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Having spent the first few seasons of her career providing much-needed height to St Kilda’s defence, the top-end talent returned to her more familiar forward surrounds last season to be an effective partner to All-Australian, Jesse Wardlaw.
Physicality has become a defining part of Friend’s game, whose effective use of it when in one-on-one contests has proven a thorn in opposition defenders’ sides.
As a powerful contested mark with a penetrating left foot, Friend’s game-changing traits and proven ability to stand tall anywhere on the field will prove to be a valuable asset to the Saints' September charge.
Having spent the first few seasons of her career providing much-needed height to St Kilda’s defence, the top-end talent returned to her more familiar forward surrounds last season to be an effective partner to All-Australian, Jesse Wardlaw.
Physicality has become a defining part of Friend’s game, whose effective use of it when in one-on-one contests has proven a thorn in opposition defenders’ sides.
As a powerful contested mark with a penetrating left foot, Friend’s game-changing traits and proven ability to stand tall anywhere on the field will prove to be a valuable asset to the Saints' September charge.
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Ella Friend bursts forward in acres of space and drills a beauty on the run.
Defensive duo Alice Burke and Ella Friend have inked one-year extensions with the Saints, signing on until the end of the 2027 AFLW season.
See St Kilda's team to face Port Adelaide at RSEA Park.
St Kilda has made three changes as it prepares for Friday's game against Fremantle at RSEA Park.
Six Saints have put pen to paper on three-year deals, tying them to the red, white and black until at least the end of 2026.
St Kilda Football Club wishes to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the club sits. The club pays its respects to elders past, present and emerging, and through them, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples whose lands and waters we work, live and reside on.
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