2020 St Kilda Football Club season

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St Kilda Football Club
2020 season
Coach Brett Ratten (2nd season)
Captain(s) Jarryn Geary (4th season)
Home ground Docklands Stadium
(Capacity: 53,347)
Pre-Season 2-0
AFL season 6th
(10–7)
Finals Series 5th (semi finalists)
Trevor Barker Award Jack Steele
Leading goalkicker Dan Butler (27)
Club membership48,588
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The 2020 St Kilda Football Club season was the 124th in the club's history. Coached by Brett Ratten and captained by Jarryn Geary, they competed in the AFL's 2020 Toyota Premiership Season. [1]

Contents

2019 off-season list changes

Retirements and delistings

PlayerReasonCareer gamesCareer goalsRef
David Armitage Retired16998 [2]
Billy Longer Retired66 (57 St Kilda, 9 Brisbane)4 [3]
Lewis Pierce Delisted51 [3]
Sam Rowe Delisted100 (1 St Kilda, 99 Carlton)17 [3]
Bailey Rice Delisted11- [4]
Brandon White Delisted111 [4]
Robbie Young Delisted32 [4]
Jack Newnes Delisted15555 [5]
Paddy McCartin Delisted3534 [6]

Trades

The Saints began the 2019 trade period with a significant amount of work to do, following at least four players requesting to join the club. Bradley Hill (Fremantle), Paddy Ryder (Port Adelaide), Dougal Howard (Port Adelaide) and Zak Jones (Sydney) all told their respective clubs of their desire to be traded to the Saints at the end of the 2019 season. [7] The Saints also discussed at trading out four-time best and fairest winner Jack Steven, widely rumoured to desire a move to Geelong for personal reasons, [8] while many in the media reported that Josh Bruce was interested in a trade to the Western Bulldogs. [9] Richmond's Dan Butler and Port Adelaide's Sam Gray have also expressed interest in being traded to the Saints. [10]

The Saints began the trade period holding picks 6, 59, 76 and 82.[ citation needed ]

DateGainedLostTrade partnerRef
10 October 2019Picks 12 and 18Picks 6 (On-traded to Adelaide, Fischer McAsey) and 59 (Thomas Hutchesson) Greater Western Sydney [11]
15 October 2019 Dougal Howard

Paddy Ryder

Pick 10

2020 4th round pick

Picks 12 (Miles Bergman), 18 (Mitch Georgiades)

2020 3rd round pick

 Port Adelaide [12]
16 October 2019Pick 58 Jack Steven Geelong [13]
16 October 2019 Bradley Hill
2020 3rd round pick		Picks 10 (on-traded to Melbourne, Kysaiah Pickett), 58

2020 2nd and 4th round picks

Blake Acres

Fremantle [14]
16 October 2019Picks 32 and 51 (Ryan Byrnes) Josh Bruce Western Bulldogs [15]
16 October 2019 Zak Jones

Pick 56

2020 4th round pick

Pick 32 (Elijah Taylor)

2020 3rd round pick

 Sydney Swans [16]
16 October 2019 Dan Butler Pick 56 (Bigoa Nyuon) Richmond [17]

Free agents

On 22 November 2019, the Saints acquired former Geelong ruckman Ryan Abbott as a delisted free-agent. [18]

Draft

At the 2019 National Draft on 28 November 2019, the Saints selected Ryan Byrnes (pick 52) and Leo Connolly (Pick 64). [19] At the 2019 Rookie Draft St Kilda used pick five to draft Jack Bell. [19]

2020 squad change summary

In:

PlayerReason
Bradley Hill Trade
Dougal Howard Trade
Paddy Ryder Trade
Zak Jones Trade
Dan Butler Trade
Ryan Abbott Free Agent
Ryan Byrnes Draft
Leo ConnollyDraft
Jack BellRookie Draft

Out:

