2023 St Kilda Football Club season

St Kilda Football Club
2023 season
President	Andrew Bassat
Coach	Ross Lyon
Captain(s)	Jack Steele
Home ground	Marvel Stadium
Pre-season	1–0–1
← 2022	2024 →

The 2023 St Kilda Football Club season is the 125th competing in the VFL/AFL and 139th in the club's history. Coached by Ross Lyon and captained by Jack Steele, they are competing in the AFL's 2023 Premiership Season.[1] The season also celebrated the club's 150th anniversary since their establishment in 1873.[2]

Background

Squad changes

Retirements and delistings

Player	Method	Career games	Career goals	Ref.
Jarryn Geary	Retired	207	34	[3]
Dan Hannebery	Retired	208 (Sydney), 18 (St Kilda)	100	[4]
Darragh Joyce	Delisted	13	0	[5]
Dean Kent	Retired	100 (37 St Kilda, 63 Melbourne)	91	[6]
Josiah Kyle	Retired	0	0	[7]
Jarrod Lienert	Delisted	34 (St Kilda 11, Port Adelaide 23)	1	[8]

Trade period

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
Gold Coast St Kilda	to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) Ben Long 2023 fourth round pick (St Kilda)	to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #32	[9]

Free agency

2022 AFL free agency period signings
Player	Free agent type	Recruited from	Compensation	Ref
Zaine Cordy	Unrestricted	Western Bulldogs	None ^[a]	[10]

National Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from		Notes
Round	Pick	Player	Club	League	Notes
1	10	Mattaes Phillipou	Woodville-West Torrens	SANFL
2	31	James Van Es	Greater Western Victoria Rebels	NAB League
2	35	Olli Hotton	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	←Gold Coast←Fremantle (2021)
3	44	Isaac Keeler	North Adelaide	SANFL

Category B rookie selections

Player	Recruited from		Notes
Player	Club	League	Notes
Angus McLennan	Sandringham Dragons	NAB League	Next Generation Academy selection (Born in Egypt)	[11]

Pre-season supplemental selection period

Player	Recruited from		Notes
Player	Club	League	Notes
Liam Stocker	Carlton	AFL		[12]
Anthony Caminiti	Northern Knights	NAB League		[13]

Coaching staff changes

Position	New	Replaced	Ref.
Coach	Ross Lyon	Brett Ratten	[14]
Assistant Coach (Forwards)	Robert Harvey	Brendon Lade	[15]
Assistant Coach (Midfield)	Lenny Hayes	Ben McGlynn	[16]
Development Coach	Brendon Goddard	Nil	[17]
Executive General Manager of Football	Geoff Walsh	Nil	[18]
Executive General Manager of Football	David Misson	Geoff Walsh	[19]

Pre-season

24 February 2023 16:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	46–105	Melbourne	RSEA Park, Melbourne
	2.1 (13) 2.3 (15) 5.8 (38) 6.10 (46)	Report	3.3 (21) 8.6 (54) 10.7 (67) 16.9 (105)	Attendance: 5,000[20] Umpires: N/A
		Goals
	Phillipou 2, Byrnes, Cordy, Steele, Windhager		Petracca 3, Pickett 3, Brown 2, Gawn 2, Chandler, Grundy, Hunter, McDonald, Neal-Bullen, Rivers
		Bests
	N/A		N/A

3 March 2023 16:10 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	67–32	Essendon	RSEA Park, Melbourne
	0.2 (2) 6.2 (38) 9.2 (56) 10.7 (67)	Report	1.6 (12) 1.7 (13) 2.13 (25) 3.14 (32)	Attendance: 8,000[21] Umpires: N/A
		Goals
	Owens 3, Higgins 3, Butler, Marshall, Phillipou, Wood		Davey Jnr, Durham, Wright
		Bests
	Crouch, Owens, Marshall, Wood, Wanganeen-Milera		Ridley, McGrath, Setterfield, Merrett, Davey Jnr

