2014 Sydney Swans season

Sydney Swans Football Club

2014 season
Coach	John Longmire
Captain(s)	Kieren Jack & Jarrad McVeigh
Home ground	SCG, ANZ Stadium

The 2014 AFL season will be the 118th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Sydney Swans.

Squad for 2014

Statistics are correct as of end of 2013 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of Birth	Age (end 2013)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2013)	Goals (end 2013)
1		Tim Membrey	188	89	26 May 1994	19		Murray (U18)
2		Rhyce Shaw (lg)	181	81	16 October 1981	32	2000	Preston (U18), Collingwood	193	42
3		Jarrad McVeigh (c)	183	82	7 April 1985	28	2004	NSW/ACT (U18)	219	157
4		Daniel Hannebery	181	81	24 February 1991	22	2009	Oakleigh (U18)	101	43
5		Ryan O'Keefe (lg)	187	88	24 January 1981	33	2000	Calder (U18)	282	260
6		Tom Mitchell	181	83	31 May 1993	20	2013	Claremont	14	11
7		Harry Cunningham	180	80	6 December 1993	20	2012	NSW/ACT (U18)	6	4
8		Kurt Tippett	202	104	8 May 1987	26	2008	Southport, Adelaide	116	223
9		Nick Malceski	188	86	15 August 1984	29	2005	Eastern (U18)	151	59
10		Zak Jones	183	75	15 March 1995	18		Dandenong (U18)
11		Jeremy Laidler	189	89	5 August 1989	24	2009	Calder (U18), Geelong, Carlton	26	2
12		Josh Kennedy (lg)	188	96	20 June 1988	25	2008	Sandringham (U18), Hawthorn	111	67
13		Toby Nankervis	199	102	12 August 1994	19		North Launceston
14		Craig Bird	179	85	21 January 1989	25	2008	NSW/ACT (U18)	110	47
15		Kieren Jack (c)	178	78	28 June 1987	26	2007	NSW/ACT (U18)	139	102
16		Gary Rohan	189	89	7 June 1991	22	2010	Geelong (U18)	27	23
17		Tommy Walsh	193	99	26 February 1988	25	2012	Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA, St Kilda	5	3
18		Jordan Lockyer	191	91	15 June 1993	20		West Perth
19		Tom Derickx	201	100	7 December 1987	26	2012	Claremont, Richmond	2	0
20		Sam Reid	196	96	27 December 1991	22	2010	Murray (U18)	56	61
21		Ben McGlynn	171	75	6 August 1985	28	2006	Bendigo (U18), Hawthorn	125	141
22		Dean Towers	189	83	4 May 1990	23		North Ballarat
23		Lance Franklin	196	103	30 January 1987	27	2005	Perth, Hawthorn	182	580
24		Dane Rampe	189	89	2 June 1990	23	2013	UNSW-Eastern	23	1
25		Ted Richards (lg)	192	94	11 January 1983	31	2002	Sandringham (U18), Essendon	206	32
26		Luke Parker	183	86	25 October 1992	21	2011	Dandenong (U18)	57	35
28		Matthew Dick	187	86	3 November 1994	19		Calder (U18)
29		George Hewett	186	74	29 December 1995	18		North Adelaide
30		Lewis Roberts-Thomson	194	94	8 September 1983	30	2003	NSW/ACT (U18)	174	52
31		Harrison Marsh	189	84	13 January 1994	20		East Fremantle
32		Lewis Jetta	181	77	4 May 1989	24	2010	Swan Districts Football Club	78	71
33		Brandon Jack	182	77	25 May 1994	19	2013	Pennant Hills	9	7
34		Alex Johnson	193	91	2 March 1992	21	2011	Oakleigh (U18)	45	1
36		Aliir Aliir	195	91	5 September 1994	19		East Fremantle
37		Adam Goodes (lg)	191	100	8 January 1980	34	1999	North Ballarat (U18)	331	409
38		Mike Pyke	201	104	24 March 1984	29	2009	Canada Maple Leafs	71	41
39		Heath Grundy	192	100	2 June 1986	27	2006	Norwood	139	22
40		Nick Smith (lg)	183	83	12 June 1988	25	2008	Oakleigh (U18)	98	9
Rookie List
No.	State	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
27		Daniel Robinson	183	84	3 July 1994	19		Mosman Football Club
35		Sam Naismith	203	104	16 July 1992	21		North Shore Football Club
41		Lloyd Perris	179	74	2 January 1995	19		NSW/ACT (U18)
42		Xavier Richards	194	87	25 April 1993	20	2013	Sandringham (U18)	1	0
44		Jake Lloyd	180	75	20 September 1993	20		North Ballarat (U18)
45		Patrick Mitchell	201	107	25 May 1989	24		North Dakota
46		Shane Biggs	187	83	5 August 1991	22	2013	Bendigo	3	0
Senior coaching panel
	State	Coach	Coaching position				Sydney Coaching debut	Former clubs as coach
		John Longmire	Senior Coach				2011
		John Blakey	Assitant Coach (Defence)				2006	Brisbane Lions (a)
		Henry Playfair	Assistant Coach (Forward-line)				2010	Sydney Swans (NEAFL) (s)
		Stuart Dew	Assistant Coach (Strategy and Midfield)				2009
		Jared Crouch	Development Coach				2011
		Martin Mattner	Assistant Coach (Midfield)				2013

