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Baskaran set for 50th AFLW game as Saints host Port Adelaide

The 21-year-old wing has become a key contributor since her trade from Hawthorn, with Saturday's Round 12 clash at RSEA Park also carried live on Fox Footy and Kayo.

Port Adelaide players in action during a 2025 AFLW match against Adelaide (file photo).
Port Adelaide players in action during a 2025 AFLW match against Adelaide (file photo). Photo: Yu Chu Chin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Licence

St Kilda AFLW midfielder Charlotte Baskaran will play her 50th AFLW game when the Saints host Port Adelaide in Round 12 at RSEA Park, Moorabbin, on Saturday, October 31.

The match starts at 1.05pm and will be broadcast live on Fox Footy and Kayo.

Baskaran, 21, joined St Kilda ahead of the 2025 season after the Saints traded picks No. 26 and 44 to Hawthorn in exchange for her and pick No. 32. She signed a three-year deal with the club.

The wing player was Hawthorn's No. 9 selection in the 2022 NAB AFLW Draft, taken after she captained the Western Jets to their first premiership in the NAB League Girls competition.

Since moving from Dingley to Moorabbin, Baskaran has established herself as a key contributor on the wing, known for her run and carry. She won St Kilda's Best Emerging Player award in her first season with the club.

Her form included a career-high 19 disposals against Carlton in Round 1.

St Kilda has made three changes for Saturday's match, bringing in Louvel-Finn, Tawhiao-Wardlaw and Sutton. Guttridge and Gee have been omitted, while Barr has been managed.

Saturday's match falls in the second season of Baskaran's three-year contract with the Saints, with the milestone game coming just over a year after she first ran out in St Kilda colours.