2018 St Kilda Football Club season

St Kilda Football Club

2018 season
President	Matt Finnis
Coach	Alan Richardson (5th season)
Captain	Jarryn Geary (2nd season)
Home ground	Etihad Stadium (Capacity: 53,347)
AFL season	16th
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The 2018 St Kilda Football Club season was the 122nd in the club's history. Coached by Alan Richardson and captained by Jarryn Geary, they competed in the AFL's 2018 Toyota Premiership Season. ^[1]

Squad

St Kilda Football Club

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Tom Hickey  2 Jake Carlisle  3 Jack Steven  4 Jade Gresham  5 Shane Savage  6 Sebastian Ross  7 Luke Dunstan  8 Blake Acres  9 Jack Steele 10 Nathan Freeman 11 Hunter Clark 13 Jack Lonie 14 Jarryn Geary (c) 15 Jack Billings 16 Jack Newnes 17 Dylan Roberton 18 Billy Longer 19 Sam Gilbert 20 David Armitage 21 Ben Long		22 Nathan Brown 23 Hugh Goddard 24 Logan Austin 25 Koby Stevens (ret) 26 Josh Battle 27 Josh Bruce 28 Tim Membrey 29 Jimmy Webster 30 Ed Phillips 31 Brandon White 32 Paddy McCartin 33 Nick Coffield 34 Nathan Wright 35 Jack Sinclair 36 Daniel McKenzie 37 Bailey Rice 38 Oscar Clavarino 41 Darren Minchington 44 Maverick Weller 45 Ben Paton				39 Darragh Joyce (B) 40 Ray Connellan (B) 42 Lewis Pierce 43 Rowan Marshall 46 Doulton Langlands		Head coach Alan Richardson Assistant coaches Danny Sexton (director of coaching and strategy) Rohan Welsh (forwards) Henry Playfair (defense) Adam Kingsley (midfield) Adam Skrobalak (ruck) Simon McPhee (head of development) Peta Searle (development) Ben McGlynn (development) Danny Frawley (specialist defensive coach) Aaron Hamill (Sandringham VFL coach) Robbie Chancellor (manager of performance analysis) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie (ret) retired Updated: 6 April 2018 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Season summary

Main article: 2018 AFL season

Pre-season

Main article: 2018 JLT Community Series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(St Kilda's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Wednesday 28 February, 7:10pm	Carlton	13.11 (89)	9.13 (67)	Lost by 22 points	Ikon Park (A)	8,098
2	Thursday 8 March, 7:05pm	Melbourne	18.11 (119)	14.9 (93)	Lost by 26 points	Casey Fields (A)	4,567

Regular season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(St Kilda's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder	Ref.
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 24 March (3:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	16.11 (107)	12.10 (82)	Won by 25 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	23,731	6th	[2]
2	Friday, 30 March (4:20 pm)	North Melbourne	13.17 (95)	5.13 (43)	Lost by 52 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	33,966	13th	[3]
3	Saturday, 7 April (7:25 pm)	Adelaide	7.13 (55)	15.14 (104)	Lost by 49 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	19,324	15th	[4]
4	Sunday, 15 April (4:40 pm)	Geelong	15.13 (103)	7.14 (56)	Lost by 47 points	GMHBA Stadium (A)	27,338	16th	[5]
5	Saturday, 21 April (1:45 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	10.13 (73)	9.19 (73)	Match drawn	Etihad Stadium (H)	14,956	15th	[6]
6	Saturday, 28 April (7:25 pm)	Hawthorn	13.11 (89)	7.12 (54)	Lost by 35 points	University of Tasmania Stadium (A)	15,741	16th	[7]
7	Sunday, 6 May (3:20 pm)	Melbourne	9.13 (67)	16.10 (106)	Lost by 39 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	25,496	16th	[8]
8	Saturday, 12 May (8:10 pm)	Fremantle	13.11 (89)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 30 points	Optus Stadium (A)	41,752	16th	[9]
9	Saturday, 19 May (7:25 pm)	Collingwood	10.12 (72)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 28 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	33,994	16th	[10]
10	Saturday, 26 May (1:45 pm)	Richmond	15.15 (105)	12.5 (77)	Lost by 28 points	MCG (A)	48,850	16th	[11]
11	Saturday, 2 June (7:20 pm)	West Coast	16.5 (101)	14.4 (88)	Lost by 13 points	Optus Stadium (A)	54,188	16th	[12]
12	Saturday, 9 June (7:25 pm)	Sydney	7.13 (55)	19.12 (126)	Lost by 71 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	27,569	16th	[13]
13	Saturday, 16 June (4:35 pm)	Gold Coast	11.12 (78)	11.14 (80)	Won by 2 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	10,181	16th	[14]
14	Bye Round							16th
15	Sunday, 1 July (1:10 pm)	Melbourne	18.9 (117)	18.11 (119)	Won by 2 points	MCG (A)	38,910	15th	[15]
16	Saturday, 7 July (4:35 pm)	Port Adelaide	12.14 (86)	7.8 (50)	Lost by 36 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	36,253	15th	[16]
17	Friday, 13 July (7:50 pm)	Carlton	16.20 (116)	7.10 (52)	Won by 64 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	33,780	15th	[17]
18	Friday, 20 July (7:40 pm)	Richmond	8.9 (57)	16.15 (111)	Lost by 54 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	36,269	15th	[18]
19	Saturday, 28 July (4:05 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	13.8 (86)	8.13 (61)	Lost by 25 points	Spotless Stadium (A)	12,014	15th	[19]
20	Saturday, 4 August (7:25 pm)	Western Bulldogs	9.14 (68)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 35 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	20,748	15th	[20]
21	Friday, 10 August (7:50 pm)	Essendon	18.14 (122)	11.13 (79)	Lost by 43 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	37,483	15th	[21]
22	Saturday, 18 August (7:25 pm)	Hawthorn	11.10 (76)	12.8 (80)	Lost by 4 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	24,795	16th	[22]
23	Sunday, 26 August (4:40 pm)	North Melbourne	14.10 (94)	17.15 (117)	Lost by 23 points	Etihad Stadium (H)	19,866	16th	[23]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond	22	18	4	0	2143	1574	136.1	72	2018 finals
2	West Coast (P)	22	16	6	0	2012	1657	121.4	64
3	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2046	1699	120.4	60
4	Hawthorn	22	15	7	0	1972	1642	120.1	60
5	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2299	1749	131.4	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	1822	1664	109.5	56
7	Greater Western Sydney	22	13	8	1	1898	1661	114.3	54
8	Geelong	22	13	9	0	2045	1554	131.6	52
9	North Melbourne	22	12	10	0	1950	1790	108.9	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1780	1654	107.6	48
11	Essendon	22	12	10	0	1932	1838	105.1	48
12	Adelaide	22	12	10	0	1941	1865	104.1	48
13	Western Bulldogs	22	8	14	0	1575	2037	77.3	32
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1556	2041	76.2	32
15	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1825	2049	89.1	20
16	St Kilda	22	4	17	1	1606	2125	75.6	18
17	Gold Coast	22	4	18	0	1308	2182	59.9	16
18	Carlton	22	2	20	0	1353	2282	59.3	8

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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External links

• Official website
• Listing of St Kilda game results in 2018