.Scott Pendlebury are going to leave a lengthy (long) lasting legacy at the Collingwood Soccer Nightclub ... over 400 video games worth. He's been Collingwood's own special version of a dynasty and also probably one of the most impactful figure on any club in the modern era.Sure, there is actually been actually other champs like Gary Ablett and Lance Franklin, plus empire edges such as Geelong, Hawthorn as well as Richmond.Round 21WHAT'S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Establish a deposit limit.Watch every activity of every round this Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of use Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free test today > Yet given that Pendlebury was actually prepared to the Pies in 2005, they have actually possessed virtually 20 years of consistent superiority and been regularly in opinion for premierships, along with two to reveal for it (that could effectively have been actually even more). Basically one else may claim they've had that constant figure adding to success for such a substantial period to put him in a league of his personal. In numerous techniques Pendlebury symbolizes Collingwood in its entirety over the final two decades-- the peaks have not been as higher or even for provided that other superstars and also excellent groups-- but the durability resides in uncommon air.MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies presents with his Premiership Award after the 2023 AFL Grand Final match between Collingwood Magpies as well as Brisbane Lions at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on September 30, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photograph through Darrian Traynor/AFL Photos/via Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSIt's some of a lot of traits that is actually made up Pendlebury's exceptional heritage as he readies to end up being the sixth player in AFL/VFL past to play 400 activities when the Pies participate in arch rival Carlton on Sunday evening. "When I returned to the footy nightclub in 2021, it was actually a significant thing for me to reconnect along with the club-- I didn't understand exactly how essential it would be actually," Collingwood scalp of advancement and also Pendlebury's ex-teammate Josh Fraser informed foxfooty.com.au." I keep in mind going to Adelaide for his 350th video game in 2022, that reached me exactly how special he was. I recognized it, but I assume going to the club when it took place and finding the whole adventure to get to 350 was actually incredible." This happening Saturday evening is actually mosting likely to be another level once again." In going back to the nightclub I have actually really felt honored I have actually managed to share and also view parts of his journey up close. He is actually an unbelievable gamer, but likewise an amazing individual, partner as well as papa as well." To observe him come through the doors as a young adult and turn into what he's become right now is actually something I'm really glad to have actually found." When you talk game vast, the global appreciation he has. Certainly not every other gamer has that and also some are actually polarised, however he is actually one every person cherishes just how terrific he is actually." ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 16: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies commemorates his 350th game during the course of the 2022 AFL Round 18 match between the Adelaide Crows and also the Collingwood Magpies at the Adelaide Oval on July 16, 2022 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo through James Elsby/AFL Photos via Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 14: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies leads team mates onto the range during the sphere 22 AFL suit in between the Sydney Swans and the Collingwood Magpies at Sydney Cricket Ground on August 14, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSThe quadruple century breakthrough alone is actually a remarkable achievement, regardless of the rest of his piled heritage including two banners, a Rule Smith medal, 5 finest and fairests and also six All-Australians. Other Magpies excellent Nathan Buckley tagging Pendlebury the 132-year old nightclub's best ever before player is actually saying to, arising from the bloke who has probably the other toughest insurance claim to the name. LEGACYThere's Pendlebury's thorough off-field professionalism and trust and private travel to guarantee he's the best athlete he can be-- as well as clearly key to him still going solid at 36. There's the smooth moving potential that creates it feel like he can easily quit opportunity on the area among disarray and also step up on the big phase when the pressure concerns are at their highest.Oh and performed you recognize he has a baseball background?The listing goes on.MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Steele Sidebottom of the Magpies celebrates with Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies after kicking a goal in the course of the 2023 AFL Grand Final match between Collingwood Magpies as well as Brisbane Lions at Melbourne Cricket Ground, on September 30, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Image by Daniel Pockett/AFL Photos/via Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSCollingwood 2010 premiership leader Nick Maxwell stated there's "no silver bullet" to Pendlebury's successes, along with his planning as well as capacity to care for his physical body the most ideal he is actually seen. It's accurately been vital to Pendlebury's consistency, which is what Maxwell believes collections him aside from various other AFL greats. "There is actually players like 'Swanny' (Dane Swan) and also 'Bucks' (Buckley) where their ideal and also absolute peak could be much better-- 40 contacts as well as a couple of goals and that sort of factor," Maxwell said to foxfooty.com.au." However there is actually been actually nowhere near the uniformity of an eight or even nine out of 10 that Pendlebury has actually been for basically 18 years. To become able to finish 15 out of 18 times in the leading 3 in the very best and also fairest is simply unprecedented." To become at that amount for as long is why I've got him above any person I've viewed play." It's in fact the hardest point to carry out. You can easily possess fantastic seasons or even fantastic five or six-year time frames, however to perform it like he has at that level boggles the mind." GOLD COASTLINE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 19: Scar Maxwell and also Scott Pendlebury get here for a Collingwood Magpies AFL instruction session at Metricon Coliseum on July 19, 2013 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo through Chris Hyde/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSMaxwell could not identify a particular minute when he first recognised Pendlebury was unique, mentioning he had "constant growth" and also "always kept incorporating layers." Hell, through Pendlebury's second time in 2007, he was actually actually starring in the club's deeper finals run.Maxwell, that handed the captaincy over to Pendlebury in 2014, believes his management visited another amount when he was able to recognise his capability to influence colleagues by carrying all of them alongside him. "That's what our company focused on early days - what he might show a young gamer that performed body weights or even an added treatment along with him," Maxwell added." As our company started incorporating those levels, that's when he knew the influence he can have on every person else." