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26 May 2013

Saints coming marching in

19/09/2012 11:18:00 a.m.

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ST Kilda Saints AFL Captain Nick Riewold and fellow player Ben McEvoy unfurled their club’s regalia for Mayor Celia Wade-Brown last week after it was announced Wellington would stage the first ever premiership match between AFL clubs staged outside Australia, on Anzac Day next year.

Representatives from St Kilda and the AFL were in Wellington to sign a partnership agreement with Wellington City Council allowing the Capital to host “home-away-from-home” games each season.

The first game will be played between the St Kilda Saints and the Sydney Swans at Westpac Stadium on April 25, 2013.

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