Another milestone for marathon man Michael Malthouse

The milestones keep coming for Collingwood coach Michael Malthouse.

He will coach his 635th match as the Magpies do battle with Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday after making his coaching debut (in charge of Footscray) back in 1984.

It will take Malthouse into equal second spot in the history of the game with Essendon legend Kevin Sheedy.

The leading five coaches in the game’s history are Jock McHale (714 games with Collingwood), Kevin Sheedy (635 games with Essendon), Michael Malthouse (634 games with Footscray, West Coast and Collingwood), Allan Jeans (575 games with St Kilda, Hawthorn and Richmond) and Tom Hafey (522 games with Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong and Sydney).

Other scheduled milestones are:

AFL Life Membership to Nathan Eagleton of the Western Bulldogs.

Eagleton qualifies for automatic AFL Life Membership with his 300th official game since his debut in 1997, comprising 273 premiership matches with Port Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs, 21 pre-season games, one State of Origin match and four International Rules games.

Will Josh Fraser get the opportunity to play his 200th game for Collingwood?

Sydney's Craig Bolton has been stuck on 199 games due to a long-term injury.

Meanwhile, Paul Roos will become the first man in the history of South Melbourne/ Sydney Swans to coach the club in 200 games.


Neil Craig will become the first man in the history of the Adelaide Football Club to coach for 150 games.

Other player milestones are:

150 AFL games - David Rodan, Port Adelaide (ex Richmond) 
100 games – Jed Adcock, Brisbane Lions
100 games – Brad Fisher, Carlton
50 games – Courtenay Dempsey, Essendon
50 AFL games – Scott Thompson, North Melbourne (ex Geelong)
50 games – Cale Morton, Melbourne