THE Sydney Swans have announced that they have signed Daniel Hannebery to a three year contract extension that will see him remain with the club until the end of the 2016 season. Hannebery, 22, was drafted by the Swans with the 30th overall pick of the 2008 National Draft out of the Oakleigh Chargers (VIC). And

Guest contributor RowdyOne continues his series looking at each club’s best 22 players for the upcoming 2013 season.   Key Personnel Questions for the Swans: He’ll miss the first 11 games of the season and has signed on for big money, but is it even possible for Kurt Tippett to be able to justify that hefty pay

THE Sydney Swans have announced that they have signed Josh Kennedy to a four-year contract extension that will keep the star midfielder with the team until at least the end of 2017. “Last year we showed we can be a successful team and I want to be part of that. Once you’ve tasted that success

SYDNEY got the win by 36-points over Gold Coast yesterday but it came at a major cost with young defender Alex Johnson, who was a revelation last season, suffering a suspected ACL injury

ALEX Johnson of  the Sydney Swans has been stretchered from the field after injuring his leg against the Gold Coast Suns at Blacktown International Sportspark earlier this evening. Johnson, 21, was injured during the first quarter of the game and details are yet to emerge on how the injury happened or how severe it is.

YESTERDAY was a big day for the Swans and for Adam Goodes in particular as he announced that he is handing over the team captaincy on the same day that he revealed that he had signed a contract extension with club that will see him remain there through to the end of the 2014 season.

Nothing to say that the Swans won’t be again challenging for the flag in 2013. Hawthorn may start favourites but Sydney has bolstered its line-up and not lost much in comparison.

THE Sydney Swans have announced a contract extension with Ryan O’Keefe that will keep him with the club until the end of the 2014 season. With O’Keefe turning 34 years old a few months after the contract expires it may well be his final AFL playing contract which would seem to suit the 2012 Norm

ST KILDA has ensured that the Sydney Swans have maintained a winless NAB Cup campaign after two rounds, following a 23-point win at Etihad Stadium tonight

SYDNEY coach John Longmire summed it up: ”The only real positive was to get some game time into some players, but that was about it,”  Longmire said. ”There weren’t a lot of players who were in good form and we lost a lot of key areas across both games.” Also on Football Nation: NAB Cup

AFTER injuring his knee during Sydney’s thrilling Grand Final victory over Hawthorn, Swans superstar Adam Goodes has resumed running and is on track to play in round 1 when the season kicks off in just over nine weeks time. Goodes injured his posterior cruciate ligament during the Grand Final and while he was visibly limited

FORMER Sydney and West Coast player Matt Spangher is evidently proving to be a useful  resource in Hawthorn’s back half entering 2013 – and it may well give him some consistent ground time for the first time in his career. Spangher was involved in a trade deal on the final day revolving around a swap of

NEW Sydney midfielder Dean Towers is expected to be an instant inclusion in the Swans team despite them having a team of premiership stars. The ready made mature age recruit said he is ready to begin his AFL career after starring for North Ballarat in the VFL last season. He has been a late bloomer

LIST season is in full swing and we continue our end of the year top five series with a a look back on the year that was and give you our opinion on the Top 5 Rivalries of the 2012 AFL season. 1. Eddie McGuire v Mick Malthouse – Expect their to be an army-like

The end of the year is upon us and as we get ready to reset our calendars for 2013 we take a look back on the year that was and give you our opinion on the top 5 games of the 2012 AFL season.   5.  Elimination final – Geelong v Fremantle Fremantle 14.12 (96)

IN spite of the fact that Kurt Tippett will miss the first 11 games of the 2013 season, the Sydney Swans have announced that they are still keen to have him at their club. And Tippett, of course has made it known for some time that he wants to go there too. “Although today’s decision

WE take a club by club look at this year’s draft and, where we have them, we link to our prospect profiles for more details and video of individual players

FOOTBALL NATION brings you the full list of retirements and delistings – club by club – and as they come to hand for

                  ROUND   DATE OPPONENT VENUE   TIME 1 Saturday, March 30 GWS GIANTS ANZ Stadium Away 4.40pm 2 Saturday, April 6 Gold Coast SUNS SCG Home 1.45pm 3 Saturday, April 13 North Melbourne Blundstone Arena Away 1.45pm 4 Friday, April 19 Geelong Cats SCG Home 7.50pm

IN an active last half hour of trading the St Kilda Football Club have traded the 47th pick of the 2012 Draft for Trent Dennis-Lane from the Sydney Swans. Dennis-Lane, 24, is a talented small forward that joined the Swans as the 55th pick of the 2009 Draft. Known as TDL by Swans supporters, he has

