St Kilda star forward Josh Bruce believes the Saints key forward setup can only improve with greater exposure to each other’s games in the future.

In their first appearance in the same side, Bruce, Tim Membrey and Paddy McCartin combined for 10 majors and just under 60 per cent of St Kilda’s total score (65 points of 109), with Bruce running amok inside 50 kicking 5.1 in his best return for 2016.

Bruce, 23, said improvement will come in time as the combination become more in sync with each other leading patterns and the nuances of each other’s games. But given it was their maiden opportunity, last year’s leading goal kicker for the Saints is excited by the prospect of playing alongside the pair for a long time to come.

“Just that little bit of cohesion and teamwork that we’ve got going on is something that’s starting to build and something that’s really exciting. It was really exciting for us three to play together and to get a really good cohesion in the second half," Bruce told saints.com.au after St Kilda’s win on Sunday.

“I think there’s a lot (of room for improvement). There was a few times where both Paddy and I flew for the ball. Where probably in the future I’ll be blocking for him and he’ll have a clean run at it, or something like that.

“But I think there were glimpses of it today, like Paddy’s three quarter kick to me in the third quarter."

In a game altering patch in the third quarter, Bruce, Membrey and McCartin combined for all seven goals to arrest control of the game on the scoreboard, with six consecutive goals putting space between the two sides. Bruce lauded the efforts of Membrey and McCartin, indicating their performance made his role easier to execute.

“Paddy and Tim were having a field day out there they were marking everything and made my job easy that’s for sure,” Bruce said.

“Paddy showed that he’s got a great footballer’s brain with a couple of those taps on that he did to advantage. Tim’s having a ripper year as well.

Prior to Sunday, Bruce’s best haul for the season was three against Melbourne in Round 6, although he has acquired five pairs and at least one major in every game.

Now, on the back of his 5.1 against the Bombers, the former Giant has 20.10 for the year, siting one goal outside the top-ten in the Coleman medal race.

“I feel like I’ve been consistent without hitting the scoreboard. At the end of the day that’s not the be-all-and-end-all, I just want to be working hard and providing an option for the team. I’m happy to end up with a few,” Bruce said.