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ST KILDA coach Alan Richardson says he is open to Lenny Hayes playing on next year as a 35-year-old.
Hayes has been in exceptional form this season, averaging averaged 30.4 disposals, 6.5 tackles and 114 Champion Data points in the last five games.
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Like elder statesmen Brent Harvey, 36, and Dustin Fletcher, 39, he continues to defy his age to play quality football in his 16th season.
Richardson said yesterday that Hayes' off-field leadership and form gave him the chance to decide his future.
"He's going really well. His personal impact with his performances has been really positive, but the example he sets for others with the way he prepares and plans and mentors his teammates has been great,'' he told the Herald Sun.
Hayes will be 35 next season. Source: News Corp Australia
"He has been enormous and he's so positive in a wholistic way. We are incredibly open-minded. What I do know is the player first and foremost has got to want to play. You can't talk blokes into playing but we are letting him train and prepare and later in the year we will have that conversation."
St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt is already contracted for 2015, with the club's veterans crucial as they lead an extremely young bunch of kids.
Riewoldt will tonight take on Collingwood for the first time this season after considering and then rejecting an offer from Collingwood to cross to the Pies in 2015.
Richardson said he was aware it was early in the season for his veterans, but hopes they can continue with their rich vein of form.
Hayes is averaging over 30 disposals this season. Source: Getty Images
"At some stage towards the end of the year we will sit down and have a chat with Lenny. He will have played a bit more footy and have a bit more information on his body and how he's going. Does he still have the passion to play on? At the moment all those things are really positive."
Essendon's Fletcher could still reach 400 games this year if the Dons play finals, while Harvey shows no sign of slowing down.
He is on 371 games after turning 36 last week, and could reach 400 by the end of next season if he avoids injury as he has for much of his career.
Richmond 403-gamer Kevin Bartlett believes a raft of players could one day hit the 400-game milestone given modern training and rehabilitation methods.
Brett Deledio last weekend became the youngest Richmond player to hit 200 games at just 27.
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