sentences:  The modern version of the Anzac Day match was conceived by then Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy while pottering in his garden in the mid-1990s.Sheedy, who had served two years in the army after being drafted to Richmond in 1969, thought back to the success of the Collingwood–Richmond game in 1977, and considered how football on Anzac Day could pay suitable tribute to those who had served their country.Sheedy organised a meeting with officials from Essendon and Collingwood, and the then Victorian RSL President Bruce Ruxton, who was also a keen Collingwood supporter, and proposed his concept for a game which would honour the Anzac spirit.