Anzac Day match
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The Anzac Day match is an annual Australian rules football match between Collingwood and Essendon, two clubs in the Australian Football League, held on Anzac Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Anzac Appeal Logo used as the official logo for the Anzac Day match
A crowd of over 90,000 attends the annual Anzac Day Collingwood–Essendon game (2010)
Ron Barassi with a serviceman lighting the torch with the Eternal Flame at the Shrine of Remembrance. (Barassi's father was killed in action during the Siege of Tobruk.) This is part of the pre-match ceremony.
National Anthem ceremony prior to the beginning of the 2023 match
Scott Pendlebury
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Scott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League. He served as Collingwood captain from 2014 to 2022.
Anzac Day match
…and fair play—has been awarded the AFL Anzac Medal. The most number of Anzac Medal wins is four by Collingwood games record holder and former captain Scott Pendlebury. In 2001, Collingwood's Chris Tarrant became the first—and so far only—player to have won the medal despite playing in the losing team. Before the start…
Pendlebury playing for Collingwood in 2025
Pendlebury in 2017
Pendlebury in 2020