St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)
| 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 | ||||
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| Other information | ||||
| Official website | saints.com.au | |||
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.
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 had a reserves affiliation with the Sandringham Football Club in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition. A team known as the "Southern Saints" participated in the league between 2018 and 2024, originally being co-managed by both clubs before the license was taken over by Sandringham in 2020. Since 2025 the "Southern Saints" name has been dropped and the team's identity has been consolidated by the Sandringham Football Club.[3]
History
[edit]2020–present: Foundation
[edit]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
[edit]Curre ent AFLW squad
[edit]| Senior list | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
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Corporate
[edit]Administrative Board
[edit]- 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
[edit]Honour Boards
[edit]AFLW
[edit]| St Kilda AFLW honour roll[11] | ||||||||
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| 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 |
| 2023 | 9th | 6–4–0 | DNQ | Nick Dal Santo | Hannah Priest | Jaimee Lambert | Nat Exon | 9 |
| 2024 | 11th | 4–7–0 | DNQ | Nick Dal Santo | Hannah Priest | TBC | Jesse Wardlaw | 14 |
| ^ = Ladder split into two conferences / ⚑ = Premier / ★ = Best And Fairest / ✪ = Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker | ||||||||
Records and statistics
[edit]| 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
[edit]Club Best and Fairest
Notes
[edit]- ^ 2020 co-captains were Cat Phillips, Kate Shierlaw & Rhiannon Watt.
- ^ 2020 best and fairest shared by Rosie Dillon, Caitlin Greiser, Georgia Patrikios, Olivia Vesely.
- ^ 2021 co-captains were Cat Phillips, Hannah Priest, Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt.
References
[edit]- ^ "Current details for ABN 29 005 471 429". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "AFLW: Tasmania-North Melbourne and Geelong win licenses to field teams in 2019". ABC News. 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Southern Saints VFLW". Sandringham Football Club.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "AFL women's teams announced". afl.com.au. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Schmook, Nathan (29 August 2017). "Decision on AFLW expansion delayed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ Black, Sarah (27 September 2017). "North and Geelong win AFLW expansion race". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "AFLW". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Board". saints.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Australian Football - St. Kilda WFC Football Club - Honour Board". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.