To mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing Jobe Watson, Tom Bellchambers and Cale Hooker travelled to the site of the battlegrounds.

Their experiences have been documented in a special presentation.  On Foreign Fields will air at 11pm on Thursday following The Footy Show.

The Essendon players visited Anzac Cove and many gravesites along the Gallipoli Peninsula. 

“It’s certainly one of the most humbling places I’ve been to,” Watson said.

“You have to come here to feel it.

“You read the plaques and it humanises it.  You read ‘My only son – 17-years-old, 19-years-old’. It hit me then.”

Bellchambers said the experience will be at the forefront of his mind when the side plays Collingwood on Saturday.

“It’s something that I’ll hold close to my heart. Playing on Anzac Day will mean a hell of a lot more now,” he said.

The Bomber trio also visited the gravesite of former Essendon player Andrew ‘Chris’ Fogarty, who died in the First World War.