.Scott Pendlebury are going to leave behind a lengthy (lengthy) lasting tradition at the Collingwood Football Nightclub ... over 400 activities worth. He is actually been actually Collingwood's own special variation of an empire and also probably the absolute most impactful plan any kind of nightclub in the modern-day era.Sure, there is actually been various other champs like Gary Ablett as well as Lance Franklin, plus dynasty edges such as Geelong, Hawthorn and Richmond.Round 21WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY PRICED AT YOU? Prepare a deposit limit.Watch every video game of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season cope with no ad-breaks during play on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > However given that Pendlebury was made to the Pies in 2005, they have actually possessed nearly twenty years of steady distinction and been actually frequently in opinion for premierships, with two to present for it (that can properly have been a lot more). Practically one else can easily say they have actually possessed that constant number adding to excellence for such an extended period to place him in a game of his own. In a lot of ways Pendlebury embodies Collingwood overall over the final twenty years-- the tops have not been as high or for so long as other celebrities as well as great teams-- but the longevity is in uncommon air.MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies poses along with his Premiership Award after the 2023 AFL Grand Final suit in between Collingwood Magpies and also Brisbane Lions at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on September 30, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photograph by Darrian Traynor/AFL Photos/via Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSIt's one of a lot of points that's made up Pendlebury's stunning tradition as he prepares to come to be the sixth gamer in AFL/VFL background to participate in 400 activities when the Cakes participate in arch rival Carlton on Saturday evening. "When I came back to the footy nightclub in 2021, it was a crucial factor for me to reconnect along with the nightclub-- I didn't understand exactly how vital it would certainly be," Collingwood head of growth and also Pendlebury's ex-teammate Josh Fraser said to foxfooty.com.au." I keep in mind visiting Adelaide for his 350th game in 2022, that attacked me exactly how exclusive he was. I knew it, but I believe going to the club when it occurred as well as observing the whole experience to get to 350 was fabulous." This coming Saturday night is going to be actually another amount once again." In coming back to the nightclub I've experienced pleased I've been able to discuss and also view aspect of his adventure up close. He is actually an incredible player, however likewise an extraordinary individual, other half and father at the same time." To see him happen with the doors as a teen and turn into what he's ended up being currently is actually something I am actually extremely happy to have found." When you speak league vast, the global regard he has. Certainly not every other player possesses that and also some are polarised, but he is actually one every person values exactly how excellent he is actually." ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 16: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies commemorates his 350th activity in the course of the 2022 AFL Sphere 18 match between the Adelaide Crows as well as the Collingwood Magpies at the Adelaide Oval on July 16, 2022 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photograph through James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 14: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies leads staff companions onto the range throughout the round 22 AFL match in between the Sydney Swans and the Collingwood Magpies at Sydney Cricket Ground on August 14, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photograph by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSThe quadruple century breakthrough alone is an incredible accomplishment, nevertheless the rest of his stacked tradition featuring two flags, a Rule Smith award, 5 finest as well as fairests and also 6 All-Australians. Fellow Magpies wonderful Nathan Buckley tagging Pendlebury the 132-year old nightclub's ultimate ever player is actually informing, originating from the bloke who has perhaps the various other greatest claim to the title. LEGACYThere's Pendlebury's careful off-field professionalism and reliability as well as private drive to guarantee he's the most effective athlete he could be-- and accurately vital to him still going strong at 36. There's the hassle-free moving potential that produces it feel like he can easily stop time on the field among mayhem and also boost on the huge stage when the tension stakes go to their highest.Oh and did you know he possesses a baseball background?The listing goes on.MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Steele Sidebottom of the Magpies celebrates along with Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies after kicking a target in the course of the 2023 AFL Grand Final match between Collingwood Magpies and Brisbane Lions at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on September 30, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Image by Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos/via Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSCollingwood 2010 premiership captain Scar Maxwell claimed there is actually "no silver bullet" to Pendlebury's effectiveness, with his prep work and also potential to take care of his body system the very best he is actually viewed. It's accurately been actually crucial to Pendlebury's uniformity, which is what Maxwell assumes collections him aside from other AFL greats. "There's players like 'Swanny' (Dane Swan) and also 'Bucks' (Buckley) where their finest and also absolute optimal could be better-- 40 touches and also a handful of objectives and also type of trait," Maxwell told foxfooty.com.au." However there is actually been nowhere near the consistency of an eight or nine out of 10 that Pendlebury has actually been for primarily 18 years. To be capable to complete 15 away from 18 attend the top three in the most ideal and also fairest is actually simply unprecedented." To be at that amount for as long is why I've got him above anyone I've seen play." It's actually the hardest point to accomplish. You can easily possess terrific periods or great five or even six-year time frames, however to carry out it like he contends that amount is unbelievable." GOLD COASTLINE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 19: Scar Maxwell and also Scott Pendlebury arrive for a Collingwood Magpies AFL training treatment at Metricon Coliseum on July 19, 2013 in Gold Shore, Australia. (Photograph by Chris Hyde/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSMaxwell couldn't identify a specific second when he first acknowledged Pendlebury was exclusive, saying he had "steady development" and also "maintained including layers." Hell, by Pendlebury's second season in 2007, he was currently starring in the nightclub's deep-seated finals run.Maxwell, that handed the captaincy over to Pendlebury in 2014, believes his management mosted likely to one more degree when he managed to acknowledge his ability to influence colleagues through taking all of them along with him. "That's what our experts dealt with very early days - what he could possibly teach a youthful gamer that did body weights or an added treatment along with him," Maxwell incorporated." As our company began adding those layers, that is actually when he became aware the effect he can easily have on everyone else." