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The Sydney Swans women's first home game at the North Sydney Oval on 27 August 2022 set a new record crowd for women's Australian rules football in New South Wales with 8,264 in attendance. [236] The Sydney Swans women's team was founded for the 2016 exhibition series; however, they did not bid for AFLW entry until 2022.
The following is a list of coaches who have coached the Sydney Swans at a game of Australian rules football in the Australian Football League (AFL), formally the VFL. They were known as South Melbourne prior to their relocation to Sydney in 1982.
This is a list of Sydney Swans players who have made one or more appearance in the Australian Football League, known as the Victorian Football League until 1990. The Sydney Swans were previously known as South Melbourne until their relocation in 1982.
List of Sydney Swans captains (men) Years Captain(s) Notes Ref. 1897–1898 Bill Fraser: Inaugural captain 1899 Dave Adamson: 1900 George Davidson Bill Windley: 1901 Albert Trim: 1902 Bill Windley: 1903 Tom Fogarty: 1904–1905 Billy McGee: 1906 Herb Howson: 1907–1908 Bill Dolphin: 1909 Charlie Ricketts: 1909 premiership captain 1910–1911 ...
It was the Swans' first appearance in a premiership decider since losing the 1945 VFL Grand Final, while it was North Melbourne's first since losing the 1978 VFL Grand Final. At the conclusion of the home-and-away season , Sydney had finished first on the AFL ladder with 16 wins and 5 losses and one draw, winning the McClelland Trophy (aka the ...
The Sydney Derby, formerly and unofficially called the Battle of the Bridge or the Battle of Sydney, [1] [2] [3] is an Australian rules football local derby match between the two Sydney-based Australian Football League (AFL) clubs, the Sydney Swans and the Greater Western Sydney Giants.
The Bob Skilton Medal is an annual Australian rules football award presented to the player(s) adjudged the best and fairest at the Sydney Swans (formerly the South Melbourne Football Club) throughout the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) season.
He became the first Sydney Swans/South Melbourne player to break the 300 games milestone in Round 19, 2009. [citation needed] O'Loughlin played the majority of his early football in a half-forward flanker role, where his combination of speed, strength and agility made him a difficult player for opposing teams to match up against.