PlayerReason
David Armitage Retired
Billy Longer Retired
Lewis Pierce Delisted
Sam Rowe Delisted
Josh Bruce Trade
Jack Steven Trade
Blake Acres Trade
Bailey Rice Delisted
Brandon White Delisted
Robbie Young Delisted
Jack Newnes Delisted
Paddy McCartin Delisted

Pre-season

The Saints secured the opportunity to hold opening game of the pre-season Marsh Community Series by hosting the first senior game in more than 25 years at their spiritual home of Moorabbin Oval (currently known as RSEA Park due to naming sponsorship). [20] The Saints' played a practice game a week later, also again the Hawks. The Saints' second pre-season series game saw the team travel to the regional town of Morwell in the La Trobe Valley of East Gippsland in south-eastern Victoria.

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(St Kilda's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
1Thursday 20 February, 7.10 pm Hawthorn 17.9 (111)13.12 (90)Won by 21 points RSEA Park (H)8,187
PracticeFriday 28 February, 4.30 pm Hawthorn 11.8 (74)6.12 (48)Lost by 26 points Morwell (A)3,000
2Sunday 8 March, 3.50 pm Collingwood 9.3 (57)10.8 (68)Won by 11 points Morwell (A)5,341

Regular season

The Saints were scheduled to play a match in Shanghai in June against Port Adelaide, however, ahead of the 2020 season the AFL announced that the game had been moved to Melbourne due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [21] The fixture change will see the Saints play the Power at Docklands Stadium in Round 12 on 7 June, as opposed to in Shanghai in Round 11. As the coronavirus situation deteriorated in early March, the AFL determined that no spectators would be permitted to attend games until further notice. [22] On 22 March, at the conclusion of Round 1, the AFL determined to suspend the remainder season until further notice due to the coronavirus situation. [23] In mid-May, the AFL announced that the resumption of the 2020 season would begin on 11 June, with non-contact training to be permitted from the 18th and contact training to be permissible from 25 May. [24]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AFL announced that the 2020 fixture would be reduced from 23 rounds to 17. The first five rounds of the revised 2020 AFL fixture were announced by the AFL on 25 May. [25] Due to COVID-19, players are required to follow strict guidelines and avoid contact with the wider public as part of the conditions set by the government and AFL to allow resumption of the competition. [25] Rounds six and seven are expected to be announced following the conclusion of Round three. [26] On 29 June the AFL announced that the Saints' round 5 game with Carlton was rescheduled from Saturday 4th (at the MCG) to Thursday 2 June (at Docklands). This was due to additional restrictions being placed on Victorian teams flying to Queensland following a spike in Coronavirus cases in Victoria in late June, resulting in the need to again adjust the fixture. [27] On 3 July the AFL announced a significant fixture change along with a relocation of the Saints to a 'hub' in the Queensland region of Noosa, possibly for the remainder of the season. This was due to a deteriorating COVID-19 situation in Victoria. The Saints' revised round six and seven fixtures (against Geelong at the Docklands on the 9th and Port Adelaide on the 19th also at Docklands) were replaced with matches against Fremantle and Adelaide in Queensland and South Australia respectively. [28] The change in fixture coincided with the relocation of all 10 Victorian teams to 'hubs' in Sydney and south-east Queensland. Due to the status of the Saints of a relatively young side, with few players having spouses or children, it was theorised that the temporary relocation would give them an edge over older sides, whose players had been demoralised as a result of having to leave their families behind In order to continue playing. [29] On Monday 13 July, the AFL announced the Round 8 fixture. [30] On 24 July the Saints announced that veteran defender Nathan Brown would leave the team's Queensland hub to return to Melbourne for family reasons. Brown's decision was fully supported by the club with Simon Lethlean saying that "he is such a respected member of our team and the spiritual leader of the connection, culture and standards that we are building here at the Saints. The players and staff love the big fella and we will miss him – but he has made the right call for him and his family, and we are very proud of him for that." [31]

