Steele Sidebottom lets slip secret function within Collingwood group tune after wins

The Collingwood gamers do not begin singing their group tune after a win up until Steele Sidebottom states they do. It emerged after Collingwood’s 14-point win over Richmond on Friday night that Sidebottom functions as the provocateur of his club’s popular tune, ‘Good Old Collingwood Forever’. VIEW THE VIDEO ABOVE: Steele Sidebottom exposes secret function in Collingwood group tune. Analysis, regional footy and the greatest minutes, Seven and 7plus are the house of footy programs for each fan. Stream them all totally free on 7plus >> As does every group throughout the nation, Magpies gamers lock arms in a circle inside the changerooms after a win, however unlike any other group, the Collingwood gamers hush each other to near silence when they are all prepared to break out into chorus. And they remain that method – till Sidebottom states so. It’s a function similar to the Australian males’s Test cricket group’s well-known, decades-old ‘tune leader’, presently held by champ spinner, Nathan Lyon. Nathan Lyon leads the group tune for the Australian males’s Test cricket group tune. Credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty ImagesAfter Test success, Lyon stirs his colleagues and training personnel with an uplifting spiel prior to okaying for everybody to break out into ‘Under the Southern Cross I Stand’ to commemorate the win. The late fantastic Rod Marsh is credited with beginning the custom, prior to it was handed down to a few of the greats of Australian males’s cricket like Allan Border, Ricky Ponting, Justin Langer and Mike Hussey prior to it reached Lyon. Sidebottom does not provide an inspiring spiel to his colleagues prior to the tune, however he does push the button on it. Steele Sidebottom begins the tune for Collingwood when they win. Credit: Channel 7″Alright BT, I desire you to get to the bottom of that silence at the start of the tune,” Channel 7 analyst James Brayshaw stated to Brian Taylor after the Magpies completed singing their tune on Friday night. “Who breaks it?” he included. By possibility, Taylor then obtained the extremely lead character in concern, Sidebottom. “What is (the silence) everything about?” Taylor asked Sidebottom. “It most likely occurred early in 2015. It’s on me; so, when I’m all set to begin the tune, we begin the tune,” Sidebottom described. “I do not understand – it’s operating at the minute, we’re singing it quite routinely, so we’ll keep doing it.” MATCH CENTRE: Catch up with all the statistics from Collingwood’s win over Richmond. It’s the very first time Collingwood has actually begun a season 3-0 given that 2011, when they went on to play off in the grand last versus ultimate premiers, Geelong. “Great start, (we require to) keep the ball rolling now,” Sidebottom stated. Nick Daicos talks to Channel 7 after Collingwood win over Richmond Nick Daicos talks to Channel 7 after Collingwood win over Richmond
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