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| Birth | August 15, 1977 , |
| Recruited from | Reservoir-Lakeside/Northern U18 |
| Height and weight | 195cm / 104kg |
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| Debut | Round 8, May 19, 1995, Sydney Swans vs. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL club based in Sydney, New South Wales. Carlton, at Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Sydney Swans (1995-1996)
22 games, 11 goals Collingwood (1997-) 209 games, 390 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2007 season | |
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Anthony Rocca (born August 15, 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who has played with the Sydney Swans and Collingwood in the AFL. Carlton Football Club, nicknamed The Blues, is the third oldest club in the Australian Football League and one of the oldest Australian rules football The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG is a sports Stadium in Sydney. The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL club based in Sydney, New South Wales. Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The EW Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for Collingwood Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Australian (rules football, or simply known as football, footy or Aussie rules, is a Team sport played between two teams of 18 players The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL club based in Sydney, New South Wales. Collingwood Football Club, officially nicknamed The Magpies is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest
Of Italian descent, Rocca is the younger brother of former Australian rules footballer and former teammate Saverio Rocca (who now plays for the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL). The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging Saverio "Sav" Rocca (born 20 November 1973 is an all-round Sportsperson who is currently an American football punter for the Philadelphia The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Known as a family man, Anthony was rated highly as a youngster and was selected with pick no. 2 by the Sydney Swans in the 1994 AFL Draft. The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The 1994 AFL Draft consisted of a pre-season draft a national draft a trade period and a rookie elevation The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport the Australian A lifelong Collingwood supporter (hailing from the Reservoir area, an area in the Collingwood supporter base's heartland), Rocca has said in recent interviews that at the time he was at Sydney his heart was not completely in it and he was homesick. Reservoir ( is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin.
After two seasons at the Swans Rocca was traded to his preferred home, Collingwood. He made a name for himself as a strong forward, with a booming 70+ metre kick just like his brother but unlike his brother, Anthony was used also in the ruck. In Australian rules football, the forward line refers to a set of attacking positions on the field His importance to the Magpies forward structure was crucial, and he led the team's goalkicking, albeit with 38 goals in the year his team made a Grand Final in 2002. A Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sporting term used to describe a final that decides a league champion In 2003, with the Magpies again facing Brisbane in the Grand Final, Rocca was suspended in the Preliminary Final against Port Adelaide, shattering his dream of playing in another Grand Final. Port Adelaide Football Club, often referred to as simply Port or the Power is an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia Without Rocca, the Magpies forward line structure was completely changed from the one that had been so successful throughout 2003, and by coincidence or not, Collingwood lost the match by a whopping 50 points.
In 2004 he missed 7 matches with injuries, and fared even worse in 2005, snapping an achilles tendon during the Round 4 clash against the Kangaroos, ruling him out for the rest of the season. The Achilles tendon (or occasionally Achilles’ tendon) also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendocalcaneous, is a Tendon of the posterior
During the 2006 season Rocca returned to the side and proved important to the Magpies' structure up forward. Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 2006. In the Round 2 match against Hawthorn he booted 8 goals against unheralded young defender Zac Dawson. Zachary "Zac" Dawson is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club. The decision by Hawks coach Alistair Clarkson to play Dawson on the much stronger and athletic Rocca was heavily criticised in the media. Alastair Clarkson (born 27 April 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club. Rocca spoke out on this and was quoted as saying "he has to learn". He kicked a career best season return of 55 goals and was the clubs leading goalkicker for the third time. His first half of the season was fantastic, while he struggled in the second half. He made the news in the Round 16 clash against the West Coast Eagles where he had shown the ball to umpire Hayden Kennedy, while walking off his mark, after Rocca turned-over a free kick, after a mistake by Kennedy minutes before. West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. In round 22, Anthony played against his brother, Saverio, for Sav's farewell game before heading to the United States to become a gridiron punter. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with
Personal Life
Rocca is married to Enza Collosimo and has a daughter, Mia.
External links
- Anthony Rocca profile on the Official AFL Website of the Collingwood Football Club
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