Premiership season

League table

Updated to Port Adelaide v Melbourne (round 10, 2023).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Collingwood	9	8	1	0	822	634	129.7	32	Finals series
2	Port Adelaide	10	8	2	0	911	817	111.5	32
3	Melbourne	10	7	3	0	1038	750	138.4	28
4	Brisbane Lions	9	7	2	0	896	708	126.6	28
5	St Kilda	9	6	3	0	719	595	120.8	24
6	Western Bulldogs	9	6	3	0	695	678	102.5	24
7	Geelong	9	5	4	0	940	737	127.5	20
8	Adelaide	9	5	4	0	842	736	114.4	20
9	Carlton	9	4	4	1	736	711	103.5	18
10	Essendon	9	4	5	0	811	790	102.7	16
11	Gold Coast	9	4	5	0	731	720	101.5	16
12	Fremantle	9	4	5	0	760	775	98.1	16
13	Richmond	9	3	5	1	709	712	99.6	14
14	Sydney	9	3	6	0	775	793	97.7	12
15	Greater Western Sydney	9	3	6	0	723	847	85.4	12
16	North Melbourne	9	2	7	0	584	928	62.9	8
17	West Coast	9	1	8	0	615	1016	60.5	4
18	Hawthorn	9	1	8	0	540	900	60.0	4

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

Result by round

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	H	A	H	H	N	A	H	A	A	A	H	–	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L			B
Position	5	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2022. Source: Australian Football League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

1 19 March 2023 16:40 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	67–52	Fremantle	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	3.3 (21) 5.4 (34) 6.6 (42) 10.7 (67)	Report	2.1 (13) 5.4 (34) 7.6 (48) 7.10 (52)	Attendance: 23,429 Umpires: Daniel Johanson, Curtis Deboy, Nathan Toner, Simon Meredith
		Goals
	Gresham 2, Owens 2, Wood 2, Bytel, Cordy, Higgins, Phillipou		Schultz 2, Aish, Frederick, Switkowski, Taberner, Treacy
		Bests
	Sinclair, Crouch, Steele, Wilkie, Wood, Byrnes		Cox, Young, Ryan, Clark, Henry, Schultz

2 25 March 2023 19:25 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Western Bulldogs	41–92	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	0.1 (1) 4.5 (29) 5.8 (38) 5.11 (41)	Report	4.1 (25) 5.4 (34) 11.5 (71) 14.8 (92)	Attendance: 33,294 Umpires: Matt Stevic, Nick Foot, John Howorth, Jamie Broadbent
		Goals
	Naughton 2, Garcia, English, Baker		Phillipou 3, Owens 3, Gresham 2, Cordy 2, Caminiti 2, Wood, Steele
		Bests
	English, Smith, Crozier, Liberatore, Bontempelli		Steele, Sinclair, Owens, Crouch, Marshall, Wood, Phillipou

3 1 April 2023 19:25 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	92–74	Essendon	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
	5.4 (34) 7.5 (47) 9.7 (61) 14.8 (92)	Report	1.1 (7) 4.5 (29) 6.6 (42) 11.8 (74)	Attendance: 69,255 Umpires: John Howorth, Eleni Tee, Jamie Broadbent, Matt Stevic
		Goals
	Higgins 4, Butler 4, Wood, Owens, Caminiti, Gresham, Windhager, Hill		Perkins 2, Caldwell 2, Shiel 2, Langford, Stringer, Menzie, Martin, Parish
		Bests
	Wood, Wilkie, Marshall, Ross, Crouch, Higgins		Kelly, Ridley, Parish, Merrett, Shiel, Martin

4 8 April 2023 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	113–60	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	3.2 (20) 8.6 (54) 13.10 (88) 17.11 (113)	Report	3.4 (22) 4.8 (32) 5.11 (41) 8.12 (60)	Attendance: 21,049 Umpires: Nicholas Brown, Mathew Nicholls, Jamie Broadbent, Cameron Dore
		Goals
	Higgins 5, Hill 2, Caminiti 2, Owens 2, Windhager, Sinclair, Ross, Phillipou, Cordy, Butler		Rosas, King, Jeffrey, Casboult, Anderson, Ainsworth, Sexton, Holman
		Bests
	Owens, Hill, Higgins, Sinclair, Marshall, Wilkie, Crouch		Anderson, Miller, Powell, Collins, Ainsworth

5 16 April 2023 19:25 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Collingwood	70–64	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	2.2 (14) 4.4 (28) 6.10 (46) 10.10 (70)	Report	2.2 (14) 4.3 (27) 6.4 (40) 9.10 (64)	Attendance: 43,796 Umpires: Leigh Fisher, Jamie Broadbent, Robert Findlay, Brent Wallace
		Goals
	Hill 3, Mihocek 2, McCreery, Mitchell, Ginnivan, Johnson, Elliott		Caminiti 2, Higgins 2, Crouch 2, Phillipou, Clark, Byrnes
		Bests
	N.Daicos, Moore, Hill, J.Daicos, Maynard, Mitchell		Wilkie, Crouch, Battle, Sinclair, Marshall, Wood, Ross

