Two of Collingwood’s most decorated players will help launch the team’s first match in Victoria for season 2015.

Peter McKenna and Des Tuddenham will begin a new tradition of famous Collingwood players and supporters raising the Cheer Squad’s banner before the match against Adelaide this Saturday.

McKenna and Tuddenham will raise the banner alongside the Cheer Squad at the Coventry End of Etihad Stadium at 4.21pm.

Saturday’s match will also herald the arrival of the Collingwood Countdown, the club’s new pre-game television show.

Hosted by Lachie Wills, the Collingwood Countdown will be broadcast at Etihad Stadium and onto supporters’ desktops, mobiles and tablets via CollingwoodTV.

Collingwood Countdown will premiere online and at Etihad Stadium at 4pm.

Keep an eye out for our weather forecast, too. The rumour is it's going to be a Frosty evening.

About Peter McKenna

At his peak McKenna was the most popular footballer in Australia with a following to rival that of a pop star.

As a naturally shy person McKenna found the attention hard to handle.

He once kicked 16 goals in a match against South Melbourne and first captured the Collingwood fans imagination in the opening round of 1966 when he booted 12 goals in a sensational effort.

McKenna topped the League goalkicking with 130 in 1972 and with 84 the following year and topped the ton three times, heading Collingwoods goal kicking eight times and his best was 143 in 1970, three behind Peter Hudson.

Profile adapted from forever.collingwoodfc.com.au.

About Des Tuddenham

One of the toughest competitors ever to pull on a pair of boots, ‘Tuddy’ was originally recruited from Ballarat YCW and soon made a name for himself as a tear-through half-forward flanker with an unquenchable desire for victory.

Tuddenham was a great player in the engine-room and was a genuinely tough footballer. His greatest football disappointment was captaining the Magpies to a one-point loss to St Kilda in the 1966 grand final.

Tuddenham also played in the losing grand final sides of 1964 and 1970. Ironically the loss to St Kilda came two weeks after his stunning display of seven goals from the half-forward flank.

‘Tuddy’ never shirked an issue and the Collingwood fans loved him.

He broke a leg in 1975 and after that he had a noticeable hobble but he kept going regardless – to many he was the embodiment of what Collingwood players must have been like in the club’s greatest days.

Profile adapted from forever.collingwoodfc.com.au.