Training Saints preseason 2026

[Tommy Wigs]

gringo2011 hows your little Gringo going looking at this?

 

[saintmike65]

gringo2011 hows your little Gringo going looking at this?

Really pleased that a number of players are looking stronger this preseason

 

[saintmike65]

Windy, Owens, Hall and Armstrong out early.

Three in red tops other side in rehab. Clark, Hastie and King

First sighting of Stocker.

Boris watching from upstairs.

Few numbers I dont know, 48, 51, 56. VFL players? Will Phillips imposter also out there.

New recruit Ryan Byrnes looks great, fit, strong, looks like he has been in an AFL system for years. Looks like Wood has taken him under his wing.

Brad Hill on babysitting duties. In civvies.

Palletgate still an issue ( see evidence)

No Marshall, no Flanders.

King running load increasing, looks a bit more confident, good signs.

Gringo's avi looks like he could still play.

Hunter Clark will be out of rehab very soon. Lots of running and kicking

Shuttle run, NAZ and Pou ultra competitive.

Liam Ryan in no.27 working with Liam Henry.

Boris taking them through the shuttles.

Think Dodson has tweaked a hammy, up the race, straight into the rooms.

Groups split into two. One group ball drills and positioning v others in bibs.

Other group, in close and stoppage work.

Could turn for TDK. In the gym with his shirt off, looks good.

Hastie, hip issues. Will be with the main group from next week.

Half ground inside 50 entries, looking to spot up leading forwards or the fat side for wingers.

Nice hard leading from the square. Is against defence but not contesting.

Back to the box then leading out, repeat leads. Don’t understand the knock on Bolton, seems like an excellent communicator. Naz and Hugo hitting leads from Higgo and Mason.

Second group comes over. Boxshall abd Henry to lead from Sharman, Chito and Ronnie. Lance into the fray. Different running patterns for held and live ball. All leads out of the box.

Bolton having trouble with this group, cant get their running patterns right, defence outpointing them.

Half ground match sim, pretty high intensity. Trav looking good.

Barratt, Henry and Caroll running fast laps as is Higgo.

Liam Ryan easing himself into training running laps.

Great crumming goal by Hall. Hammer, Chito, Sharman up forward. Viking down back.

Dodson not back out, looked a high strain as well. No sighting of RTB this preseason so far. The transition has started.

High intensity running for so early in the season. Emphasis has changed from a developing group learning to run with endurance to a running group, with mature bodies, concentrating on footy skills and high paced explosive running.

Delivery into the wind is very impressive from Boxhall and Hall.

Three quarter field match sim. Wilson and Naz starring. Some bloke comes up and talks to me so no real comments on this drill.

Running now. Adios amigos

#51 Billy Richardson
#56 Ned McGuiness
#48 Bailey McKenzie
Billy Gallambertie is the one mistaken for Will Phillips

 

[Diehard Saint]

Wow hopefully it’s just a tweak and not a bad tear, which will need surgery.....

Lucky we got TDK as back up then…..

 

[Diehard Saint]

Windy, Owens, Hall and Armstrong out early.

Three in red tops other side in rehab. Clark, Hastie and King

First sighting of Stocker.

Boris watching from upstairs.

Few numbers I dont know, 48, 51, 56. VFL players? Will Phillips imposter also out there.

New recruit Ryan Byrnes looks great, fit, strong, looks like he has been in an AFL system for years. Looks like Wood has taken him under his wing.

Brad Hill on babysitting duties. In civvies.

Palletgate still an issue ( see evidence)

No Marshall, no Flanders.

King running load increasing, looks a bit more confident, good signs.

Gringo's avi looks like he could still play.

Hunter Clark will be out of rehab very soon. Lots of running and kicking

Shuttle run, NAZ and Pou ultra competitive.

Liam Ryan in no.27 working with Liam Henry.

Boris taking them through the shuttles.

Think Dodson has tweaked a hammy, up the race, straight into the rooms.

Groups split into two. One group ball drills and positioning v others in bibs.

Other group, in close and stoppage work.

Could turn for TDK. In the gym with his shirt off, looks good.

Hastie, hip issues. Will be with the main group from next week.

Half ground inside 50 entries, looking to spot up leading forwards or the fat side for wingers.

Nice hard leading from the square. Is against defence but not contesting.

Back to the box then leading out, repeat leads. Don’t understand the knock on Bolton, seems like an excellent communicator. Naz and Hugo hitting leads from Higgo and Mason.

Second group comes over. Boxshall abd Henry to lead from Sharman, Chito and Ronnie. Lance into the fray. Different running patterns for held and live ball. All leads out of the box.

