2024 St Kilda Football Club season

St Kilda Football Club
2024 season
President	Andrew Bassat
Coach	Ross Lyon
Captain(s)	Jack Steele
Home ground	Marvel Stadium
Pre-season	2–0–0
Leading goalkicker	Jack Higgins (11)
Highest home attendance	69,517 vs Collingwood (Round 2)
Lowest home attendance	26,719 vs Western Bulldogs (Round 6)
← 2023

The 2024 St Kilda Football Club season is the 126th competing in the VFL/AFL and 140th season in the club's history. Coached by Ross Lyon and captained by Jack Steele, they are competing in the AFL's 2024 Premiership Season.^[1]

Background[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

Premiership season[edit]

Post-season[edit]

Squad information[edit]

Playing squad[edit]

The playing squad and coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2024 AFL season.^[2]


Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Jack Higgins 2 Marcus Windhager 3 Zak Jones 4 Lance Collard 5 Brad Crouch 6 Sebastian Ross 7 Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera 8 Bradley Hill 9 Jack Steele (c) 10 Mitch Owens 11 Hunter Clark 12 Max King 13 Ryan Byrnes 14 Liam Stocker 15 Paddy Dow 16 Dan Butler 17 Isaac Keeler 19 Rowan Marshall 20 Dougal Howard		21 Zaine Cordy 22 Darcy Wilson 23 Liam Henry 24 Angus Hastie 25 Mattaes Phillipou 26 Josh Battle 27 Arie Schoenmaker 28 Tim Membrey 29 Jimmy Webster 30 Matthew Allison 31 James Van Es 32 Mason Wood 33 Ben Paton 34 Hugo Garcia 35 Jack Sinclair 36 Riley Bonner 38 Tom Campbell 39 Olli Hotton 44 Callum Wilkie (vc)				18 Jack Hayes 41 Angus McLennan (B) 42 Max Heath 43 Cooper Sharman 45 Liam O'Connell (B) 47 Anthony Caminiti		Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 1 May 2024 Source(s): ^[3]^[4]

Coaching staff[edit]

The coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2024 AFL season as of 19 April 2024.

Position	Name
AFL senior coach	Ross Lyon
Backline assistant coach	Corey Enright
Midfield assistant coach	Brendon Goddard
Forwards assistant coach	Robert Harvey
Head of development and learning	Damian Carroll
VFL senior coach and development	Jake Batchelor
Development coach	Lenny Hayes

Squad changes[edit]

Retirements and delistings[edit]

Player	Method	Career games	Career goals	Ref.
Jack Bytel	Delisted	22	3	^[5]
Leo Connolly	Delisted	7	1	^[6]
Jack Peris	Delisted	1	0	^[7]
Oscar Adams	Delisted	0	0	^[8]
Tom Highmore	Delisted	16	0	^[9]
Daniel McKenzie	Delisted	73	11	^[10]

Free agency[edit]

2023 AFL free agency period losses
Player	Free agent type	New club	Compensation	Notes	Ref
Jade Gresham	Restricted	Essendon	End of First Round		^[11]

Trade period[edit]

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
St Kilda Fremantle	to St Kilda (from Fremantle) Liam Henry 2024 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	to Fremantle (from St Kilda) 2024 second round pick (St Kilda) 2024 fourth round pick (St Kilda)	^[12]
St Kilda Western Bulldogs Carlton Essendon	to St Kilda Paddy Dow (from Carlton) pick #40 (from Western Bulldogs) 2024 third round pick (from Carlton) to Western Bulldogs Nick Coffield (from St Kilda) pick #52 (from Essendon) pick #56 (from St Kilda)	to Carlton 2024 third round pick (from Essendon) 2024 fourth round pick (from Western Bulldogs) 2024 fourth round pick (Fremantle, from St Kilda) to Essendon pick #35 (from St Kilda) 2024 fourth round pick (from Carlton)	^[13]
Melbourne St Kilda	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) Jack Billings	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) 2024 third round pick (Melbourne)	^[14]
Picks swapped at the 2023 National Draft
St Kilda Melbourne	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) pick #42	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) 2024 third round pick (St Kilda)
St Kilda Gold Coast	to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #27	to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) pick #40 pick #42
Greater Western Sydney St Kilda	to Greater Western Sydney (from St Kilda) pick #17	to St Kilda (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #18 2024 second round pick (Adelaide)
St Kilda Greater Western Sydney	to St Kilda (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #50	to Greater Western Sydney (from St Kilda) 2024 third round pick (Carlton)

