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August 8, 2007
Last week, World Footy News reported that the Japan AFL has officially started promoting the 2007 Narita Cup. The Narita Cup will be held on 6 October in Tokyo and will coincide with the 20th anniversary of footy in the country. […]
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August 8, 2007
With all the excitement of the Asian Champs and the unification of an Australian Rules Footy team in Vietnam, the Swans Blog has unwittingly and regretfully got behind with what our Vietnamese cousins are getting up to back in Australia. A […]
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August 7, 2007
This afternoon in Hanoi, superstar of the 1970’s Countdown TV show, Ian “Molly” Meldrum, officially launched the Vietnam Swans Grand Final Countdown Clock. The Countdown Clock will appear in the sidebar of the Swans Blog and is expected to generate […]
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August 6, 2007
The 2007 Saigon Saints Vietnam Airlines AFL Grand Final Brunch’s campaign has officially kicked off with the announcement that they have recruited Rod Ashman as their special guest speaker. For those of you who aren’t fully familiar with Rod Ashman, […]
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August 6, 2007
The beauty about playing in major international championships is that you have heaps of camera angles to see what really happened. Here, Bossink bares his teeth and says to Thailand’s Cameron Sinclair, “Come and get me!”. So Cameron did and […]
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August 6, 2007
What is the definition of an international footy sl*t? The answer is the Rooster. Rooster, pictured with Will Martin to the left, has recently written to the Swans asking for contact details of the Brunei Sharks and Laos Elephants. The reason? He […]
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August 4, 2007
For a while, we thought that we did not have a photo of the official team shoot. The photographer used by the Thailand Tigers even sent through an apology saying that he had forgotten to take a photo of us […]
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August 4, 2007
After a period of silence since the Asian Champs, Pago has gone on the record to explain why we were fined at all! The day after the Champs, at 11am on the Sunday morning, when a few of the red and […]
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August 4, 2007
Peter Grave has now packed up and left Saigon to return to Australia (nice to see the churn factor in Saigon is keeping up with Hanoi). During the Champs, Pete received a fair bump in our last match against the […]
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August 3, 2007
Mike and Joe, both 90, have been friends all their lives. When it’s clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. Mike: Joe, we both loved playing footy all our lives. Can you do me a favour? When […]
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August 2, 2007
The Laos Elephants are threatening to tour Vietnam before the end of the year. Yesterday, Marty Sharples, who put in such a cracking performance for the Swans in Bangkok during the recent Asian Champs, sent us an email with all the […]
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August 1, 2007
It would appear that since the heady days of Asian Championships Eve, the Swans Blog has been in a state of decline. Since that awesome day of 234 hits, the peaks have got lower – but not yet the troughs. Nevertheless, […]
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August 1, 2007
Mark Waugh was standing at second slip when New Zealand’s Adam Parore came to the crease. Parore played and missed the first ball. Mark Waugh: Oh, I remember you from a couple of years ago in Australia. You were sh*t […]
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July 30, 2007
During a test match in the West Indies, Merv Hughes didn’t say a word to Viv Richards, but continued to stare at him after deliveries. Viv: This is my island; my culture. Don’t you be staring at me. In my […]
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July 30, 2007
In the spirit of great cricketing sledges, James Ormond has just come out to bat on an Ashes tour and is greeted by Mark Waugh… Waugh: F*ck me. Look who it is. Mate, what are you doing out here? There’s […]
