St Kilda ruckman Tom Hickey and midfielder Luke Dunstan will remain at the club at least until the end of 2019.

We saw the best of sport in 2016, a year boasting some remarkable sporting fairytales. Here's a look into the crystal ball to ponder some sporting scenarios that, yes, may seem unlikely now but should they somehow eventuate, might leave you smiling again.

St Kilda coach Alan Richardson says Jarryn Geary had unanimous support from his teammates to succeed Nick Riewoldt as captain.

The AFL has conducted further secret trials in a bid to eradicate congestion, with 16-a-side being tested in club practice matches in a bold move that could revolutionise the game. 

The AFL has secretly trialled the use of zones in a clandestine joint venture with St Kilda which took place last week at Seaford. 

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St Kilda will unveil Jarryn Geary as its new captain in the coming days putting an official end to the Nick Riewoldt leadership era.

Moving to St Kilda was the "kick up the bum" premiership defender Nathan Brown needed after 10 seasons at Collingwood.

St Kilda veteran Leigh Montagna has anointed the unassuming Jarryn Geary as the "front runner" to become the Saints' next captain.

The 2016 AFL season saw great comebacks, neck and neck tussles, and several kicks to win games, one in a final no less. These, in our view, were the 10 best games of 2016.

St Kilda's Luke Dunstan has been fined by police after being drunk in a public place early Saturday morning.

Emerging St Kilda forward Jade Gresham is eyeing more time in the Saints' midfield after re-signing with the club until the end of 2019.

The AFL now looks highly unlikely to expand its eight-team national women's competition until at least 2019 in a move which has placed it at odds with a number of losing bidder clubs who believe they have been misled.

While the bulk of St Kilda's list headed to New Zealand this week for a pre-season camp, six-time best and fairest Nick Riewoldt has stayed in Melbourne.

Saints coach turned to an ashram in the foothills of the Himalayas in a bid to improve his self-control.

The hole in the lives of the Riewoldt family where their daughter and sister should be is more noticeable this time of year.

While the league is fast-tracking a gaming revenue policy, St Kilda's chief executive Matt Finnis still sees the club benefitting from poker machines.

With the draft period over, Emma Quayle and Michael Gleeson assess each club's playing stocks and forecast the impact in 2017 - positive, negative or unchanged.

Emma Quayle runs the rule over each AFL club's new cohort of young talent.

Jobe Watson's AFL Brownlow Medal fate is another bitter reminder for Jake Carlisle about what the Essendon supplements debacle has cost the banned players.