News Archive
  •  July 13, 2007

    (See postings below from Bobby Skilton and Clark Crackers Keating)  To all of our friends Thank you for supporting the Vietnam Swans as we are about to make our inaugural appearance at the Asian Championships. We have 44 people joining us from Hanoi, […]

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  •  July 13, 2007

    Triple Premiership Player with the Brisbane Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003, Clark Crackers Keating has written to the Vietnam Swans, not just to wish us luck – but to tell us what we need to be thinking and doing […]

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  •  July 13, 2007

    In the words of former Hanoi Swans President, Dary Taber, Bobby Skilton is arguably the greatest South/Sydney player ever – and he has now emailed the Vietnam Swans to wish us well (see below) at the Asian Championships this weekend. […]

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  •  July 13, 2007

    Who are the two Mega AFL names who are seein’ us? We are just 20 minutes from finding out…

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  •  July 12, 2007

    Growds Growder who played such a vital role in the Swans recent attack on the Jim Beam at JASPAS in Hanoi last Friday has advised the Swans Blog that… “Given the Swans fundraiser in Hanoi was such a hit, JASPAS (in the […]

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  •  July 12, 2007

    George may not be seein’ us (hearin’ me?), but rest assured that Tony Morwood isn’t the only AFL gun to have noticed the Vietnam Swans. Stay tuned to the blog to hear from two GIANTS of the game… 

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  •  July 12, 2007

    The Vietnam Swans had been sending emails around everywhere looking for a place to purchase mouth guards in preparation for the Asian Champs. A few people knew where you had been able to buy them. Fewer still knew where you […]

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  •  July 12, 2007

    We’ve seen the official photos from last Friday’s Jim Beam bash in JASPAS, Hanoi – and we all wondered where all the people were and where all the action was. Yesterday, www.thevietnamswans.com came across the photos they didn’t want you to see. On […]

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  •  July 11, 2007

    In this week’s newsletter from the Saigon Rugby Football Club, they wish the Club well this weekend when we “take part in that other sporting event with the oval ball – AFL – at the Asian Champs in Bangkok”. That’s probably […]

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  •  July 11, 2007

    Just before we talk about the Boz… he is currently in Thailand preparing mentally for the big clashes in 3 days time. Boz reports that while reading the Bangkok Post the other day, while drinking a long, hot coffee, he […]

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  •  July 11, 2007

    Tony Morwood, the General Manager of the Sydney Swans in Melbourne and Canberra has written to the Vietnam Swans on the eve of our Asian Champs campaign to wish us well (see below). Morwood played with South Melbourne/Sydney Swans from […]

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  •  July 11, 2007

    In Hanoi, it’s not just the ladies who are known for their long legs and silky skills. At 34 yrs, he has clocked up the highest number of international AFL matches ever played by anybody in any Vietnamese team ever. […]

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  •  July 11, 2007

    He’s 33, 188cm and 90kgs. Given the right conditions, Growds seems to be able to make the ball do exactly what he wants. On the field this fiercely competitive ruckman can sometimes forget that he’s a Diplomat off it. So expect […]

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  •  July 10, 2007

    For those of you unlucky enough not to be in Hanoi last Friday night for Jaspas, Jim Beam and His Munificence, do not despair completely. Growds has been able to give us an eyewitness account: “With the merchants of Saigon […]

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  •  July 10, 2007

    Mick Hassett is apparently also known as “Aker” or “Hollywood” depending upon which email we’re reading from our streamlined Elephant friends across the border in Laos. His photograph has become one of the most talked about photographs in Asian football after […]

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