2017 Sydney Swans season

The 2017 AFL season will be the 121st season in the Australian Football League contested by the Sydney Swans.

Squad for 2017

Statistics are correct as of end of 2016 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his under 18 football.

Senior list[1]
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of birth	Age (end 2017)	AFL debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2016)	Goals (end 2016)
1		James Rose	185	79	16 April 1996	21	2015	Sturt	7	5
2		Alex Johnson	194	92	2 March 1992	25	2011	Oakleigh (U18)	45	1
3		Jarrad McVeigh	184	74	7 April 1985	32	2004	NSW/ACT (U18)	287	192
4		Daniel Hannebery	181	79	24 February 1991	26	2009	Oakleigh (U18)	170	82
5		Isaac Heeney	184	80	5 May 1996	21		Cardiff, Sydney Swans Academy	38	44
7		Harry Cunningham	181	76	6 December 1993	24	2012	NSW/ACT (U18)	70	36
8		Kurt Tippett	202	108	8 May 1987	30	2008	Southport, Adelaide	169	318
10		Zak Jones	181	79	15 March 1995	22	2014	Dandenong (U18)	31	4
11		Jeremy Laidler	190	89	5 August 1989	28	2009	Calder (U18), Geelong, Carlton	84	7
12		Josh Kennedy	188	93	20 June 1988	29	2008	Sandringham (U18), Hawthorn	183	115
14		Callum Mills	186	80	2 April 1997	20	2016	North Shore, Sydney Swans Academy	22	1
15		Kieren Jack	178	75	28 June 1987	30	2007	NSW/ACT (U18)	210	144
16		Gary Rohan	188	90	7 June 1991	26	2010	Geelong (U18)	79	67
18		Callum Sinclair	200	99	23 September 1989	28	2013	Subiaco, West Coast	45	28
20		Sam Reid	196	98	27 December 1991	26	2010	Murray (U18)	98	94
22		Dean Towers	189	86	4 May 1990	27	2014	North Ballarat	30	18
23		Lance Franklin	197	107	30 January 1987	30	2005	Perth, Hawthorn	247	787
24		Dane Rampe	188	87	2 June 1990	27	2013	UNSW-Eastern	98	6
26		Luke Parker	183	85	25 October 1992	25	2011	Dandenong (U18)	127	103
27		Daniel Robinson	185	82	3 July 1994	23	2015	Mosman Football Club	11	3
28		Nic Newman	188	81	15 January 1993	22		Frankston
29		George Hewett	185	83	29 December 1995	22	2016	North Adelaide	24	18
30		Tyrone Leonardis	182	78	22 February 1997	20		Northern (U18)
31		Harrison Marsh	189	82	13 January 1994	21	2016	East Fremantle	7	0
32		Michael Talia	194	94	11 February 1993	24	2012	Calder (U18), Western Bulldogs	31	3
33		Brandon Jack	182	77	25 May 1994	23	2013	Pennant Hills	27	16
34		Jordan Dawson	190	84	9 April 1997	20		Sturt
35		Sam Naismith	206	108	16 July 1992	25	2014	North Shore	13	3
36		Aliir Aliir	193	94	5 September 1994	23	2016	East Fremantle	13	0
39		Heath Grundy	192	106	2 June 1986	31	2006	Norwood	213	23
40		Nick Smith	183	79	12 June 1988	29	2008	Oakleigh (U18)	167	10
41		Tom Papley	176	71	13 July 1996	21	2016	Gippsland (U18)	20	29
44		Jake Lloyd	180	76	20 September 1993	24	2014	North Ballarat (U18)	69	17
45		Jordan Foote	183	76	2 January 1996	19	2016	UNSW-Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Swans Academy	1	0
		Oliver Florent	183	74	22 July 1998	19		Sandringham (U18)
		Will Hayward	186	76	26 October 1998	19		North Adelaide
		Jack Maibaum	193	90	27 March 1998	19		Eastern (U18)
		Darcy Cameron	204	101	18 July 1995	22		Claremont
Rookie list[2]
No.	State	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
38		Colin O'Riordan	188	87	12 October 1995	22		Tipperary GAA
43		Lewis Melican	194	80	4 November 1996	21		Geelong U18
46		Sam Murray	188	72	2 September 1997	20		Wodonga
		Ben Ronke	181	75	18 December 1997	20		Calder (U18)
		Robbie Fox	187	87	16 April 1993	24		Coburg VFL
		Shaun Edwards	189	83	13 December 1993	24	2012	St Mary's (NTFL), Essendon	24	10
		Toby Pink	193	84	11 August 1998	19		Glenelg
		Sam Fisher	180	76	23 February 1998	19		Canberra
Senior coaching panel[3]
	State	Coach	Coaching position				Sydney coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
		John Longmire	Senior coach				2002
		Stuart Dew	Senior assistant coach (midfield)				2009
		Josh Francou	Assistant coach (stoppages)				2015
		Brett Kirk	Assistant coach (forwards)				2016	Fremantle (a)
		Henry Playfair	Assistant coach (defence)				2010	Sydney Swans (NEAFL) (s)
		John Blakey	Coaching director/head of development				2006	Brisbane Lions (a)
		Nick Davis	Development coach				2016
		Rhyce Shaw	Reserves coach				2016
		Jared Crouch	Academy coaching director				2011

• For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group.
• For coaches: (s) denotes senior coach, (cs) denotes caretaker senior coach, (a) denotes assistant coach, (d) denotes development coach.

Playing list changes

The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2015 season and the beginning of the 2016 season.

In

Player	Previous club	League	via
Oliver Florent	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup	Pick 11, 2016 National Draft
Will Hayward	North Adelaide	SANFL	Pick 21, 2016 National Draft
Jack Maibaum	Eastern Ranges	TAC Cup	Pick 45, 2016 National Draft
Darcy Cameron	Claremont	WAFL	Pick 48, 2016 National Draft
Ben Ronke	Calder Cannons	TAC Cup	Pick 17, 2017 Rookie Draft
Robbie Fox	Coburg Lions	VFL	Pick 34, 2017 Rookie Draft
Shaun Edwards	Essendon	AFL	Pick 49, 2017 Rookie Draft
Toby Pink	Glenelg	SANFL	Pick 54, 2017 Rookie Draft
Sam Fisher	Canberra	NEAFL	Category-B Rookie

Out

Player	New club	League	via
Tom Mitchell	Hawthorn	AFL	Trade[4]
Toby Nankervis	Richmond	AFL	Trade[5]
Ted Richards			Retired[6]
Ben McGlynn			Retired[7]
Tom Derickx			Retired[8]
Abe Davis			Delisted[9]
Kyle Galloway			Delisted[10]
Jack Hiscox			Delisted[11]
Xavier Richards			Delisted[12]

List management

Player	Change
Tom Papley	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list
Harrison Marsh	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list
Jordan Foote	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list
Nic Newman	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list

Season summary

Home and away season

References