Warriors prop Jamayne Taunoa-Brown grew up in Melbourne watching the annual Anzac Day clash between the two clubs and dreamed of one day getting the chance to play.
Nicho Hynes has waited six years for the opportunity after playing in an under-20s curtain-raiser for Manly on the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli at AAMI Park in 2015.
Hynes, who will play fullback for Melbourne on Sunday night, has an uncle who served in East Timor, while Taunoa-Brown s great uncle was in the Vietnam war. You just remember all those who fought for our country and how we are just grateful to be living the way we are because of them and what they sacrificed, Taunoa-Brown said.