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Sydney Swans

Sydney SwansOriginally founded as South Melbourne in 1874, the club moved to Sydney in 1982 to officially become the Sydney Swans – the only side in the AFL based in NSW. The Swans rivalry with the West Coast Eagles is considered one of the greatest of the modern AFL era, considering the two sides played each other in two successive Grand Finals, with Sydney emerging victorious in 2005, thus ending a 72 year Premiership drought.

Sydney-Swans Articles

St Kilda vs Sydney Swans: AFL live scores, blog

by Michael DiFabrizio - May 26th 2012 @ 2:40pm

St Kilda and Sydney will look to bolster their September credentials in an important Etihad Stadium encounter. We’ll have live scores and updates from 4.40pm AEST. The Saints now sit outside the eight after an injury-hit side went down to West Coast in Perth last Sunday. Nick Riewoldt had four goals, and Lenny Hayes 28 [...]

AFL Round 9 preview panel

by Roger Vaughan - May 25th 2012 @ 2:34am

Swans thump Melbourne by 101 points in AFL

by Rob Forsaith - May 20th 2012 @ 3:27am

Irish eyes smiling after Walsh’s AFL debut

by Rob Forsaith - May 20th 2012 @ 3:24am

Sydney Swans vs Melbourne: AFL live scores, blog

by Michael DiFabrizio - May 19th 2012 @ 2:40pm

The Sydney Swans will look to get their season back on track as they host a struggling Melbourne side. We’ll have live scores and updates from 4.40pm AEST. The Swans burst out of the blocks this season, winning their first five games. It prompted some to consider them a genuine premiership chance. However, in the [...]

AFL Round 8 preview panel

by John Salvado - May 18th 2012 @ 5:30am

Soft Swans must make statement, says McVeigh

by Rob Forsaith - May 16th 2012 @ 1:49am

Is winning ugly still winning?

by Marked - May 16th 2012 @ 1:47am

As a footy fan, all you want is to see your team win, right? But what if they win ugly? The Dockers of years gone by had their biggest success in 2006. For those who remember, they made the preliminary final that year, only to be pipped by the Swans during the last quarter in [...]

Are the Adelaide Crows serious contenders yet?

by JasonA - May 15th 2012 @ 4:19am

After belting the reigning premiers by 50 points on the weekend and edging out the then-undefeated Sydney Swans in the Harbour City the weekend prior, the question must be asked. Does the Adelaide Football Club have a genuine chance of winning the premiership? I got thinking while reading an article by Rohan Connolly, which predicted [...]

Do Swans have the Goodes without Adam?

by tonysalerno - May 15th 2012 @ 4:08am

The Sydney Swans suffered their second straight defeat after going down to the Richmond Tigers at the MCG last night. The Swans, who had flown out of the blocks in the first five rounds, are now stumbling after successive losses to Adelaide and Richmond. Sydney’s co-captain Adam Goodes was on the sideline as the Swans [...]