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July 25, 2008
The Lao Elephants’ Promotional Poster Tomorrow, the Lao Elephants will take on the Vietnam Swans in Vientiane. The Lao boys have released the promotional poster which is to the left. The match is expected to be a sell out. It’s also […]
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July 23, 2008
Do you remember? This year’s Grand Final will mark the 26th anniversary of the 1982 Carlton-Richmond Grand Final. It was special because of Helen d’Amico’s famous run in the third quarter chasing Bruce Doull while wearing nothing but her Carlton scarf. Perhaps more memorable will be this […]
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July 23, 2008
Golden Boot Gus finally got some glory when he shared the honours with John Tatnell, who both picked 7 and the margin of 5. Fabbo Phil stood out in 3rd with 6, followed by a bunch of misfits with 5. […]
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July 20, 2008
Watch the AFL on your computer Want to watch the AFL on your computer – without the “no good” connectivity issues of Bigpond? Aussie Sport TV is now offering packages for the AFL (and NRL and V8’s) that “include extended match […]
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July 19, 2008
This month, The Word (a magazine for expatriates in HCMC), published an article on “Miss Universe and the Swans”. there was a brief article and a photo of Miss Australia with us. Miss Australia, of course, finished in the Top 10 […]
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July 18, 2008
Hanoi and Saigon are about to enter their final week of preparation prior to the long awaited clash between the Vietnam Swans and Lao Elephants. Yesterday, Charlie, the coach of the north was imploring the “brave mighty Swans” to get to training. […]
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July 16, 2008
It looked like an easy round of tipping – or so we thought. Kutch was the only tipstar to grab all 8 and took this round’s tipping honors in style. Muzza snagged a lazy 7 and el presidentai, “uncle crow” […]
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July 15, 2008
Miss Venezuela is saying “Thank you very much, Mr Umpire!” after winnning the coveted Miss Universe pageant in Nha Trang yesterday. And why wouldn’t you? At Halong Bay, judges had questioned her level of professionalism when caution was thrown to the […]
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July 13, 2008
Willy has written to the Blog to advise that he is worried about other people being worried about his hammy and his level of preparedness for the match against the Lao Elephants next weekend. Willy has forwarded photos to the […]
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July 10, 2008
In literally unprecedented scenes for the Blog, we would like to issue our first ever apology. We owe an apology to the Saigon Saints (who host a very successful AFL Grand Final Brunch in HCMC). You may recall that the Blog ran a […]
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July 9, 2008
In the last week of last year, the Swans Blog recorded 524 hits. In the first 2 and a half days of this week, we have already achieved 519 hits. Last week, with a little bit of help from Miss […]
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July 8, 2008
Things are really hotting up for the Miss Universe Pageant with the Grand Finale happening next Monday morning at 8am in Nha Trang. Jerry Springer will be the host of the show to be screened live on NBC (you may remember […]
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July 7, 2008
Adelaide are gone, so is Barry Hall, but Damo is on top of Round 14. Tipping 6, there was nothing but daylight separating the rest of us. It was another tough round where not doing your tips was better than doing your tips. […]
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July 6, 2008
The Mighty Vietnam Swans are pleased to announce that our magnificent jumper is about to go on sale! The Vietnam Swans are selling the official jumper for just USD65 (see Captain Gus to the left – or Miss Australia below). Gee […]
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July 5, 2008
Peter Pierre plays for the Phrench Remember Peter Bossink who starred in the Asian Champs last year (see left and middle picture above)? Like the jumping frog, he’s kicked on and landed in France. Last weekend, Peter Pierre played in […]
