Sydney Swans
Opinion
AFL 2025
The fix-ture is in: Why handicapping teams flies in the face of AFL’s integrity
The fixture should not be another lever for equalisation. The premiership race should be run at even weights, like the Derby – not weighted in the manner of the Melbourne Cup.
- by Jake Niall
Latest
Updated
AFL 2025
See the full 2025 fixture: AFL banks on Blues, Magpies, as Dreamtime at the ’G moves to Friday night
The full 2025 AFL fixture has been released, and the league is banking on Carlton and Collingwood being big drawcards.
- by Peter Ryan and Jon Pierik
The AFL draft is just weeks away. Here’s where the top-40 prospects could land
The draft is rapidly approaching and the 2024 class has recruiters salivating over its depth of talent and variety. We rank the top-40 players.
- by Marc McGowan
A tough nut, a cult figure and a champion: Your club’s key 2025 free agents
Coveted would-be free agent Cam Rayner’s six-year extension at reigning premiers Brisbane has dramatically changed the player movement landscape for 2025.
- by Marc McGowan
Analysis
AFL 2025
The AFL flag blueprint: Is your club in the premiership window?
There’s a blueprint which history suggests is required to be in premiership contention next season. What does that look like, and where does your team sit? We take a look.
- by Jon Pierik
Pick a winner: Who your team will target in the AFL draft
We now know the ins and outs, the draft picks and the list spots that are available, so what will your club’s strategy be at the national draft and what players do they have their eyes on?
- by Marc McGowan
Can the wounded Swans recover? Four experts give their thoughts
After so much hope, the Swans’ season ended in bitter disappointment with a resounding grand final defeat against Brisbane.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Opinion
NRL 2024
Revealed: The teams that will run hot in 2025 – and those that will not
Among our football codes, there are three teams that do have a right to confidence, and three that should listen to their pessimists.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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AFLW
Bombers into top eight; Swan stuns with three goals in seven minutes
Sydney’s Irish import Paris McCarthy kicked three goals in seven minutes but it wasn’t enough as Geelong held on in a thriller, while the Bombers have entered the top eight.
- by Roy Ward, Hannah Hammoud and AAP
Opinion
The Fitz Files
Hallmark not Hellfire: Too many Mr Nice Guys at the Swans
When things started going south in the AFL grand final, there was no battle-scared old bastard to hold the others to account.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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