HAWTHORN has traded for Sydney defender Matt Spangher with a trade of draft picks. Hawks get pick 72 from the Swans while the Swans get pick 66 from the Hawks. Spangher started his career at West Coast before joining Sydney. Hawthorn is his third club. Speaking on news of the acquisition, Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson welcomed the

THE final day of trading continues with it’s cracking pace, this time with the Sydney Swans trading injury-plagued defender Campbell Heath to Port Adelaide. The Swans have sent Heath and pick 85 to Port Adelaide in exchange for pick 72. Heath, 21, has struggled to stay on the field after a series of knee injuries

Football Nation Opinion Unsurprisingly, there’s a battle going on between the Crows and the Swans. Its beginning was modest enough with Adelaide announcing on their website that “Kurt Tippett and his management have advised the Adelaide Football Club that Tippett will seek a trade to another AFL club (still to be advised) in this month’s

SEE the full list of all the club best and fairest winners for 2012 here as Sam Mitchell collects his fourth medal at the Hawks

EARLIER this week we wrote that Adelaide forward Kurt Tippett had wanted out of the club for months, with a return to Queensland his allegedly his main priority. While the Gold Coast Suns and Brisbane Lions were considered the main contenders for the 202cm forward/ruckman, Sydney and Carlton had also expressed interested. We even went so far as

SYDNEY’S Ryan O’Keefe was one of many names thrown around for a trade during the 2008 trade period. O’Keefe, who won the Norm Smith Medal in last Saturday’s AFL grand final against Hawthorn, was ironically linked to the Hawks fresh from their 2008 flag. O’Keefe said after the match that he had forgotten about the

COLLINGWOOD’S Alan Didak is in doubt for Friday night’s preliminary final against Sydney after missing a final training session today. Didak was subbed out of the match at three quarter time in last week’s semi-final win over West Coast after having an impressive three quarters but suffered calf soreness. Chris Dawes, who also hurt his

HAWTHORN can fly up to second spot on the ladder today if as expected it posts another victory against Gold Coast at the MCG. Last night, North Melbourne won by 30-points over Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions also upset Adelaide by 10-points at the Gabba. Those two results may hurt those two clubs in their

COLLINGWOOD is in the hunt for a top two finish after upsetting Sydney by eight points at ANZ Stadium last night. The Pies stunning hopes for a big finish to the season will continue to skyrocket if veteran defender Ben Johnson, Brent Macaffer and Andrew Krakouer get through comebacks from injuries in the VFL today.

AFTER the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

WITH Collingwood going to second-place after a two-point win over St Kilda last night, it sets up a blockbuster top of the table clash against the league-leading Sydney Swans at ANZ Stadium next Saturday night. The Pies moved past Adelaide and Hawthorn after the win, although the Crows have the chance to remain in second

THE Sydney Swans received some good news today when it learnt that ruckman Shane Mumford was clear of major damage after a scare just before the main break of yesterday’s game against St Kilda. Mumford hyper-extended his left knee after he landed awkwardly from a ruck contest and while he was able to leave the

IT was in 2007 when Andrejs Everitt arrived at the Western Bulldogs as a shy and quiet spoken and slim framed player largely unheralded from the Dandenong Stingrays. Nicknamed ‘Dre’, Everitt, who arrived with dreadlocks had big hopes at the Dogs and they had big hopes  for him after handing him the No.3 of former

SYDNEY’S Irish recruit Tommy Walsh will make his long-awaited AFL debut against Melbourne at the SCG this weekend following some impressive form in the reserves. Walsh, who was a steal during last year’s trade period when he wanted to be traded to Sydney from St Kilda, had been in fine form for Sandringham, St Kilda’s

SYDNEY Swans ruckman Shane Mumford looks set to miss up to a month of action after undergoing surgery to address his recent back problem. Back in Round 2, Mumford was a late scratching for the Swans as they prepared to play Fremantle when he woke up with a sore back. He was given a cortisone injection

RESULTS for Round 1 of the 2012 Premiership Season
SYD 14.16 (100) def GWS 5.7 (37)

WE continue our season preview in a pocket series with the team that we predict will finish in ninth position this season. And that is the Sydney Swans

SYDNEY’S dual Brownlow medalist Adam Goodes has been given a one match suspension, Geelong’s Josh Hunt, charged for a sling tackle, out for two

THE Irish Mail is reporting that Sydney veteran Tadgh Kennelly could be headed back to Ireland for a second time during his AFL career. Kennelly returned to the Swans at the end of the 2009 season after playing in an All Ireland final with Kerry but it is believed it was an impassioned plea from

SYDNEY had added another spider to its list with the Western Bulldogs Andrejs Everitt,  brother of Peter ‘Spider’ Everitt. The Swans swapped Patrick Veszpremi for the Bulldogs young gun in which was one of the most suitable trades during the trade period. Everitt will be an outstanding addition for the Swans just as Veszpremi will be

