It’s hard to know what was more impressive today at the MCG – Private Hettie Adams’ rendition of the New Zealand national anthem, or Collingwood’s Big Five. Pte Adams is flown in every Anzac Day and she never fails to stir the pulse. Collingwood’s Big Five are just as reliable.
Yes, Collingwood have some excellent players who don’t qualify, so apologies to Dan Houston, Jordan De Goey, Bobby Hill and Jack Crisp, who today equalled Jim Stynes’ record for consecutive games. But for the purposes of this exercise, with Darcy Moore absent, let’s call their Big Five Nick and Josh Daicos, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom and Jamie Elliott. All were outstanding today, all provided something different and all emphasised the class differences between Collingwood and a willing but limited Essendon.
