Sydney Swans

Kennelly out of International Rules series

Sydney Swans defender Tadhg Kennelly will miss the upcoming International Rules Series after undergoing surgery on a troublesome groin injury. The Kerryman has had an injury-ravaged season in the AFL Premiership. He dislocated...

AFL's bid for western Sydney team hits a snag - little interest

THE AFL has placed on hold the formation date for its projected 18th team, conceding more work must be done to develop and market the game in western Sydney. Although 2012 remains the AFL Commission's preferred launch date for...

Roos stumbled across Hannebery

Dan Hannebery was not the reason Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos went to watch a schoolboy grand final in Victoria four years ago. Roos was there to watch his nephew Joel play but came away with Hannebery's name firmly etched in...

Melbourne secures Watts as top draft pick

Top Pick: Melbourne have made Jack Watts the No 1 AFL Draft pick. (AAP: Alan Porritt) Victorian forward Jack Watts has been selected as Melbourne's first pick in the AFL national draft in Melbourne. Seventeen-year-old Watts is...

Tributes as fears toll will rise

Geesche Jacobsen, Matt Wade and Paul Bibby TWO Australians were confirmed dead but Indian officials said four Australians had been killed in the Mumbai attacks. Two Sydney men are confirmed dead, Doug Markell and Brett Taylor....

Mumbai holiday turns to hell for Sydneysider

Jano Gibson and Georgina Robinson It was not unusual to see the sophisticated, well-dressed former merchant banker turn up to work in a Ferrari one day, a Bentley the next, and a Rolls Royce the day after that Sydneysider Doug...

Swans list a rugby player

MICHAEL Pyke has represented his native Canada and played professional rugby union in Scotland and France. Now Pyke, 24, is about to take his first steps on the road to what he hopes will lead to a senior football career with...

Beach classic gets a kick-start

Far from swanning about, Brad Seymour is focused on an exciting new venture, writes Keeli Cambourne. He is applying that same all-hands-on-deck philosophy to running the Hyams Beach Cafe , nestled above the pristine white sands...

The hidden gems of draft

Article from: Sunday Herald Sun BRENDON Gale, as chief of the Players' Association, will welcome a batch of newcomers to league ranks on Saturday. "My old man, Don, rang me while I was working at a bank in Burnie to tell me I’d...

Back in the game: Cousins vows to play

Troubled football star Ben Cousins has vowed to play next year despite stringent drug-testing conditions imposed on his comeback by the AFL. "I am pleased that the AFL commission yesterday decided to allow me to enter the AFL...

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