Call To Arms was launched with the fourth annual Clash For Cancer AFL match between founding partner Essendon Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club on June 19 at Etihad Stadium.

Clash for Cancer began in 2006 with Essendon Football Club supporting team-mate Adam Ramanauskas in his fight against cancer.

Players wore yellow armbands in the inaugural Clash For Cancer AFL match against the Melbourne Football Club.

The match has since become an annual game between the Bombers and the Demons.

The sporting community's support for Clash For Cancer was overwhelming.

As a result, Call To Arms was launched in 2007 so community sporting clubs could help support local men and raise funds to fight men's cancer.

Call To Arms has since grown to become a key national fundraising event.

Today, AFL, soccer, rugby and all sorts of sporting teams join in.

Sporting clubs are invited to participate by nominating a day in July to hold a Call To Arms match where players wear a yellow armband in a show of support to men who have survived cancer, those currently facing the cancer fight and to remember mates who have lost their lives

to cancer.