The ANZAC Day clash between Collingwood and Essendon is the biggest game of the home and away season.
It draws a big crowd and it's played almost as if it's a final.
Each year the player judged best on ground is awarded the ANZAC Medal, with this being a tradition since 2000.
In 2011, players from the first game in 1995 to 1999 were awarded in retrospect for their performances.
We take a look at the best performances in all 27 years, and make a best 22.
It's hard to go past the winners of the ANZAC Medal and with 20 unique individuals winning the medal, that left two spots in the team in the backline.
Here is how we line up the best ANZAC team from the BOG performances of
Forward Line
Mark Mercuri
With James Hird absent from the Essendon line-up, the medal was up for grabs for anyone in 1999.
The one who stood up was Mark Mercuri.
The shaven-headed Mercuri had a game-high 29 touches, seven clearances and kicked 2.2. Further, he laid three tackles.
With Hird out all year, he went on to have a standout campaign, earning a best and fairest, All-Australian nod and was runner-up in the Brownlow.
Joe Daniher
The 2017 ANZAC medallist, and one of the premier key forwards in the competition, Joe Daniher is one of few spearheads to win the prestigious title.
The lanky moustachioed 'Joey' kicked 3.4 in the Bombers' three-goal win in 2017.
He accompanied that with 16 possessions, eight marks (four inside 50), six inside 50s, two tackles and a clearance.
Another standout ANZAC Day clash came in 2019. Coming off a lengthy spell six days earlier, Daniher revived his career in the four-point loss to the Pies, with four goals from 16 disposals, nine contested possessions and eight marks (four contested).
David Zaharakis
One that Pies and Bombers fans will remember vividly, albeit for two opposite reasons.
Zaharakis has become synonymous in ANZAC Day lore.
First in 2009, in just his fourth game, the youngster, while only managing 10 disposals, kicked a last-minute goal to give the Essendon the lead and victory. It is one of the most famous moments in the rivalry's 27-year history.
It's not the only time he shined on April 25th, with Zaharakis claiming the medal in 2013 with 34 disposals and four goals.
Paul Medhurst
Playing in his first ANZAC Day clash in 2008, having previously been a Docker up until 2006, the Claremont product was judged best on ground in the Pies' massive 73-point win over the Dons.
Gathering 17 disposals and kicking six goals from that, it was certain the medal was his.
2008 ended up being a handy year for Medhurst, finishing runner up in the club's best and fairest and clinching an All-Australian spot.
Saverio Rocca
Two ANZAC Medals were awarded in retrospect after some mighty good performances from 'Sav' Rocca.
In the very ANZAC Day game in 1995, big Sav kicked a massive bag of nine goals.
He followed that up the next year with a score of 6.3, and in 1998 he kicked 7.4. Both games resulted in wins for the Pies.
From the first four ANZAC Day outings, Rocca kicked 24.14 and took 33 marks.
Steele Sidebottom
Winning the medal in 2016, Steele Sidebottom arguably could have earned himself another in 2018.
His performance that day was much more impressive given he had fallen ill.
Entering the game pale in the face and had twice arched forward to vomit, he didn't look out of sort when the game was on though.
Three goals to quarter-time set the tone, and he finished with 33 disposals and four goals total.
Between 2013-2018, Sidebottom earned votes in four of the six games.
