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| Photos by Michael Shillito |
| ROUND 5 - ANZAC DAY - ESSENDON v COLLINGWOOD Melbourne Cricket Ground, Monday 25th April 2011. |
| The Navy Band plays before the game |
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| Giant pullover banners are unfurled |
| The Diggers take the stage |
| The parade of veterans |
| Each veteran is greeted with a standing ovation |
| A joint banner remembers the players who fell |
| Collingwood enter the arena |
| The Bombers make their entrance |
| The teams run through the banner together |
| They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old |
| Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn |
| At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them |
| Lest we forget |
| The umpire holds the ball aloft |
| And with the first bounce, the game is under way |
| Mark McVeigh is wrong-footed |
| First blood to the Magpies |
| Darren Jolly attempts to control the ball |
| A pack forms around the ball |
| Another clean Magpie possession |
| Tom Bellchambers wins a hit-out |
| Dale Thomas makes a break |
| The Magpies clear the ball out of the centre |
| A massive crowd at the MCG |
| Marking contest on Essendon's half forward line |
| Bellchambers kicks Essendon's first goal |
| Finally the Bomber fans have something to celebrate |
| Travis Cloke is spoiled |
| Dustin Fletcher restarts play after a Collingwood point |
| David Hille and Darren Jolly contest a bounce |
| Jobe Watson is tackled |
| Watson takes the Bombers forward |
| Ball in dispute on the wing |
| Sam Longeran and Dane Swan race for the ball |
| Dane Swan gets a centre break |
| Swan evades David Hille and handballs |
| Some empty seats in the MCC members, but other than that it's a full house |
| Pat Ryder grabs the ball in the centre circle |
| Dayne Beams is pressured in a marking contest |
| Neither Leigh Brown nor Nathan Lovett-Murray can control the ball |
| Three quarter time |
| The umpire bounces to start the final quarter |
| Sharrod Wellingham lays a tackle |
| David Hille leads Ben Reid to the ball |
| Pat Ryder gets a hit-out |
| A healthy crowd figure is posted |
| Chris Dawes from point blank range |
| Dale Thomas shrugs a tackle |
| Heath Shaw finds room to move |
| It's all over, and the Magpies celebrate |
| The Bombers had fought hard, but come up short |
| Brett Stanton brings down Nick Maxwell |