2024 St Kilda Football Club season

St Kilda Football Club

2024 season
President	Andrew Bassat
Coach	Ross Lyon
Captain(s)	Jack Steele
Home ground	Marvel Stadium
Pre-season	2–0–0
Leading goalkicker	Jack Higgins (11)
Highest home attendance	69,517 vs Collingwood (Round 2)
Lowest home attendance	26,719 vs Western Bulldogs (Round 6)
← 2023

The 2024 St Kilda Football Club season is the 126th competing in the VFL/AFL and 140th season in the club's history. Coached by Ross Lyon and captained by Jack Steele, they are competing in the AFL's 2024 Premiership Season. ^[1]

Squad information

Playing squad

The playing squad and coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2024 AFL season. ^[2]

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Jack Higgins 2 Marcus Windhager 3 Zak Jones 4 Lance Collard 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 14 Liam Stocker 15 Paddy Dow 16 Dan Butler 17 Isaac Keeler 19 Rowan Marshall 20 Dougal Howard		21 Zaine Cordy 22 Darcy Wilson 23 Liam Henry 24 Angus Hastie 25 Mattaes Phillipou 26 Josh Battle 27 Arie Schoenmaker 28 Tim Membrey 29 Jimmy Webster 30 Matthew Allison 31 James Van Es 32 Mason Wood 33 Ben Paton 34 Hugo Garcia 35 Jack Sinclair 36 Riley Bonner 38 Tom Campbell 39 Olli Hotton 44 Callum Wilkie (vc)				18 Jack Hayes 41 Angus McLennan (B) 42 Max Heath 43 Cooper Sharman 45 Liam O'Connell (B) 47 Anthony Caminiti		Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (B) Category B rookie italics - Inactive player list Long-term injury (ret.) Retired Updated: 6 June 2024 Source(s): [3] [4]

Coaching staff

The coaching staff of the St Kilda Football Club for the 2024 AFL season as of 19 April 2024.

Position	Name
AFL senior coach	Ross Lyon
Backline assistant coach	Corey Enright
Midfield assistant coach	Brendon Goddard
Forwards assistant coach	Robert Harvey
Head of development and learning	Damian Carroll
VFL senior coach and development	Jake Batchelor
Development coach	Lenny Hayes

Squad changes

Retirements and delistings

Main article: 2023 AFL draft § List changes

Player	Method	Career games	Career goals	Ref.
Jack Bytel	Delisted	22	3	[5]
Leo Connolly	Delisted	7	1	[6]
Jack Peris	Delisted	1	0	[7]
Oscar Adams	Delisted	0	0	[8]
Tom Highmore	Delisted	16	0	[9]
Daniel McKenzie	Delisted	73	11	[10]

Free agency

Main article: 2023 AFL draft § Free agency

2023 AFL free agency period losses

Player	Free agent type	New club	Compensation	Notes	Ref
Jade Gresham	Restricted	Essendon	End of First Round		[11]

Trade period

Main article: 2023 AFL draft § Trades

Clubs involved	Trade		Ref
St Kilda Fremantle	to St Kilda (from Fremantle) Liam Henry 2024 fourth round pick (Fremantle)	to Fremantle (from St Kilda) 2024 second round pick (St Kilda) 2024 fourth round pick (St Kilda)	[12]
St Kilda Western Bulldogs Carlton Essendon	to St Kilda Paddy Dow (from Carlton) pick #40 (from Western Bulldogs) 2024 third round pick (from Carlton) to Western Bulldogs Nick Coffield (from St Kilda) pick #52 (from Essendon) pick #56 (from St Kilda)	to Carlton 2024 third round pick (from Essendon) 2024 fourth round pick (from Western Bulldogs) 2024 fourth round pick (Fremantle, from St Kilda) to Essendon pick #35 (from St Kilda) 2024 fourth round pick (from Carlton)	[13]
Melbourne St Kilda	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) Jack Billings	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) 2024 third round pick (Melbourne)	[14]
Picks swapped at the 2023 National Draft
St Kilda Melbourne	to St Kilda (from Melbourne) pick #42	to Melbourne (from St Kilda) 2024 third round pick (St Kilda)
St Kilda Gold Coast	to St Kilda (from Gold Coast) pick #27	to Gold Coast (from St Kilda) pick #40 pick #42
Greater Western Sydney St Kilda	to Greater Western Sydney (from St Kilda) pick #17	to St Kilda (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #18 2024 second round pick (Adelaide)
St Kilda Greater Western Sydney	to St Kilda (from Greater Western Sydney) pick #50	to Greater Western Sydney (from St Kilda) 2024 third round pick (Carlton)

