Top 10 draftees Hunter Clark and Nick Coffield have re-signed at St Kilda, extending their current contracts until the end of 2021.
The pair put pen to paper earlier this week with high hopes of what’s to come at the Saints.
“It’s an awesome feeling. Speaking on behalf of both of us, we’re pretty keen and excited because we’ve got such a bright future,” Coffield said.
“We’re looking forward to hopefully improving as individuals and as a club over the next four years."
Taken at pick No. 8 in last year’s National Draft, former Northern Knights captain Coffield praised the club’s new facilities at RSEA Park.
“It's an upgrade from Seaford where we started, so yeah we’re sort of just getting used to the whole new environment, just embracing it and making the most out of it.”
Get to know Nick Coffield
The 18-year-old sported a new addition to his footy boots in the away fixture against Geelong on Sunday to create awareness for the PC12 Foundation.
Adding ‘PC12’ to his boots was Coffield’s way of raising awareness of the anti-coward punch charity established in honour of Pat Cronin, a family friend of the Coffields who was tragically killed on April 16 2016.
“Our family’s pretty close with them, so to create a bit of awareness around them I put ‘PC12’ on the back of my boots because it was his two-year anniversary yesterday," he said.
Fellow draftee Hunter Clark was the Saints’ first selection, taken at pick No. 7, and the silky midfielder is looking forward to building on his two senior games at St Kilda.
“It was pretty awesome,” Clark said of making his debut in St Kilda's Round 1 win against the Brisbane Lions.
Get to know Hunter Clark
Clark and Coffield moved in together after being drafted, and Clark’s assessment of his housemate’s habits is frank.
“Yeah, he’s pretty messy, leaves his food lying around a lot,” he said.
“Nick likes to give himself haircuts that look terrible most of the time. He just walks into my room and he’s shaved the sides of his head off.
“It’s good fun though, we’ve had some pretty good laughs and hopefully we can live with each other for a couple more years.”
St Kilda fans will be hoping the pair can also combine on the field and build on the exciting glimpses they have provided in the opening four rounds.
