Collingwood great Scott Pendlebury is chasing a second premiership on Saturday against the Brisbane Lions, but there is no end in sight for his record-smashing career.
Scott Pendlebury has emphatically ruled out a Joel Selwood-like premiership farewell, but there is another reason this grand final promises to be his most treasured.
Saturday’s grand final against the Brisbane Lions will double as Pendlebury’s 383rd game – equalling dual Brownlow medallist Robert Harvey in equal-sixth all-time for VFL/AFL matches – and there appears no end in sight for the five-time Copeland Trophy winner. That said, he has made clear to his successor, Darcy Moore, that he is there for support if needed, although he is also self-aware enough to not want to be “constantly leaning over his shoulder”.“You probably don’t realise the number of hours you commit until you step back from it,” Pendlebury said.
Pendlebury rarely, if ever, affords himself the luxury of looking back on a career that is already certain to place him among Collingwood’s greatest players. In his eyes, there is always something more to achieve, but he also still loves the grind required to get there.“The thing with footy that I love the most is the journey from November; out here, sweltering heat, the running sessions, the training, the change rooms, the fun. That’s what makes it really special.
“They’ve been a tough side for us to beat for a few years, and they were super impressive the other night [against Carlton], after the first quarter,” he said. The excruciatingly narrow defeats in the 2018 grand final and last year’s preliminary final left no scars, at least not on him, and he remains grateful to be competing again on the last day of the football year.
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