Steele Sidebottom embarrasses former teammate Jack Ginnivan

News.com.au

31-05-2025

Collingwood's Steele Sidebottom played a key role as the Pies continued their stellar season with a dominant 51-point victory over Hawthorn.
The clash at the MCG was made even more tantalising with Jack Ginnivan going up against his old teammates.
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The now Hawks livewire was at his mercurial best in the early stages as he kicked three goals in the first half.
But in the third quarter it was Sidebottom who stole the limelight as he embarrassed his former teammate.
After Isaac Quaynor took an intercepting mark on the back flank, he fed the ball out to Sidebottom with miles of empty space in front of him.
The 34-year-old took off down the wing as Ginnivan attempted to apply the pressure by giving chase.
The 22-year-old however could do nothing as Sidebottom shuffled towards the Pies forward 50, rubbing salt into the wounds by taking four bounces on his way.
Sidebottom ended the contest with 27 disposals and two goals and couldn't help poke fun at Ginnivan during a post-game interview.
Talking with Cameron Mooney, the Pies veteran was asked about the last time he took that many bounces down the wing of the MCG.
Sidebottom didn't hesitate in burning the Hawthorn forward.
'I was lucky Ginni was chasing me,' Sidebottom said.
'I don't think I ever have to be honest so yeah it was nice.'
While Sidebottom was the top ranked player on the ground, teammate Nick Daicos broke a long running hoodoo on Friday night.
Despite his illustrious career in the league, Daicos had never taken a contested mark … that all changed against Hawthorn.
After a ball up following a goal from Hawk James Worpel, Sidebottom took possession and wheeled around, spotting Daicos in the middle of the ground.
Daicos had a small gap to his opponent, coincidentally Worpel again, and took the mark right as the Hawthorn star made body contact and tried to spoil.
While there were some doubts over its authenticity, the moment appeared as a stat on the live scores and was immediately noted by the commentary team on Channel 7.
'That looked like a contested mark to me,' Matthew Richardson said.
James Brayshaw replied excitedly: 'I think it is. Is that the numero uno?'