2nd Semi Final – Western Bulldogs v Sydney at the MCG, Saturday night THE Western Bulldogs have everything to lose in this match if they were to go out in straight sets. What would they have gained from the year if they were to lose it. Plenty is on the line. They had recruited for

SYDNEY has brought back some scoring power for Saturday night’s semi final against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG. Daniel Bradshaw and Ben McGlynn return to give the Swans some potency in attack in what is a game that the Swans are every chance to cause an upset. The Western Bulldogs have taken a risky

We preview the elimination final between Sydney and Carlton from ANZ Stadium

SYDNEY has brought back the big guns for its elimination final clash against Carlton at ANZ Stadium on Sunday with Shane Mumford and premiership player Tadgh Kennelly bolstering the in-form Swans. Mumford, a former Geelong ruckman, has been an excellent contributor and one of the recruits of the season and will be hard to stop.

SYDNEY Swans recruit Daniel Bradshaw had the last laugh against his former club the Brisbane Lions after booting six goals in the Swans’ 20-point win at the SCG on Saturday night. Bradshaw’s brilliant performance also saw sidekick Adam Goodes kick three goals for the Swans in the 16.11 (107) to 13.9 (87) win. Swans coach

SYDNEY Swans easily accounted for North Melbourne at the MCG by 40-points on Saturday. Daniel Bradshaw was on song for the Swans with 11 marks and four goals in the 14.16 (100) to 8.12 (60) win. “Last week there were really good signs and I thought over the next couple of weeks we were going

NORTH Melbourne will try to “intricate” the way that Collingwood plays against Sydney as former Pies assistant and now North coach Brad Scott has inside knowledge. The Kangaroos take on Sydney at Etihad Stadium on Saturday afternoon. “I have intricate knowledge of what Collingwood do to beat Sydney, so we’re certainly going to apply some

SYDNEY Swans smashed Richmond by 55-points at the SCG on Saturday night. Daniel Bradshaw and Ben McGlynn, two pre-season recruits, were brilliant with seven goals between them in the 16.15 (111) to 7.14 (56) win

SYDNEY’S Daniel Hannebery has been named the round two nomination for the NAB AFL Rising Star. The 19-year-old collected a career high 23 disposals in the Swans’ impressive win against Adelaide on Sunday. Coach Paul Roos said it was a credit to Hannebery and his fine pre-season. “Dan has worked extremely hard since Christmas to

FORMER Hawk Ben McGlynn was brilliant for his new club, Sydney, with five goals in a career best performance to help stun Adelaide by 43-points at AAMI Stadium on Sunday. Other Swans recruits – Josh Kennedy (Hawthorn) and Mark Seaby (West Coast) – were also impressive in the 18.10 (118) to 11.9 (75) win –

ST KILDA played to Sydney’s irritating game plan and won by eight points at the SCG on Saturday night. The Saints led by 20 points at the last change but the Swans come back hard with the first three goals of the final term to win, 15.6 (96) to 13.10 (88). “We certainly took our

EXCITING Sydney speedster Lewis Jetta will be one of six Sydney newcomers to play the opening AFL round clash with St Kilda at ANZ Stadium on Saturday. He’ll be joined in the 22 by fellow recruits in full forward Daniel Bradshaw, midfielders Josh Kennedy and Ben McGlynn and ruckmen Mark Seaby and Shane Mumford. Sydney

We preview Sydney’s 2010 season in depth. Can the Swans do it for Paul Roos in his final season as coach? We give our prediction

Barry Hall is considering three options: retiring from football and taking up boxing, continuing with the Sydney Swans (as long as the club will have him) and looking for a trade to another AFL club

Speculation about the future of Sydney forward Barry Hall has gone up a notch after coach Paul Roos publicly questioned Hall’s commitment to elite level football

Is Adam Goodes closing in on a third Brownlow Medal? Having already ‘taken home Charlie’ in 2003 and 2006, Goodes is having a statistically superior season to both those years and has shortened to $9 in Brownlow betting

Exciting Canadian import Mike Pyke will debut for Sydney this weekend after only three months training in AFL football. Swans coach Paul Roos confirmed Pyke will work in a ruck tandem with Darren Jolly against Port Adelaide on Sunday

Sydney fans could have something to get excited about, with the 200cm, 104kg Canadian showing a clean pair of heels at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Pyke will debut for Sydney this weekend in the NAB Cup clash against Port Adelaide

The Swans capped a very good 2008 season by playing off in a Semi Final, only to go down to an excellent Bulldogs outfit. 2009 should be business as usual for Paul Roos’ tough, dour team, although Sydney faces three tough assignments first up. St Kilda at the Telstra Dome, a second round clash with