National Draft

Main article: 2023 AFL draft § 2023 national draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from		Notes
			Club	League
1	18	Darcy Wilson	Murray Bushrangers	Talent League	←Greater Western Sydney←Adelaide ←Gold Coast←Melbourne
	28	Lance Collard	Subiaco	WAFL	Free Agency Compensation pick (Gresham)
2	33	Angus Hastie	Geelong Falcons	Talent League	←Gold Coast←Adelaide←Gold Coast (2022)
3	50	Hugo Garcia	Calder Cannons	Talent League	←Greater Western Sydney
5	62	Arie Schoenmaker	Tasmania Devils	Talent League

Pre-Season Draft

Main article: 2023 AFL draft § pre-season draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from
			Club	League
1	3	Riley Bonner	Port Adelaide	AFL

Mid-Season Rookie Draft

Main article: 2024 AFL draft § mid-season rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from
			Club	League
1	4	Max Hall	Box Hill Hawks	VFL

Category B rookie selections

Main article: 2023 AFL draft § Category B rookie selections

Table of Category B rookie selections

Name	Origin	Note	Ref
Liam O'Connell	Cork GAA	International Selection (Ireland)	[15]

Pre-season

Main article: 2024 AFL season § Pre-season

23 February 2024 14:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	106–40	Essendon	RSEA Park, Melbourne
	3.3 (21) 7.8 (50) 10.9 (69) 16.10 (106)	Report	2.2 (14) 2.5 (17) 4.7 (31) 5.10 (40)	Attendance: 5,007 [16]
		Goals
	King 4, Higgins 3, Membrey 3, Sharman 3, Bonner, Garcia, Henry		Langford 2, Caldwell, Guelfi, Redman

3 March 2024 14:10 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	84–65	North Melbourne	RSEA Park, Melbourne
	5.2 (32) 8.12 (60) 8.14 (62) 11.18 (84)	Report	3.1 (19) 4.2 (26) 9.5 (59) 10.5 (65)	Attendance: 7,906 [17] Umpires: Nicholas Brown, Alex Whetton, Cameron Dore, Jacob Mollison
		Goals
	Sharman 2, Owens 2, Membrey 2, King 2, Marshall, Henry, Bonner		Larkey 3, Zurhaar 2, Duursma 2, Stephenson, Goater, Coleman-Jones
		Bests
	Owens, Wilson, Bonner, Wanganeen-Milera, Byrnes		Fisher, Stephens, Sheezel, Zurhaar, Larkey, Duursma

Premiership season

Main article: 2024 AFL season

League table

Updated to Adelaide v Richmond (round 13).

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	11	10	1	0	1132	754	150.1	40	Finals series
2	Essendon	12	8	3	1	1011	983	102.8	34
3	Geelong	12	8	4	0	1127	998	112.9	32
4	Port Adelaide	12	8	4	0	1078	965	111.7	32
5	Carlton	12	8	4	0	1132	1048	108.0	32
6	Fremantle	12	7	4	1	983	810	121.4	30
7	Greater Western Sydney	11	7	4	0	1003	875	114.6	28
8	Gold Coast	12	7	5	0	1086	1000	108.6	28
9	Collingwood	12	6	4	2	1030	985	104.6	28
10	Melbourne	12	7	5	0	954	915	104.3	28
11	Western Bulldogs	12	6	6	0	1120	923	121.3	24
12	Hawthorn	12	5	7	0	916	1057	86.7	20
13	Brisbane Lions	11	4	6	1	924	828	111.6	18
14	Adelaide	13	4	8	1	1071	1000	107.1	18
15	St Kilda	12	4	8	0	866	935	92.6	16
16	West Coast	12	3	9	0	829	1157	71.7	12
17	Richmond	13	2	11	0	844	1300	64.9	8
18	North Melbourne	11	0	11	0	725	1298	55.9	0

