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September 22, 2007
Today, the Swans Blog exploded into the World of Mega Blogging by achieving its 10,000th hit! The Swans Blog was launched on 5 May 2007, in part, to try and help players of the newly formed Vietnam Swans (previously it had just […]
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September 22, 2007
With just 7 days before the 2007 AFL Grand Final Party in Hanoi, the Vietnam Swans today unveiled the Official Banner. The banner which captures the feel of the event and displays the logos of sponsors in a very innovative […]
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September 21, 2007
The much vaunted Swans satellite has come under fire today after Swans Super Tipster, Chris Batchelor was out of Hanoi on assignment – and wasn’t able to lodge his tips and special comments prior to the Geelong – Collingwood Preliminary […]
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September 21, 2007
In further evidence of the rise and rise of footy in Vietnam, the people have taken to the streets chanting “Bring Back Batchelor”. Across the country, from Hanoi to Saigon, people are still waiting for the Swans Tipping Supremo, Chris Batchelor […]
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September 20, 2007
Fred Trueman & Raman Subba Row Fred Trueman bowling. The batsman edges and the ball goes to first slip – and right betwen Raman Subba Row’s legs. Fred doesn’t say a single word. At the end of the over, a […]
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September 19, 2007
In Breaking News from 1 September, our early morning friend, Mr Rooster has recently and selflessly reported, “Rooster wins German Flag”. The match was also won by the Rheinland Lions over the very strong and very Australian Munich. Rooster says […]
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September 18, 2007
The Australia Network has released the telecast times in Vietnam for the coming weekend’s AFL Preliminary Finals. Preliminary Final 1; Geelong Vs Collingwood – Friday 21st September at 5pm. Preliminary Final 2; Port Adelaide Vs Kangaroos; Saturday 22nd September at 1.30pm. Good […]
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September 17, 2007
The hard hitting and opinionated Taber returns for his review of the Hawthorn – Kangaroos Semi Final on the weekend. What a Boomer is Harvey The Hawthorn brainstrust got one thing right. They figured the danger man for them was Brent […]
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September 17, 2007
The hard hitting and opinionated Taber has returned (late!) with a review of the weekend’s semi finals. Controversially, he has adopted a new format – without asking anyone – which has placed an inordinate amount of pressure on the Swans […]
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September 16, 2007
With much of the interest gone from the AFL Finals this year following Hawthorn’s shock loss to the Kangaroos last night, it’s time to focus on something else that matters in our lives. Trivia. The Swans blog has already revealed a […]
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September 16, 2007
On the eve of the footy finals, the President of the Melbourne Cricket Club, Mr David Meiklejohn, wrote to all MCC members to advise that he was “personally disappointed”. Mr Meiklejohn said that there had been “several disturbing incidents involving unruly behaviour and […]
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September 15, 2007
It’s official: The Laos Elephants will tour to Hanoi and play against the Vietnam Swans and Thailand Tigers in a 3-way tournament on Saturday, 17 November in Hanoi. The Swans sent our official photographer, Iva Biggin, to Laos to capture the […]
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September 14, 2007
Tonight, the West Coast Eagles will take on Collingwood. The match will be telecast in Vietnam at 5.30pm. Tomorrow, the Hawks will Kane the Kangas at 4.30pm, Vietnam time. For venues to watch the footy in Hanoi, try JASPAS Bar or […]
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September 14, 2007
Fellow tipsters, I know I didn’t predict the Pies to blast the Swans to smitherines. Nor did I tip The Hawks narrow victory over the hapless Crows. But I did say emphatically that all games could go either way. And I […]
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September 12, 2007
The Laos Elephants were threatening to tour Vietnam on the weekend of 24th November – just one week after Thailand’s tour. But that fell over for two reasons: it’s unlikely that anyone from Saigon would make two flights to Hanoi […]
