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Tyson Goldsack

Collingwood

AFL career

165 games50 goals

Debut
R8 2007 v WBD20 May 2007
Most recent
GF 2018 v WCE29 Sept 2018

Stats

AFL

2018
COL
4
2.8
4.8
7.5
1.3
0.8
0.5
2.3
0.0
0.3
30
56
2017
COL
20
6.2
7.1
13.3
3.6
0.8
0.4
2.5
0.1
0.2
54
68
2016
COL
4
7.8
6.5
14.3
4.3
1.0
1.0
1.5
0.3
0.0
55
67
2015
COL
13
6.5
5.8
12.4
3.7
0.9
0.2
2.4
0.1
0.0
53
69
2014
COL
20
5.8
5.5
11.3
3.3
0.8
0.6
4.3
0.5
0.3
58
66
2013
COL
13
6.8
5.5
12.3
3.2
0.7
0.7
3.4
0.5
0.3
56
67
2012
COL
22
6.5
4.6
11.2
3.6
0.7
0.9
3.1
1.1
0.9
58
65
2011
COL
13
6.4
5.1
11.5
3.8
0.5
0.3
3.1
0.1
0.2
53
57
2010
COL
11
5.5
5.9
11.4
3.3
0.5
0.5
3.2
0.1
0.2
51
61
2009
COL
12
5.9
5.4
11.3
3.2
0.6
0.7
2.8
0.1
0.0
49
62
2008
COL
16
5.2
3.4
8.6
2.5
0.7
0.8
3.2
0.3
0.0
43
54
2007
COL
17
7.9
5.5
13.4
3.4
1.1
0.6
2.9
0.0
0.1
56
76

VFL

2019
COL
11
6.5
3.9
10.4
2.5
0.7
0.5
2.6
0.4
0.0
47
2018
COL
2
5.5
3.0
8.5
2.0
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
28
2016
COL
8
9.5
5.1
14.6
4.5
0.8
0.9
3.0
0.0
0.0
63
2015
COL
2
9.5
1.5
11.0
3.5
0.5
1.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
52
2013
COL
1
2.0
6.0
8.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
6.0
0.0
1.0
47
2011
COL
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0.3
-
-

SANFL

2021
PAD
10
7.8
4.6
12.4
4.1
0.8
1.3
1.9
0.5
0.1
53
League
Season
WCE
MCG
GF
1
8
9
0
1
0
0
3
0.0
32
53
RCH
MCG
PF
5
3
8
3
1
1
0
3
0.1
41
80
GWS
MCG
SF
4
3
7
2
0
1
0
2
0.0
29
39
WCE
OS
EF
1
5
6
0
1
0
0
1
0.0
18
52

Profile

Born
22 May 1987 (age 39y 152d)
Birthplace
Victoria
Height
193 cm
Weight
92 kg

Teams

Honours

  • Premiership2010

Recruited from the Gippsland Power with pick 63 in the 2006 National Draft, Tyson Goldsack carved out a career as one of Collingwood's most selfless utilities. While initially deployed as a tall defender capable of playing on opponents of various sizes, he eventually found his niche as a defensive forward, where his tackling pressure and discipline were highly valued by the coaching staff. His time at the Magpies was defined by resilience and impeccable timing; he famously earned a recall for the 2010 Grand Final Replay, kicking the opening goal of the match to set the tone for the club's premiership win. Perhaps his most notable individual achievement came in 2018, when he returned from a pre-season ACL rupture to play in all four of Collingwood's finals matches, providing a hardened body in defence during their run to the Grand Final.

After retiring from Collingwood at the end of 2019, Goldsack transitioned into coaching but made a surprise return to an AFL list in 2021. He was recruited by Port Adelaide via the Rookie Draft, a move designed to allow him to captain the club's SANFL side (the Magpies) and serve as a playing mentor for developing talls while providing emergency depth for the senior list. Although he did not add to his 165 AFL games during this one-year stint in South Australia, his leadership played a crucial role in the Power's development programme before he eventually moved into a full-time coaching capacity.