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Port Adelaide 1714301185869136.456 Finals series
2 Brisbane Lions 1714301184948124.956
3 Richmond (P)1712411135874129.950
4 Geelong 1712501233901136.848
5 West Coast 1712501095936117.048
6 St Kilda 1710701159997116.240
7 Western Bulldogs 17107011031034106.740
8 Collingwood 17971965881109.538
9 Melbourne 179801063986107.836
10 Greater Western Sydney 178901007105395.632
11 Carlton 1771001017107894.328
12 Fremantle 17710086692493.728
13 Essendon 176101938118579.226
14 Gold Coast 175111996109990.622
15 Hawthorn 1751201004119484.120
16 Sydney 175120890107782.620
17 North Melbourne 173140858120571.212
18 Adelaide 173140826128364.412
Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2020. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Revised 2020 AFL fixture

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores(St Kilda's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceLadder
HomeAwayResult
1Sunday 22 March, 1.10pm North Melbourne 8.8 (56)7.12 (54)Lost by 2 points Marvel Stadium (A)0 a 10th
2Sunday 14 June, 6.05 pm Western Bulldogs 14.4 (88)7.7 (49)Won by 39 points Marvel Stadium (H)0 a 6th
3Saturday 20 June, 4.35 pm Collingwood 12.9 (81)5.7 (37)Lost by 44 points MCG (A)0 a 11th
4Saturday 27 June, 4.35 pm Richmond 15.3 (93)10.7 (67)Won by 26 points Marvel Stadium (H)0 a 7th
5Thursday 2 July, 7.40 pm Carlton 8.7 (55)11.7 (73)Won by 18 points Marvel Stadium (A)0 a 4th
6Saturday 11 July, 12.35pm Fremantle 12.7 (79)11.7 (73)Lost by 6 points Carrara (A)6387th
7Monday 20 July, 7.10pm Adelaide 8.7 (55)12.6 (78)Won by 23 points Adelaide Oval (A)18,1736th
8Saturday 25 July, 7.10pm Port Adelaide 6.8 (44)12.1 (73)Won by 29 points Adelaide Oval (A)16,7274th
9Saturday 1 August, 5.10pm Sydney 15.11 (101)6.12 (48)Won by 53 points Gabba (H)2,9783rd
10Thursday 6 August, 8.10pm Gold Coast 11.8 (74)12.6 (78)Won by 4 points Carrara (A)3,0952nd
11Monday 10 August, 6.10pm Geelong 14.9 (93)4.10 (34)Lost by 59 points Gabba (A)3,9035th
12Sunday 16 August, 3.35pm Essendon 10.8 (68)5.3 (33)Won by 35 points Gabba (H)4,6865th
13Sunday 23 August, 3.35pm Brisbane Lions 6.14 (50)7.6 (48)Lost by 2 points Gabba (A)13,7506th
14Saturday 29 August, 7.40pm Melbourne 8.4 (52)7.7 (49)Lost by 3 points Traeger Park (A)1,9177th
15Bye Round7th
16Saturday 6 September, 1.05pm Hawthorn 11.14 (80)9.12 (66)Won by 14 points Carrara (H)2,7406th
17Thursday 10 September, 7.10pm West Coast 6.14 (50)9.11 (65)Lost by 15 points Gabba (H)1,9257th
18Friday 18 September, 7.50pm Greater Western Sydney 12.10 (82)3.12 (30)Won by 52 points Gabba (H)1,5286th

Notes:a ^ From round 1 to round 5, all matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original AFL fixture (pre-Covid19)

