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Dons, Dogs to play charity game
Jon Ralph | February 09, 2009 03:35pm
EXCLUSIVE ESSENDON and the Bulldogs will spearhead the AFL's Victorian bushfire appeal with a charity match this Friday. The two teams were set to play in Darwin on Friday night in the first round of the NAB Cup but the game has been rescheduled for Melbourne the same day.
Richmond has already announced plans to raise $50,000 for victims of the bushfire by allowing fans to be photographed with the entire team next week.
The Bulldogs-Essendon game will echo cricket’s fundraising match for the south-east Asian tsunami, which was attended by 70,000 fans and raised more than $15 million.
The match will be announced this afternoon, but both clubs have agreed upon the venture with the AFL Players Association also supporting the initiative.
In 2006 Richmond and Essendon took part in a game that raised funds for the families of six teenagers killed in a horrific car accident.