HMAS ANZAC Coach, Brent Irving, has described this coming Wednesday’s match as a “momentous occasion for for an Australian warship to be offered the chance to play AFL in Vietnam”.
Brent adds that the “ship will purchase one of your jumpers as well to be framed and put in the junior sailors’ dining hall.
“I will get a photo of your team on the day to be mounted with the jumper so that the history of the game will last forever.”
HMAS ANZAC will dock this morning at 10am. Players and friends of the Vietnam Swans have been invited to tour the ship tomorrow evening.
It’s always great fun playing and socialising with other teams in Vietnam. The HMAS ANZAC tour is shaping up to be an absolute cracker.
The Vietnam Swans will play HMAS Anzac at RMIT University, Saigon on Wednesday 27 August. The ball – supplied by the Sydney Swans – will be bounced at 5pm sharp.