Nick Dal Santo Biography

Nick Dal Santo says St Kilda players understand the team's strategy and game plan much better this year than previous years.

Influential midfielder Nick Dal Santo continues to lead the AFL Coaches Association Champion Player of the Year.

Saint Nick Dal Santo has been the big mover in Brownlow betting, but the punters still think the medal is Gary Ablett's to win.

The football world is salivating with anticipation, but Saint Nick Dal Santo may not share such enthusiasm about Sunday's heavyweight battle against Geelong.

Playing Geelong has not been an enjoyable experience for Dal Santo during the past two years because of one man - Cameron Ling.

In the past three games between Geelong and St Kilda, Ling has not only done a shutdown role but inflicted pain the other way.