Steele Sidebottom

Steele Sidebottom
Steele Sidebottom
	Sidebottom playing for Collingwood in June 2017
Personal information
Full name	Steele Sidebottom
Nickname(s)	Rusty, Bluescope
Date of birth	2 January 1991 (age 33)
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
2009–	Collingwood
Representative team honours
Years	Team
2020	Victoria
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 6, 2024.
Career highlights
	2× AFL premiership player: 2010, 2023 ; All-Australian team: 2018 ; 2× Copeland Trophy: 2017, 2018; Collingwood co-vice captain: 2015–; Gary Ayres Award: 2018 ; Anzac Day Medal: 2016; 2× 22under22 team: 2012, 2013;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Last updated April 21, 2024

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.

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 2023 season.^[8]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks
#	Played in that season's premiership team


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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
Career			309	190	128	4158	3143	7301	1561	1158	0.6	0.4	13.5	10.2	23.6	5.1	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

Personal life

His older brother Ryan plays cricket for the Victorian Bushrangers.

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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 2 October 2023.

External links

Steele Sidebottom's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
Steele Sidebottom's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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[9] 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.

[1] McFarlane, Glenn (9 July 2011). "Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom reveals why he loves to return to his band of brothers". Herald Sun .

[2] Timms, Daryl; de Kretser, Chris (13 May 2010). "Beg, borrow or Steele". The Daily Telegraph .

[3] Edmund, Sam (2 October 2008) Steele Sidebottom dominates under-18 final; Herald Sun

[4] Sheehan, Kevin (19 July 2008) Shifter's wrap: Under-18 All-Australian team

[5] McFarlane, Glenn (6 October 2017). "Steele Sidebottom pips Taylor Adams to claim his first Collingwood Copeland Trophy". Herald Sun . News Corp Australia.

[6] "Hawthorn's Tom Mitchell wins 2018 Brownlow Medal". ABC News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.

[7] Marc McGowan (1 July 2020). "Pies fume at 'excessive' COVID ban for Steele". Australian Football League. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[8] "Steele Sidebottom's player profile". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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v t e Collingwood Football Club 2010 AFL premiers
September 25, Collingwood 9.14 (68) drew with St Kilda 10.8 (68), at Melbourne Cricket Ground; October 2, Collingwood 16.12 (108) defeated St Kilda 7.10 (52), at Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Davis* 4. Didak 5. Maxwell (c) 6. Goldsack* 8. O'Brien 10. Pendlebury 12. Ball 13. Thomas 15. L. Brown 16. N. Brown 17. Beams 18. Jolly 20. Reid 21. Wellingham 22. Sidebottom 26. Johnson 30. Macaffer 31. Dawes 32. Cloke 34. Toovey 36. Swan 39. Shaw 47. Blair * Leon Davis was replaced by Tyson Goldsack in the Grand Final replay
Coach: Malthouse

v t e Collingwood Football Club 2023 AFL premiers
Collingwood 12.18 (90) defeated Brisbane Lions 13.8 (86), at Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Lipinski 2. De Goey 3. Quaynor 4. Maynard 5. Elliott 6. Mitchell 7. J. Daicos 10. Pendlebury 14. Cameron 17. Frampton 22. Sidebottom 23. Hill 25. Crisp 28. Murphy 30. Moore (c) 31. McCreery 32. Hoskin-Elliott 33. Ginnivan 35. N. Daicos 37. Markov 38. Howe 41. Mihocek 46. Cox
Coach: McRae

