St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)

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St Kilda Football Club
St Kilda FC logo.svg
Names
Full nameSt Kilda Football Club Limited[1]
Nickname(s)Saints, Sainters
MottoFortius Quo Fidelius ("Strength Through Loyalty")
Club song"When The Saints Go Marching In"
2021 season
Home-and-away season11th
Leading goalkickerCaitlin Greiser (9 goals)
Best and fairestGeorgia Patrikios
Club details
Colours  Red   White   Black
CompetitionAFLW: Senior Women
VFLW: Reserves Women
PresidentAndrew Bassat
CEOMatt Finnis
CoachAFLW: Nick Dal Santo
VFLW:
Captain(s)AFLW: Cat Phillips, Hannah Priest, Kate Shierlaw, Rhiannon Watt
VFLW: , ,
Ground(s)AFLW/VFLW: RSEA Park (capacity: 10,000)
Training ground(s)Moorabbin Oval
Uniforms
Home
Away
Clash
Other information
Official websitesaints.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 VFL Women's (VFLW) competitions. The team 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

History[]

2020–present: Foundation[]

On 18 February 2017, the Australian Football League (AFL) announced the creation of a women's competition the following year.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Players[]

Current AFLW squad[]

St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff
  • 2 (B) (i)
  • 19

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Dave Carden (defence)
  • Alex Woodward (midfield)
  • Lachlan Harris (forward)
  • Paddy Hill (head of player development & strategy)
  • Dale Robinson (development/VFLW coach)
  • Nicole Callinan (development/mentor)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie

Updated: 14 August 2021
Source(s): [7], [8]

Reserves teams[]

Southern Saints logo

Since 2018, St Kilda has fielded a team in the second-tier VFL Women's league, in partnership with VFL men's club Sandringham.[9] The team is referred to as the Southern Saints.[10]

Corporate[]

Administrative Board[]

Club Honour Boards[]

Honour Boards[]

AFLW[]

St Kilda AFLW honour roll[12]
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
^ = Ladder split into two conferences / ⚑ = Premier / ★ = Best And Fairest / ✪ = Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker

VFLW (Southern Saints)[]

Southern Saints VFLW honour roll
Season Final position Coach Captain Best and fairest Leading
Goalkicker
2018 8th Peta Searle Georgia Walker Alison Drennan & Rhiannon Watt 15
2019 3rd Peta Searle Rotating captains Tilly Lucas-Rodd Caitlin Greiser 22
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 TBC Multiple[d] To be determined

Records and statistics[]

Further information: List of St Kilda Football Club records and statistics
  • Biggest winning margin: 56 points (2021, Round 9, v West Coast)
  • Biggest score: 11.10 [76] (2021, Round 9, v West Coast)
  • Most premiership points in a season: 12 (2021)
  • Most consecutive wins: 1 (2020, 2021)

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.
  4. ^ 2021 co-captains were , , and .

References[]

  1. ^ "Current details for ABN 29 005 471 429". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "AFLW: Tasmania-North Melbourne and Geelong win licenses to field teams in 2019". ABC News. 27 September 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "AFL women's teams announced". afl.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ Schmook, Nathan (29 August 2017). "Decision on AFLW expansion delayed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. ^ Black, Sarah (27 September 2017). "North and Geelong win AFLW expansion race". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ^ "AFLW". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's football team". Sandringham FC.
  10. ^ "Southern Saints". VFL.com.au.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Board". saints.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Australian Football - St. Kilda WFC Football Club - Honour Board". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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