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March 25, 2013
Last week, Superstar Swannie, Shannon “Shag” Leahy stumbled into a Sydney pub – and came across a Swannies jumper hanging on the wall. Immediately, a message was shot back to Vietnam: “I’m in a pub called the Courthouse in Newton, […]
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March 24, 2013
With just over a month to go before the 4th Annual ANZAC Friendship Match, Swannie Dave “Angry” Hadley, who now lives back in Australia, bumped into some Veterans who actually played footy over here! Dave explains below. I was in […]
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March 23, 2013
[UPDATE: 5 April 2013. This event has been cancelled due to low ticket sales.] Greg Chappell, Jeff Thomson and Doug Walters are three of Australia’s greatest ever cricketers. And, on 20 April, one week before the ANZAC Friendship Match, they […]
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March 22, 2013
Swannies’ Umpire in Saigon, Rocket (Ahem, that’s now Dr Rocket) wrote the foreword to the 2012 Footy Almanac. Last week, on 15 March, the Footy Almanac published an article by Trevor Banerjee and Fevin Mascarenhas titled, It’s time to spice […]
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March 22, 2013
Irishman, John “JR” Redmond reviews the Aussie Rules / Gaelic double last St Paddys weekend in Saigon… As the spectators congregated around the RMIT playing ground, the Irish Australian Gaels and the Australian Irish Swans took to the field in […]
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March 21, 2013
Mark Stennett, a Swannie and owner of Drift Photography Tours has just announced details of a unique and creative sponsorship initiative. To help get a Swannie to KL for the upcoming EAAFL match on 30 March, Drift Photography Tours is […]
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March 21, 2013
Last night was the second week that the Swannies headed out to RMIT to give the students a session with the Sherrin. We unleashed our secret weapon, our very own Vietnamese superstar Swannie, Tung (Daniel). Last week, Mr Quang arrived […]
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March 19, 2013
Last night the Sydney Swans had their guernsey presentation. John Longmire’s guernsey presentation speech has been reproduced below. Longmire reveals, among other things that at the start of the year, the Club set a goal of 175 ‘one per centers’ […]
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March 18, 2013
The Vietnam Swans Super Supporter Store is now officially open for business. If you’re looking for a retro Swannies T shirt, key chain, 10 Yr coffee mug or fridge magnet, then, this is the website you need to visit. Simply […]
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March 17, 2013
Yesterday, the Saigon Gaels and Vietnam Swans played in mixed teams for the annual St Paddy’s Gaelic /Aussie Rules blockbuster at RMIT University in Saigon. Teams were strong in skill and numbers with 26 on each team. A big crowd […]
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March 17, 2013
Yesterday, the Swannies headed off to the Australian International School’s (AIS) Open Day in District 2 to showcase Saigon Auskick. Saigon Auskick will officially launch in Saigon in the first week of April. It will be held on Saturday mornings […]
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March 15, 2013
Former Swannies Coach, Josh Little, returned to Melbourne from Saigon a couple of years ago. Back home, he has started playing for the Richmond Snakes. Since then, the Italian Man Mountain, Edo Bozzola, has arrived in Hanoi and learned to […]
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March 14, 2013
Gaelic footy and normal footy return to Saigon for the St Paddy’s weekend in a combined classic put on by the Saigon Gaels and Vietnam Swans. Below, the Saigon Gaels provide more details. Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s that wonderful time […]
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March 13, 2013
Matt Townsend reports on last weekend’s 2013 Annual General Meeting for Hanoi. The Hanoi chapter of the mighty Vietnam Swans locked in their executive team for the year behind re-elected Northern El Presidente, C. Dan Hopkins. The man formerly know […]
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March 12, 2013
Swannies superstar and chief football writer for Swannies.com has just prepared a review of last weekend’s match in Saigon between the Reds and the Whites to commence Season 2013. The Sai Gon Reds have come from behind to beat a […]
