St Kilda List & Guersey Numbers List & Numbers   1 Jason Gram   2 Steven King   3 Xavier Clarke   4 - A Thompson   5 Ben McEvoy   6 Leigh Fisher   7 Lenny Hayes   8 Max Hudghton   9 F Gehrig 10 Steven Baker 11 Leigh Montagna 12 Nick Riewoldt 13 A Schneider 14 Luke Ball 15 Michael Gardiner 16 Raphael Clarke 17 Aaron Fiora 18 Brendon Goddard 19 Sam Gilbert 20 David Armitage 21 Matthew Ferguson 22 Shane Birss 23 Justin Koschitzke 24 S Dempster 25 Sam Fisher 26 Nick Dal Santo 27 Jason Blake 28 C Gardiner 29 Michael Rix 30 Brad Howard 31 Matthew Maguire 32 A McQualter 33 James Gwilt 34 Jack Steven 35 Robert Harvey 36 Jarryd Allen 37 Eljay Connors 38 Clinton Jones 39 Luke van Rheenen 40 Robert Eddy 41 Glenn Chivers 42 Jarryn Geary 43 Jayden Attard 44 Stephen Milne 45 Luke Miles Scholarship: Blake McGrath Photo of Blake Veterans List (2): Max Hudghton Robert Harvey

ST KILDA ADDITIONS AFTER 2007 DRAFT and TRADING

ST KILDA 2008 SQUAD - LIST DEPTH by 'St.M' saintsational.com

Ross Lyon on the 2007 Draft: "We feel as though the club is in really good shape list wise for the next three to four years. You don't have to make yourself a kindergarten. You can develop and aim to be successful at the same time. It's not mutually exclusive."


Adam Schneider (Sydney) and Sean Dempster (Sydney) to St Kilda for pick No.26.
Steven King (Geelong) and Charlie Gardiner (Geelong) to St Kilda for pick No. 90

Sean Dempster
Height: 192, Weight: 89,m DOB: 20/01/1984
Recruited From: Gippsland Power, Career Matches: 54, Career Goals: 8
Draft history: 2002 National AFL Draft 3rd round father-son selection (Sydney) No. 34 overall.
Honours: Premiership side 2005
Image Sean Dempster

Adam Schneider
Height: 177, Weight: 78, DOB: 12/05/1984 - Recruited From: Osborne/NSW-ACT U18, Career Matches: 98, Career Goals: 99
Draft history: 2001 National AFL Draft 4th round selection (Sydney) No. 60 overall.
Honours: AFL Rising Star nominee 2003; Premiership side 2005; International Rules Series 2006
Image Adam Schneider

Steven King
Height: 202 cm, Weight: 106 kg, DOB: 22/11/1978, Recruited From: Murray U18, Career Matches: 193, Career Goals: 75
Draft history: Selected by Geelong with compensatory pick in 1995 national draft
Honours: AFL Rising Star nominee 1996; All-Australian 2000; Best and fairest 2000, 2002; International Rules Series 2000; Premiership side 2007
Image Steven King

Charlie Gardiner
Height: 190 cm, Weight: 91 kg, DOB: 01/03/1983, Recruited From: Sandringham U18, Career Matches: 51, Career Goals: 25
Draft history: Selected by Geelong with 23rd pick in 2001 national draft
Honours: Runner up VFL best and fairest 2007; Premiership side NAB Cup 2006; Premiership side VFL 2002; Premiership side VFL 2007
Image Charlie Gardiner


From Dederang/Mt Beauty FC and an AIS/AFL Academy graduate. Ben has been on AFL recruiters radar for a while and has had good form this year. He was one of Country's best performers during the champs playing in the ruck and up forward. He looks to have good endurance and moves around the ground well but he is not blessed with a lot of pace. His ruckwork is pretty good, he can read the play and he can take a good contested mark. He is the type of ruckman that can ruck for a good portion of the match.
Image Ben McEvoy
Comments:
Ross Lyon said it wasn't about for needs, it was about the best player, and they (St Kilda recruiters John Peake and John Beveridge) felt that at pick 9 he was the best player.
John Peake said Ben is a well co-ordinated good endurance runner who can develop as a St Kilda ruckman in time.
Matt Burgan said that the Saints were desperate to get a long-term ruckman.

