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August 26, 2013
Australia Week in Vietnam happens from 21-28 September 2013. It’s the week that Australians and non Australians gravitate to the two biggest events on the calendar for the year: 21 September is Auscham’s hugely successful annual charity ball in Saigon. […]
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August 26, 2013
Australia Week happens in Saigon from 21 – 28 September, 2013. The bookends marking Australia Week are Auscham‘s Intergalactic Charity Ball and, of course, the Swannies’ AFL Grand Final Party (the People’s AFL Grand Final Party). Auscham has just announced […]
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August 25, 2013
On Friday, World Footy News published an article by Shane Hendrickson titled, Hong Kong take out 14th Asian Championships. The article has been reproduced below. The 14th annual Asian Championships have taken place in Thailand, with the Hong Kong Dragons […]
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August 25, 2013
Playing between four preliminary games at the Asian Champs – plus semis and the Grand Final if you’re good enough – is a big ask. But spare a thought for the field umpires. Adam McDonald, for example, umpired 13 games […]
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August 24, 2013
Former Skipper of the Swannies, Luke “Dukesy” Creamer has recently returned to Australia where, among other things, he has returned to his Mighty Monash Blues footy club in Melbourne. Dukesy is at Monash with another Swannie, Lurch (Martin Beecroft) – […]
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August 23, 2013
Last Saturday, when the main group of Swannies was in Thailand for the 14th Annual Asian Championships, a smaller group of five was at the MCG for the Carlton- Richmond game. Natty Payne, the Shinboner, who kindly completed half the […]
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August 22, 2013
The Word magazine is a platinum sponsor of the Vietnam Swans 2013 AFL Grand Final Parties in Hanoi (Intercontinental Hotel) and Saigon Boomarang Bistro, D7). The artwork for a promo poster to be published in next month’s issue of the […]
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August 22, 2013
AFL Asia’s website (currently using the EAAFL website) has just released full details of game results and individual award winners at the 2013 Asian Championships. Click onto the following links: Results of semi finals and Grand Final Ladder after the […]
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August 22, 2013
Yesterday’s edition of the Phnom Penh Post carried the headline, Swans block Eagles way to AFL Asian finals. An abridged version of the article by HS Manjunath is reproduced below. After splendid wins over Japan, Laos and hosts Thailand, the […]
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August 21, 2013
The Commonwealth Bank, a platinum, jumper sponsor of the Vietnam Swans has been giving again to the cause: this time to Swannies’ gun players and Clubmen, Nathan and Sean Milner, at last weekend’s Asian Championships. Sean explains more below. Nathan […]
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August 20, 2013
Tonight, former Saigon Prez, Derrin Limbrick and wife Fleur had a night out on Channel 7’s “Deal or No Deal” back in Australia. Dezza, looking resplendent in his Swannies shirt, apparently regaled the host with stories about footy in Asia […]
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August 20, 2013
How good is the footy in Asia? It’s mega awesome. Mega awesome photo supplied by Hong Kong Captain, Bowski. AFL Asia photo supplied by Robert Brewer.
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August 20, 2013
A week prior to the Inaugural Presidents’ Summit on 27 July 2013, ABC Radio journalist, Alex Robinson interviewed Mark Stennett (now AFL Asia Secretary) and Phil Johns (now AFL Asia President) about the future of footy in Asia for the […]
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August 19, 2013
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7zAA7jvyKM&w=420&h=315] Micky Johnston has filed this video match report for the Swannies’ first campaign of the 2013 Asian Champs at the Royal Polo Grounds outside of Pattaya, Thailand. The match was played against the Philippine Eagles, reigning Manila Cup Champions. […]
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August 19, 2013
Yesterday, just as the plane touched down at Saigon’s Tan Son Nhat International airport at 3.30pm carrying the main contingent of Swannies from the Asian Champs, the service commenced at the Long Tan Cross to mark the anniversary of 18 […]
