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Swans Academy trial for Northern NSW players

Young players from the AFL North West region are invited to attend trials for selection in the 2024 QBE Sydney Swans Academy program. This year trials for Northern NSW players will be conducted at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium in

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Kids flock to Swans throughout the North West

More than 1,500 school aged children engaged with the gospel of AFL across the five days that Sydney Swans players were in the North West region, and the message that the players gave was extremely well received. AFL players Sam

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Girls clinics set to have AFLW involvement

Sydney Swans AFLW player Alice Mitchell will be the special guest at three girls come and try clinics to be run across the weekend. Mitchell is returning to the region to help grow girls’ participation numbers in the code ahead

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Sydney Swans raring to visit the North West

The AFL Community Camp program returns this year to what it was pre-COVID, with two Sydney Swans players scheduled to visit several North West towns, ahead of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. For the past two years, AFL clubs

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Drafting in a new crop of North West recruits

Momentum is building in the junior age group space with numerous school and community based programs being delivered across the North West region. Led by Khobi Devine, the first full time Development Co-ordinator in the region, programs are already underway

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Former Kangaroo aiming to become a Swan

Jack Dadd is starting to make his mark on the footy field in the big smoke, with the Sydney Swans taking notice and including him in their VFL setup. The former Tamworth Kangaroo spent much of last season playing in

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Big picture is emerging for Heat players

The Northern Heat program took a huge leap forward at Saturday’s training session in Armidale with the players putting together the basics from earlier hit outs as the Heat style of play started to emerge. When players had the ball

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Local prospects are on Swans radar

Three of the North West’s brightest young footy prospects have been included in the Sydney Swans summer Benchmarking program, giving them the chance to press for inclusion in Swans underage teams. Dusty Hagon (17, Tamworth), Ruby Spark (17, Tamworth), and

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Alice is finally a Sydney Swan!

With pick 13 in the 2022 AFLW Draft, the Sydney Swans have selected Alice Mitchell, making her both a first round pick and the second highest selection for a NSW player. A former Sydney local, tall defender Mitchell put her

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Alice Mitchell is a Sydney Swan!

The Sydney Swans AFLW team has taken another huge step forward with the first seven players committing to the team, including Gunnedah’s own Alice Mitchell. Alice put her hand up for selection after impressing throughout the Summer Series while playing

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