[4] He won the Riverland Tyre and Mag Boxing Day Classic four times, twice with his father Terry and twice with his brother Ben.

Fisher began playing Australian rules in South Australia with West Adelaide, where he was first identified by AFL scouts at the age of 21.

It provided more stability to the team after a difficult run of matches, and St Kilda eventually made it to the top 4 for the 2004 Finals series.

In 2005, Fisher took a major step in his career and improved dramatically to hold down a regular spot in the Saints' defence, playing 21 matches.

He generally played on the third-best forward of the opposition and began to provide prolific running from the half-back line.

[5] His 20-disposal-per game run-and-carry play from the half-back line in his 23 matches was critical to St Kilda's run to the finals, which resulted in an ultimately unfulfilling and underwhelming 6th-place finish.

He was rewarded for his efforts with a podium third-placed finish in the St Kilda Best and Fairest Trevor Barker Award.

[1] Fisher was required to play as a key-position backman after a season-ending injury to teammate Matt Maguire early in the 2008 season.

Fisher was again a consistent interceptor and prolific running presence in St Kilda's club all-time best home-and-away season of 2009,[clarification needed] being pivotal in the Saints defence.

He averaged 23 disposals and 8 marks per game for the season, playing in 21 of the 22 matches in the 2009 home-and-away rounds, in which St Kilda qualified in first position for the finals series, winning the 2009 Minor Premiership McClelland Trophy.

He then played a crucial role in St Kilda's triumphant but unforgivably gruelling Preliminary Final win two weeks later.

He was taken from the ground on a stretcher, tested under concussion protocols, then returned to finish out a match that St Kilda won by 28 points.

According to sports journalist Mark Robinson, Fisher's plea for help came back in 2012 at a time when a source told News Corp that the club "feared" the defender's lifestyle issues.

[15] Fisher's drug dependency continued to spiral, and he ended up getting entangled in an interstate trafficking scheme.