Round 3 – Sydney v GWS: Too Close for Comfort – and Not Just the Football!

Jan Courtin was feeling a slight discomfort before the Swans game against GWS with the resulting win too close for comfort.

Round 2 – Carlton v Sydney: Love You. Miss You: Emotional Messages en route to Etihad Stadium

Jan travelled down the Hume in a journey full of sentiment and a successful Swans against the Blues.

Round 2 – Carlton v Sydney: Brighton Diggins Cup

Keiran Croker sees the Sydney Swans greater depth and maturity tell over the younger Blues

Round 2 – Carlton v Sydney: A win for the ages

Ross Treverton remembers when a win against the Blues was a surprise rather than an expectation

Nearly the perfect weekend, but near enough doesn’t pay out.

Melbourne Rebels ruin an almost perfect weekend for Wayne Ball

AFL Round One Performance Reviews

A concise review of Round One performances by Trevor Kannegiesser

Round 1 – Sydney v Collingwood: The Important Six Months Begin. What a Beginning!

Jan Courtin heralds the new season with a Swans triumph while reflecting on the past six months.

Round 1 Preview – Sydney v Collingwood: Switcheroo

Joe Moore delivers his pre-game preview of Swans Round 1 clash

Swans 2016: What Comes Before Pre

Rejoice. Mathilde is back for 2016. “It’s easy at the start of the season to take up the obvious, reassuring footy narrative. Positive thinking, the best of sports science mindfulness, confidence and pre-emptive strength. But the fact is, that the intra-club is the very beginning of something, the plan before it’s even hatched and we don’t know what will come. It can’t ever be truly mapped or pre-prepared. And it cannot be hurried. This is true light heartedness…”

The House that Horse Built: Renovation and Rejuvenation

Joe Moore compares the Swans of recent times to fine architecture and ponders on the renovations that will keep them prominent.

A club is bigger than the team.

In this retrospective piece, David Parker reflects on his journey and his Footy Club.

Time to reload 2016 with the Monkey

After a gloomy start to 2016, David Parker raises hope that the year of the monkey will reset his year.

The Art of Coaching

What makes a good coach? David Parker tackles this with a touch of Sun Tzu.

Sydney’s Best Side in 2016: Discuss

Joe Moore has a crack at naming the Swans best lineup for 2016. How’s he done?

Round 21 – GWS v Sydney: It’s a 28 degrees winter’s day in Western Sydney, and the Swans are hot

Jan Courtin’s round 21 match report

Round 20 – Sydney v Collingwood: With bruised bodies and broken bones, the Swans eke out the four points.

Jan Courtin’s round 20 match report

Round 19 – Geelong v Sydney: The Cats simply wanted it more!

Jan Courtin’s match report round 19

Round 18 – Sydney v Adelaide: A cygnet is born and the Swans rejoice

Jan Courtin’s round 18 match report

How has abhorrent racism changed in forty years?

Jan Courtin addresses racism

Don’t Like Banging Your Head On A Table?

As the Goodes issue rolls on, Damien Little and The People’s Elbow find a practical way of directing support towards Adam (and his former teammate, Michael O’Loughlin), if you’re so inclined, of course.