St Kilda defender Jarryn Geary has been named as the club's new captain.
The ex-rookieย takes over the role from club legend Nick Riewoldt, who decided to step down last season. Riewoldt had been captain for ten consecutive seasons.
Geary said he was honoured to lead the club.
โIโm obviously very humbled and honoured to be named captain. Itโs a great football club, St Kilda, and there havenโt been a lot of captains โ I think Iโm the 62ndย captain of the club,โ Geary toldย saints.com.au.
โThereโs been a lot more players come through the door so Iโm obviously very honoured to be chosen to be captain.โ
Geary will be joined in the leadership group byย Dylan Roberton, Josh Bruce, Seb Ross,ย Mav Weller, Jack Newnes, Jack Steven and David Armitage. Geary said they are well poised to drive the team to success.
โI think Iโll be the kind of leader that leads by actions, like everyone wants to,โ Geary said.
โWeโre in a really good position where weโve got a really good group of leaders now that are going to really drive the club with their actions first.
โWeโve got some values that we hold really close to our chest. Hopefully we can deliver on them each week and the boys can get in behind them and do the same.โ
There has been a changing of the guard at the Saints, with veterans Nick Riewoldt, Leigh Montagna and Sean Dempster stepping away from their duties in the leadership group. Geary said they will continue to provide support to the new group of leaders.
โThey stood up in front of the group and basically said โweโre stepping away because you guys are ready to drive this club forward in the next stage of our journeyโ,โ Geary said,
โBut they are going to be really good to have them there in case we need them to fall back on and use them in whatever capacity we need. They are a great resource for us boys.โ
Career:
141 games
2016 Trevor Barker Award Runner-Up
2016 Lenny Hayes Trademark Award
2015 Best Clubman
Pick No. 58 in the 2007 Rookie Draft