Jack Steven from Lorne played 15 games for the Falcons in 2007, averaging 20 possessions a game and kicking 17 goals. Jack is a competitive medium midfielder/forward who is able to win his own ball in a contested situation and won the Geelong Falcons Best and Fairest award and displayed consistent footy in the TAC Cup. Jack has just completed year 11.
Image Jack Steven
Comments:
Ross Lyon said that Jack's quick (three seconds for 20 metres and 14.5 beep test) and is one year out of Lorne, is bottom age and won the best and fairest at the Geelong Falcons. A real competitor.
John Peake said that Jack is tough, and hardened-up with good endurance, not bad speed, who likens a bit to Paul Chapman.
Matt Burgan said that the Saints had to take him at pick 42 because Collingwood (pick 47) were eager.

Two time Coleman medalist with 540 career goals. He hides behind the goal posts, throws chairs around the boundary line and gives opposition supporters lip when not kicking goals. Fraser was originally drafted by West Coast Eagles in 1993 NAB AFL Draft 1st Round selection, No.16 overall
Image Fraser Gehrig
Comments:
Ross Lyon We know Fraser and we got him back. He was keen to continue in his career and he had his rethink. He kicked 60-odd goals last year and that is very hard to replace
John Peake said that Fraser is one of only two players to score more than 70 goals in each of the past three years.
Matt Burgan speculated that we grabbed him at 57 just in case another club was lurking.

Echuca youngster Eljay Connors is believed to have been hampered by an injury in 2007. Bottom age player with good speed and evasive ability. Suffered a punctured lung playing for Bendigo Pioneers only to return late in the season. The pacey wingman is believed to be good in traffic, makes good decisions and is a killful left-footer.
Image Eljay and Daniel Connors
Comments:
Ross Lyon said Eljay is a quick, skilful midfielder who is the brother of Daniel who plays at Richmond. Had some significant injury concerns that had him off the radar a bit, but we are confident he will overcome them.
John Peake said Eljay is a really quick, dashing wingman. He's very skinny at this stage. We thought there was something there that could be a bit exciting.
Matt Burgan sees Eljay Connors as a late chance speculative pick.


Pick No 8. Glenn Chivers (Oakleigh Chargers/St Kevins) DOB:09Apr89, 189cm, 85kg
Glenn who has been training with St Kilda for two weeks has played a limited number of TAC footy games. He is extremely athletic and powerful player achieving a 14.3 Shuttle run (beep test) at the NAB AFL state screening session and his disposal and decision making is good. Glenn was playing school footy at St Kevins when an AFL scout quizzed Rohan Welsh and Steve Conole (Regional Manager) about why he wasn't down at the Chargers. He hasn't played a lot of high level TAC cup footy but was a champion rower so he understands the commitment required of an elite athlete. Glenn aspires to be a midfielder but currently sees himself as a rebounding backman.
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Pick No 24. Luke Miles (Swan Districts/Guildford Grammer) DOB:30Oct86, 191cm, 78kg
Luke was recruited to Swan Districts from Guildford Grammer. He took out the Swan Districts Best and Fairest after playing 19 matches in 2007, averaging 14 disposals per match and booting nine goals. He is a midfielder but often played back pocket or full back. Luke has great speed and agility and clocked 2.73sec for 20m at WA State Screening Session in 2007, along with 7.83sec for the agility test - the quickest times measured at all NAB AFL Draft testing this year.
Image Luke Miles

Pick No 39. Andrew McQualter (St Kilda) 09Jun86, 179, 79
Andrew has 23 games under his belt at Senior level with St Kilda. He was previously listed as a midfielder but Ross Lyon may have another role for him in the overall squad balance and it is likely that he will be further developed as a tagger.

Image Andrew McQualter

Pick No 51. Khan Haretuku (University of NSW/Eastern Suburbs) DOB 19Oct89, 198cm, 96kg)
Khan has been elevated from AFL Scholarship status to Rookie. Khan is from the University of NSW/Eastern Suburbs Club in Sydney and signed with the St Kilda Football Club in May 2006 under the AFL (NSW/ACT) Scholarship Program. Khan was born in Sydney and has New Zealand parents (Tau and Jenny) and has just recently completed his HSC. He is a convert from Rugby League and has only played Aussie Rules for the last four years.
Image Khan Haretuku