6 23 April 2023 15:20 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Carlton	60–82	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	3.4 (22) 6.7 (43) 7.10 (52) 8.12 (60)	Report	3.2 (20) 6.3 (39) 11.7 (73) 12.10 (82)	Attendance: 45,770 Umpires: Alex Whetton, Simon Meredith, Nathan Williamson, Nathan Toner
		Goals
	C.Curnow 3, Silvagni 2, McKay, Durdin, Cerra		Butler 3, Owens 2, Wood, Membrey, Marshall, Higgins, Gresham, Cordy, Clark
		Bests
	Cripps, McKay, Newman, Cerra, Walsh, C.Curnow		Gresham, Sinclair, Butler, Owens, Marshall, Wood

7 28 April 2023 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	76–83	Port Adelaide	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	5.2 (32) 5.6 (36) 8.8 (56) 11.10 (76)	Report	2.2 (14) 6.7 (43) 9.10 (64) 12.11 (83)	Attendance: 25,845 Umpires: Daniel Johanson, Matt Stevic, Brendan Hosking, Brent Wallace
		Goals
	Owens 2, Gresham 2, Higgins, Cordy, Membrey, Wood, Butler, Steele, Clark		Rioli 2, Powell-Pepper 2, Dixon 2, Finlayson 2, Duursma, Boak, Houston, McEntee
		Bests
	Steele, Sinclair, Marshall, Wanganeen-Milera, Wilkie		Horne-Francis, Boak, Butters, Houston, Powell-Pepper

8 7 May 2023 16:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)	North Melbourne	34–64	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	0.4 (4) 0.7 (7) 3.7 (25) 4.10 (34)	Report	1.6 (12) 3.9 (27) 6.15 (51) 8.16 (64)	Attendance: 22,065 Umpires: Leigh Fisher, Jeff Dalgleish, Nicholas Brown, Nicholas McGinness
		Goals
	Larkey 3, Stephenson		Butler 2, Higgins 2, Sinclair, Sharman, Owens, Wood
		Bests
	Ziebell, McKay, Sheezel, Goldstein, Shiels		Wilkie, Steele, Clark, Owens, Marshall, Hill

9 14 May 2023 12:40 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Adelaide	121–69	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	6.2 (38) 10.2 (62) 15.6 (96) 19.7 (121)	Report	1.1(7) 5.5 (35) 7.7 (49) 10.9 (69)	Umpires: Nick Foot, Matt Stevic, Robert O'Gorman, Andrew Heffernan
		Goals
	Walker 5, Rankine 2, Pedlar 2, Fogarty 2, Smith, Thilthorpe, Jones, Rachele, Soligo, Keays, Murphy, McHenry		Higgins 3, Caminiti 2, Wood 2, Butler, Byrnes, Membrey
		Bests
	Dawson, Smith, Walker, Milera, Soligo, Pedlar		Crouch, Marshall, Steele, Wood, Higgins, Clark

10 21 May 2023 16:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Greater Western Sydney	v	St Kilda	Giants Stadium, Sydney

11 27 May 2023 13:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Hawthorn	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Round 12 (Bye for St Kilda)

13 8 June 2023 19:20 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Sydney	v	St Kilda	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

14 17 June 2023 19:25 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Richmond	v	St Kilda	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

15 23 June 2023 19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Brisbane Lions	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

16	West Coast	v	St Kilda	Optus Stadium, Perth

17	St Kilda	v	Melbourne	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

18	Gold Coast	v	St Kilda	Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast

19	St Kilda	v	North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

20	Hawthorn	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

21	St Kilda	v	Carlton	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

22	St Kilda	v	Richmond	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

23	St Kilda	v	Geelong	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

24	Brisbane Lions	v	St Kilda	The Gabba, Brisbane

Squad information

Playing and coaching staff list

The playing squad and coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2023 AFL season.[22]

