Just as there is no such theme as a friendly in world football, no Port Adelaide-Collingwood match is insignificant - not even a trial game at Football Park in the autumn of 1993.
Nicky Winmar describes the fight against racism as a relay race, with Jamarra Ugle-Hagan taking the baton with his emulation of the Saints star's iconic 1993 stand.
Port Adelaide faces Collingwood as a sporting rival on Saturday for the 36th time in AFL company, back at the MCG where it all began in 1997. A football legend who has lived each side of the black-and-white divide knows both clubs can find strength in sharing their common backgrounds.
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