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October 21, 2012
The Vietnam Swans in Saigon were delighted yesterday to receive some of the fruits of our AFL Grand Final Party in Saigon. Nike Vietnam’s sponsorship included 50 pairs of running shorts for the Swannies. And the response from all the […]
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October 21, 2012
A new Vung Tau website has just sprung up called into Vung Tau and it’s hit the ground running, already promoting next year’s 2013 ANZAC Friendship Match. The website says that: “If you live in or are planning to visit […]
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October 20, 2012
The Little Bloke, Scotty “Pacey” Stacey, who did the 2012 Tough Mudder event in Sydney last month, is set to fly in from Australia for next month’s Indochina Cup in Hanoi as an ump! Scotty was one of the original […]
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October 19, 2012
With great sadness, we advise that, last Sunday, Richard “Mighty” Quinn’s father passed away back in Australia. The funeral was held yesterday and Mighty says that, “although it was emotional, it was really beautiful in other ways”. As is the […]
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October 18, 2012
Swannies’ stickers on motorbikes in Vietnam are as common as muck. But not in Australia – especially on cars. Until now. Enter the brave new world of Kerry Eames who has attended our two previous ANZAC Friendship Weekends. Kerry has […]
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October 18, 2012
Symmo gets around. James “Symmo” Symons has gone from Hanoi Dragon (rugby) – Hanoi Swan – Vietnam Swan – Malaysian Warrior – Vietnam Swan – and now, he looks set to become a Jakarta Bintang. On AFL Grand Final Day […]
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October 17, 2012
Last Saturday in Hanoi, the Swannies took to the training field with the Celts Gaelic Club. New recruit, Alex, took a few photos (see photo far left) including one of Hanoi President, cDan Hopkins (with footy and green vest). Hanoi […]
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October 16, 2012
The original Long Tan Cross usually lives in the Dong Nai Museum but, until July of next year, it is on loan to the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra. The Cross was officially unveiled at the AWM two months […]
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October 15, 2012
Would you like to visit the inner sanctum of the Sydney Swans? In this video from the 2011 season, “Swans’ co-captains Adam Goodes and Jarrad McVeigh take some selected media on an intimate inner sanctum tour of the club. See […]
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October 14, 2012
Click on the below You Tube clip for some moving image coverage of the 1909 VFL Grand Final between South Melbourne and Carlton. According the blurb accompanying the clip, this moving image is “the earliest known surviving film of Australian […]
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October 12, 2012
The boys started watching the footy on the roof top of Pepperonis in Hanoi. Micky Francis, the Hanoi Swans’ first Club President was the manager of Pepperonis and he had to work when the footy was on. So he got […]
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October 11, 2012
Breaking news! A mid week match between the Vietnam Swans and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has been confirmed for Wednesday, 31 October, 2012 from 5pm-6pm at RMIT University in Saigon. HMAS Sydney, a guided missile frigate, will be the […]
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October 11, 2012
Last weekend, the Saigon Gaels Gaelic Football Club challenged the Swannies to a game of International Rules Football. Key drivers for the tournament were the Swannies/Gaels double act of Irish Brian (Farrell) and Irish John (Redmond) who just can’t get […]
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October 10, 2012
In the week prior to this year’s AFL Grand Final, the AFL coaches voted Richmond’s Trent Cotchin the Wingman Champion Player of the Year and Sydney’s John Longmire as the Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year. Another award presented […]
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October 9, 2012
The hits just keep getting bigger with the Swannies and this Christmas back in Melbourne is set to reach even higher heights. Again, the Swannies will be holding the following annual events: Friday, 28 Dec – Vietnam Swans’ 8th Annual […]