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 04: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies operates along with the sphere along with Dane Swan during the course of the sphere 19 AFL match in between the Collingwood Magpies and the Essendon Bombers at Melbourne Cricket Ground on August 4, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Image by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSMagpies 2010 premiership ahead Travis Cloke recommended Pendlebury's heritage includes beyond themself as well as soccer. "Typically you connect legacy to personal accolades. But he'll be actually born in mind for every thing he is actually had the ability to do for Collingwood," Cloke told foxfooty.com.au." He got the greatest effectiveness early on, at that point created the club back up and also acquired it again. When he carries out finally finish up, he'll have left the regulation football nightclub in a better spot than when he got here." It's certainly not merely on field, he's performed impressive points for the area of that regulation football club and also the company of AFL football." He's an elite individual as well as footballer and will certainly be in the Venue of Popularity eventually. I'm sure whatever he does submit soccer, he'll be actually amazing at. Permit's hope it's coaching in the AFL, due to the fact that he's got a remarkable football IQ." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Travis Cloke and also Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies commemorate an objective throughout the ANZAC Day circular five AFL fit between the Essendon Bombers and also the Collingwood Magpies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 25, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. (Image through Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSSo where does the next degree reliability acquire from?Fraser feels it is actually "inherent" offered Pendlebury had a commitment coming from a younger age to "obtain the most effective out of themself" including travelling coming from Sale around Victoria to play younger baseball. Pendlebury at that point "picked up a lot" from others at Collingwood in the early times of his AFL adventure and also was "incredibly harmonic along with his environment" to figure out what worked best for him. Scott Pendlebury gets ready for video game 400|01:28 That drive and willpower is evocative late NBA folklore Kobe Bryant, who the Pies champ has actually long admired consisting of possessing the words 'Mamba Attitude' composed on the within his jumper in 2014." He's undoubtedly a basketball follower and Kobe Bryant was his favourite player at one stage, I view resemblances in that," Fraser claimed." I bear in mind exactly how driven Kobe performed a private level and also I think 'Pendles' has a big degree of that in him. "I assume his major focus is still quite on the group. That becomes part of his progression, having actually achieved a great deal in the video game, he can disperse his electricity and also mentality to other component of the video game" MELBOURNE, VICTORIA - APRIL 25: Jobe Watson of the Bombing Planes (L) and also Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies drink hands prior to they walk to the Anzac banner throughout the rounded four AFL suit between the Essendon Bombers and also the Collingwood Magpies at Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 25, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photograph through Michael Dodge/AFL Media/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSINSIGHTSMaxwell exposed his partnership along with Pendlebury was built on both walking the water at Williamson at 9pm in the middle of winter in the beginning of their careers. Actually planning the added treatments along with his much younger colleague, the parts will rapidly be turned around." Early days I will call him as well as pass by and also select him up and we will walk in the water for those added rehabilitations 2 or even 3 times a week," Maxwell recollected." It specified where I was having youngsters as well as my nights modified, then he will be actually texting me going: 'Be actually down there certainly in 10 moments, I am actually going down'. So our experts went full circle." Those were the large ones for us very early days constructing a connection." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: Will Definitely Minson of the Bulldogs chases after Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies in the course of the round one AFL suit between the Western side Bulldogs and the Collingwood Magpies at Etihad Coliseum on March 28, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Picture through Mark Dadswell/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSMeanwhile Cloke said along with a laugh Pendlebury "shaking up with those s **** y dreadlocks" in the 2011 period was actually when he started to show various sides to his personality.Cloke phoned him a "excellent individual you could always possess a conversation with"-- including a group of players delighting in frequent check outs to cafes and also lunch locations during the full week. It's the on-field tricks Cloke recollects most more popularly though, even if Pendlebury "couldn't boot the ball over a jam tin"-- but certain could tie out some bullet passes inside fifty." Definitely on the footy field he oozes charisma as well as lesson. He's therefore smooth relocating and also sleek along with sphere in hand," Cloke pointed out. "He is actually merely an outstanding specialist-- he understands what to do along with sphere in hand and just how to make something away from absolutely nothing-- that's what the great gamers perform." He brought in being actually an ahead quite easy and it was always a delight to watch. I got a main row chair to a masterclass weekly." I possess really good memories of seeing him running along the wing, appearing a deduction and kicking targets or kicking it to me as well as the likes of Leigh Brown and Chris Dawes." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 21: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies leads his crew off the field after gaining the round 23 AFL match between the Carlton Blues and also the Collingwood Magpies at Melbourne Cricket Ground on August 21, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSTwo-time Copeland Trophy victor Paul Licuria exposed on the Collingwood website this week that when showing a young Pendlebury the ropes throughout a 2007 pre-season instruction session, he pushed his understudy to the point of '50% of attempting to create him throw up.' Yet Licuria was the one about to vomitting in battling to maintain the after that 19-year old Pendlebury. It is actually a feeling Fraser could connect to in remembering merely how affordable Pendlebury remained in any activity he took part in. "You would certainly direct your eye throughout the team and when every person looked like they were having a hard time, he might possess been struggling however never permit it reveal," Fraser don't forgot. "There was a thoughts game going on where if you were competing in one thing, he had not been visiting cease till he discovered a method to gain. "That was actually from a quite early age-- whether the kids were actually playing basketball, a video game of football or in the video game hauling-- he was a person that wished to be able to leave in some way a champion. "That's something that's kept him in wonderful place throughout his job. If he's had the capacity to push 'Licca' relevant of throwing up, he is actually rather unique, since 'Licca' is like I have actually viewed in regards to training.".