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	A	H	A	N	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	B	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W
Position	11	9	11	9	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	15

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2024. Source: AFL Season Ladder - AFL.com.au
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Main article: 2024 AFL season § Home and away season

Opening Round (Bye for St Kilda)

1 16 March 2024 19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Geelong	76–68	St Kilda	GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
	2.3 (15) 6.7 (43) 6.13 (49) 10.16 (76)	Report	1.5 (11) 4.6 (30) 5.9 (39) 9.14 (68)	Attendance: 39,352 Umpires: Justin Power, Matt Stevic, Brendan Hosking, Martin Rodger
		Goals
	Dempsey 3, Cameron 2, Close, Dangerfield, Tuohy, O.Henry, Hawkins		Membrey 3, Wilson 2, King 2, Phillipou, Sharman
		Bests
	Holmes, Dangerfield, Dempsey, Stewart, Cameron, Duncan		Wanganeen-Milera, Steele, Marshall, Membrey, Bonner, King

2 21 March 2024 19:30 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	St Kilda	94–79	Collingwood	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
	5.1 (31) 6.2 (38) 11.7 (73) 14.10 (94)	Report	3.1 (19) 7.4 (46) 8.5 (53) 12.7 (79)	Attendance: 69,517 Umpires: Nick Foot, Leigh Fisher, Brendan Hosking, Jacob Mollison
		Goals
	Higgins 4, King 3, Membrey 2, Henry 2, Hill, Sharman, Phillipou		Elliott 3, McInnes 3, Lipinski 2, Hill 2, Schultz, Cameron
		Bests
	Wanganeen-Milera, Windhager, Steele, Higgins, Marshall, Owens		J.Daicos, Lipinski, Elliott, Crisp, N.Daicos

3 30 March 2024 16:20 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Essendon	71–67	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	3.1 (19) 5.3 (33) 8.5 (53) 10.11 (71)	Report	4.4 (28) 6.8 (44) 8.12 (60) 9.13 (67)	Attendance: 44,412 Umpires: Jamie Broadbent, Robert O'Gorman, Mathew Nicholls, Peter Bailes
		Goals
	Stringer 3, Langford 3, Jones 2, McGrath, Duursma		Higgins 3, Caminiti 2, Sinclair, Ross, Owens, Butler
		Bests
	Martin, Duursma, Merrett, Parish, Langford		Ross, Steele, Hill, Marshall, Higgins, Bonner

4 7 April 2024 14:50 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Richmond	60–67	St Kilda	Norwood Oval, Adelaide
	4.1 (25) 5.3 (33) 7.3 (45) 9.6 (60)	Report	0.4 (4) 1.5 (11) 7.11 (53) 9.13 (67)	Attendance: 9,425 Umpires: John Howorth, Nathan Williamson, Matthew Young, Cameron Dore
		Goals
	Bolton 4, M.Rioli 2, Lefau, Koschitzke, Sonsie		Higgins 2, Membrey, Wilson, Caminiti, King, Owens, Marshall, Bonner
		Bests
	Bolton, Martin, Nankervis, Taranto, Vlastuin		Steele, Hill, Wilkie, Sinclair, Wanganeen-Milera

5 13 April 2024 13:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Greater Western Sydney	80–79	St Kilda	Manuka Oval, Canberra
	4.4 (28) 7.6 (48) 10.10 (70) 11.14 (80)	Report	1.3 (9) 4.5 (29) 6.5 (41) 12.7 (79)	Attendance: 12,448 Umpires: Chris Donlon, Matt Stevic, Robert O'Gorman, Andrew Heffernan
		Goals
	Hogan 2, Greene 2, Thomas, Riccardi, Kelly, Green, Daniels, Coniglio, Cadman		Owens 2, Membrey 2, Higgins 2, Caminiti 2, Wilson, Steele, Sinclair, Hill
		Bests
	Whitfield, Green, Ash, Greene, Bedford		Hill, Marshall, Steele, Owens, Garcia, Wilkie