St Kilda Football Club
Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Nick Coffield 3 Zak Jones 4 Jade Gresham 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 15 Jack Billings 16 Dan Butler 17 Marcus Windhager 19 Rowan Marshall 20 Dougal Howard (vc) 21 Zaine Cordy		22 Jack Higgins 23 Jack Bytel 25 Mattaes Phillipou 26 Josh Battle 27 Oscar Adams 28 Tim Membrey (vc) 29 Jimmy Webster 30 Matthew Allison 31 James Van Es 33 Ben Paton 34 Tom Highmore 35 Jack Sinclair 36 Daniel McKenzie 37 Leo Connolly 38 Tom Campbell 39 Olli Hotton 40 Isaac Keeler 44 Callum Wilkie (vc)				14 Liam Stocker 18 Jack Hayes 32 Mason Wood 41 Angus McLennan (B) 42 Max Heath 43 Cooper Sharman 45 Jack Peris (B) 47 Anthony Caminiti		Head coach Ross Lyon Assistant coaches Corey Enright (defence) Lenny Hayes (midfield) Robert Harvey (forwards) Damian Carroll (head of development & learning) Jake Batchelor (VFL coach/development) Brendon Goddard (development coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 14 May 2023 Source(s): [23][24]

References

"Club Honours".
https://www.saints.com.au/news/1276609/celebrating-150-years-of-saints-legends
"'His bravery is rivalled by few': Fearless Saint calls time on 16-year career".
"Saint to hang them up after farewell against old mates".
"Saints farewell Irish defender but other clubs sniffing around".
"Kent calls time, but not before milestone match". saints.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
"Kyle calls time".
"Delisted Saint Jarrod Lienert hopeful of a return to former club, puzzled at axing of ex-coach".
"Ben Long joins the SUNS". GoldCoastFC.com.au. Telstra. 5 October 2022. The Gold Coast SUNS have acquired the services of 25-year-old Ben Long after a trade was secured with St Kilda today.
"Cordy a Saint for 2023". Premiership Bulldog Zaine Cordy has joined St Kilda as a free agent this morning.
"NGA recruit McLennan joins Saints as Category B Rookie". Saints.com.au. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
"Saints Stock up as ex-Blue becomes a Saint". saints.com.au. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
"Saints secure forward firepower with SSP signing". afl.com.au. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
"Saints thank Long, trade to Suns finalised". saints.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
"Harvey comes home". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
"Hayes returns home". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
"Goddard and Misson return to RSEA Park". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
"Walsh joins Saints to oversee men's football program". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
"Saints settle on GM for 2023, another Lyon disciple returns". afl.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
https://www.austadiums.com/sport/event/28269
https://www.austadiums.com/sport/event/28259
"Mens".
"AFL". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
"Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

External links

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[1] "Club Honours".

[2] ttps://www.saints.com.au/news/1276609/celebrating-150-years-of-saints-legends

[3] "'His bravery is rivalled by few': Fearless Saint calls time on 16-year career".

[4] "Saint to hang them up after farewell against old mates".

[5] "Saints farewell Irish defender but other clubs sniffing around".

[6] "Kent calls time, but not before milestone match". saints.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2022.

[7] "Kyle calls time".

[8] "Delisted Saint Jarrod Lienert hopeful of a return to former club, puzzled at axing of ex-coach".

[9] "Ben Long joins the SUNS". GoldCoastFC.com.au. Telstra. 5 October 2022. The Gold Coast SUNS have acquired the services of 25-year-old Ben Long after a trade was secured with St Kilda today.

[10] "Cordy a Saint for 2023". Premiership Bulldog Zaine Cordy has joined St Kilda as a free agent this morning.

[11] "NGA recruit McLennan joins Saints as Category B Rookie". Saints.com.au. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[12] "Saints Stock up as ex-Blue becomes a Saint". saints.com.au. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.

[13] "Saints secure forward firepower with SSP signing". afl.com.au. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

[:0-14] "Saints thank Long, trade to Suns finalised". saints.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

[15] "Harvey comes home". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

[16] "Hayes returns home". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

[:1-17] "Goddard and Misson return to RSEA Park". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

[18] "Walsh joins Saints to oversee men's football program". saints.com.au. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

[19] "Saints settle on GM for 2023, another Lyon disciple returns". afl.com.au. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[20] ttps://www.austadiums.com/sport/event/28269

[21] ttps://www.austadiums.com/sport/event/28259

[22] "Mens".

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

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

[a]

2023 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership 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
Player changes	Trades National draft Mid-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings
See also	2023 AFL Women's season Gather Round