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7NEWS
15-07-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Kane Cornes questions Collingwood veterans for ‘selfish' management: ‘Why hasn't he had a rest?'
Some of Collingwood's biggest names have been accused of playing for 'selfish reasons', as questions have emerged over the club's management of its veteran players. Eyebrows were raised on Friday night when veteran star Scott Pendlebury was started as the sub during the team's loss to Gold Coast, with many thinking it was strange not to give the 37-year-old veteran a proper week off (if they thought he wasn't up for a full game). Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Of course, Pendlebury watched on as Collingwood went goalless in the first half, but helped give the Pies a healthy pulse when he was eventually injected into play. Collingwood have been applauded for the management of some of their players, but leading AFL commentator Kane Cornes has noted that there are seemingly different strokes for different folks. Elliott, 32, is having a sensational year and sits joint third in Coleman Medal race with 44 goals (along with Ben King, nine behind leader Jeremy Cameron). Crisp, 31, broke the consecutive games record of 245 this year and his streak is still going eight games later (at the time of writing). 'I've got a theory that some players are playing for selfish reasons,' Cornes said on Monday night on Channel 7's The Agenda Setters. 'I put this on the agenda with Jack Crisp last week, and the fact that he's nearly 32 and the only player — along with Jamie Elliott — not to have a rest above the age of 30. (I think that's) because of the consecutive games record. 'So (Crisp) continues to play and Elliott's the other one, I question whether Elliott is playing for an All-Australian blazer and ... Coleman, or is he playing for a premiership? 'Why hasn't he had a rest?' Cornes pointed to Elliott's past with the star forward having some lengthy battles with injuries and back issues. 'So why are others resting? Why are others getting managed but those two aren't?' he asked. He also thought the decision to start Pendlebury as a 'sub' was a strange. 'Pendlebury is the other one. If you if you're playing Pendlebury, you're playing him, if not, he's staying at home with his family on the couch,' Cornes said. 'Now is that because there's a game's record to be broken in time, and you still get the game as sub? 'And then there's Nick Daicos. Nick is sore, clearly sore and has been throughout the year. 'Is he playing for a Brownlow? 'My theory is that those players are not being managed to get themselves right to win a second or a third premiership in Pendlebury's case. Are they playing for individual reasons more so than getting themselves right when they need to be right (in September)?' AFL great Nick Riewoldt, however, did not subscribe to the 'theory', calling it a 'bad take'. 'The Crisp one, he is the guy that has thrived with continuity ... that's why he's continued to play, because of the continuity. So, OK, so he gets a tick,' Riewoldt said. 'Jamie Elliott has never had continuity. Now he has it, why would you not try and milk it?' Cornes was quick to respond, saying it could be a risk to keep playing him as it had been in the past. But Cornes wanted to know why some veterans such as Steele Sidebottom, Brody Mihocek and Dan McStay had been managed throughout the year, and others hadn't. Riewoldt said he agreed with the take on, Pendlebury, however. 'Pendlebury is the one that I tend to agree with where, you know, do you really need to travel and be the sub,' he said. Host Craig Hutchison said Pendlebury may not have played, even if he was the sub, if Collingwood were comfortable ahead throughout the game. 'They would have preferred to get some rest in,' Hutchison said. 'I don't think Scott Pendlebury is a guy that says you can't rest me because I'm going after a record. He's gonna get the record anyway.' Riewoldt said this was a selfless group that had 'oozed team' more than any other in the competition, and Hutchison said Cornes' 'theory' might just add to their 'hungry', 'ruthless' resolve.
7NEWS
28-06-2025
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury seals victory over West Coast with another rare goal celebration
Collingwood veteran Scott Pendlebury has unveiled a new celebration after another rare goal in the win over West Coast. The ageless warrior was among his side's best in the hard-fought victory, racking up 28 touches, nine clearances and six tackles. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Scott Pendlebury drops new celebration after rare goal. He capped off his performance with a brilliant goal on the run in the final minute to put the rubber stamp on the 29-point victory. After kicking the goal, Pendlebury wheeled away and pretended to put a helmet on before swiping an imaginary lightsaber. It followed on from last week when he pretended to play the piano, which he later said was a tribute to his daughter Darcy. Speaking after the match, Pendlebury said he wanted to make both his children happy. 'Jax wanted a lightsaber, is that what it's called from Star Wars, and Darcy wanted me to put a helmet on, so I combined the two so they're both happy tomorrow morning,' he told Fox Footy. 'I don't usually kick many goals so these celebrations are rare.' The bottom-of-the-ladder Eagles travelled to Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Saturday night as the rankest outsider of the season. With a 1-14 record and missing a stack of experienced talent, West Coast led the red-hot Magpies at quarter-time and half-time. But Collingwood managed 8.5 to 2.4 in the second half, setting up the 13.10 (88) to 8.11 (59) win in Brody Mihocek's 150th game. Collingwood's seventh straight win was probably their least convincing of the season, often outworked around the contest. Only the Eagles' lack of polish and experience stopped the result from being even closer. Forward Jack Williams sprayed a set shot from 35m out at the start of the final term that would have reduced the margin to four points if he had slotted it. That poor finish came after Williams had inexplicably decided to launch a kick from West Coast's defensive 50 in the dying seconds of the third term, landing straight in the lap of Collingwood superboot Dan Houston. As he often does, Houston kicked truly from outside 50m to give the Magpies a major boost on the stroke of three-quarter time. Nick Daicos, who went without a hard tag after tactics to quieten the Magpies superstar became a major story during the week, was typically influential with 34 touches and a classy running goal. Veteran defender Jeremy Howe was superb, cutting off a number of West Coast forward entries. Liam Baker was the Eagles' most prolific ball-winner with 35 possessions, while Brady Hough impressed with 27 touches and a goal. Both teams had an eye-catching debutant, with highly touted Collingwood forward Charlie West slotting a goal with his first kick, before being subbed off in the final quarter. Jobe Shanahan looks capable of filling the role of injured co-captain Oscar Allen, who is set to join the Brisbane Lions in the off-season. A rangy key forward, Shanahan's first goal came from a tricky set shot.
