The loyal Magpies will notch up the century together on Saturday against South Warrnambool.

Mahony's journey began in 2007 when he played his first two senior games under joint coaches Stephen Sinnott and James Gellie when on permit from his junior club - Warrnambool and District league neighbour Kolora-Noorat.

Field's senior career at Leura Oval started seven years later when he made his debut under Dan Casey.

He played 11 games that season, continuing on from his stellar best and fairest-winning final year in under 18s, to claim the club's best first year player.

What happened in their next seasons is where the pair's stories differ.

Mahony's next seven years saw him register 13, 16, two, one, six, nine, nine and 15 games as injury and Geelong Falcons commitments limited his time in black and white.

The right-footer then spent 2015-17 at Southern Mallee Giants, where he was part of its back-to-back premiership successes in 2016-17.

Mahony returned in 2018 as a on-field assistant coach, playing every game as the Magpies fell short of premiership success under former mentor Phil Carse.

This season the 27-year-old has continued his uninterrupted run, preparing to play his 16^th straight game this year.

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Field, who is affectionately known as 'Fiddler' by the playing group, played the next four seasons without missing a single game under Carse and was a key driver behind the Magpies' drive to the 2018 decider.

This season, the wingman has been hampered by hamstring injuries, only playing 12 of a possible 15 games.

Field, who played all his juniors at the club, said the key to his consistent time on the park was the hard work in the off-season.

"The last two or three years probably comes back to doing a big pre-season and getting myself fit to play out the season," the 24-year-old carpenter said.

The first-year Magpies vice-captain said one bit of advice that Carse gave him as teenager trying to establish himself at senior level resonated with how he is helping the next generation of Magpies.

"Phil was always big on belief, backing yourself and using your skills to your advantage," he said.

"With the young blokes in the team you have to reassure them and get them to back themselves."

Field, who was proud to be notching up a century of games for his hometown club, said he has enjoyed the new responsibilities.

"Not much has changed it's probably meant I have had to step up a bit more, taking training and stuff like that and really helping the younger fellas out," he said.

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