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Truth about Anzac Day 1995
Nathan Buckley | April 25, 2008
DON'T LET truth get in the way of a good story.
Legend has it that in the inaugural Collingwood vs Essendon Anzac Day match in 1995, a young man burst out of the centre of the MCG in the dying seconds with the scores level and passed to his full-forward, when he should have shot for goal.
The full-forward in question was Saverio Rocca and the young man, who wore No. 5, was me.
If I had a dollar for every time I've been asked about that moment