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Although continuity had been hard to come by in his previous eight seasons in the game, a permanent move to the wing yielded a career-best season for the recharged Mason Wood.

The Roo-turned-Saint’s running power and endurance proved important throughout the year as he completed his transformation into one of the most effective and team-oriented wingmen in the league.

His best performance came from St Kilda’s 150th Anniversary Game at the MCG, in which he accrued a blazing 27 disposals, 11 marks and a goal to steer the Saints towards one of its most memorable triumphs of recent times.

Wood’s influence again extended beyond the on-field, with his willingness to take in young draftees, show them the ropes and nurture them into professional athletes paying off in a big way through the emergences of Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Cooper Sharman and others.