National Draft[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	League	Notes
1	18	Darcy Wilson	Murray Bushrangers	Talent League	←Greater Western Sydney←Adelaide ←Gold Coast←Melbourne
1	28	Lance Collard	Subiaco	WAFL	Free Agency Compensation pick (Gresham)
2	33	Angus Hastie	Geelong Falcons	Talent League	←Gold Coast←Adelaide←Gold Coast (2022)
3	50	Hugo Garcia	Calder Cannons	Talent League	←Greater Western Sydney
5	62	Arie Schoenmaker	Tasmania Devils	Talent League

Pre-Season Draft[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from
Round	Pick	Player	Club	League
1	3	Riley Bonner	Port Adelaide	AFL

Category B rookie selections[edit]

Table of Category B rookie selections
Name	Origin	Note	Ref
Liam O'Connell	Cork GAA	International Selection (Ireland)	^[15]

Pre-season[edit]

23 February 2024 14:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	106–40	Essendon	RSEA Park, Melbourne
	3.3 (21) 7.8 (50) 10.9 (69) 16.10 (106)	Report	2.2 (14) 2.5 (17) 4.7 (31) 5.10 (40)	Attendance: 5,007^[16]
		Goals
	King 4, Higgins 3, Membrey 3, Sharman 3, Bonner, Garcia, Henry		Langford 2, Caldwell, Guelfi, Redman

3 March 2024 14:10 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	84–65	North Melbourne	RSEA Park, Melbourne
	5.2 (32) 8.12 (60) 8.14 (62) 11.18 (84)	Report	3.1 (19) 4.2 (26) 9.5 (59) 10.5 (65)	Attendance: 7,906^[17] Umpires: Nicholas Brown, Alex Whetton, Cameron Dore, Jacob Mollison
		Goals
	Sharman 2, Owens 2, Membrey 2, King 2, Marshall, Henry, Bonner		Larkey 3, Zurhaar 2, Duursma 2, Stephenson, Goater, Coleman-Jones
		Bests
	Owens, Wilson, Bonner, Wanganeen-Milera, Byrnes		Fisher, Stephens, Sheezel, Zurhaar, Larkey, Duursma

Premiership season[edit]

League table[edit]

Updated to the end of round 8.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	8	7	1	0	826	562	147.0	28	Finals series
2	Geelong	8	7	1	0	759	586	129.5	28
3	Greater Western Sydney	8	6	2	0	820	649	126.3	24
4	Melbourne	8	6	2	0	659	530	124.3	24
5	Essendon	8	5	2	1	657	690	95.2	22
6	Fremantle	8	5	3	0	656	544	120.6	20
7	Port Adelaide	8	5	3	0	719	636	113.1	20
8	Carlton	8	5	3	0	781	711	109.8	20
9	Collingwood	8	4	3	1	692	699	99.0	18
10	Gold Coast	8	4	4	0	638	666	95.8	16
11	Western Bulldogs	8	3	5	0	729	654	111.5	12
12	Adelaide	8	3	5	0	619	608	101.8	12
13	Brisbane Lions	8	3	5	0	596	594	100.3	12
14	St Kilda	8	3	5	0	614	637	96.4	12
15	West Coast	8	2	6	0	581	765	75.9	8
16	Hawthorn	8	2	6	0	572	769	74.4	8
17	Richmond	8	1	7	0	536	748	71.7	4
18	North Melbourne	8	0	8	0	559	965	57.9	0

Source: afl.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Result by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ground	A	H	A	N	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	B	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	L	L	L
Position	11	9	11	9	12	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2024. Source: AFL Season Ladder - AFL.com.au
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

Opening Round (Bye for St Kilda)

