Western Bulldogs player profiles ahead of Saturdays AFL grand final against Sydney at the MCG:1. Matt SucklingAge: 28. Ht: 187cm. Wt: 80kg. Games: 119. Goals: 58. Finals: 11. Grand finals: 3.Elite distributor by foot whose grand final experience will be important. Missed the preliminary final with an Achilles injury.4. Marcus BontempelliAge: 20. Ht: 192cm. Wt: 91kg. Games: 62. Goals: 58. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Star midfielder who can swing a game off his own boot. Has an uncanny knack of stepping up in key moments when his side needs him.5. Matthew BoydAge: 34. Ht: 184cm. Wt: 88kg. Games: 281. Goals: 83. Finals: 15. Grand finals: 0.His poise and leadership across half-back have been crucial in the absence of injured skipper Bob Murphy. All Australian for a third time this year.6. Luke DahlhausAge: 24. Ht: 179cm. Wt: 77kg. Games: 114. Goals: 34. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Important midfield runner who has averaged 26 possessions a game this season. Missed six weeks with a knee injury suffered in round 12.7. Lachie HunterAge: 21. Ht: 183cm. Wt: 80kg. Games: 61. Goals: 26. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Key cog in the Dogs midfield. Has played every game this season, averaging 28 disposals, with a career-high 44 touches against North Melbourne in round six.9. Jake StringerAge: 22. Ht: 192cm. Wt: 92kg. Games: 72. Goals: 135. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.At his best the full-forward is a game-changer but he has been unable to produce at a high level consistently this year. Kicked 41 goals in 2016.10. Easton WoodAge: 27. Ht: 187cm. Wt: 87kg. Games: 106. Goals: 15. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Elite defender and intercept mark specialist who has stood in as skipper in Bob Murphys absence. Missed a month with an ankle after round 10.11. Jack MacraeAge: 22. Ht: 191cm. Wt: 83kg. Games: 76. Goals: 19. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Fought back from a hamstring injury suffered in round 19 to be a key finals contributor. Dominated in the semi-final win over Hawthorn with 39 touches.12. Zaine CordyAge: 19. Ht: 192cm. Wt: 83kg. Games: 10. Goals: 7. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.Developing tall forward who broke into the side for his first game of the season in round 19. Kicked two goals in the preliminary final.14. Clay SmithAge: 23. Ht: 182cm. Wt: 83kg. Games: 46. Goals: 34. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.Has played 12 games this year after coming back from his third knee reconstruction. Kicked four first-half goals in the preliminary final.15. Tom CampbellAge: 24. Ht: 200cm. Wt: 106kg. Games: 35. Goals: 21. Finals: 0. Grand finals: 0.Unlucky with injury this year but is an important player in coach Luke Beveridges plans at his best. Had a career-high 34 hitouts against Melbourne in round eight.16. Toby McLeanAge: 20. Ht: 180cm. Wt: 78kg. Games: 18. Goals: 15. Finals: 2. Grand finals: 0.Has proved a valuable finals contributor after being left out of the elimination final side. Will be hard to dislodge after an excellent preliminary final performance.17. Tom BoydAge: 21. Ht: 200cm. Wt: 103kg. Games: 37. Goals: 34. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.High-profile ruck-forward spent a large portion of the season in the VFL but has shown glimpses of his best since returning in round 17.18. Fletcher RobertsAge: 23. Ht: 196cm. Wt: 90kg. Games: 36. Goals: 0. Finals: 2. Grand finals: 0.Tall defender came in for his first final against the Giants but was outpointed by Rory Lobb on a few occasions.20. Josh DunkleyAge: 19. Ht: 189cm. Wt: 85kg. Games: 16. Goals: 9. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.Rising Star nominee who will play against the team that could have had him as a father-son recruit. Powerful midfielder has had an impressive debut season.21. Tom LiberatoreAge: 24. Ht: 183cm. Wt: 83kg. Games: 97. Goals: 32. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.Looked in big trouble when he badly rolled his ankle in round 19 against Geelong but has returned to play a key role in the Dogs midfield set-up.23. Jordan RougheadAge: 25. Ht: 200cm. Wt: 99kg. Games: 41. Goals: 7. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.The mobile ruckman is a key part of Luke Beveridges fleet-footed midfield. Left the preliminary final with an eye injury after copping a ball to the face.24. Shane BiggsAge: 25. Ht: 187cm. Wt: 84kg. Games: 41. Goals: 7. Finals: 6. Grand finals: 0.Mid-sized defender has enjoyed a breakout season, playing all 25 games. Had a career-high 35 touches against Fremantle in round one.29. Tory DicksonAge: 28. Ht: 184cm. Wt: 85kg. Games: 78. Goals: 135. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Mid-sized forward who is usually an excellent set-shot for goal but was uncharacteristically wayward in first two finals before an important four-goal effort against the Giants.30. Joel HamlingAge: 23. Ht: 194cm. Wt: 90kg. Games: 22. Goals: 0. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Dour tall defender worked his way back into the side in round 19. Doesnt get big numbers but plays his role in stifling Dogs defence.35. Caleb DanielAge: 20. Ht: 168cm. Wt: 71kg. Games: 33. Goals: 17. Finals: 4. Grand finals: 0.Diminutive midfielder who makes excellent decisions under pressure and disposes of the ball at elite level. Second to Sydneys Callum Mills in AFL Rising Star this year.38. Dale MorrisAge: 33. Ht: 190cm. Wt: 91kg. Games: 229. Goals: 3. Finals: 13. Grand finals: 0.Evergreen defender continues to attack any task hes given with great vigour. Is capable of playing on Cyril Rioli one week and Lance Franklin the next.39. Jason JohanissenAge: 23. Ht: 180cm. Wt: 80kg. Games: 63. Goals: 18. Finals: 3. Grand finals: 0.Missed a large chunk of the season with a serious hamstring injury but lost none of his dash and flair after returning in round 15. Was important when it counted in the preliminary final.42. Liam PickenAge: 30. Ht: 184cm. Wt: 83kg. 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It is shorthand for Philadelphia as much as the Liberty Bell or Benjamin Franklin.Anytime we are speaking to overseas visitors ... the conversation always turns, at some point, to `Rocky, said Julie Coker Graham, president of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau. They ask, `Have you met Rocky? A lot of them think its an actual, real-life person.On the films 40th anniversary, a few reasons for its enduring legacy:---LOVABLE UNDERDOGWritten by Stallone in three days, fans fell hard for the ballad of Rocky Balboa. For the uninitiated (SPOILER ALERT): The small-time boxer from the heavily Italian neighborhood of South Philly stumbles into a bout with the heavyweight champion of the world, Apollo Creed, fighting in the city to celebrate Americas bicentennial. To get him into fighting shape, Rocky (played by Stallone) is trained by the peppery Mickey Goldmill (Burgess Meredith), whose many one-liners make him a frequent scene stealer. Rocky also finds love in the film with sheepish neighborhood pet store clerk, Adrian (Talia Shire). Though he ultimately loses the fight, Rocky proves himself and wins Adrians heart, making him the winner of much more than a title.The film itself was a long shot, made on a budget of only $1 million and shot in 28 days, with a largely unknown cast, including Stallone himself. And it was shot in working-class Philadelphia, a city that -- despite its roots as the crucible of freedom -- had long had a chip on its shoulder as second-tier as compared to more cultured East Coast metropolises like New York and Boston. (It is worth noting that the film had its premiere in New York.)---CHEERS FOR ROCKYWhat the movie lacked in beauty, it made up for in heart, something that resonated with audiences worldwide. The film was the highest-grossing of the year, earning $117 million at the North American box office and another $107 million overseas. Rocky received 10 Oscar nominations in nine categories at the Academy Awards, winning three: best picture, best director (John G.dddddddddddd. Avildsen) and best film editing. Stallone, Burgess and Shire were all nominated in acting categories, and Stallone was nominated for his screenplay.Rocky is preserved in the Library of Congress National Film Registry as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. It was also ranked one of the greatest sports films ever made and is the second-best film about boxing behind Raging Bull, according to the American Film Institute.---GONNA FLY NOWThe score for Rocky, which was also nominated for an Oscar, was penned by Bill Conti. The main song, Gonna Fly Now, was originally intended as filler for the training sequence marking Rockys journey from amateur to contender. The opening fanfare is among the most recognizable in American culture, and the soaring melody that plays on the melancholic theme woven throughout the movie is the backdrop to Rocky doing impressive one-armed pushups, punching meat in his girlfriends brothers butcher shop and running through Philadelphias Italian Market, along the Schuylkill River and past the shipyards.Conti went on to win an Oscar for his score to 1983s The Right Stuff and made music recognizable to millions in theme songs to Dynasty and Falcon Crest.---THE ROCKY STEPS AND STATUEThe montage climaxes in one of the films most memorable scenes, as Rocky bounds up the 72 steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, raising his arms in triumph. Four decades later, the run and pose atop the steps are re-created daily in Philadelphia, mostly by tourists. In 1982, a statue of Rocky commissioned by Stallone for Rocky III was placed in the spot where he stood in the original film. Its current home is just to the right of the steps and is a selfie stop for visitors.---ROCKYS NEXT CHAPTERThe original movie was followed by six sequels. In 2015, Rocky was reborn in Creed, the story of Adonis Creed, the son of his nemesis-turned-best friend, Apollo. An aging and dying Rocky trains Adonis for a brawl not unlike the grizzled boxers first fight nearly two generations earlier. The New York Times reviewed it as a dandy piece of entertainment, soothingly old-fashioned and bracingly up-to-date. ' ' '