{"id":58896,"date":"2025-08-11T01:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58896\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T01:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T01:37:08","slug":"scott-pendlebury-contract-extension-news-collingwood-magpies-ageing-list-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/58896\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Pendlebury contract extension news, Collingwood Magpies ageing list concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magpies<\/a> games record holder Scott Pendlebury<\/a> has signed a one-year contract extension to play on in 2026, amid the team’s form slump and concerns about their aging list.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old will line up for his 21st season with Collingwood, as he closes in on Brent Harvey’s all-time VFL\/AFL<\/a> games record of 432.<\/p>\n

With 421 appearances in the black and white guernsey, Pendlebury previously passed Tony Shaw’s record at Collingwood in 2020 and has continued to extend it since.<\/p>\n

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\"Scott<\/p>\n

Scott Pendlebury is chaired off in game 400 by Collingwood teammates Jeremy Howe and Steele Sidebottom.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Pendlebury is valued not just for his on-field performance but also for his professionalism, leadership and positive influence on his teammates.<\/p>\n

“Everyone throughout the league appreciates the influence and experience that Scott brings to our side, and we are pleased to have him sign on for 2026,” Collingwood list boss Justin Leppitsch said in a club statement.<\/p>\n

“His professionalism is second to none, always ensuring he sets himself up to get the best out of himself and his teammates.”<\/p>\n

Leppitsch also said that Pendlebury’s guidance and experience are important for the team’s success.<\/p>\n

“In addition to his on-field contribution, it is the guidance he will provide his fellow teammates, setting the standards and embodying what it means to be a Collingwood person, that will be influential throughout our 2026 campaign and beyond,” he said.<\/p>\n

Collingwood has suffered four losses in its last five games, including a heavy 64-point defeat to Hawthorn<\/a> last Thursday, with its top-four spot now at risk.<\/p>\n

\"Craig<\/p>\n

The Magpies’ shocking loss to Hawks prompted apology from coach Craig McRae to fans.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The team’s sudden downturn has prompted concerns from commentators that their list is too old.<\/p>\n

The Pies have the oldest list in the league and fielded a more-experienced team against the Hawks, with an additional 357 games among their playing group.<\/p>\n

With the club in a strong position at the top of the AFL ladder a month ago, their recent slide to third place has been put down to a combination of on-field issues and player availability.<\/p>\n

Asked if the Pies’ downturn could also be a result of the team’s senior players struggling at the back end of the season, Cats legend Jimmy Bartel called for calm.<\/p>\n

“I feel like they have tried to manage them the last four or five weeks, that’s why we’ve seen Scott Pendlebury as the sub [and] some guys in different positions,” he told Nine’s Footy Furnace.<\/p>\n

“I think they’ve managed it very well.<\/p>\n

“They’ve spoken really highly of their strength and conditioning coach, and the way they’ve gone about things.”<\/p>\n

Pendlebury’s signature follows that of teammate Darcy Cameron, 30, who also announced his three-year contract extension on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

With another year still to run on his current contract, Cameron’s new deal will see him remain at Collingwood until at least the end of 2029.<\/p>\n

A host of other Collingwood veterans are also expected to extend in due course<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pies will be looking to break their form slump in their crucial clash against ladder leaders, the Crows, on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

With surrounding teams close on points, if the Pies lose, they could drop out of the top four and be forced into an elimination final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magpies games record holder Scott Pendlebury has signed a one-year contract extension to play on in 2026, amid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-58896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}