1 16 March 2024 19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Geelong	76–68	St Kilda	GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
	2.3 (15) 6.7 (43) 6.13 (49) 10.16 (76)	Report	1.5 (11) 4.6 (30) 5.9 (39) 9.14 (68)	Attendance: 39,352 Umpires: Justin Power, Matt Stevic, Brendan Hosking, Martin Rodger
		Goals
	Dempsey 3, Cameron 2, Close, Dangerfield, Tuohy, O.Henry, Hawkins		Membrey 3, Wilson 2, King 2, Phillipou, Sharman
		Bests
	Holmes, Dangerfield, Dempsey, Stewart, Cameron, Duncan		Wanganeen-Milera, Steele, Marshall, Membrey, Bonner, King

2 21 March 2024 19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	94–79	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
	5.1 (31) 6.2 (38) 11.7 (73) 14.10 (94)	Report	3.1 (19) 7.4 (46) 8.5 (53) 12.7 (79)	Attendance: 69,517 Umpires: Nick Foot, Leigh Fisher, Brendan Hosking, Jacob Mollison
		Goals
	Higgins 4, King 3, Membrey 2, Henry 2, Hill, Sharman, Phillipou		Elliott 3, McInnes 3, Lipinski 2, Hill 2, Schultz, Cameron
		Bests
	Wanganeen-Milera, Windhager, Steele, Higgins, Marshall, Owens		J.Daicos, Lipinski, Elliott, Crisp, N.Daicos

3 30 March 2024 16:20 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Essendon	71–67	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	3.1 (19) 5.3 (33) 8.5 (53) 10.11 (71)	Report	4.4 (28) 6.8 (44) 8.12 (60) 9.13 (67)	Attendance: 44,412 Umpires: Jamie Broadbent, Robert O'Gorman, Mathew Nicholls, Peter Bailes
		Goals
	Stringer 3, Langford 3, Jones 2, McGrath, Duursma		Higgins 3, Caminiti 2, Sinclair, Ross, Owens, Butler
		Bests
	Martin, Duursma, Merrett, Parish, Langford		Ross, Steele, Hill, Marshall, Higgins, Bonner

4 7 April 2024 14:50 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Richmond	60–67	St Kilda	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	4.1 (25) 5.3 (33) 7.3 (45) 9.6 (60)	Report	0.4 (4) 1.5 (11) 7.11 (53) 9.13 (67)	Attendance: 9,425 Umpires: John Howorth, Nathan Williamson, Matthew Young, Cameron Dore
		Goals
	Bolton 4, M.Rioli 2, Lefau, Koschitzke, Sonsie		Higgins 2, Membrey, Wilson, Caminiti, King, Owens, Marshall, Bonner
		Bests
	Bolton, Martin, Nankervis, Taranto, Vlastuin		Steele, Hill, Wilkie, Sinclair, Wanganeen-Milera

5 13 April 2024 13:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Greater Western Sydney	80–79	St Kilda	Manuka Oval, Canberra
	4.4 (28) 7.6 (48) 10.10 (70) 11.14 (80)	Report	1.3 (9) 4.5 (29) 6.5 (41) 12.7 (79)	Attendance: 12,448 Umpires: Chris Donlon, Matt Stevic, Robert O'Gorman, Andrew Heffernan
		Goals
	Hogan 2, Greene 2, Thomas, Riccardi, Kelly, Green, Daniels, Coniglio, Cadman		Owens 2, Membrey 2, Higgins 2, Caminiti 2, Wilson, Steele, Sinclair, Hill
		Bests
	Whitfield, Green, Ash, Greene, Bedford		Hill, Marshall, Steele, Owens, Garcia, Wilkie

6 18 April 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	64–124	Western Bulldogs	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	1.0 (6) 4.3 (27) 5.7 (37) 9.10 (64)	Report	7.1 (43) 12.4 (76) 17.6 (108) 19.10 (124)	Attendance: 26,719 Umpires: Andrew Stephens, Brendan Hosking, Andre Gianfagna, Jacob Mollison
		Goals
	Membrey 3, Caminiti, Jones, Garcia, Wilson, Owens, Sharman		Naughton 6, Weightman 3, Bontempelli 3, Darcy, Dale, Treloar, West, English, Gallagher, Macrae
		Bests
	Windhager, Wanganeen-Milera, Steele, Garcia		Naughton, Treloar, Dale, Weightman, Macrae, Johannisen

