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July 10, 2012
Shannon “Shag” Leahy was there on the weekend as the White Maggot for the 4th Reds Vs Whites Blockbuster that was held in Thu Duc – just a bowl of pho and a map away from Saigon. Below, Shag offers […]
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July 8, 2012
The Subiaco Post, from Western Australia, published an article on 30 June titled, “Let’s have a blockbuster for Viet Vets”. The article supports a recent proposal of the Vietnam Swans (click here for the Swannies original proposal) to host such […]
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July 7, 2012
Ross McRae of Ross McRae Design has just unveiled his latest creation: the match day poster for the upcoming game between the Vietnam Swans and the Cambodian Eagles which will be held on 21 July 2012 at RMIT University, D7, […]
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July 6, 2012
Hanoi coach, Ado Enright, gives an update on the Swannies in the nation’s capital. The Swannies in Hanoi continue to be putting in the hard yards in the lead up to joining our southern brothers for the upcoming game against […]
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July 6, 2012
Dave O’Shea previews tomorrow’s 4th Saigon blockbuster between the Reds and the Whites at a special new venue, Sports University in Saigon. Dave believes this preview is “possibly my best one yet”. Where and When: Sports’ University, Thu Duc District, […]
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July 5, 2012
The Thailand Tigers have just released the 2012 Australian Rules Football Asian Championships Prospectus which will be held in Thailand on Saturday 11 August, 2012. Key points from the prospectus are: Eleven teams will compete in the Champs There will […]
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July 4, 2012
Vietnam Television’s VTV 4 is its international channel that offers a “best-of” package of programming to Vietnamese worldwide from its three domestic channels. The station was launched in 2000. Tonight, Ms Tran Thuy Duong of the Talk Vietnam program interviewed […]
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July 3, 2012
Neil King, General Manager of the AFL Masters has written to the Vietnam Swans proposing a second tour of Vietnam. The AFL Masters toured to Saigon on 1 June, last year. They were captained by ex Brisbane Bears star, Richard […]
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July 1, 2012
Jo Stewart, Director of Swim Vietnam, recently released the charity’s June Newsletter. The Vietnam Swans are a supporter of Swim Vietnam. The June newsletter lists Swim Vietnam’s main achievements as: 526 children successfully taught to date in 2012 Over 3,000 […]
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June 30, 2012
Swannies President, Phil Johns expresses a personal opinion and asks, “Should this weekend’s AFL Multicultural Round be renamed the International Round?” This weekend, the AFL will celebrate Multicultural Round. Multicultural Round is a celebration of ” ‘Many Cultures. One Game’ […]
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June 29, 2012
On the eve of the AFL’s Multicultural Round, the Southern Dragons, have confirmed that they would like to tour Vietnam again for their end of season trip in October. The Dragons, a Melbourne based footy club comprising numerous players of […]
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June 28, 2012
Ron and Ailsa Vernon are great supporters of both the Vietnam Swans and the Protection for the Centre of Children in Vung Tau and the Long Hais. Money raised from the 2012 ANZAC Friendship Match was also donated to the […]
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June 27, 2012
Last Friday, Swannies President, Phil Johns caught up briefly with WAFL and VFL star, Austin Robertson. Yesterday, Austin visited the Long Tan Cross with Swannie, Glenn Nolan from Tommy’s Bar (a Club sponsor) in Vung Tau. Robertson, is the WAFL’s […]
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June 26, 2012
The AFL’s website reports that yesterday it launched Multicultural Round at AFL House with two of the game’s greatest markers, Nic Natanui and Alex Jesaulenko with a “speccy school”. It sounds like there was great respect for each other’s capabilities: […]
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June 25, 2012
Arguably, one of the greatest students of the game ever, Shannon “Shag” Leahy, provides some penetrating insight into last weekend’s 3rd Reds Vs Whites Classic in Saigon. In what was possibly the hottest internal game at RMIT, the Swannies ventured […]