Sydney

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - AUG 03: Jackson Archer of the Kangaroos looks on during the 2024 AFL Round 21 match between the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Richmond Tigers at Marvel Stadium on August 03, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Dylan Burns/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

AFL great ‘fearful for the game’ if Archer suspension upheld

A St Kilda legend says he is ‘fearful for the game’ if Jackson Archer is suspended for the horror collision with the Bulldogs’ Luke Cleary at Marvel Stadium.

The Swans dropped a second straight game to start 2025. Photos: Getty Images

AFL

Swans belted over ‘horrific’ scenes

Swans great Ryan O’Keefe and a host of footy fans all said the same thing after Sydney’s loss to the Brisbane Lions.

Brisbane's Levi Ashcroft and Sydney's Tom McCartin during the AFL Round 1 match between the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions at the SCG on March 15, 2025. Photo by Phil Hillyard (Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - NO ON SALES - copyright Phil Hillyard )

AFL

Levi a must? Key SuperCoach takeaways from Super Saturday

It was a big first Super Saturday of the 2025 season – and there were plenty of SuperCoach hits and misses. Recap the action and see what it all means going forward.

Lions

Cox’s problems mount as injury-hit Swans slump to Lions loss

This isn’t how Dean Cox’s first season in charge of Sydney was supposed to go. At 0-2, writes LACHLAN MCKIRDY, the new Swans coach must be tearing his hair out as he deals with a mounting injury crisis.

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EXCLUSIVE FOR WEDNESDAY PAPER **EMBARGOED ONLINE UNTIL 9AM WEDNESDAY DEC 11 ** Sydney Swans draftee Ned Bowman at the SCG will wear the number 23 guernsey made famous at the club by Lance Franklin. Photo by Phil Hillyard (Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

‘Make it his own’: New Sydney No.23’s SANFL pedigree

Ned Bowman has footy in his blood. His father Lachy was a SANFL star with Norwood who drove 500km a game to play. Now, he’s tipping his son to embrace the pressure of inheriting Lance Franklin’s number.

AFL

Sydney's Caiden Cleary during the AFL Round 24 match between the Sydney Swans and Adelaide Crows at the SCG on August 24, 2024. Photo by Phil Hillyard(Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

Swans young gun busted trying to buy drugs

A young Swans midfielder will miss the start of the AFL season after being caught by police trying to buy illicit substances at a venue in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

AFL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 22: Caiden Cleary of the Swans warms up during the round 15 AFL match between Greater Western Sydney Giants and Sydney Swans at ENGIE Stadium, on June 22, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Young Swan caught buying illicit substance

The Swans youngster, who played five matches in 2024, has been suspended for the first two rounds of the upcoming AFL season.

Sydney

‘Something’s not right’: Moment Melican knew things had changed

It was late in the 2024 home and away season that Lewis Melican had a moment of maturity. Now, the Swans defender is taking on more responsibility — and has a new deal locked away.

AFL

Sydney's Tom Papley and Callum Mills after their loss after the 2024 AFL Grand Final between the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions at the MCG on September 28, 2024. Photo by Phil Hillyard(Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

Five grand finals, no flags: Papley, Grundy open up on brutal reality

Tom Papley and Brodie Grundy have five losing grand finals between them without premiership success. The star Sydney pair reveal how they are bouncing back ahead of 2025.

AFL

Callum Mills during the Sydney Swans match simulation training session on February 7, 2025. Photo by Phil Hillyard (Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

Match sim intel: Horse returns, young Swans shine, Mills’ move

With former coach John Longmire watching on, a number young Swans took it up to their more experience teammates in another high-intensity four-quarter hitout. Here’s how it all played out.

Sydney

Track watch: No love lost as spot fires emerge again in Sydney

The Warner brothers didn’t square up for round 2 this time, but yet again Sydney players had to be separated from one another as pre-season heats up. Plus more on a re-signed Swan.

AFL

Chad Warner and his brother Corey Warner had to be separated by coach Dean Cox after Chad had put a big bump on his younger brother during the Sydney Swans match sim training session on January 24, 2025. Photo by Phil Hillyard (Image Supplied for Editorial Use only - **NO ON SALES** - Â©Phil Hillyard )

It’s on! Warner bros go at it after Chad lays out Corey

There was no love lost in Sydney on Friday with coach Dean Cox forced to step in when tensions boiled over during match-sim. And it wasn’t the only eye-catching moment of the heated session.

Your SayAFL

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 15: Jesse Motlop of the Blues celebrates kicking a goal during the round 18 AFL match between Carlton Blues and Port Adelaide Power at Marvel Stadium, on July 15, 2023, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

‘Carlton needs more’: Are Blues kids holding them back?

At some AFL clubs, young guns form the nucleus of a premiership challenger. At others, fans are nervous about whether their investment will pay off. Where does your team sit ahead of the 2025 season?

AFL

Swan’s icy reply to journo amid trade sledge

Swans star Errol Gulden wasn’t mincing words when asked an awkward question about the team’s “bitter reality”.

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