Jack Ziebell has stepped down as captain of North Melbourne, believing the time is true for a youthful participant to take cost.
Ziebell, 31, changed Andrew Swallow as skipper forward of the 2017 AFL season and led the Kangaroos in 111 video games, making him North Melbourne’s longest-serving captain since membership legend Wayne Carey.
North Melbourne have but to announce their new skipper however final 12 months’s vice-captains Jy Simpkin and Luke McDonald are potential candidates.
Kayne Turner, Ben Cunnington, Nick Larkey and Aidan Corr rounded out the membership’s management group in 2022.
“Now that I’ve reached the later stages of my career the time has come for me to hand over the reins,” Ziebell stated in an announcement.
“I’ll be there to support the next captain in any way I can and I have no doubt the incoming captain will lead our club with purpose and passion.
“The captaincy has been an unbelievably rewarding position, I really feel fortunate to have been given the chance and I’m a greater individual for the expertise.”
Ziebell presided over North Melbourne through six difficult seasons, including consecutive finishes at the bottom of the ladder in 2021 and 2022.
The aspect will hope the arrival of recent coach Alastair Clarkson, and the acquisition of top-10 draft picks Harry Sheezel and George Wardlaw can herald a change in fortune.