Bolton having trouble with this group, cant get their running patterns right, defence outpointing them.

Half ground match sim, pretty high intensity. Trav looking good.

Barratt, Henry and Caroll running fast laps as is Higgo.

Liam Ryan easing himself into training running laps.

Great crumming goal by Hall. Hammer, Chito, Sharman up forward. Viking down back.

Dodson not back out, looked a high strain as well. No sighting of RTB this preseason so far. The transition has started.

High intensity running for so early in the season. Emphasis has changed from a developing group learning to run with endurance to a running group, with mature bodies, concentrating on footy skills and high paced explosive running.

Delivery into the wind is very impressive from Boxhall and Hall.

Three quarter field match sim. Wilson and Naz starring. Some bloke comes up and talks to me so no real comments on this drill.

Running now. Adios amigos

Not your usual thorough report, JB.

I mean how did Banfield and Fincher go?

B-

 

[Sully111]

Boxshall could be anything. Looks like a beast now and only in year two. So pumped for him.

Agreed. I'd love him to play every game next year.

 

[Ads734]

How’s the Pou been this week ?

 

[Barrels]

How’s the Pou been this week ?

Soft.

 

[kosifantutti]

Lucky we got TDK as back up then…..

There’s still a rookie spot if we want to add Boyd or Cox or Goldstein.

 

[austinnn]

Or smoke devil's lettuce and sit on a pallet talking about what you're going to get around to doing one day.

Welcome to my twenties

 

[Moquo]

Welcome to my twenties

Cheer up. When you hit your 60's that pallet becomes a tractor.

 

[Jesuswasacarpenter]

Cheer up. When you hit your 60's that pallet becomes a tractor.

My mate bought himself a Fendt tractor for his 50 th birthday he reckons it's the best 250K he has every spent. It helped us grow this.

 

[Longmembrey]

Cheer up. When you hit your 60's that pallet becomes a tractor.

"Pallet"

 

[beside the seaside]

Love the sight of Collard looking bigger

 

[beside the seaside]

Collard looks like a different person. The boy is now a man. Glad to hear he's looking good in the running too. Reckon he could still be special. Nice mentor in Ryan now too.

If Collard and Henry get going this year then our forward line could be pretty damn dynamic.

 

[Veer Right]

Love the sight of Collard looking bigger

Are you serious?

 

[gringo2011]

Cheer up. When you hit your 60's that pallet becomes a tractor.

Where are you farming Moquo? Doing the alpacas?

 

[gringo2011]

My mate bought himself a Fendt tractor for his 50 th birthday he reckons it's the best 250K he has every spent. It helped us grow this.

Hemp or real weed?

 

[maanco]

Jack Higgins with a big offseason playing PlayStation

 

[Joffaboy]

How’s the Pou been this week ?

Looks strong and fit.

 

[CaptainRisky]

How’s the Pou been this week ?

Horrible , the gastro has caused me havoc

 

[aussierulesrules]

Collard looks like a different person. The boy is now a man. Glad to hear he's looking good in the running too. Reckon he could still be special. Nice mentor in Ryan now too.

If Collard and Henry get going this year then our forward line could be pretty damn dynamic.

They’ve got to get a game first. We’ll have enough forwardline options to easily field two teams, if everyone happened to be fit and available.

King
Marshall/TDK
Keeler
Caminiti
Sharman
Owens
Wood
Pou
Higgins
Hall
Ryan
Wilson
Hill
Butler
Henry
Collard

Now obviously some of those guys could also play wing, rotate on ball, or maybe one will play Nas’s old role off HB, but as many as 16 blokes who could stake legitimate claims for a spot up forward would be by far the most forwardline depth we’ve had in my 35 years following the club.

Pretty much the same number of options I counted a couple of days ago for the midfield/wings, so we’re going to have a crazy amount of competition for spots up forward and in the midfield, if we happen to be healthy for a change.

In a total flip from a couple of years ago, I can easily see our backline being potentially our weakest link now.

Really just Sincs, Wilkie, SOSOS, Tauru and then a lot of meh, inexperience and uncertainty, from my perspective.

It’s going to be fascinating to see how that area pans out, and in particular who replaces Nas and Webster.

 

[SainterinSydney]

So is Will Phillips no longer spotted, or was that fake news?

 

[BrutThough]

So is Will Phillips no longer spotted, or was that fake news?

Fake news.

 

[BrutThough]

I also managed to get down there yesterday and was impressed by Henry's shape. He looks much fitter then any point last year.