Preview

By Alison Zell

Saturday March 24, 7.20pm, ANZ Stadium

Teams:

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY GIANTS

B: Tomas Bugg, Phil Davis, Adam Kennedy
HB: Jack Hombsch, Tim Mohr, Will Hoskin-Elliot
C: Rhys Palmer, Callan Ward, Chad Cornes
HF: Nathan Wilson, Israel Folau, Stephen Coniglio
F: Curtly Hampton, Jeremy Cameron, Devon Smith
Foll: Jonathan Giles, Dylan Shiel, James McDonald

I/C: Jacob Townsend, Toby Greene, Adam Tomlinson, Dom Tyson

Emg: Steve Clifton, Sam Reid, Thomas Downie

SYDNEY SWANS

B: Nicholas Smith, Heath Grundy, Martin Mattner
HB: Andrejs Everitt, Ted Richards, Alex Johnson
C: Nick Malceski, Kieren Jack, Craig Bird
HF: Jarrad McVeigh, Adam Goodes, Luke Parker
F: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Sam Reid, Ben McGlynn
Foll: Shane ...

Saturday July 23, 2.10pm, SCG

Teams:

SYDNEY SWANS

B: Nicholas Smith, Heath Grundy, Martin Mattner
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Ted Richards, Alex Johnson
C: Rhyce Shaw, Kieren Jack, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ryan O'Keefe, Sam Reid, Craig Bird
F: Daniel Hannebery, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Josh P. Kennedy
FOLL: Shane Mumford, Adam Goodes, Jude Bolton
I/C: Nick Malceski, Ben McGlynn, Lewis Jetta, Luke Parker

EMERGENCIES: Paul Bevan, Jesse White, Trent Dennis-Lane

IN: Jude Bolton ...

Written by akitchener

Once upon a time, going down to play the Adelaide Crows at AAMI Stadium was as daunting a prospect for Swans fans as, say, facing off with Collingwood. The Crows were a real bogey team, even when the Swans were beating just about everyone else. I’ve lost track of how many frustrating Sydney vs. Adelaide games I’ve sat through in my life. It used to be rough up here, but an away game was enough to make ...

MATCH PREVIEW – Swans vs. Hawks

TEAMS

SCG, Sunday 22 May, 2.10pm

Sydney Swans

B: Rhyce Shaw, Ted Richards, Alex Johnson
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Heath Grundy, Nick Smith
C: Nick Malceski, Jude Bolton, Jarrad McVeigh
HF: Ben McGlynn, Sam Reid, Josh P. Kennedy
F: Andrejs Everitt, Adam Goodes, Ryan O'Keefe
Foll: Shane Mumford, Craig Bird, Daniel Hannebery
I/C: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Martin Mattner, Lewis Jetta, Luke Parker

In: Nick Malceski
Out: Nathan Gordon

Hawthorn

B: Brent Guerra, Thomas Murphy, Paul ...

ROUND 7 – WESTERN BULLDOGS VS. SYDNEY SWANS

Saturday May 7, Manuka Oval, 1.10pm (local time)

Teams

Sydney Swans

B: Martin Mattner, Ted Richards, Andrejs Everitt
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Heath Grundy, Nicholas Smith
C: Craig Bird, Josh P. Kennedy, Nathan Gordon
HF: Ben McGlynn, Sam Reid, Daniel Hannebery
F: Rhyce Shaw, Adam Goodes, Ryan O'Keefe
Foll: Shane Mumford, Jude Bolton, Jarrad McVeigh
I/C: Jarred Moore, Mike Pyke, Lewis Jetta, Alex Johnson
Emg: Brett Meredith, Lewis Johnston, Luke Parker

In: Heath Grundy, Nathan Gordon, Alex Johnson
Out: Paul Bevan, Kieren Jack (Ankle), Jesse White
New: Nathan Gordon (East Coast Eagles)

Western Bulldogs

B: Liam Picken, Lukas Markovic, Dale ...

A confession to start. I was meant to have contributed a match report for the round 4 Geelong game. So I pondered for more than a week waiting for inspiration to strike so that I could write something other than “Cats still better than Swans”, or “Swans tough and gallant but ultimately just a touch short in class”, or even “Short, follicly challenged Cat dismantles Swans – again”. Alas, nothing inspirational ...

Sydney vs Geelong, Round 7. Skilled Stadium, Sunday May 9, 1.10pm

For all the talk of “one week at a time”, history weighs heavily on footy, and it’s certainly making its presence felt at Skilled Stadium on Sunday.

The Cats haven’t lost there since 2007. They’ve won their last 18 at Skilled and if you include “home games” at Etihad and the MCG - the AFL does - they hold the league record for 25 home wins in a row.

Since the Swans last beat them in round 5, 2006 at Telstra Stadium, the Cats have won six on the trot against us. Our last victory at Skilled (then Shell Stadium) was Round 8 1999, when Tony Lockett kicked 6.

However, recent history runs a little more in the Swans’ favour.

As every pundit has pointed out, the Swans have cruised to top spot after crunching a few cellar dwellers and beating just one top eight side.

But Geelong’s record, as few seem to have observed, is even more ...

AFL Round 6
Saturday 1st May 2010
7.10pm Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions

Teams
Sydney Swans
B: Rhyce Shaw, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Tadhg Kennelly
HB: Martin Mattner, ...

I should be fond of AAMI. Many of my best formative experiences happened there. The 1976 grand final. The Alice Cooper and Bob Dylan concerts. My first taste of a beer that wasn’t Southwark.

And yet I don’t like it. The Crows, who abandoned it to the Power last year, don’t like it. The AFL and the state government, who are tipping $450 million into Adelaide Oval, don’t like it.

And neither do the Swans. We routinely knock off Port there, but we can beat the Power anywhere. We haven’t beaten the Crows at AAMI since 2001 when a young Ryan O’Keefe got just four touches. (“Drop him!” says RWO.)

We’ve won once in the last 11 outings. Roos in his usual obscurantist way can’t explain why. It’s just one of those AFL oddities, like Kevin Sheedy, or our record against Collingwood.
...

Round 1, Sydney Swans v St Kilda
Saturday 27 March, 7.10pm, ANZ Stadium

Teams

Sydney Swans
B: Craig Bolton, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Rhyce Shaw
HB: Tadhg Kennelly, Heath Grundy, Nick Malceski
C: Jarrad McVeigh, Brett Kirk, Lewis Jetta
HF: Ryan O'Keefe, Adam Goodes, Ben McGlynn
F: Jesse White, Daniel Bradshaw, Jarred Moore
Foll: Mark Seaby, Josh Kennedy, Jude Bolton
I/C: Kieren Jack, Martin Mattner, Shane Mumford, Ted Richards
Emg: Paul Bevan, Gary Rohan, Nick Smith

New: Daniel Bradshaw (Brisbane Lions), Lewis Jetta ...