Collingwood will appoint a brand new captain for the 2023 AFL season after long-time chief Scott Pendlebury stepped down from the function.
Pendlebury, who took over from 2010 premiership captain Nick Maxwell 9 years in the past, led the Magpies as skipper in a club-record 206 video games.
He turns 35 in January however is contracted to the tip of subsequent season and can proceed taking part in after handing over the captaincy.
Taylor Adams, Jeremy Howe and Darcy Moore served as Pendlebury’s deputies this yr and are among the many main candidates to take over the senior place.
“To captain an AFL club is one of the greatest honours and it is not something I have ever taken for granted,” Pendlebury mentioned in a membership assertion.
“It has been an absolute privilege to lead this side for as long as I have.
“At 34 years of age and within the twilight of my profession, I felt that that is the optimum time at hand over the place and assist the subsequent captain of our membership.
“I have experienced all the great football highs and lows throughout my nine-year tenure as captain and I look forward to seeing the next person take the opportunity and make it their own.”
Pendlebury is a five-time Copeland Trophy winner and positioned second in Collingwood’s greatest and fairest award final season, extending his run of top-three finishes to 14 straight years.
The veteran midfielder can also be a six-time All-Australian and has performed a club-record 358 video games for the Magpies.
Collingwood’s subsequent captain can be their forty eighth in AFL/VFL historical past.
Adams, 29, has spent the previous seven years in Collingwood’s management group and is nearing a return to full coaching after tearing his adductor off the bone in the course of the 2022 finals sequence.
Moore can also be on the mend after he was despatched to hospital with a bone an infection earlier this month.
The 26-year-old star defender will re-join the principle coaching group within the new yr.
SCOTT PENDLEBURY’S CAREER AT A GLANCE
358 video games (membership file)
Collingwood captain 2014 to 2022 (206 video games, membership file)
Premiership participant (2010)
Norm Smith Medal winner (2010)
6 x All Australian (2010-2014, 2019)
5 x Copeland Trophy winner (2011, 2013-2016)