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 04: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies works along with the ball along with Dane Swan during the course of the sphere 19 AFL fit in between the Collingwood Magpies as well as the Essendon Bombers at Melbourne Cricket Ground on August 4, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photograph by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSMagpies 2010 premiership ahead Travis Cloke proposed Pendlebury's tradition encompasses past themself and soccer. "Ordinarily you associate legacy to specific accolades. But he'll be actually kept in mind for everything he's had the ability to do for Collingwood," Cloke told foxfooty.com.au." He obtained the supreme effectiveness beforehand, then built the club back up and also got it again. When he does ultimately end up, he'll have left behind the soccer club in a better place than when he came in." It's certainly not simply on industry, he is actually performed amazing factors for the community of that football club and the label of AFL regulation football." He is actually an elite person and footballer and will certainly reside in the Hall of Popularity 1 day. I make certain whatever he carries out publish regulation football, he'll be actually amazing at. Allow's wish it is actually mentoring in the AFL, considering that he is actually received a remarkable regulation football intelligence." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 25: Travis Cloke as well as Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies celebrate a goal throughout the ANZAC Time rounded 5 AFL complement in between the Essendon Bombers and the Collingwood Magpies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 25, 2011 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photograph through Quinn Rooney/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSSo where performs the upcoming degree expertise derive from?Fraser believes it is actually "intrinsic" given Pendlebury possessed a dedication from a young grow older to "acquire the greatest out of themself" featuring travelling from Purchase around Victoria to play jr baseball. Pendlebury at that point "got a whole lot" from others at Collingwood in the very early days of his AFL trip as well as was "very harmonic with his atmosphere" to determine what worked ideal for him. Scott Pendlebury gets ready for game 400|01:28 That ride as well as willpower is similar to overdue NBA tale Kobe Bryant, that the Pies champ has long marvelled at including possessing words 'Mamba Mindset' written on the within his jumper last year." He's definitely a basketball follower and Kobe Bryant was his favorite gamer at some phase, I observe resemblances in that," Fraser stated." I bear in mind exactly how committed Kobe was on an individual level and also I think 'Pendles' possesses a huge level of that in him. "I assume his principal focus is still significantly on the group. That's part of his advancement, having actually obtained a lot in the video game, he can disperse his electricity and mentality to other aspect of the activity" MELBOURNE, VICTORIA - APRIL 25: Jobe Watson of the Bombing Planes (L) and Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies tremble hands before they walk to the Anzac ensign throughout the circular 4 AFL match in between the Essendon Bombers and the Collingwood Magpies at Melbourne Cricket Ground on April 25, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photograph by Michael Dodge/AFL Media/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSINSIGHTSMaxwell revealed his connection with Pendlebury was actually built on the two strolling the water at Williamson at 9pm in the middle of winter season in the beginning of their progress. Originally organising the additional treatments along with his more youthful ally, the duties will rapidly be turned around." Very early times I would certainly contact him as well as go past and also pick him up and our company 'd stroll in the water for those additional recuperations 2 or three opportunities a full week," Maxwell recollected." It got to the point where I was having kids and also my evenings transformed, then he will be texting me going: 'Be actually down certainly there in 10 moments, I'm going down'. So our experts went full circle." Those were actually the major ones for our company early days building a relationship." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: Are Going To Minson of the Bulldogs chases after Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies during the course of the shot one AFL fit between the Western side Bulldogs and also the Collingwood Magpies at Etihad Arena on March 28, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Smudge Dadswell/Getty Images) Resource: FOX SPORTSMeanwhile Cloke said along with a laugh Pendlebury "shaking up with those s **** y dreadlocks" in the 2011 season was when he began to present different sides to his personality.Cloke called him a "good individual you can constantly have a chat with"-- featuring a team of gamers enjoying regular sees to cafes as well as lunch spots in the course of the full week. It's the on-field shenanigans Cloke recalls most fondly though, even when Pendlebury "couldn't kick the round over a bind tin"-- but sure could possibly tie out some bullet passes inside fifty." Undoubtedly on the footy field he exudes charisma and also course. He's thus hassle-free relocating as well as silklike along with sphere in hand," Cloke stated. "He is actually only an outstanding artisan-- he recognizes what to do with sphere in hand and also how to create something out of absolutely nothing-- that's what the good gamers perform." He brought in being actually a forward extremely quick and easy and also it was regularly an enjoyment to check out. I acquired a front row seat to a masterclass every week." I have excellent memories of watching him going the airfoil, appearing an interruption as well as booting targets or even kicking it to me and also the likes of Leigh Brown and Chris Dawes." MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 21: Scott Pendlebury of the Magpies leads his team off the field after gaining the around 23 AFL match between the Carlton Woe and the Collingwood Magpies at Melbourne Cricket Ground on August 21, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Image through Daniel Pockett/Getty Images) Source: FOX SPORTSTwo-time Copeland Trophy champion Paul Licuria exposed on the Collingwood web site recently that when showing a younger Pendlebury the ropes in the course of a 2007 pre-season instruction treatment, he pushed his understudy relevant of '50% of attempting to make him vomit.' Yet Licuria was the one on the verge of throwing up in straining to stay on par with the at that point 19-year aged Pendlebury. It's a belief Fraser might associate with in recollecting simply exactly how competitive Pendlebury resided in any type of task he took part in. "You 'd direct your eye around the group and when everyone looked like they were straining, he may have been actually straining yet certainly never allow it reveal," Fraser kept in mind. "There was a thoughts game taking place where if you were competing in something, he had not been visiting stop till he located a technique to gain. "That was coming from a quite early grow older-- whether the young boys were actually participating in baseball, a video game of football or in the activity hauling-- he was a person that wanted to have the capacity to walk away in some way a victor. "That's something that's kept him in fantastic standing throughout his job. If he's managed to push 'Licca' relevant of regurgitating, he is actually quite exclusive, given that 'Licca' is as good as I've seen in terms of instruction.".