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September 26, 2013
Media Release: Color and excitement of Australia’s ‘Real’ National Day FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION 2013 AFL Grand Final – 28 September Unfortunately, in a crowded Asian calendar, Australia’s official national day in January is dwarfed by the goliaths of TET Lunar […]
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September 25, 2013
The following Code of Conduct, dated 20 September, 2013, has been formally approved by the National, Hanoi and Saigon Committees of the Vietnam Swans Australian Football Club. It applies to all players and officials of the Vietnam Swans. The Club’s […]
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September 24, 2013
It’s Grand Final Week and Vietnam Veteran and Official historian of the VFL (Vietnam Football League), Stan MIddleton, caught up with the Hawthorn Skipper, Luke Hodge, today at training at Waverly. As it happens, Stan just happened to be […]
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September 23, 2013
Last Saturday in Saigon, the Aussie Rules boys and the Saigon Gaels caught up for a festival of Aussie Rules and Gaelic Football. The match is a lead up to the big one; St Paddy’s Day next year. John “JR” […]
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September 23, 2013
Are you getting goose bumps just thinking about next weekend’s 2013 AFL Grand Final between Hawthorn and Fremantle? Then, Get Your Tickets!! to the Vietnam Swans 2013 AFL Grand Final Parties! For full details of the Swannies AFL Grand Final […]
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September 22, 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVNrKJQUSB4&w=480&h=360] Nathan Jones is a star player and Vice Captain for Melbourne Football Club. In 2007, Jones came third for the Rising Star Award – behind Joel Selwood and Scott Pendlebury. Last year, he won Melbourne’s Best and Fairest and […]
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September 20, 2013
All member clubs of AFL Asia are putting together a very short video of the iconic Sherrin being handballed from one country in Asia to the next – in front of an iconic location. Here, the Swannies in Hanoi have […]
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September 19, 2013
Taber Talk is back for Week 3 of the AFL Finals. However, with Taber on special assignment, the brilliant Dave O’Shea shall dazzle us with some very special celebrity comments and analysis. Like Taber, Dave is just as controversial – […]
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September 18, 2013
Adam McDonald is a 200 game AFL boundary umpire who now lives and works in Hanoi, Vietnam. He also field umpires at the Asian Championships, ANZAC Friendship Matches and friendlies – as well as craving for an AFL fix. On […]
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September 17, 2013
Vietnam’s Oi magazine has given a massive plug to the Vietnam Swans’ 2013 AFL Grand Final Parties in Hanoi and Saigon and include a photograph featuring none other than Kiwi Kurt Walker! What: Vietnam Swans AFL Grand Final Party Where: […]
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September 17, 2013
The AFL has just announced a deal to share some of the revenue raised from its subscription service for AFLTV with international affiliates. A pilot program has been put in place for the remainder of the 2013 AFL Finals Series […]
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September 16, 2013
Last night, Channel 7’s Sunday Night program aired a story by Australian soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, Ben Roberts-Smith. Roberts-Smith “travels to Vietnam (and the Long Tan Cross) with a group of veterans to revisit the haunting battlegrounds of Long […]
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September 15, 2013
Jo Stewart from Swim Vietnam has just sent out a September 2013 newsletter. An abridged version of the newsletter is reproduced below. Swim Vietnam Achievements in 2013 Swim Vietnam continues to go from strength to strength. We now operate 5 […]
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September 14, 2013
The 5th Kainey Cup between the Jakarta Bintangs and Vietnam Swans has been locked in for 22 March 2014, in Jakarta. This will only be the second visit to Indonesia by the Swannies but, like Essendon, the Swannies will do […]
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September 14, 2013
Congratulations to former resident Swannie, Nathan Forth, who has just picked up a Life Membership of Old Collegians’ Football Club back in Warrnambool, Victoria. A fantastic achievement for Nathan who says he is “shocked but stoked to get this bad […]
