Port Adelaide appoints Collingwood defender Tyson Goldsack in SANFL leadership role and development coach
Collingwood premiership winner Tyson Goldsack will add teal to his already black and white Magpies colours when he joins Port Adelaide’s SANFL side and takes up a coaching role next season.
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Tyson Goldsack says pulling on the traditional prison bar guernsey in the Port Adelaide Football Club’s 150th year will be an honour as the he joins as a SANFL player and development coach.
The 164-game Collingwood premiership defender will add teal to his already black and white Magpie colours after he was announced in the dual role by Port Adelaide on Tuesday.
Goldsack will work with the club’s young AFL-listed defenders while continuing his playing career in the SANFL.
The 32-year-old – a member of the 2010 Collingwood premiership team who also played in the losing 2018 grand final – retired from the AFL in August.
In an interview with The Advertiser with the image of Russell Ebert looming over his shoulder, Goldsack said he was well aware of Port Adelaide’s history.
But the 193cm defender did not feel extra pressure in a leadership role with the Magpies in one of the club’s most important years to date.
“The club is 150 years old now, to pull on the guernsey will be an honour,” Goldsack said.
“It should be seen like that and I think it’s earnt the right to be like that.
“Coming across I knew about the rich history and the chance to be a part of that and hopefully add to that history would be pretty special.
“There could be added pressure, perhaps, but I think being a leader or a senior member of a club, if you’re not aiming to be the best you shouldn’t be there.
“Whether it’s the 10th year of a club or the 150th, the pressure should be the same.”
Goldsack believed he still had plenty to offer on the field, despite stepping away from the AFL.
He said he and wife Chelsea, who is from Adelaide, decided “about two years ago” they would move to SA when his time at Collingwood was up, along with daughters Harriet, 2, and Cleo, five months.
Goldsack originally signed with St Peter’s Old Collegians in the Adelaide Footy League but said he was upfront with the division one club about interviewing for a role with Port Adelaide.
Now his focus is on developing his coaching career along with eyeing success in the SANFL.
“I’ll be out there not just to take part but to win,” said Goldsack, who hoped to work his way through the AFL coaching ranks.
“The Magpies have come really close to winning one the last couple of years but haven’t won it since the Power have been around.
“Maybe we’ll save it up for the 150th and go about our business next year with that in mind.”
Goldsack replaces Cam Sutcliffe in the club’s SANFL leadership role after the latter was promoted to Port’s AFL list.