Buddy’s back: Swans confirm superstar’s return
The Swans were already favourites to continue their strong start to the season against Hawthorn, but they have extra reason to be confident now.
The Swans were already favourites to continue their strong start to the season against Hawthorn, but they have extra reason to be confident now.
The Swans have won four of their first five games this season in a continuation of last year’s rise but a young star says they still have improvement to come.
Josh Kennedy’s been at the forefront of the Swans’ success for more than a decade but, at age 33, the times are a-changin’, Mick McGuane writes
Sydney Swans superstar Lance Franklin was back at the scene of his historic 1000th goal and ‘Buddy’ brought along a few special friends.
THERE’S just three days left in the 2018 AFL Trade Period. Who’s still waiting for a deal to be done? We look at the players who’s move is a sure thing or has no hope of happening.
LATE night text messages, emails and phone calls. The talks never stop during the AFL trade period. Get the inside word on what it’s really like for clubs, players and managers over this massive weekend as Gary Buckenara gives you a behind-the-scenes look.
WITH Dan Hannebery’s move to St Kilda now complete, Sydney will now turn its attention to landing Collingwood defender Tom Langdon. But when will the Magpie make a decision? He is currently in Africa.
RYAN Clarke likes to play direct football and the midfielder was forthright about why he chose to move to Sydney … the Swans’ track record of turning good players into great ones.
UPDATE: CARLTON has now added Collingwood free agent Alex Fasolo to its forward line mix after earlier securing Mitch McGovern from Adelaide in a three-way trade with Sydney.
GARY Rohan says his relationship with coach John Longmire remains strong despite admitting he was initially angry when the Swans proposed a trade to Geelong.
SYDNEY has flexed its muscles at the trade table with some aggressive moves already, highlighted by the pursuit of gun Collingwood defender Tom Langdon. The Swans have also secured some midfield depth but traded out Gary Rohan.
DEMON Aaron vandenBerg is staying at Melbourne after deciding not to accept a lucrative offer from Sydney to move home to New South Wales and be closer to his family, with his love for the club and coach Simon Goodwin key factors.
BRIAN Lake can add an Australian Survivor podium finish to his long list of career achievements and he joins an illustrious group of former AFL players to have appeared on reality TV.
TIM Kelly’s hopes of getting to West Coast have taken a hit with Carlton pulling the rug out of a potential deal to help the Eagles land the Geelong star.
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