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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 […]
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September 13, 2013
The September issue of “The Guide” magazine is promoting the Swannies’ 2013 AFL Grand Final Parties that will be held in Hanoi and Saigon on 28 September. The article, reproduced below, features a photo of Ms Fleur – who starred […]
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September 13, 2013
Club Silver Sponsor, AIS, the Australian International School, has just distributed its September issue of the AIS Messenger which includes a full page devoted the Vietnam Swans AFL Grand Final Party. Executive Principal, Clive Keenan’s key message in this issue […]
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September 12, 2013
He’s opinionated, controversial and insightful. Last week, he dramatically and correctly picked Fremantle for an upset win over Geelong at Symonds Stadium. His preview of the other three matches read like a horoscope where there was hope for every team’s […]
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September 11, 2013
Melbourne footballer, Rohan Bail, donated one of his jumpers for us to auction at the 2010 AFL Grand Final Party. The following month, at the Asian Champs in Shanghai, we gave Rohan one of our jumpers. Next month, his father […]
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September 10, 2013
He’s a legend in AFL ranks; first as a player, then as the premiership winning coach with the Sydney Swans. He started his career with Fitzroy (now the Brisbane Lions); but made his name with the Sydney Swans, first as […]
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September 9, 2013
Last Friday, Swannie, Marty “Lurch” Beecroft presented a Vietnam Swans jumper to RMIT Melbourne. Marty was an exchange student to RMIT Vietnam earlier in the year and played several matches for us including the ANZAC Friendship Match as well as […]
