DT, the man who went on to win Father of the Year after “letting the kids put soft drink in my esky”, missed our inaugural appearance at this year’s Asian Champs just so that he could spend more of his school holidays with the family in Australia. However, he bounced back strongly two months later when he flew down to Saigon on 1 September to help the Swannies take on the Asian Champs’ reigning Premiers, Hong Kong. Unbelievably, Hong Kong judged this old hack as the Swans’ best player.

A man with a good football brain and a great head for radio, Daryl was invited by the Swans Blog to post a weekly review of the 2007 AFL Finals. His hard hitting, opinionated and controversial weekly column, Taber Talk, brought unheard of ratings to the Swans Blog. 

With his departure from Hanoi looming, DT set about grooming a few others to help Micky J continue with the good work. He found Daniel Lucardie from UNIS who has a passion for training – and then borrowed Rugby’s Youth Ambassador, Simmo to take up a lead role with the Aussie Rules!! Talk about smooth…

DT, you ugly bastard, you will be missed. Good luck to you, Cathy, Bridie and Caitlin in Brisbane.

Finally, give up on the Blues. Your time isn’t up.