Best 23s: How trade period changed every club
Trade period is behind us and the clear winners and losers have emerged. How will every club’s best 23 look for 2025 after the exchange period? FIND OUT HERE
Sydney
Heat turned up on Swans’ drafting after another first-round pick exits
The Swans don’t have a great history in the first round of the draft outside matching bids. With picks 19 and 22, they must nail the brief come November after being quiet in the trade period.
‘That’s garbage’: AFL reacts to wild trade
An AFL great has called for heads to roll at West Coast as a bombshell theory emerged about the club’s shock trade.
AFL rival’s bold plan to poach Swans star
While an AFL rival expects a star Swans midfielder to see out his contract at Sydney, the club says it will “certainly monitor the situation”.
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‘Extremely difficult’: Sydney gun asks for trade
Big-list decisions loom after Sydney’s AFL grand final loss but a veteran star has made one big call himself.
Swans’ off-season focus: How to conquer mental demons
It’s obvious the Swans are packed with talent on the field, but with two chokes on footy’s biggest stage in three years, John Longmire needs to spend summer conquering mental demons. LACHLAN McKIRDY unpacks how.
‘Get rid of them’: Swans icon’s brutal call
With the Sydney Swans dealing with more grand final heartbreak, a club great has dropped a sledgehammer on the playing group.
Rivals poised to raid Swans after Grand Final disaster
Chad Warner’s future has been thrust back into the spotlight after Sydney’s Grand Final loss as rival clubs look to raid the club’s depth players in this year’s trade period.
Weakest link? Where to now for Swans’ tall timber
Sydney’s tall timber is coming under the microscope in the wake of demolition at the hands of the Lions. Do the Swans persist with Joel Amartey, Logan McDonald and Hayden McLean or head to the trade table, asks LACHLAN MCKIRDY.
Infuriating detail on AFL premiership Cup
It’s the trophy every team wants to lift on Grand Final day, but one missing detail continues to baffle AFL fans. Now it’s been explained.
‘Never again’: Calls for grand final change
An official complaint has been made after Swans coach John Longmire found himself in awkward scenes after the AFL Grand Final.
‘Too great’ to risk Mills? Carbon copy of Cats GF haunts Swans
An injury cloud hovered over the Swans all GF week. But while there was no risk taken with Callum Mills, Isaac Heeney and Logan McDonald played hurt. Right call? Lachlan McKirdy unpacks it.
‘Extraordinary money’ Pies, Port are offering Giants flanker
Harry Perryman has one top-three finish in a best-and-fairest – four years ago. That hasn’t stopped a bidding war reaching crazy levels. LATEST TRADE BUZZ
Delusion, tears: The ‘hollow’ reality for shattered Swans
Sydney’s stars say the pain of Saturday’s Grand Final loss to Brisbane is worse than 2022, opening up on the “hollow” realisation of another missed opportunity. LACHLAN MCKIRDY takes you inside the Swans rooms.
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