sentences:  A best-on-ground player has been named for each of the Anzac Day clashes.Since 2000, the player in the match considered to best exemplify the Anzac spirit – skill, courage, self-sacrifice, teamwork and fair play – has been awarded the AFL Anzac Medal.This medal has been won three times by Collingwood champion and current captain Scott Pendlebury and retired Essendon star (and former Essendon coach) James Hird.