Even Anzac Day a victim of AFL commercial creep
Collingwood and Essendon run on to the MCG for last year’s traditional Anzac Day clash between the clubs. Photo: AFL MEDIA Next Thursday will be the 30th Anzac Day clash between Essendon and Collingwood, and as usual, it will be close to the biggest AFL home and away game on the calendar. It’s part of football folklore how Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy, Magpie football manager Graeme Allan and RSL Victorian president Bruce Ruxton engineered the concept. And how that first big clash in 1995 produced...