New Saint Bailey Rice has revealed why he chose to play for St Kilda.

Rice was eligible to be a father/son recruit for Carlton, but opted to nominate for the Saints instead.

Rice told Sports Today becoming a Saint would be better for his development. 

‘I just thought they develop their players a bit better,’ he said on Friday.

‘It made it hard – as a Carlton supporter I’ve wanted to play for Carlton since I can remember.’

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