RoundDate and local timeOpponentVenue
1Sunday 22 March, 1.10 pm North Melbourne Docklands (A)
2Sunday 29 March, 3.20 pm West Coast Docklands (H)
3Sunday 5 April, 3.20 pm Richmond Docklands (H)
4Sunday 12 April, 3.20 pm Melbourne Docklands (H)
5Sunday 19 April, 4.40 pm Geelong Kardinia Park (A)
6Sunday 26 April, 4.40 pm Adelaide Docklands (H)
7Friday 1 May, 7.50 pm Collingwood Docklands (A)
8Saturday 9 May, 7.25 pm Carlton Docklands (H)
9Saturday 16 May, 4.35 pm GWS Giants Stadium (A)
10Saturday 23 May, 1.45 pm Fremantle Docklands (H)
11Bye
12Sunday 7 June, 5.40 pm Port Adelaide Docklands (H)
13Sunday 13 June, 4.05 pm Gold Coast TIO (A)
14Sunday 20 June, 1.45 pm Essendon Docklands (A)
15Sunday 28 June, 3.20 pm Sydney Docklands (H)
16Saturday 4 July, 7.10 pm Adelaide Adelaide Oval (A)
17Saturday 11 July, 1.45 pm Melbourne MCG (A)
18Saturday 18 July, 7.25 pm Western Bulldogs Docklands (H)
19Sunday 26 July, 3.20 pm Brisbane Gabba (A)
20Saturday 1 August, 7.25 pm Hawthorn Docklands (H)
21Saturday 8 August, 6.10 pm Fremantle Optus Stadium (A)
22Saturday 16 August, 1.10 pm Geelong Docklands (H)
23Saturday 22 August, TBC Carlton Docklands (A)

2020 Finals Series

The Saints qualified for finals having finished the regular season in 6th place on the premiership ladder. The ladder position also allowed the Saints to 'host' the Second Elimination Final, with the Saints negotiating to play at the Gabba despite reports of a league desire to play the game at the Adelaide Oval. [32] "We have played a lot footy at the Gabba this season and, given where we are currently based in Noosa, it was certainly our preference. Saying that, we were prepared to play wherever the game was fixtured and I know internally with the discussions I have had with players and coaches, that was certainly the mindset of the group," CEO Matt Finnis stated. [33] Teams who finish the regular season in positions five to eight on the ladder compete in a 'sudden death' elimination final. The Saints won the Second Elimination Final against the Western Bulldogs, qualifying for a Semi-final place. Although kicking 2 goals, tapping 20 hit-outs and being involved in seven scoring attempts in a best-on-ground performance, Paddy Ryder injured his hamstring in the dying minutes of the game; the injury was deemed severe enough to rule Ryder out for the remainder of the year in a serious blow for the Saints. [34] The Saints will face Richmond in the semi-final after the Tigers lost to Brisbane in their Qualifying Final. As Richmond finished in third place on the ladder, the Tigers had the right to select the Queensland-based venue for their 'home' final and chose Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast. Defender Jake Carlisle left the Saints' quarantine hub on 5 October to be present for the birth of his third child. Carlisle had been one of his side's best players in the win over the Bulldogs. Of Carlisle's departure (which will rule him out for he remainder of the season), Chief Operating Officer Simon Lethlean said the club was fully supportive of the decision: "we thank Jake for staying as long as he possibly could before heading to NSW to be with Mel for the birth. He has been away from his young family for a number of months now and we thank him for making that sacrifice. We support him in this decision and wish Jake, Mel, Nash and Layker all the best in the coming weeks." [35] Following the win against the Western Bulldogs, defender Ben Long was charged with 'Engaging in Rough Conduct' against the Bulldogs' Jack Macrae by the Match Review Panel who assessed the incident as Careless Conduct, Medium Impact and High Contact and was offered a one match suspension. [36] The Saints appealed the ruling, however, it was upheld by the AFL Tribunal. The Saints appealed again to the AFL Appeals Board, however despite a two-hour hearing and 30-minute deliberation this also failed with Long ultimately handed a one-match sanction. [37] As a result of the three forced changes, Shane Savage, Josh Battle and Jonathan Marsh were added to the squad for the semi-final against Richmond. [38] The Saints were ultimately defeated by Richmond by 31-points who dominated scores from stoppages and centre clearances, normally not a trait of 2019 premiers. [39]

