FORZA SYDNEY SWANS!

[Maester Supremo]

WE'RE INTO THE FINALS YAAAAAAAAY!!!! :

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[homeschoolmom]

Your team's name is the Swans.

[dUSt]

Swans are pretty.

[Luthien]

like the ballet Swan Lake.

ballerinas.

[homeschoolmom]

Besides, you don't even live in Sydney... that's not your team.

[sweetpea316]

I agree. Swans are pretty awesome.

[Tony]

Im an Aussie Rules fan, and I live in the USA

I can't wait to see the Grand Final played out live next week on "Fox Soccer Channel"

too bad my Bombers stunk it up this year

[cappie]

naturally any thing to do with Sydney is great, Swans in the AFL, St George in the Rugby League.

We can't help it we are the best :

[homeschoolmom]

why, why, why are they called the Swans??

[cappie]

The 'Swans were originally the South Melbourne Football Club they became "The Swans" due to an influx of players from Western Australia whose state symbol is the Black Swan.

In 1981 the Swans received the permission of the VFL to play 11 home matches in Sydney the following season. The first match was played at the SCG on Sunday 28th March 1982, when a crowd of 15 764 saw the Swans defeat Melbourne by 29 points. The Swans’ initially successful foray into Sydney continued in July, as they beat North Melbourne to win the Night Series Premiership, and prize money of $105 000.

They then became known as The Sydney Swans. :

[Tony]

what was am amazing Semui Game against Geelong, I got to see Quite a bit of it on "Toyota Aussie Rules" here in the States

[cappie]

Now for the Grand Final

Edited September 17, 2005 by cappie

[homeschoolmom]

[quote name='cappie' date='Sep 16 2005, 07:40 PM']The 'Swans were originally the South Melbourne Football Club they became "The Swans" due to an influx of players from Western Australia whose state symbol is the Black Swan.

In 1981 the Swans received the permission of the VFL to play 11 home matches in Sydney the following season. The first match was played at the SCG on Sunday 28th March 1982, when a crowd of 15 764 saw the Swans defeat Melbourne by 29 points. The Swans’ initially successful foray into Sydney continued in July, as they beat North Melbourne to win the Night Series Premiership, and prize money of $105 000.

They then became known as The Sydney Swans. :
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Thanks, Cappie.

[DemonSlayer]

Go the Eagles!

[cappie]

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[theculturewarrior]

Swan.

[Pope St Clement 1]

I'm an Eagles supporter but you know what - because the Swans haven't won the flag in 72 years I'm kinda hoping they win. Is that weird or what?

[DemonSlayer]

I'm not sure, it depends.
There's a lot of teams that haven't won a flag in a long time, and the saints and the bulldogs have only won it once.

[homeschoolmom]

I have this odd mental image of an eagle and a swan fighting. Could an eagle swoop down and carry off a swan? They're pretty big.... Hmmm....

And since I know of neither team, I will flip a coin.


Hmmm.... looks like I am officially a Swans fan.

[cappie]

Cardinal George Pell told the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday that he was satisfied that the downgrading of the striking charge of Sydney Swans AFL captain Barry Hall represented a just outcome.

"I've seen Barry Hall play many times and he's a big, tough fella," he said. "If he'd given that chap a decent whack he wouldn't have been rolling around and carrying on, he would have gone straight down.

"It was a playful little nudge and I've got no doubt whatsoever that complete justice was done."