v t e 2018 All-Australian team
Full-back	Tom Stewart (Geelong) Alex Rance (Richmond) Rory Laird (Adelaide)
Half-back	Shannon Hurn (West Coast) Jeremy McGovern (West Coast) Lachie Whitfield (Greater Western Sydney)
Centre	Andrew Gaff (West Coast) Dustin Martin (Richmond) Steele Sidebottom (Collingwood)
Half-forward	Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong) (vc) Lance Franklin (Sydney) (c) Robbie Gray (Port Adelaide)
Full-forward	Jack Gunston (Hawthorn) Jack Riewoldt (Richmond) Luke Breust (Hawthorn)
Ruck	Max Gawn (Melbourne) Patrick Cripps (Carlton) Tom Mitchell (Hawthorn)
Interchange	Brodie Grundy (Collingwood) Clayton Oliver (Melbourne) Shaun Higgins (North Melbourne) Shane Edwards (Richmond)
Coach	Adam Simpson (West Coast)
← 2017 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2019 →

v t e 2008 AFL national draft
First round	1. Jack Watts 2. Nic Naitanui 3. Stephen Hill 4. Hamish Hartlett 5. Michael Hurley 6. Chris Yarran 7. Daniel Rich 8. Ty Vickery 9. Jack Ziebell 10. Phil Davis 11. Steele Sidebottom 12. Lewis Johnston 13. Tom Lynch 14. Ayce Cordy (F/S) 15. Mitch Brown 16. Ryan Schoenmakers 17. Sam Blease (PP) 18. Luke Shuey (PP)
Second round	19. James Strauss 20. Tom Swift 21. Hayden Ballantyne 22. Jackson Trengove 23. David Zaharakis 24. Nick Suban 25. Jack Redden 26. Jayden Post 27. Sam Wright 28. Shaun McKernan 29. Dayne Beams 30. Dan Hannebery 31. Jordan Roughead 32. Liam Jones 33. Tom Gillies 34. Liam Shiels
Third round	35. Jamie Bennell 36. Ashley Smith 37. Zac Clarke 38. Matthew Broadbent 39. Steven Motlop 40. Mitch Robinson 41. Todd Banfield 42. Mitch Banner 43. Liam Anthony 44. Rory Sloane 45. Jarrad Blight 46. Luke Rounds 47. Rhys Stanley 48. Nick Heyne 49. Taylor Hunt 50. Jordan Lisle
Fourth round	51. Neville Jetta 52. Jordan Jones 53. Michael Walters 54. Jarrad Redden 55. Michael Still 56. Ben Bucovaz 57. Aaron Cornelius 58. Tom Hislop 59. Nathan O'Keefe 60. Tom Lee 61. Campbell Heath 62. Alistair Smith 63. Luke Lowden
Fifth round	64. Rohan Bail 65. Rhys O'Keeffe 66. Glenn Dawson 67. Tyson Slattery 68. Tim Ruffles 69. Bart McCulloch 71. Warren Benjamin 72. Will Young 73. Leigh Brown 74. Paul Cahill 75. Shane Savage
Sixth round	77. Chris Hall 78. Jason Davenport 80. Caleb Tiller 81. Kieran King 83. Colm Begley

v t e Victorian team – State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match
Victoria 24.10 (154) def. All Stars 15.18 (108), at Marvel Stadium
Blicavs Boak Bontempelli Cameron Cotchin (c) Dangerfield Gaff Goldstein Greene Gresham Haynes Higgins Houli Kelly Lloyd Lynch Macrae D. Martin S. Martin Moore Papley Pendlebury Saad Sicily Sidebottom Sloane Whitfield Coach: Hardwick

v t e Anzac Medal · Anzac Day match best on ground
1995: Rocca 1996: Russell 1997: Monkhorst 1998: Rocca 1999: Mercuri 2000: Hird 2001: Tarrant 2002: McGough 2003: Hird 2004: Hird 2005: Lovett 2006: Johnson 2007: Shaw 2008: Medhurst 2009: Ryder 2010: Pendlebury 2011: Pendlebury 2012: Swan 2013: Zaharakis 2014: Swan 2015: Seedsman 2016: Sidebottom 2017: Daniher 2018: Treloar 2019: Pendlebury 2021: Parish 2022: Ginnivan 2023: Daicos
Anzac Medals were awarded from 2000 onwards, with medals for the first five matches awarded retrospectively. No Anzac Day match was played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.