The Age
21-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Why two of Collingwood's modern-day greats aren't even earning the average AFL player wage
Loading Collingwood greats Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom are playing for less than the AFL's average wage for a senior-listed player this year, in what has become a major benefit to the premiership favourites. Pendlebury, 37, and Sidebottom, 34, are contracted for deals in the range of $400,000 in 2025, plus the normal bonuses players can receive for best and fairest finishes and All-Australian selection, according to industry sources familiar with the outline of the super veterans' 2025 deals. Even if either earned best and fairest or All-Australian bonuses, Pendlebury and Sidebottom would still fall short of the $500,771 that is the average for an AFL senior-listed player (not including rookie list players) in 2025. Like Sidebottom, match-winning forward Jamie Elliott, 32, has been in near-career peak form this year – sitting third on the AFL goalkicking table – and is being paid well below his level of performance, relative to the competition. To place Pendlebury's and Sidebottom's deals for this year in perspective, collectively they are paid close to half the amount offered to Carlton's Tom De Koning, by St Kilda, on an annual basis, should the free-agent ruckman take up the Saints' monstrous long-term offer of $1.7 million a year. The Magpies have indicated a wish to retain Pendlebury and Sidebottom, along with Elliott, in 2026. Assuming a reasonable run with injury, Pendlebury (414 games) would break the AFL games record of 432 held by Brent Harvey next year, should he sign on, as now appears likely, for a 21st season. Defender Jeremy Howe, too, is reportedly favoured to be offered a contract. That Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Elliott and Howe have been able to perform at high levels, despite being well into their 30s, has been of benefit to the ladder leaders, who had enough space in their salary cap to acquire Dan Houston from Port Adelaide and Harry Perryman from Greater Western Sydney.
Sydney Morning Herald
20-06-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Discount Pies: How these old champs are on low contracts
Loading Collingwood greats Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom are playing for less than the AFL's average wage for a senior-listed player this year, in what has become a major benefit to the premiership favourites. Pendlebury, 37, and Sidebottom, 34, are contracted for deals in the range of $400,000 in 2025, plus the normal bonuses players can receive for best and fairest finishes and All-Australian selection, according to industry sources familiar with the outline of the super veterans' 2025 deals. Even if either earned best and fairest or All-Australian bonuses, Pendlebury and Sidebottom would still fall short of the $500,771 that is the average for an AFL senior-listed player (not including rookie list players) in 2025. Like Sidebottom, match-winning forward Jamie Elliott, 32, has been in near-career peak form this year – sitting third on the AFL goalkicking table – and is being paid well below his level of performance, relative to the competition. To place Pendlebury's and Sidebottom's deals for this year in perspective, collectively they are paid close to half the amount offered to Carlton's Tom De Koning, by St Kilda, on an annual basis, should the free-agent ruckman take up the Saints' monstrous long-term offer of $1.7 million a year. The Magpies have indicated a wish to retain Pendlebury and Sidebottom, along with Elliott, in 2026. Assuming a reasonable run with injury, Pendlebury (414 games) would break the AFL games record of 432 held by Brent Harvey next year, should he sign on, as now appears likely, for a 21st season. Defender Jeremy Howe, too, is reportedly favoured to be offered a contract. That Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Elliott and Howe have been able to perform at high levels, despite being well into their 30s, has been of benefit to the ladder leaders, who had enough space in their salary cap to acquire Dan Houston from Port Adelaide and Harry Perryman from Greater Western Sydney.
The Age
20-06-2025
- Business
- The Age
Discount Pies: How these old champs are on low contracts
Loading Collingwood greats Scott Pendlebury and Steele Sidebottom are playing for less than the AFL's average wage for a senior-listed player this year, in what has become a major benefit to the premiership favourites. Pendlebury, 37, and Sidebottom, 34, are contracted for deals in the range of $400,000 in 2025, plus the normal bonuses players can receive for best and fairest finishes and All-Australian selection, according to industry sources familiar with the outline of the super veterans' 2025 deals. Even if either earned best and fairest or All-Australian bonuses, Pendlebury and Sidebottom would still fall short of the $500,771 that is the average for an AFL senior-listed player (not including rookie list players) in 2025. Like Sidebottom, match-winning forward Jamie Elliott, 32, has been in near-career peak form this year – sitting third on the AFL goalkicking table – and is being paid well below his level of performance, relative to the competition. To place Pendlebury's and Sidebottom's deals for this year in perspective, collectively they are paid close to half the amount offered to Carlton's Tom De Koning, by St Kilda, on an annual basis, should the free-agent ruckman take up the Saints' monstrous long-term offer of $1.7 million a year. The Magpies have indicated a wish to retain Pendlebury and Sidebottom, along with Elliott, in 2026. Assuming a reasonable run with injury, Pendlebury (414 games) would break the AFL games record of 432 held by Brent Harvey next year, should he sign on, as now appears likely, for a 21st season. Defender Jeremy Howe, too, is reportedly favoured to be offered a contract. That Pendlebury, Sidebottom, Elliott and Howe have been able to perform at high levels, despite being well into their 30s, has been of benefit to the ladder leaders, who had enough space in their salary cap to acquire Dan Houston from Port Adelaide and Harry Perryman from Greater Western Sydney.
