The Robert Rose Cup was first struck in 2000 to commemorate Robert’s contribution to sport and, more importantly, to raise funds for the Robert Rose Foundation. The foundation provides support to those with spinal injuries to help achieve a desired quality of life.
Robert Rose was a brilliant athlete who played cricket for Victoria and football for both the Collingwood and Footscray Football Clubs. At 22 years of age, and at the height of his career, he became a quadriplegic in a car accident.
This year the Robert Rose Cup will be presented by Lucas Dumbrell who is a special guest of the Collingwood Football Club and the Robert Rose Foundation.
At the age of 19, Lucas Dumbrell became a quadriplegic after a racing car accident at Oran Park in 2008. This year Lucas has successfully launched Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport and is managing his own V8 Supercars team which also competes against his brother Paul, who is a V8 Supercar driver.
Supporters heading to Sunday's match will be looking for a similar thriller ending which occurred in last year's one-point Collingwood win. The Magpies managed to build a 34-point lead heading into the final term before the Dogs piled on six late goals to storm back.
A Dale Thomas goal with 90 seconds remaining - it was the Pies only goal in the final term - proved enough for the club to win its seventh consecutive match and its fifth Robert Rose Cup.
Previous results
2000 (Rd 20) - WB 15.10 (100) def Coll 13.13 (91) at Colonial Stadium
2001 (Rd 3) - Coll 23.15 (153) def WB 12.9 (81) at Colonial Stadium
2002 (Rd 22) - WB 17.12 (114) def Coll 10.13 (73) at MCG
2003 (Rd 13) - Coll 18.20 (128) def WB 12.14 (85) at Telstra Dome
2004 (Rd 2) - Coll 15.16 (106) def WB 13.19 (97) at MCG
2005 (Rd 22) - WB 21.15 (141) def Coll 14.16 (100) at Telstra Dome
2006 (Rd 9) - Coll 21.13 (139) def WB 16.9 (105) at MCG
2007 (Rd 8) - WB 20.15 (135) def Coll 14.18 (102) at Telstra Dome
2008 (Rd 13) - WB 15.9 (99) def Coll 11.13 (89) at Telstra Dome
2009 (Rd 15) - Coll 17.9 (111) def WB 16.14 (110) at Etihad Stadium
BOB ROSE/CHARLIE SUTTON MEDAL
Each year the Magpies and Bulldogs award a special medal - the Bob Rose/Charlie Sutton Medal - named after Bob Rose and Charlie Sutton, both legends of their clubs and the game.? ?The medal, established in 2007, will be awarded to the player in the match who best exemplifies the qualities that Sutton and Rose became renowned for over their careers - toughness, skill, courage, leadership, teamwork and sportsmanship.
Last year's winner Dane Swan put in a dominant performance with 34 possessions, six marks and two goals.
The medal will be presented by Kevin Rose, representing the Rose family, and Charles Sutton, the son of Charlie Sutton, representing the Sutton Family.
Previous winners
2007 (Rd 8) - Matthew Boyd
2008 (Rd 13) - Ben Johnson
2009 (Rd 15) - Dane Swan
