Scott Pendlebury is ready to affix Matthew Lloyd’s football teaching employees at a prestigious Melbourne personal college subsequent 12 months.
The Magpies champion will take care of Haileybury School’s midfield group, working beneath senior coach Lloyd – who has led the varsity’s first 18 for a lot of years now – in accordance with the Herald Sun.
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With current draftees resembling Max and Ben King, Andrew Brayshaw, Luke Davies-Uniacke and Cody Weightman, Haileybury boasts some of the elite underage teaching panels throughout the nation, with former Melbourne skipper Nathan Jones rounding out a star-studded employees.
Jones is a part of the junior improvement soccer program on the college.
Pendlebury, one of many nice leaders Collingwood has ever seen, has lengthy been mooted as a future coach following his embellished AFL profession.
He has expressed curiosity in becoming a member of the teaching ranks, and this transfer will act as the primary stepping stone in the direction of that ambition.
The 358-game premiership participant and Norm Smith medallist stepped down from the Magpies captaincy because the membership’s longest serving skipper after 206 video games in cost.
Regardless of closing in on his 35th birthday, which is simply two weeks away, Pendlebury is coming off one more podium end in Collingwood’s greatest and fairest.
He completed second to Jack Crisp, simply 15 votes behind, and 10 votes away from Darcy Moore, who’s the favourite to take over the captaincy.
Pendlebury is contracted for yet another 12 months, nevertheless it would not shock to see him proceed into his late 30s, ought to he keep his ever-lasting kind.
In additional excellent news for the Pies, Crisp has re-signed for 3 years whereas ahead Brody Mihocek has recommitted for one more two in a present of religion within the Magpies’ premiership aspirations.
Crisp, who has now received Collingwood’s previous two greatest and fairests, would have been a free agent on the finish of subsequent season however has re-signed till the tip of 2026, with Mihocek locked in till the tip of 2025.
After the Magpies bolted to a top-four end and a preliminary remaining look in 2022 throughout Craig McRae’s first 12 months on the helm, Crisp feels success is just not too distant.
“I used to be more than pleased to remain at Collingwood it doesn’t matter what,” he mentioned.
“After the 12 months we simply skilled there’s quite a lot of gamers and employees and coaches right here which might be very hungry for fulfillment.
“We really feel like we performed our greatest soccer on the finish of final (season) and proper now it nonetheless looks like we have got quite a lot of momentum.”
Crisp has performed 188 consecutive video games, essentially the most of any lively participant within the AFL.
In whole he has made 200 appearances, with 182 at Collingwood after crossing from Brisbane on the finish of 2014.
Mihocek was Collingwood’s main objective kicker for the fourth consecutive 12 months in 2022, booting a career-high 41.
Chosen within the 2018 rookie draft, Mihocek has kicked 165 objectives in 102 video games.
“Each gamers have confirmed to be constant performers and, significantly over the previous few years, have performed a key position in our aspect’s success,” soccer boss Graham Wright mentioned.
“Jack has not solely been extremely sturdy however a extremely constant elite-level performer for our membership – he has elite coaching requirements and has actually developed as a pacesetter.
“Brody is a mannequin teammate on and off the sphere along with his work ethic, braveness and selflessness setting him aside.”
– With AAP