7 26 April 2024 19:40 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Port Adelaide	82–72	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	1.8 (14) 6.9 (45) 9.13 (67) 11.16 (82)	Report	3.3 (21) 5.5 (35) 8.6 (54) 11.6 (72)	Attendance: 40,306 Umpires: Leigh Haussen, Simon Meredith, Nathan Williamson, Andrew Heffernan
		Goals
	Dixon 4, Rioli 2, Wines, Rozee, Powell-Pepper, Georgiades, Byrne-Jones		Owens 2, Higgins 2, Sinclair, Sharman, Phillipou, Membrey, Hill, Cordy, Caminiti
		Bests
	Drew, Butters, Dixon, Wines, Burgoyne, Houston		Sinclair, Wanganeen-Milera, Wilson, Wilkie, Owens

8 4 May 2024 16:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

9 11 May 2024 13:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Hawthorn	v	St Kilda	University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston

10 18 May 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Fremantle	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

11 26 May 2024 15:20 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Melbourne	v	St Kilda	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

12 1 June 2024 14:35 AWST (UTC+8:00)	West Coast	v	St Kilda	Optus Stadium, Perth

13 8 June 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

14 14 June 2024 19:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Brisbane Lions	v	St Kilda	The Gabba, Brisbane

Round 15 (Bye for St Kilda)

16	St Kilda	v	Port Adelaide	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

17	St Kilda	v	Sydney	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

18	Adelaide	v	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

19	St Kilda	v	West Coast	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

20	St Kilda	v	Essendon	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

21	St Kilda	v	Brisbane Lions	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

22	Richmond	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

23	St Kilda	v	Geelong	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

24	Carlton	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

References[edit]

^ "Club Honours".
^ "Mens".
^ "AFL". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.
^ "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.
^ "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.
^ "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.
^ "Defender delisted as Saints' changes continue". afl.com.au. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Luckless Saint to be delisted, but door open to return". afl.com.au. 8 November 2023.
^ "Bombers land third free agent as Saint makes move". 13 October 2023.
^ "Saints wrap up deal for out-of-contract Dockers wingman". afl.com.au. 16 October 2023.
^ "Former top-10 picks on the move in four-club trade". AFL.com.au. 17 October 2023. Paddy Dow and Nick Coffield have joined the Saints and Bulldogs as part of a four-club deal
^ "Billings Dee-parts: Saint moves to Melbourne in late trade". AFL.com.au. 18 October 2023.
^ "Cork's Liam O'Connell the latest promising footballer to make move Down Under to St Kilda". Irish Independent. 21 August 2023.
^ "AFL Pre-Season: St Kilda v Essendon • RSEA Park • 2024".
^ "AFL Pre-Season: St Kilda v North Melbourne • RSEA Park • 2024".

External links[edit]

[1] "Club Honours".

[2] "Mens".

[3] "AFL". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[4] "Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[5] "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.

[6] "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.

[7] "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.

[8] "Big-bodied midfielder among four Saints axed". afl.com.au. 12 September 2023.

[9] "Defender delisted as Saints' changes continue". afl.com.au. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[10] "Luckless Saint to be delisted, but door open to return". afl.com.au. 8 November 2023.

[11] "Bombers land third free agent as Saint makes move". 13 October 2023.

[12] "Saints wrap up deal for out-of-contract Dockers wingman". afl.com.au. 16 October 2023.

[13] "Former top-10 picks on the move in four-club trade". AFL.com.au. 17 October 2023. Paddy Dow and Nick Coffield have joined the Saints and Bulldogs as part of a four-club deal

[14] "Billings Dee-parts: Saint moves to Melbourne in late trade". AFL.com.au. 18 October 2023.

[15] "Cork's Liam O'Connell the latest promising footballer to make move Down Under to St Kilda". Irish Independent. 21 August 2023.

[16] "AFL Pre-Season: St Kilda v Essendon • RSEA Park • 2024".

[17] "AFL Pre-Season: St Kilda v North Melbourne • RSEA Park • 2024".

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v t e 2024 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Home-and-away season Finals series Grand final
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Players	Debuts Retirements and delistings Trades National draft Mid-season draft Rookie draft
See also	2024 AFL Women's season