St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)

The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the AFL Women's (AFLW), and is associated with the St Kilda men's team.

St Kilda Football Club
Names
Full name	St Kilda Football Club Limited[1]
Nickname(s)	Saints, Sainters
Motto	Fortius Quo Fidelius ("Strength Through Loyalty")
Club song	"When The Saints Go Marching In"
2021 season
Home-and-away season	11th
Leading goalkicker	Caitlin Greiser (9 goals)
Best and fairest	Georgia Patrikios
Club details
Colours	Red   White   Black
Competition	AFL Women's
President	Andrew Bassat
CEO	Matt Finnis
Coach	Nick Dal Santo
Captain(s)	Cat Phillips, Hannah Priest, Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt
Ground(s)	RSEA Park (10,000)
Training ground(s)	Moorabbin Oval
Uniforms
Home Away Clash
Other information
Official website	saints.com.au
Current season

In September 2017, the club was granted a license by the AFL to compete in the league from the start of the 2020 season.^[2] The team plays its home games out of Moorabbin Oval, in Moorabbin, Victoria.

The club has a reserves affiliation in the VFL Women's (VFLW) with the Southern Saints, who have been solely managed by the Sandringham Football Club since 2020.^[3]

History

2020–present: Foundation

On 18 February 2017, the Australian Football League (AFL) announced the creation of a women's competition the following year.^[4] St Kilda was one the first 13 clubs to apply for an inaugural license to join the competition. Despite being unsuccessful in its bid, it was granted a provisional license, meaning it would take preference over other bidders in subsequent bids.^[5] Following the successful completion of the inaugural AFLW season in 2017, the AFL launched a second round of bidding for licenses to enter the competition from 2019 onwards. St Kilda was again among eight clubs that applied.^[6] In September 2017, the club was announced as one of six clubs to receive a licence to join the competition, and as one of four to join in 2020.^[7]

Players

Current AFLW squad

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Senior list								Coaching staff
1 Molly McDonald  2 Nicola Stevens  3 Alice Burke  4 Kiera Whiley  5 Darcy Guttridge  6 Tyanna Smith  7 J'Noemi Anderson  8 Bianca Jakobsson  9 Jaimee Lambert 10 Paige Trudgeon 11 Grace Kelly 12 Serene Watson 14 Hannah Priest (c) 15 Nat Exon 16 Ella Friend 17 Steph Chiocci		18 Hannah Stuart 19 Rene Caris 20 Rebecca Ott 21 Georgia Patrikios 22 Ashleigh Richards 23 Olivia Vesely 24 Beth Pinchin 27 Nicola Xenos 28 Caitlin Matthews 29 Maddie Boyd 30 Jesse Wardlaw 32 Natalie Plane 33 Charlotte Simpson 34 Simone Nalder 50 Emmelie Fiedler						Head coach Nick Dal Santo Assistant coaches Lachlan Harris (midfield/football strategy lead) Dale Robinson (forwards) Andrew Fisher (backline) Alison Downie (specialist coach) Dave Carden (specialist coach) Paddy Hill (head of player development/runner) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie Updated: 21 April 2024 Source(s): [8], [9]

Corporate

Administrative Board

• President: Andrew Bassat^[10]
• Vice-president: Russell Caplan^[10]
• Chief Executive Officer: Matt Finnis^[10]
• Director: Dean Anderson^[10]
• Director: Jennifer Douglas^[10]
• Director: Paul Kirk^[10]
• Director: Jack Rush^[10]
• Director: Danni Roche^[10]
• Director: Adam Hilton^[10]

Club Honour Boards

Honour Boards

AFLW

St Kilda AFLW honour roll[11]
Season	Ladder	W–L–D	Finals	Coach	Captain(s)	Best and fairest	Leading goalkicker
2020	9th ^	2–4–0	DNQ	Peta Searle	Multiple[a]	Four players[b]	Caitlin Greiser✪	10
2021	11th	3–6–0	DNQ	Peta Searle	Multiple[c]	Georgia Patrikios2	Caitlin Greiser2	9
2022 (S6)	13th	2–8–0	DNQ	Nick Dal Santo	Hannah Priest	Bianca Jakobsson	Nicola Xenos	6
2022 (S7)	13th	3–7–0	DNQ	Nick Dal Santo	Hannah Priest	Kate Shierlaw	Kate Shierlaw	13
^ = Ladder split into two conferences / ⚑ = Premier / ★ = Best And Fairest / ✪ = Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker

Records and statistics

Further information: List of St Kilda Football Club records and statistics

Highest Score	11.10 (76) v West Coast, Round 9, 2021, Lathlain Park
Lowest Score	0.2 (2) v Carlton, Round 6, 2022 (S6), Princes Park
Greatest Winning Margin	56 points v West Coast, Round 9, 2021, Lathlain Park
Greatest Losing Margin	53 points v Adelaide, Round 5, 2021, Norwood Oval
Lowest Winning Score	2.6 (18) v Geelong 0.9 (9), Round 9, 2022 (S6), Moorabbin Oval
Highest Losing Score	7.6 (48) v Port Adelaide 8.8 (56), Round 3, 2023, Moorabbin Oval
Highest Crowd	8,000 v Western Bulldogs, Round 1, 2020, Moorabbin Oval

Achievements

Club Best and Fairest

Main article: St Kilda best and fairest (AFL Women's)

Notes

1. 2020 co-captains were Cat Phillips, Kate Shierlaw & Rhiannon Watt.
2. 2020 best and fairest shared by Rosie Dillon, Caitlin Greiser, Georgia Patrikios, Olivia Vesely.
3. 2021 co-captains were Cat Phillips, Hannah Priest, Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt.

References

1. "Current details for ABN 29 005 471 429". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
2. "AFLW: Tasmania-North Melbourne and Geelong win licenses to field teams in 2019". ABC News. 27 September 2017.
3. "Southern Saints VFLW". Sandringham Football Club.
4. Gorr, Libbi; Goswell, Gus (18 February 2016). "A league of their own: How will an elite women's AFL competition work?". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
5. "AFL women's teams announced". afl.com.au. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
6. Schmook, Nathan (29 August 2017). "Decision on AFLW expansion delayed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
7. Black, Sarah (27 September 2017). "North and Geelong win AFLW expansion race". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
8. "AFLW". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
9. "Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
10. "Board". saints.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
11. "Australian Football - St. Kilda WFC Football Club - Honour Board". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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