Tom De Koning

Alex Dodson will be "looking to take a step up" with Rowan Marshall gone to Geelong. Lenny Hayes said Marshall was "keen to hold down that number 1 ruck mantle" at St Kilda rather than share with Tom De Koning. Geelong "didn't want to part with" Sam De Koning, Hayes said.

Rowan Marshall is "contracted for next year," Lenny Hayes said, and nothing Geelong has offered "has probably really satisfied us", though he thinks a deal can get done. If he goes, St Kilda may need another backup ruck to Tom De Koning despite "high hopes" for Alex Dodson.