On the horizon: Jackson Voss, son of hard-nosed defender Brett, made his TAC Cup debut recently – an impressive feat in a squad of 72. A backman, Voss' determination and toughness are obvious and he showed poise with the football against the Western Jets. Tyson Milne is a rangy forward who is taller than his father Stephen, who booted 574 goals from 275 matches. He's not as physically mature as Voss but has footy smarts, leads up well, has impressive goal sense and has some of his old man's cheek. It's tough to tell this far out whether either of them will ever run out for the Saints.

Get your Halo On for 2018

Watch list: The Saints haven't had many of their past players produce boys, although that trend is starting to turn. There's plenty of time to go before any rewards can be reaped, but perhaps James or William Riewoldt will emerge as inspirational forwards, Aston or Jude Dal Santo may turn out to be silky-smooth midfielders, or Hunter Hayes will become a lion-hearted onballer. Justin Koschitzke's son Jack is another candidate.


Nick Riewoldt with son James at RSEA Park

WATCH: Like father, like son

Past father-son successes: A couple of premiership players had sons who also represented the club: Brian Sierakowski and Allan Davis were in the 1966 premiership team and their sons, David and Chad, lined up for the club. Triple Brownlow medallist Ian Stewart's son Ben never managed to debut. St Kilda beat Carlton for the services of Bailey Rice in 2015 and while the son of Dean is yet to play a senior game, he isn't far away.