News Archive
  •  October 23, 2010

    Yesterday, the Swannies fitness coach and dietician, Matt Natalotto who is also our Auskick coach, went to the ABC International School in Saigon with new Bostonian recruit, Scott Levin, to run a footy clinic. Here’s his report: Friday 22nd October […]

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  •  October 22, 2010

    Captain Luke “Dukes” Creamer prepares the match report for Game 3 of the Asian Champs between the Vietnam Swans and Barbarians. The Crossroads After dropping our first two games of the Champs against highly fancied opponents, the mighty Swannies were […]

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  •  October 22, 2010

    Yesterday, the Saigon Times reported that the Vietnam Swans win first game at Asian Football Champs held in Shanghai on 16 October 2010. Mic Smith is the journalist and the article is reproduced below. The Vietnam Swans Australian football team […]

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  •  October 21, 2010

    Swannies Coach at last weekend’s Asian Champs, Josh Little, reviews the weekend. He argues quite convincingly that it was a hoot! Friday morning (15 Oct) the most of the team ventured off to the Tan Son Nhat airport in Saigon […]

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  •  October 21, 2010

    The AFL’s General Manager National and International Development writes to the Asian Clubs to congratulate all for the staging of the 2010 Asian Championships in Shanghai. All, congratulations to you on the staging of the Asian Championships in Shanghai. As […]

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  •  October 20, 2010

    At last weekend’s Asian Championships in Shanghai, the Swannies played Singapore first up. We lost the game and our gun player, Lucas Skelton who received a cut to the eyelid which required 5 stitches. Malaysia were up next and Matty […]

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  •  October 19, 2010

    The Final ladder has been announced for the 2010 Asian Champs. The Vietnam Swans finished in 7th place with two victories (against Thailand and the Barbarians) and two losses (Singapore (eventual runners up) and Malaysia). This was Vietnam’s strongest ever […]

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  •  October 19, 2010

    The Swannies have started flying out of Shanghai and returning to Vung Tau, Saigon, Hoi An and Hanoi after a very successful Asian Champs campaign. The first photos are now available on the Vietnam Swans Web Album. As well as […]

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  •  October 16, 2010

    The Vietnam Swans have won 2 of our 4 matches beating the Thailand Tigers and the Barbarians. In our other two matches, we lost to Singapore and Malaysia. Dubai were outright winners of the Champs for the third consecutive year. […]

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  •  October 15, 2010

    Dear Swannies, Sponsors and Supporters The Vietnam Swans started flying out yesterday. This morning, the rest will fly out from Saigon. The destination is Shanghai for the 11th Annual Asian Champs and the Shanghai Showdown between Melbourne and Brisbane. We’ll […]

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  •  October 14, 2010

    Roscoe Ross McRae unveils his masterpiece for the Vietnam Swans in Shanghai at the 11th Annual Asian Championships tomorrow.

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  •  October 14, 2010

    Last night, Swannie Michael Johnston (MJ) presented Jo Stewart and the Tri Bob Austswim crew a cheque for VND52.625million (the equivalent of USD2,699 at today’s exchange rates) to go towards the Hoi An Swimming Program. VND40million was raised at the […]

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  •  October 13, 2010

    At the Vietnam Swans 2010 AFL Grand Final Party in Saigon, we auctioned off a jumper that was donated by Melbourne’s Rohan Bail. Next weekend, at the Asian Championships in Shanghai, the Vietnam Swans will return the favour. We will […]

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  •  October 13, 2010

    On Monday, 11 October 2010, the Vietnam Investment Review’s Timeout Magazine, published an article on the Vietnam Swans. It is reproduced below. In March 2010, AFL Superstars Nathan Buckley and Garry O’Donnell joined a Vietnam Swans footy clinic in Saigon. […]

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  •  October 12, 2010

    The countdown has well and truly started for this weekend’s mega fix of footy in Asia: the 11th Asian Championships on Saturday followed by Sunday’s Shanghai Showdown between Melbourne and Brisbane. The AFL’s website, www.afl.com.au, has just posted the following […]

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