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 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

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

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

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

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

WE take a look at the run home in the final six weeks for those in the mix to make finals in 2012 and find that the top eight may already be settled with only a couple of minor changes. 1. Sydney Swans 52 points (13 wins, three losses), 147.38 per cent The run home:

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 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

The Sydney Swans are expecting to learn Tadgh Kennelly’s plans within the next nine days

Sydney Swans youngster Dan Hannebery among group of students suspended for a muck-up day rampage

Essendon maintained their spot in the top eight after comfortably overcoming the Sydney Swans by 35 point at the

The Sydney Swans and Barry Hall have decided to part ways, one week after the star forward was suspended yet again for striking Ben Rutten

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

The Swans snapped up this bottom-aged player from Vic Country at the U18 Championships, impressed with his run of the half back line and quality use of the football. Heath will complete his schooling in 2009 before joining Sydney full time in 2010. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mmD_ja

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