Jack- the original- maturing

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If St Kilda’s midfield is big on effort and stoppage expertise, Steven is typecast as the dasher who last year broke the lines to win 615 possessions and kick 14.6.

But those figures distort St Kilda’s actual priorities and his own rounded game — averaging six tackles a match last season.

Champion Data stats show he was one of only two players to be ranked elite in possessions and pressure points in 2016.

“We pride ourselves on our pressure, we don’t talk a lot about attack, we talk about the defensive side of things and the other stuff flows from there,” Steven said

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JACK Billings says a desire to “dominate” every pre-season training session has him primed for a breakout season.

St Kilda has closed ranks around the man chosen one draft pick behind Marcus Bontempelli, adamant his career progression is on track after being taken with the No. 3 selection in the 2013 national draft.

Coach Alan Richardson said recently an article that labelled him under pressure to fire in 2017 was “laughable”.

Against Carlton he peeled off a superb 30-possession game, backing up his two-goal 19-touch performance against Port Adelaide.