Academy as a teenager and was considered a second to third round draft prospect prior to a back injury in his draft year.^[4] He was drafted by his hometown team with the 37th pick in the 2022 rookie draft.^[5]

Uwland spent his first season at the Suns in a back brace while recovering from a stress fracture that occurred in September 2021 and was required to wear the brace for 23 hours a day at times during his recovery.^[6] A year later, he made his AFL debut for Gold Coast at 19 years of age against the Sydney Swans at Carrara Stadium in round 1 of the 2023 AFL season.^[7]

In 2023, Uwland won Gold Coast's inaugural trophy with the VFL premiership, when his side defeated Werribee in the Grand Final. Uwland described the contest as a "very high standard of footy for the VFL".^[8] Uwland solidified a spot in the Suns' best 22 in 2024 and subsequently finished second in the club's best and fairest award that year.^[9]

Uwland has stated he was a lifelong fan of the Gold Coast Suns prior to being drafted and was a foundation member of the club in their inaugural 2011 AFL season.^[10] His younger brother, Zeke, also plays football professionally for the Gold Coast Suns, and the pair first played together in round 1 of the 2026 AFL season.^[11]

He has Dutch heritage through his grandfather that fled the Netherlands for Australia due to World War II.^[12]

Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.^[13]