-
May 9, 2010
Dave Kainey, former Swans President and Club Legend of the Jakarta Bintangs, reflects about the Vietnam Swans after the ANZAC Friendship Match. Gentlemen, what a cracking inaugural ANZAC Friendship Cup game in Vung Tau and pleasant Sunday afternoon of beers […]
-
May 7, 2010
The day after the ANZAC Friendship Match, 26 April 2010, Swannie Joe Hrustinsky went with Philip Whitman to the Ngoc Duc Pagoda and Orphanage. Philip handed over VND14.14 million (approx USD745) which had been raised by Tommy’s Bar at the […]
-
May 5, 2010
Mic Smith, journalist for the Vietnam News wrote the article below. Unfortunately, it was not published. Apparently there were even bigger news stories on that weekend. The Australian Rules Football team, the Vietnam Swans, held the first ever ANZAC Friendship […]
-
May 3, 2010
National President, Phil Johns provides the following wrap up of the weekend of the ANZAC Friendship match. Dear Swannies, Sponsors and Supporters 45 years ago, a lot of TV footage from Vietnam was being being beamed into Australian homes. Last […]
-
April 29, 2010
ANZAC Day is a very special day for all Australians no matter where you are in the world and the Vietnam Swans took the opportunity to hold their first ever ANZAC Friendship Match in Vung Tau, South Vietnam. In the […]
-
April 28, 2010
On ANZAC Day at Tommy’s Bar for the live telecast of the match between Essendon and Collingwood, the Swannies auctioned an Essendon jumper signed by Essendon Captain, Jobe Watson, a footy signed by Nathan Buckley and Garry O’Donnell and a […]
-
April 27, 2010
National Team Captain, Danny Monk, turns in a stunning piece of sports journalism on the weekend’s ANZAC Friendship Match. Read on… In a Vung Tau ANZAC weekend littered with Highlights and Memorable Moments there was a little game of AFL […]
-
April 27, 2010
The first photos of the ANZAC Friendship Weekend in Vung Tau have emerged. The photos are courtesy of player, Josh Little, and therefore, there are no action photos yet of the actual match. Additional photos will be coming in over […]
-
April 26, 2010
Adam McCarty has put together a minute-long of video footage of the Long Tan Cross which he recorded yesterday, ANZAC Day 2010. To see the footage on You Tube, click here. Much more will follow of the ANZAC Friendship Match […]
-
April 25, 2010
Yesterday, the Vietnam Swans hosted the Inaugural ANZAC Friendship match in Vung Tau. The Hanoi Hawks won in an absolute nail biter, 10.3.63 to the Saigon Saints 9.8. 62. The crowd was played in front of a crowd of 400 […]
-
April 23, 2010
A messge from the Vietnam Swans National President, Phil Johns. For full details of ANZAC weekend, click Long Tan Information Book – Vietnam Swans. Dear Swannies, Supporters and Sponsors In Australia, Australian Rules Footy is very closely aligned with ANZAC […]
-
April 22, 2010
The Vietnam Swans in Hanoi who will play in our ANZAC Friendship Match on Saturday as the “Hanoi Hawks” have just unveiled the new players’ kit. Looks schmick.
-
April 21, 2010
Tonight, this photo to the left has been peeled off the fax machine and immediately placed on the Swannies website. Dave Kainey in Singapore has just picked up our new Club shirt. It’s the same base shirt as we used […]
-
April 19, 2010
On Friday 23 April 2010, the Vietnam Swans will visit an Orphanage in Vung Tau. David Hadley of the Swannies, who is organising the visit, has advised that the orphanage we will visit is located at 96 Tran Hung Dao, […]
-
April 18, 2010
Last week at Hong Kong Airport, a couple of Aussie pilots (perhaps Hong Kong Dragons?) were hailed as heroes after the successful emergency landing of their Cathay Pacific A330 (although there were a few popped tyres). This week, the Vietnam […]
