 He later switched to the Cairns Saints and was placed in the Gold Coast Suns' developmental academy as a teenager.At the start of 2016, he relocated with his family to the Gold Coast where he started playing locally for the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School.While at Palm Beach Currumbin he played in back-to-back QAFL senior premierships, including playing on former AFL Premiership forward Barry Hall at 17 years and 10 days of age in the 2017 QAFL Grand Final.