The team wore specially made jerseys, featuring a World War 1 soldier standing next to a cross and red poppies, for their Anzac Day "Battle of the Saddle" clash against Taieri, at Miller Park.
Green Island Rugby Football Club operations manager and jersey design co-ordinator Mark Wood said planning for the one-off jersey started last year, when they discovered this year’s Anzac Day commemorations would fall on a game day.
"It was obviously a good opportunity to do something.
"We’re always trying to do a sort of special jersey every year, be it for our 140th last year, one for women in rugby and we also did one for our 100 years at Miller Park.
"We always try and do a special jersey to recognise something, this day being Anzac Day, which is a very special day for our club."
Mr Wood said Green Island was the only club that had to cease playing during World War 2, because nearly all of its members were serving in the armed forces.
At the end of the war, the club believed a record may have been set when 14 returned servicemen were able to take the field in one Green Island team again.
Because of the history the players took great pride in wearing the new jerseys on Saturday and felt it was a way of honouring those who had served and sacrificed, he said.
"The jerseys were very significant, so I think they wore them with pride," he said.
Following the game, the jerseys were auctioned off, to raise funds for the RSA in Mosgiel and the Green Island Rugby Club. He said the 22 jerseys raised about $20,000.
"Each jersey probably went for an average of about $1000.
"I know a number of the players were keen to bid for their own jersey on the day.
"Some were fortunate enough to get them.
"They looked really good and we had some really positive feedback from the community."
