2018 St Kilda Football Club season

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]

St Kilda Football Club
2018 season
CoachAlan Richardson (5th season)
Captain(s)Jarryn Geary (2nd season)
Home groundEtihad Stadium
(Capacity: 53,347)
AFL season16th

Squad

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St Kilda Football Club
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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

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Pre-season

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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

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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

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Pos Team 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

References

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