St Kilda's 2025 Wheelchair and Blind teams.

St Kilda's inclusion teams are set to begin their 2025 campaigns over the next week, with Saints fans able to support the club's wheelchair and blind players via an Inclusion Team Membership.

The Saints will again field three inclusion teams in 2025 - a blind AFL team for athletes who have low vision or blindness, and two wheelchair teams competing in the championship and community divisions of the Victorian Wheelchair Football League.

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Blind Team (Victorian Blind Football League)

St Kilda's blind team reached a preliminary final in 2024, but will be hoping to go one step further with the inclusion of two young guns Phoenix Romanis and Phoebe Buck in the off-season.

Shannon Jones will again take the reins as captain, with gun midfielder Jasper Steeds stepping up as vice-captain.

"With the likes of last season's league beat-and-fairest winner Beau Jones, interstate player Stephen Palmer and B1 goal sensation Caleb Neyenhuis, we have a really strong group of players this season," Jones said.

"We have worked on a few things over the off season and play an attractive style of footy. With our new inclusions, I can see us being a really competitive team."

The Saints will kick off their VBFL season against Hawthorn at Game On Indoor Sports Centre in Tullamarine on Friday night. Click here to see the 2025 VBFL fixture.

VBFL Squad:

Shannon Jones (C)
Jasper Steeds (VC)
Beau Jones
Caleb Neyenhuis
Stephen Palmer
Dave Steeds
Shaun Keath
Phoenix Romanis
Phoebe Buck
Will Hipkin
Ingrid McKenna
Nicholas Pepper (Coach)

2025 Blind Team (L-R, Back Row): Phoebe Buck, Caleb Neyenhuis, Shaun Keath, Phoenix Romanis, Dave Steeds, Beau Jones. (L-R, Front Row): Shannon Jones (Captain), Nicholas Pepper (Coach), Jasper Steeds (Vice-Captain). (Absent): Stephen Palmer, Will Hipkin, Ingrid McKenna.

Wheelchair Teams (Victorian Wheelchair Football League)

Like their counterparts in the blind team, St Kilda's championship and community wheelchair teams played off in preliminary finals in 2024, only to both go down to Collingwood in their respective matches.

The Saints' championship team welcomed ex-Richmond player Ben Noble in the off-season, while Daniel Fatouros has re-joined the Saints' community team after a stint at the Hawks.

Nick Briant will again captain the championship team, with young gun Seb Welsh stepping up as vice-captain.

With last season's league best-and-fairest winner Ryan Smith and ex-Paralympian basketballer Shaun Groenewegen in the line-up, the Saints look a formidable force going into the championship season.

St Kilda's community team has also added a new player in James Bowles, while Caitlyn Alger will share the captaincy with Matt Ingram.

Goalsneak Trent Johnson and centre sensation Piers Wall will be striving to help the Saints give the community league a shake-up.

Both the championship and community teams will kick off their seasons against Essendon at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on Friday 16 May. Click here to see the 2025 VWFL fixtures.

VWFL Championship Squad:

Nick Briant (C)
Sebastian Welsh (VC)
Shaun Groenewegen
Ryan Smith
Ben Noble

Supplementary Players (can play championship and community):

Micheal Milton
Caitlyn Alger
Matt Ingram
Trent Johnson

2025 VWFL Championship Team (L-R): Matt Ingram, Shaun Groenewegen, Sebastian Welsh, Ryan Smith, Shannon Jones (Coach), Ben Noble, Nick Briant (Captain), Michael Milton, Caitlyn Alger. (Absent): Trent Johnson.

Community Division:

Caitlyn Alger (Co-captain)
Matt Ingram (Co-captain)
Micheal Milton
Trent Johnson
Katherine Simmons
Sammy Rolph
Nathan Tanner
Piers Wall
James Bowles
Daniel Fatouros

2025 VWFL Community Team (L-R): Sammy Rolph, Daniel Fatouros, Matt Ingram (Co-Captain), Michael Milton, Shannon Jones (Coach), Piers Wall, Caitlyn Alger (Co-Captain), Nathan Tanner. (Absent): Trent Johnson, James Bowles, Katherine Simmons.

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