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Swans Sign USA Basketballer

by Lisa Albergo — Sat, 2012-02-25 16:15 — Last Updated: Tue, 2012-03-20 04:13

Former Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos, whose wife is American, was in California last summer. While there, he conducted a footy clinic. Among the attendees was Alex Starling, a talented college basketball player who has also played American football. In August, Starling spent three weeks in Australia for more testing and impressed Sydney Coach John Longmire, development manager Stuart Maxfield and head of player personnel Kinnear Beatson. So impressed is the club that it has signed Starling under the AFL's International Scholarship plan.  read more »

Hannebery Riewoldt Winners

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-09-05 11:06 — Last Updated: Mon, 2010-09-06 19:37

Sydney's Dan Hannebery is the 2010 Rising Star. Just ahead of the first Finals series, Hannebery was presented with the Ron Evans Medal by 2009 winner Daniel Rich from Brisbane.  read more »

Leave Rules Alone Says Roos

by Lisa Albergo — Sat, 2010-08-28 10:01 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-09-01 06:46

Sydney Coach Paul Roos, who will leave the Swans for a position in junior development next year, has again voiced his concern over constant rule changes. He said there has been too much confusion among players, coaches, fans and commentators in recent seasons. He further stated that he is now seeing that confusion filtering down to junior football and he believes this will affect the development of young players.  read more »

Paul Roos To Coach In 2011

by Lisa Albergo — Wed, 2010-08-18 15:04 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-08-18 19:37

Sydney Coach Paul Roos, who will step aside at the end of the season, will not be lost to Sydney or footy next year. He has been appointed head coach of the QBE Sydney Swans Academy. QBE has been a major sponsor of the club for over 20 years and is one of the main sponsors of the academy.  read more »

Sydney Slides Home

by rickb — Wed, 2010-08-18 05:50 — Last Updated: Fri, 2010-08-20 00:32

Late July and early August is when teams either make or break their seasons. Fremantle had been losing consistently over the last few weeks with the loss of top line players to injury proving telling. Sydney hadn’t fared much better and a win in this contest would consolidate their top eight position and put pressure on Fremantle for a home ground Final.  read more »

Bulldog Coach Eade Record

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-08-17 19:56 — Last Updated: Sat, 2010-08-21 19:39

Round 21 represents the 550th game for Bulldog Coach Rodney Eade as a player or coach. Eade played 229 games with Hawthorn and 30 games for the Brisbane Bears. He coached Sydney in 152 games before joining the Bulldogs. Eade becomes just the 13th person in the history of the League to reach this mark.
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Coaches Oppose Interchange Limits

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-08-15 08:43 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-08-18 05:34

In the week leading up to Round 20 the AFL announced a number of proposed rule changes, the most controversial being a limit on interchanges. Should any or all of the rules be accepted by the 17 clubs, who were notified of the proposals by Operations Manager Adrian Anderson, they will be introduced next season.  read more »

Playfair and Carr Hang Up Boots

by Lisa Albergo — Fri, 2010-07-23 21:17 — Last Updated: Tue, 2010-07-27 09:01

Sydney's Henry Playfair announced his immediate retirement ahead of Round 16 due to a serious back injury. He was initially injured in Round 14. After consulting club medical staff, the injury plagued star decided he could not face another lengthy round of rehab.  read more »

Coach Roos Joins Elite

by Lisa Albergo — Tue, 2010-07-13 20:09 — Last Updated: Wed, 2010-07-14 08:12

Round 16 will see Sydney Coach Paul Roos notch 550 games as a player and coach. This includes 269 games as a player for the Fitzroy Lions 1982-1994, 87 games as a player for the Sydney Swans and 193 games as coach of the Sydney Swans.  read more »

2010 Kirk's Swan Song

by Lisa Albergo — Sun, 2010-05-23 08:36 — Last Updated: Fri, 2010-05-28 22:38

A career that almost wasn't will come to a close at the end of this season with Sydney's Brett Kirk announcing his retirement when the season is completed. In making the announcement, Kirk said he knew in his heart that the time was right. Kirk began his football journey in Sydney's Reserves but was cut from team. He refused to accept the rejection, returning home to play two seasons with his local club before trying again at Sydney.  read more »

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