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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sydney Swans Football Club

Known as
Sydney

Nickname
Swans

Former name
South Melbourne

Former name date
1982-01-01

Formed
1874 (as South Melbourne); 1982 (as Swans); 1983 (as Sydney Swans)

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
Sydney Reserves; Albert Park (Original); Sydney Academy; Sydney Academy WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2022

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1879–1896

Home Ground
S.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2005, 2012 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1909, 1918, 1933 (3 total)

VFA Premierships
1881, 1885, 1888-9-90 (5 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1909; VFL Night Series - 1956-7, 1960, 1982 (4 total); McClelland Trophy - 1996, 2014, 2016 (3 total)

Most Games
372 - Adam Goodes (1999-2015)

Most Goals
681 - Bob Pratt (1930-39; 1946)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Pratt (109) 1933, (150) 1934 & (103) 1935; L.White (80) 1942; A.Lockett (121) 1996 & (109) 1998; B.Hall (80) 2005; L.Franklin (79) 2014 & (73) 2017 (5 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Herbie Matthews 1940; Ron Clegg 1949; Fred Goldsmith 1955; Bob Skilton 1959, 1963 & 1968; Peter Bedford 1970; Graham Teasdale 1977; Barry Round 1981; Greg Williams 1986; Gerard Healy 1988; Paul Kelly 1995; Adam Goodes 2003 & 2006 (11 medallists/14 medals)