6 18 April 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	64–124	Western Bulldogs	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	1.0 (6) 4.3 (27) 5.7 (37) 9.10 (64)	Report	7.1 (43) 12.4 (76) 17.6 (108) 19.10 (124)	Attendance: 26,719 Umpires: Andrew Stephens, Brendan Hosking, Andre Gianfagna, Jacob Mollison
		Goals
	Membrey 3, Caminiti, Jones, Garcia, Wilson, Owens, Sharman		Naughton 6, Weightman 3, Bontempelli 3, Darcy, Dale, Treloar, West, English, Gallagher, Macrae
		Bests
	Windhager, Wanganeen-Milera, Steele, Garcia		Naughton, Treloar, Dale, Weightman, Macrae, Johannisen

7 26 April 2024 19:40 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Port Adelaide	82–72	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
	1.8 (14) 6.9 (45) 9.13 (67) 11.16 (82)	Report	3.3 (21) 5.5 (35) 8.6 (54) 11.6 (72)	Attendance: 40,306 Umpires: Leigh Haussen, Simon Meredith, Nathan Williamson, Andrew Heffernan
		Goals
	Dixon 4, Rioli 2, Wines, Rozee, Powell-Pepper, Georgiades, Byrne-Jones		Owens 2, Higgins 2, Sinclair, Sharman, Phillipou, Membrey, Hill, Cordy, Caminiti
		Bests
	Drew, Butters, Dixon, Wines, Burgoyne, Houston		Sinclair, Wanganeen-Milera, Wilson, Wilkie, Owens

8 4 May 2024 16:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	103–65	North Melbourne	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
	4.2 (26) 8.6 (54) 12.8 (80) 15.13 (103)	Report	3.2 (20) 4.2 (26) 7.4 (46) 10.5 (65)	Attendance: 27,009 Umpires: Robert O'Gorman, Tom Bryce, Paul Rebeschini, Jordan Fry
		Goals
	Wilson 3, Sinclair 2, Hill 2, Hayes 2, Wood, Ross, Membrey, King, Hastie, Marshall		Zurhaar 3, Larkey 2, Curtis 2, Wardlaw, Simpkin, Powell
		Bests
	Wilson, Sinclair, Howard, Hayes, Wanganeen-Milera, Windhager, Hill		Wardlaw, Xerri, Sheezel, McKercher, Fisher

9 11 May 2024 13:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Hawthorn	58–53	St Kilda	University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston
	4.1 (25) 6.2 (38) 8.6 (54) 8.10 (58)		3.3 (21) 4.4 (28) 5.9 (39) 7.11 (53)	Attendance: 15,112 Umpires: Chris Donlon, Alex Whetton, Andrew Adair, Cameron Jones
		Goals
	Moore 2, Watson 2, Macdonald, Meek, Ginnivan, Breust		Owens 2, Battle 2, King 2, Membrey
		Bests
	Newcombe, Meek, Amon, Moore		Marshall, Steele, Wanganeen-Milera, Wilkie

10 18 May 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	55–72	Fremantle	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

11 26 May 2024 15:20 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Melbourne	100–62	St Kilda	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

12 1 June 2024 14:35 AWST (UTC+8:00)	West Coast	68–82	St Kilda	Optus Stadium, Perth

13 8 June 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Gold Coast	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

14 14 June 2024 19:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Brisbane Lions	v	St Kilda	The Gabba, Brisbane

Round 15 (Bye for St Kilda)

16 30 June 2024 13:10 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Port Adelaide	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

17 7 July 2024 15:20 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Sydney	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

18 18 July 2024 19:00 ACST (UTC+09:30)	Adelaide	v	St Kilda	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

19 20 July 2024 13:45 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	West Coast	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

20 27 July 2024 16:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Essendon	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

21 4 August 2024 16:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Brisbane Lions	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

22 11 August 2024 15:20 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Richmond	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

23 17 August 2024 19:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)	St Kilda	v	Geelong	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

24	Carlton	v	St Kilda	Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

References

1. "Club Honours".
2. "Mens".
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12. "Saints wrap up deal for out-of-contract Dockers wingman". afl.com.au. 16 October 2023.
13. "Former top-10 picks on the move in four-club trade". AFL.com.au. 17 October 2023. Paddy Dow and Nick Coffield have joined the Saints and Bulldogs as part of a four-club deal
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External links

• Official website
• Listing of St Kilda games in 2024