Sydney Swans Football Club

So McRae, on the boundary line, said to Brodie Grundy, "Congratulations on the impending birth of your baby," or words to that effect.

And the Sydney Swans were going, "What is... wh- why is he doing this?" Like, he, he's not that close to Brodie Grundy.

Grundy didn't wanna make anything of it at the time, but thought it was a bit weird.

And then the general public really didn't understand it, 'cause all us in the media didn't wanna, um, disrespect Grundy's privacy by revealing that he was gonna be a dad soon.

It feels like a safe space at those club functions.

Uh, yeah.

Well, it was at the Sydney Swans.

They w- didn't record it at all and didn't go anywhere.

In the AFL, there's nine.

There's the Adelaide Crows, the Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies, Sydney Swans, Geelong Cats, the Hawthorne Hawks.

the North Melbourne Kangaroos, the Richmond Tigers and the Western Bulldogs.

And in the NRL, there's the Brisbane Broncos, the Canterbury Bulldogs, the Canulla Sharks, the Brisbane Dolphins and the Manly Sea Eagles.

And it's told by Indigenous artist Cheryl Davison, who designed the swan's jersey, used by the swans, in the 2018 to 2021 AFL Indigenous Rounds.

And her design features a black swan, not a white one.

And after you've listened to this clip, check out the video clip so you can see the beautiful jersey that she created for the Swans players.

We'll drop a link into the show notes.

You're never really sure how these things are going to go, but very happy that it's gone my way.

The five Sydney Swans players suspended over the Pullman Hotel scandal will still be eligible to win the club's Best and Fairest Award.

Isaac Heaney, who is among the leading contenders to win the Bob Skilton Medal, will not attend the awards night, along with the other four.

Adelaide has confirmed Jordan Butts will leave the club after eight years via free agency.

I said, it's 30 years this year.

And he said, oh, isn't it been great? I was old South Melbourne and we've had two premierships.

You've had the five.

And I thought, yep, that's pretty good to be reminded that it's been a successful merger and old teams like South and Fitzroy still can lay claim to sharing their history with the new entities.

And we'll get to your calls later, 13, 12, 55, Bower and O'Day, the open line, because the little things are everything.

Don't really know where to start, but, look, Sydney were up and they were about early.

Their pressure...

I don't think Fremantle handled it that well early in the game, and that's how Sydney were able to get their lead.

Overall, when you look at the numbers, Fremantle's contest numbers were pretty good, but I just thought early in the game, the critical contests were won by Sydney, particularly forward of the ball, and that became a bit of an issue for them.

The lack of output from Voss, Tracy, Amos.

Up the other end, Pearce was doing a great blanketing job on Curnow, so...

Sorry, I'll get back to why it wasn't working for Fremantle.

Well, I'll tell you what, I'm going to be honest.

I think growing up, the two worst teams in the competition were the South Melbourne Swans and the Fitzroy Lions.

And the South Melbourne Swans got sent to Sydney and the Fitzroy Lions merged with Brisbane.

So I think a lot of us grew up with those two teams being the... because they were terrible and then they got relocated and their fans had their hearts broken.

So we certainly have a very, very soft spot for those two teams.

I've just got a question.

Do you think the Sydney team coming in this weekend is a genuine contender or do you just think they're sort of running off trying to get a bit of pride back into the club? Do you think they have the power to actually get it done? Yeah, Billy.

I think motivation is something that is sort of underestimated.

This idea that, you know, if you had a family member, you know, stuck under a car, would you gain the strength to be able to lift it enough to help them out? You know, that kind of stuff's been talked about a long, long time.

This motivation for the Sydney Swans, the players that are playing, to try and get this job done is huge, Billy.

So who's to say we didn't think it would get them the win against Brisbane? Who's to say I can't get them two more? So, no, they're a genuine contender, Billy, and I can't wait to get to the SCG.

Third game in a row, I'll be at the SCG, and can't wait to get up there and see what it's like.

I wanted to give a complete slap to the airlines

North Melbourne has survived a late scare to keep its AFLW record alive with a 10-point win over Carlton.

Melbourne, Richmond, Fremantle and Sydney also posting wins yesterday.

No luck for Oscar Piastri overnight.

He's finished eighth in the Spanish F1 GP after being hit twice in the opening lap.