Last night, a number of Swans were given a private tour of the HMAS ANZAC. The 3 hour tour of the ANZAC was led by their Coach for today, Brent Irving.

We found out that the average playing age of their team is 22 years. Ouch! That’s young. But then they reassured us that “We’re not very fit. Where can we go running on this ship??”.

We’re hearin’ their logic. But given they are able to squeeze their work, social life and sleeping area into the same space – oh yeah, they also need to find somewhere to put their guns n stuff – it wouldn’t surprise us if they had found a spare spot to put a 400m running track. Perhaps under the Seahawk helicopter.

One piece of news that does warm our cochles is that yesterday, the boys had a kick of the footy on the wharf. It wasn’t long before it was “footy overboard”. With all their fancy equipment and highly trained personnel, they were not able to rescue their footy from the Saigon River!

Hopefully they won’t be able to rescue today’s footy match at RMIT. 

It was a fantastic tour for the Vietnam Swans. The hospitality extended by Brent and the crew was much appreciated.

We also saw the new souvenir shirts that will be sold today. Very impressive.

At the end of the day today, it will all be very good. Footy, Al Frescos catering, Fosters Lager, Jim Beam and wines by Van Phat will all be available for purchase. After that, we will roll on to the No. 5 Bar, home of the Official Vietnam Swans 2008 AFL Grand Final Party.