St Kilda key defender Sam Fisher will be trying to emulate his 2015 campaign this season, after overcoming an injury riddled couple of seasons that nearly brought a premature end to his career.

The dual Trevor Barker Award winner suffered persistent injuries related to a rare toe ailment in 2013 and 2014, which limited Fisher to just 16 appearances across those two seasons.

But on the back of a career reigniting season last year, which saw the 33-year-old manage 18 appearances and a ninth placing in the best and fairest, Fisher is confident a full pre-season on the track has him well placed to pick up where he left off last season.

Continuity the key to consistency

“The last couple of pre-seasons I got through basically everything. I obviously went through my injury troubles the last three years, but the last couple of years have been really good,” Fisher told Melbourne radio station Triple M on Wednesday afternoon.

“I got through 18 games last year which was a good result, so if I could get towards those numbers this year I’d be quite happy.”

Ahead of St Kilda’s opening game of the season against Port Adelaide on Easter Sunday, the former All Australian defender revealed he considered walking away from the game during the worst of his injury plight, before he finally found some luck with his body.

“(I came) very close, it did go through my head a number of times when I did keep tweaking hamstrings,” Fisher said.

“It was a tough thing to get through; I missed basically a year, from season to season when you add it all together.

“It was looking like the end for me, and I was out of contract, it wasn’t until Round 16 that I played my first game for that year, so if I probably did another, had another setback it probably would have been curtains.

“I managed to string seven games together at the end of that year and got through well. The Saints were kind enough to add me on for another year.”

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The opening two games of St Kilda’s season mark two enormous milestones, with Leigh Montagna playing his 250^th against the Power this weekend and Captain Nick Riewoldt reaching the 300-game mark in Round 2.

The celebrations don’t end there for the red, white and black faithful, with St Kilda’s Round 3 encounter with Collingwood marking the 50^th anniversary of the club’s 1966 premiership, and the Saints’ Hall of Fame Dinner, at which Robert Harvey will be elevated to legend status.

Fisher spent the early years of his career playing alongside the champion midfielder before Harvey retired in 2008 and said he was a player who he loved running out with.

“He’s someone that I just loved playing with and just respected so much with the way he went about his business. It will be a great night, it’s also our 50^th anniversary of our premiership in 1966,” he said.

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