Bont or Butters? What SuperCoaches learned on Easter Sunday
The Bont is back – and his SuperCoach price is heading in the wrong direction for potential owners. See all the key takeaways from two huge games.
Sydney
AFL star subbed with latest ‘heart issue’
Last year’s surgery was supposed to free Ollie Wines from his ongoing heart issue, but it returned in Port’s win over the Swans.
‘Got to be patient’: How deep are Swans’ forward line woes?
Do the Swans need a forward line makeover, or do they just need to be patient and wait for their cavalry to return? Lachie McKirdy unpacks how Dean Cox tackles the Swans’ Achilles heel.
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McKirdy: Parker deserved so much more than bitter Swans ending
Luke Parker’s departure from the Swans will sting for Sydney fans. LACHLAN MCKIRDY explains why a player hailed a “Blood for life” will finish his AFL career at North Melbourne.
‘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.
Sydney Swans gun ‘wants to go home’
A Sydney Swans superstar could be on his way back to Western Australia, while another huge name has reappeared in trade talk.
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.
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