• 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 2013 season and the conclusion of the 2014 season.

In

Player	Previous Club	League	via
Lance Franklin	Hawthorn Football Club	AFL	Free Agency
Jeremy Laidler	Carlton Football Club	AFL	Free Agency
Tom Derickx	Richmond Football Club	AFL	Free Agency
Zak Jones	Dandenong Stingrays	TAC Cup	AFL National Draft, first round (No. 15 overall)
George Hewett	North Adelaide	SANFL	AFL National Draft, second round (No. 32 overall)
Toby Nankervis	North Launceston	TFL	AFL National Draft, second round (No. 35 overall)
Aliir Aliir	East Fremantle	WAFL	AFL National Draft, third round (No. 44 overall)
Patrick Mitchell	USA		AFL Rookie Draft, third round (No. 45 overall)
Lloyd Perris	NSW/ACT Rams	NEAFL	AFL Rookie Draft, fourth round (No. 55 overall)

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Martin Mattner			Retired
Mitch Morton			Retired
Jude Bolton			Retired
Alex Brown			Delisted
Tony Armstrong	Collingwood	AFL	Delisted
Shane Mumford	GWS Giants	AFL	Free Agent
Jesse White	Collingwood	AFL	Traded
Andrejs Everitt	Carlton	AFL	Traded

List management

Player	Change
Brandon Jack	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list during AFL National Draft, fifth round (No. 80 overall)
Dane Rampe	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list during AFL National Draft, sixth round (No. 90 overall)

Season summary

Pre-season matches

2014 NAB Challenge

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Thursday, 20 February (7:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney				Skoda Stadium (A)
2	Thursday, 27 February (7:10 pm)	West Coast				Blacktown Olympic Park (H)

Home and away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 15 March (4:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney				Skoda Stadium (A)
2	Saturday, 29 March (7:40 pm)	Collingwood				ANZ Stadium (H)
3	Saturday, 5 April (1:40 pm)	Adelaide				Adelaide Oval (A)
4	Sunday, 13 April (1:10 pm)	North Melbourne				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
5	Saturday, 19 April (4:40 pm)	Fremantle				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
6	Saturday, 26 April (7:40 pm)	Melbourne				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
7	Saturday, 3 May (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions				The Gabba (A)
8	Friday, 9 May (7:50 pm)	Hawthorn				ANZ Stadium (H)
9	Friday, 16 May (7:50 pm)	Essendon				Etihad Stadium (A)
10	Bye
11	Thursday, 29 May (7:10 pm)	Geelong				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
12	Sunday, 8 June (3:20 pm)	Gold Coast				Metricon Staidium (A)
13	Saturday, 14 June (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
14	Friday, 20 June (7:50 pm)	Richmond				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
15	Saturday, 28 June (7:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
16	Sunday, 6 July (1:20 pm)	West Coast				Patersons Stadium (A)
17	Saturday, 12 July (7:40 pm)	Carlton				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
18	Saturday, 26 July (7:40 pm)	Hawthorn				Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
19	Friday, 1 August (7:50 pm)	Essendon				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
20	Saturday, 9 August (7:50 pm)	Port Adelaide				Adelaide Oval (A)
21	Saturday, 16 August (1:45 pm)	St Kilda				Sydney Cricket Ground (H)
22	Sunday, 24 August (3:20 pm)	Western Bulldogs				Etihad Stadium (A)
23	29 August – 31 August	Richmond				ANZ Stadium (H)