St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)

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St Kilda Football Club
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"
2024 season
Home-and-away season11th
Leading goalkicker Jesse Wardlaw (14 goals)
Best and fairest Jaimee Lambert
Club details
Colours  Red   White   Black
Competition AFL Women's
President Andrew Bassat
CEO Carl Dilena
Coach Nick Dal Santo
Captain(s) Hannah Priest
Ground(s) RSEA Park (10,000)
Training ground(s) Moorabbin Oval
Uniforms
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Home
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Away
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Other information
Official website saints.com.au
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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 is associated with the St Kilda men's team.

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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.

The club had a reserves affiliation with the Sandringham Football Club in the VFL Women's (VFLW) competition. A team known as the "Southern Saints" participated in the league between 2018 and 2024, originally being co-managed by both clubs before the license was taken over by Sandringham in 2020. Since 2025 the "Southern Saints" name has been dropped and the team's identity has been consolidated by the Sandringham Football Club. [3]

History

2020–present: Foundation

On 18 February 2017, the Australian Football League (AFL) announced the creation of a women's competition the following year. [4] 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. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]

Players

Current AFLW squad

St Kilda Football Club (AFL Women's)
Senior listCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

  • Lachlan Harris (midfield/football strategy lead)
  • Dale Robinson (forwards)
  • Andrew Fisher (backline)
  • Alison Downie (specialist coach)
  • Dave Carden (specialist coach)
  • Paddy Hill (head of player development/runner)
Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (B) Category B rookie

Updated: 30 June 2025
Source(s): [8] , [9]

Corporate

Administrative Board

Club Honour Boards

Honour Boards

AFLW

St Kilda AFLW honour roll [11]
SeasonLadderW–L–DFinalsCoachCaptain(s)Best and fairestLeading
goalkicker
2020 9th ^2–4–0DNQ Peta Searle Multiple [a] Four players [b] Caitlin Greiser ✪ 10
2021 11th3–6–0DNQ Peta Searle Multiple [c] Georgia Patrikios 2 Caitlin Greiser2 9
2022 (S6) 13th2–8–0DNQ Nick Dal Santo Hannah Priest Bianca Jakobsson Nicola Xenos 6
2022 (S7) 13th3–7–0DNQ Nick Dal Santo Hannah Priest Kate Shierlaw Kate Shierlaw 13
2023 9th6–4–0DNQ Nick Dal Santo Hannah Priest Jaimee Lambert Nat Exon 9
2024 11th4–7–0DNQ Nick Dal Santo Hannah Priest Jaimee Lambert 2 Jesse Wardlaw 14
^ = Ladder split into two conferences / ⚑ = Premier / ★ = Best And Fairest / ✪ = Leading Goalkicker / 2 = Multiple Best & Fairest or Leading Goal Kicker

Records and statistics

Highest Score11.10 (76) v West Coast, Round 9, 2021, Lathlain Park
Lowest Score0.2 (2) v Carlton, Round 6, 2022 (S6), Princes Park
Greatest Winning Margin56 points v West Coast, Round 9, 2021, Lathlain Park
Greatest Losing Margin53 points v Adelaide, Round 5, 2021, Norwood Oval
Lowest Winning Score2.6 (18) v Geelong 0.9 (9), Round 9, 2022 (S6), Moorabbin Oval
Highest Losing Score7.6 (48) v Port Adelaide 8.8 (56), Round 3, 2023, Moorabbin Oval
Highest Crowd8,000 v Western Bulldogs, Round 1, 2020, Moorabbin Oval

Achievements

Club Best and Fairest

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Current details for ABN 29 005 471 429". ABN Lookup. Australian Business Register. November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "AFLW: Tasmania-North Melbourne and Geelong win licenses to field teams in 2019". ABC News. 27 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Southern Saints VFLW". Sandringham Football Club.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "AFL women's teams announced". afl.com.au. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Schmook, Nathan (29 August 2017). "Decision on AFLW expansion delayed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Black, Sarah (27 September 2017). "North and Geelong win AFLW expansion race". afl.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "AFLW". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Coaches". saints.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Board". saints.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Australian Football - St. Kilda WFC Football Club - Honour Board". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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