Steele Sidebottom
| Steele Sidebottom | |||
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 Sidebottom playing for Collingwood in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Steele Sidebottom | ||
| Nickname(s) | Rusty,[1] Bluescope[2] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup) | ||
| Draft | No. 11, 2008 National Draft, Collingwood | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Collingwood | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2009– | Collingwood | 331 (194) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Steele Sidebottom (born 2 January 1991) is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.
Sidebottom was selected by Collingwood with selection 11 in the 2008 AFL Draft. Sidebottom had a 10-goal best-on-ground performance in the 2008 TAC Cup Grand Final.[3] He is strong overhead and in one-on-one contests. An AIS/AFL Academy graduate and Vic Country representative in 2008, Sidebottom also was selected in the All-Australian team following the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships.[4]
A midfielder, Sidebottom became a star player for Collingwood. He has won the Copeland Trophy twice as the club's best and fairest (2017, 2018) and also played in premierships in 2010 and 2023. Sidebottom has been named in the All-Australian team in 2018 on a wing in addition to finishing second in the 2018 Brownlow Medal. He has been the co-vice captain of Collingwood since the 2015 season to 2022.
Career
Sidebottom made his AFL debut vs St Kilda in Round 7, 2009, where St Kilda defeated Collingwood by 88 points.
In the semi-final against Adelaide of the 2009 AFL Season, Sidebottom had his first major breakthrough, where he notched up 25 disposals in a come-from-behind win.
In 2010, Sidebottom played in all but one game for the Magpies, including both the drawn Grand Final and Grand Final replay. At 19 years of age, he was the youngest member of Collingwood's 2010 Premiership side.
On 6 October 2017, Sidebottom won the Copeland Trophy.[5]
In the 2018 Brownlow Medal count, Sidebottom finished in second place (his career best).[6]
In 2020, Sidebottom was handed a four match suspension for breaching the AFL's COVID-19 protocols, after he and teammate Lynden Dunn had shared an Uber together and visited several homes, with the night concluding with Sidebottom being driven home by police.[7]
In 2023, Sidebottom played his 300th AFL game, becoming the 4th Collingwood player to ever do so. He injured his MCL and did not play until Round 18. Sidebottom later kicked a 60-meter bomb in the final to give Collingwood the premiership.
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[8]
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Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2009 | Collingwood | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 85 | 167 | 42 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 15.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2010# | Collingwood | 22 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 253 | 209 | 462 | 105 | 101 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 18.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2011 | Collingwood | 22 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 275 | 214 | 489 | 128 | 107 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 19.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2012 | Collingwood | 22 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 377 | 258 | 635 | 133 | 89 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 10.8 | 26.5 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 2013 | Collingwood | 22 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 361 | 194 | 555 | 120 | 77 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 15.7 | 8.4 | 24.1 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 7 |
| 2014 | Collingwood | 22 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 327 | 181 | 508 | 109 | 78 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 17.2 | 9.5 | 26.7 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 9 |
| 2015 | Collingwood | 22 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 251 | 186 | 437 | 85 | 53 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 15.7 | 11.6 | 27.3 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 9 |
| 2016 | Collingwood | 22 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 273 | 241 | 514 | 108 | 90 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 25.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 7 |
| 2017 | Collingwood | 22 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 344 | 256 | 600 | 115 | 93 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 15.6 | 11.6 | 27.3 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 14 |
| 2018 | Collingwood | 22 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 361 | 403 | 764 | 133 | 96 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 29.4 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 24 |
| 2019 | Collingwood | 22 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 339 | 253 | 592 | 141 | 84 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 14.7 | 11.0 | 25.7 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 7 |
| 2020[a] | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 112 | 101 | 213 | 33 | 38 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 23.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 6 |
| 2021 | Collingwood | 22 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 272 | 228 | 500 | 114 | 62 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 23.8 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Collingwood | 22 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 274 | 175 | 449 | 110 | 74 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3 |
| 2023# | Collingwood | 22 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 257 | 160 | 417 | 85 | 72 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.9 | 8.0 | 20.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3 |
| 2024 | Collingwood | 22 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 270 | 133 | 403 | 90 | 69 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Career | 331 | 194 | 136 | 4428 | 3276 | 7704 | 1651 | 1227 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 13.4 | 9.9 | 23.3 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 101 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours and achievements
Collingwood
- 2× AFL Premiership (Collingwood): 2010, 2023
- McClelland Trophy (Collingwood): 2010, 2011
- AFL Minor Premiership (Collingwood) 2010, 2011 2023
- NAB Cup (Collingwood) 2011
Individual
- All-Australian team: 2018
- 2× Copeland Trophy: 2017, 2018
- Collingwood co-vice captain: 2015–
- Gary Ayres Award: 2018
- Anzac Day Medal: 2016 (round 5)
- 2× 22under22 team: 2012, 2013
Personal life
His older brother Ryan plays cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers.
References
- ^ McFarlane, Glenn (9 July 2011). "Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom reveals why he loves to return to his band of brothers". Herald Sun.
- ^ Timms, Daryl; de Kretser, Chris (13 May 2010). "Beg, borrow or Steele". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Edmund, Sam (2 October 2008) Steele Sidebottom dominates under-18 final; Herald Sun
- ^ Sheehan, Kevin (19 July 2008) Shifter's wrap: Under-18 All-Australian team
- ^ McFarlane, Glenn (6 October 2017). "Steele Sidebottom pips Taylor Adams to claim his first Collingwood Copeland Trophy". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia.
- ^ "Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell wins 2018 Brownlow Medal". ABC News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ Marc McGowan (1 July 2020). "Pies fume at 'excessive' COVID ban for Steele". Australian Football League. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Steele Sidebottom's player profile". AFL Tables. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
External links
- Steele Sidebottom's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
- Steele Sidebottom's playing statistics from AFL Tables