FinalDate and local timeOpponentScores(St Kilda's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
Second EliminationSaturday 3 October, 4.40pm Western Bulldogs 10.7 (67)9.10 (64)Won by 3 points Gabba (H)10,651
Semi-finalFriday 9 October, 6.50pm Richmond 12.8 (80)6.13 (49)Lost by 31 points Cararra (A)13,788
Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
1 Oct, Adelaide Oval
1 Portadelaidesymbol.png Port Adelaide 9.4 (58)
4 AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 5.12 (42)10 Oct, Gabba
AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 15.10 (100)
3 Oct, Optus Stadium Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 5.2 (32)16 Oct, Adelaide Oval
5 West Coast Eagles 2018 colours.png West Coast 11.9 (75) Portadelaidesymbol.png Port Adelaide 6.4 (40)
8 Collingwood icon.svg Collingwood 12.4 (76) AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Richmond 6.10 (46)24 Oct, Gabba
AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Richmond 12.9 (81)
3 Oct, Gabba 17 Oct, Gabba AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 7.8 (50)
6 AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg St Kilda 10.7 (67) Brisbanelions fc icon.png Brisbane Lions 6.6 (42)
7 AFL Footscray Icon.jpg Western Bulldogs 9.10 (64)9 Oct, Metricon Stadium AFL Geelong Icon.jpg Geelong 11.16 (82)
AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Richmond 12.8 (80)
2 Oct, Gabba AFL St Kilda Icon.jpg St Kilda 6.13 (49)
2 Brisbanelions fc icon.png Brisbane Lions 10.9 (69)
3 AFL Richmond Icon.jpg Richmond 8.6 (54)

Post-Season Awards and Accolades

Hunter Clark (half back), Nick Coffield (interchange) and Max King (full forward) were selected for the AFL Players' Association 22Under22 side which recognises the best players aged 22 and under throughout the course of the season. Coffield took a team-high 100 marks from his 16 games, completing the season as one of only five players – and the youngest – to make 100. Coffield topped St Kilda's total intercepts (86) and intercept marks (34), finished equal-second for rebound-50s (47) alongside Dougal Howard and overall second for effective disposals (202). Clark finished top-three for his side's disposals (274) and ground-ball gets (85) and was also voted in over 80 per cent of the total fan-submitted 22Under22 teams. King finished runner-up in the Saints’ goalkicking (20) and outright first for marks inside-50 (26) and earned a Rising Star nomination in round 12 against Essendon. [40] Jack Steele finished equal third (with Melbourne's Christian Petracca) in the Brownlow Medal after polling votes in nine games and earning best on ground in the matches against Carlton, Adelaide, Port Adelaide and Gold Coast. [41]

2020 Season Awards
RecipientAwardPresented ByNotesRef
Jack Steele Trevor Barker Award St Kilda Football ClubClub Best and Fairest [42]
Tim Membrey Robert Harvey Best ClubmanSt Kilda Football ClubFor team-first approach and leadership [42]
Nick Coffield Best Emerging PlayerSt Kilda Football Club [43]
Max King Rising Star (Nomination)AFL (NAB Rising Star Award)For performance in Round 12 (three goals) [44]
Hunter Clark 22Under22 AFL Players' AssociationHalf-Back [40]
Nick Coffield22Under22AFL Players' AssociationInterchange [40]
Max King22Under22AFL Players' AssociationFull forward [40]
Jack Steele All Australian AFLInterchange [45]
Dan Butler All Australian (40-man Preliminary Squad)AFLNot selected for final 22-man squad [46]
St Kilda 2020 Brownlow Medal Tally
PlayerVotesNotes
Jack Steele 20Equal third
Dan Butler 9
Rowan Marshall 8
Zak Jones 7
Jade Gresham 5
Jack Billings 2
Bradley Hill 2
Nicholas Hind 2
Ben Long 2
Jake Carlisle 1
Luke Dunstan 1
Seb Ross 1
Paddy Ryder 1

Players and staff

St Kilda Football Club
Senior listRookie listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie
  • italics - Inactive player list
  • Cruz Roja.svg Long-term injury
  • (ret.) Retired

Updated: 31 January 2025
Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

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