Saints part ways with high-performance chief and assistant coaches

St Kilda’s high-performance chief Matt Hornsby and assistant coaches Aaron Hamill and Adam Skrobalak will depart in the wake of the Saints’ poor 2021 campaign.

Head physio Andrew Wallis is also leaving the club.

St Kilda players walk off the ground after a loss this season.Credit:Getty Images

Club sources said Hornsby, who had been at the Saints for six seasons after more than a decade with Richmond, will leave as part of St Kilda’s off-field changes following a year in which Brett Ratten’s side failed to make the finals.

Former captain Hamill had been on the club’s coaching staff for a decade, while Skrobalak had also been at the Saints since the early days of Alan Richardson’s tenure.

The Saints struggled with a long and crippling injury list for much of the season, with key players such as Zak Jones, Rowan Marshall and Paddy Ryder all missing sizeable chunks of football.

At one stage during the middle of the campaign the Saints had only 29 players to select from, such was the extent of their injuries.

Further off-season change is expected at Moorabbin. Ratten has one year remaining on his contract, having taken the senior job at the end of 2019 and taking the club to the finals in his first full season at the helm.

The Saints ended the year strongly, thrashing Fremantle to finish in 10th with a 10-12 record.

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