Headquarters
Light Tower #4 Driver Ave, Moore Park, NSW 2021

Postal Address
PO Box 173 Paddington, NSW, 2021

Phone: 1300 663 819 

Website
sydneyswans.com.au

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2022 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 2022 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sydney 3.09.413.917.10 112 WON Greater Western Sydney 5.310.712.1013.14 92 20 STA Mar 19 (Sat, 5:10) Scores
2 H Sydney 4.311.315.417.5 107 WON Geelong 2.46.78.1310.17 77 30 SCG Mar 25 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
3 A Sydney 1.31.35.39.6 60 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.34.106.159.17 71 -11 DOC Mar 31 (Thu, 7:20) Scores
4 H Sydney 3.26.49.613.8 86 WON North Melbourne 4.06.111.112.3 75 11 SCG Apr 9 (Sat, 2:40) Scores
5 A Sydney 5.410.1011.1218.13 121 WON West Coast 0.02.04.39.4 58 63 PER Apr 15 (Fri, 5:40) Scores
6 A Sydney 3.24.87.1116.13 109 WON Hawthorn 5.47.59.810.8 68 41 YOR Apr 25 (Mon, 12:30) Scores
7 H Sydney 1.32.48.613.11 89 LOST Brisbane 1.37.712.1117.11 113 -24 SCG May 1 (Sun, 4:40) Scores
8 H Sydney 1.44.78.118.13 61 LOST Gold Coast 3.67.68.1110.15 75 -14 SCG May 7 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
9 H Sydney 5.59.1212.1614.21 105 WON Essendon 2.34.45.76.11 47 58 SCG May 14 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
10 A Sydney 4.07.012.413.9 87 LOST Carlton 3.512.814.915.12 102 -15 DOC May 20 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
11 H Sydney 3.46.710.1016.10 106 WON Richmond 5.011.212.415.10 100 6 SCG May 27 (Fri, 7:50) Scores
12 A Sydney 1.56.96.1110.13 73 WON Melbourne 5.17.18.69.7 61 12 MCG Jun 4 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
13 Sydney       Bye        
14 A Sydney 3.15.86.108.11 59 LOST Port Adelaide 4.36.612.812.10 82 -23 ADO Jun 18 (Sat, 1:15) Scores
15 H Sydney 3.14.69.1012.11 83 WON St. Kilda 1.22.22.64.8 32 51 SCG Jun 25 (Sat, 7:25) Scores
16 A Sydney 5.27.69.1412.14 86 LOST Essendon 2.27.29.315.5 95 -9 MCG Jul 2 (Sat, 1:45) Scores
17 H Sydney        vs Western Bulldogs          SCG Jul 8 (Fri, 7:50)  
18 A Sydney        vs Fremantle          PER Jul 16 (Sat, 5:30)  
19 H Sydney        vs Adelaide          SCG Jul 23 (Sat, 1:45)  
20 H Sydney        vs Greater Western Sydney          SCG Jul 30 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 A Sydney        vs North Melbourne          DOC Aug 7 (Sun, 1:10)  
22 H Sydney        vs Collingwood          SCG Aug 14 (Sun, 3:20)  
23 A Sydney        vs St. Kilda          DOC Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10)  
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2022 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
36 Amartey, Joel 2 10 5.0 3 1.5 13 6.5 1 0.5 8 4.0 5 2.5 1 3 0 0.0 1 1
32 Bell, James 6 33 5.5 12 2.0 45 7.5 15 2.5 0 0.0 9 1.5 3 0 4 0.7 3 27
22 Blakey, Nick 14 226 16.1 64 4.6 290 20.7 64 4.6 0 0.0 29 2.1 17 12 1 0.1 2 8
16 Campbell, Braeden 13 96 7.4 34 2.6 130 10.0 34 2.6 0 0.0 28 2.2 9 12 2 0.2 2 14
4 Clarke, Ryan 4 5 1.3 5 1.3 10 2.5 2 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.3 0 2 2 0.5 0 12
7 Cunningham, Harry 8 54 6.8 49 6.1 103 12.9 30 3.8 0 0.0 20 2.5 6 3 0 0.0 0 0
13 Florent, Oliver 15 147 9.8 90 6.0 237 15.8 69 4.6 0 0.0 30 2.0 6 5 5 0.3 3 33
42 Fox, Robbie 4 30 7.5 14 3.5 44 11.0 14 3.5 0 0.0 6 1.5 4 0 0 0.0 0 0
23 Franklin, Lance 'Buddy' 13 130 10.0 32 2.5 162 12.5 76 5.8 0 0.0 22 1.7 22 23 32 2.5 15 207
21 Gulden, Errol 15 199 13.3 91 6.1 290 19.3 64 4.3 0 0.0 41 2.7 21 14 10 0.7 3 63
9 Hayward, Will 15 117 7.8 53 3.5 170 11.3 64 4.3 0 0.0 47 3.1 6 17 20 1.3 13 133
5 Heeney, Isaac 15 155 10.3 92 6.1 247 16.5 77 5.1 0 0.0 62 4.1 24 19 30 2.0 13 193
31 Hickey, Tom 7 45 6.4 60 8.6 105 15.0 25 3.6 132 18.9 9 1.3 5 19 2 0.3 1 13
12 Kennedy, Josh 10 66 6.6 67 6.7 133 13.3 30 3.0 0 0.0 19 1.9 2 8 2 0.2 0 12
19 Ladhams, Peter 10 79 7.9 81 8.1 160 16.0 28 2.8 216 21.6 16 1.6 25 29 2 0.2 4 16
44 Lloyd, Jake 14 231 16.5 112 8.0 343 24.5 70 5.0 0 0.0 28 2.0 13 8 0 0.0 0 0
39 McCartin, Paddy 14 144 10.3 35 2.5 179 12.8 77 5.5 0 0.0 11 0.8 20 9 0 0.0 0 0
30 McCartin, Tom 15 90 6.0 58 3.9 148 9.9 66 4.4 0 0.0 25 1.7 10 16 0 0.0 0 0
6 McDonald, Logan 12 68 5.7 37 3.1 105 8.8 51 4.3 0 0.0 17 1.4 7 3 10 0.8 13 73
27 McInerney, Justin 12 151 12.6 68 5.7 219 18.3 60 5.0 0 0.0 13 1.1 9 6 5 0.4 3 33
2 McLean, Hayden 8 45 5.6 32 4.0 77 9.6 27 3.4 35 4.4 11 1.4 12 7 10 1.3 3 63
14 Mills, Callum 15 226 15.1 148 9.9 374 24.9 98 6.5 0 0.0 87 5.8 29 15 5 0.3 0 30
38 O'Riordan, Colin 5 21 4.2 15 3.0 36 7.2 9 1.8 0 0.0 1 0.2 4 2 0 0.0 0 0
11 Papley, Tom 9 81 9.0 38 4.2 119 13.2 39 4.3 0 0.0 15 1.7 8 5 12 1.3 12 84
26 Parker, Luke 15 192 12.8 158 10.5 350 23.3 62 4.1 0 0.0 72 4.8 21 14 12 0.8 7 79
24 Rampe, Dane 15 113 7.5 63 4.2 176 11.7 62 4.1 0 0.0 24 1.6 7 21 0 0.0 0 0
20 Reid, Sam 8 52 6.5 35 4.4 87 10.9 34 4.3 49 6.1 36 4.5 11 8 9 1.1 10 64
34 Roberts, Matt 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
25 Ronke, Ben 7 43 6.1 29 4.1 72 10.3 16 2.3 0 0.0 11 1.6 4 2 6 0.9 5 41
8 Rowbottom, James 14 150 10.7 92 6.6 242 17.3 38 2.7 0 0.0 81 5.8 16 20 2 0.1 2 14
29 Sheldrick, Angus 2 4 2.0 4 2.0 8 4.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
3 Stephens, Dylan 5 58 11.6 24 4.8 82 16.4 27 5.4 0 0.0 9 1.8 1 9 0 0.0 0 0
28 Taylor, Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
1 Warner, Chad 14 174 12.4 139 9.9 313 22.4 52 3.7 0 0.0 58 4.1 15 24 9 0.6 14 68
15 Wicks, Sam 8 40 5.0 41 5.1 81 10.1 20 2.5 0 0.0 21 2.6 3 18 4 0.5 4 28
Totals 345 3276 9.5 1876 5.4 5152 14.9 1402 4.1 440 1.3 866 2.5 342 354 196 0.6 133 1309
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.