Luke McManus

I Visited Auschwitz 75 Years After Its Liberation. What I Saw Left Me Numb.

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” I couldn’t, for the life of me, remember where I’d heard those words before. As we rolled through traffic away from the Polish city of Krakow, I searched hard, but the memory had…

Are We Finally Seeing The Redemption Of Nick Kyrgios?

“Here we go again.” I can still hear the collective murmur swirl around Court 12 at Wimbledon nearly two years on. If everyone’s feelings weren’t so loud and clear, I would have narrated them myself. Nick Kyrgios had just dropped the third set of his…

If Tennis Players Can't Breathe, Don't Make Them Play

No matter your viewpoint or political motivations, there is no denying the fact Australia is in the grip of an unprecedented disaster. As the nation's bushfires rage on for a fifth month, scorching every state and territory, it’s like we have been…

The AFL Rule Change That Will Kill Kids' Love For The Game

I remember feeling the atmosphere reverberate from my head to my footy boots. I remember how my itchy, oversized woolen jumper didn’t bother me. I remember snapping a goal, turning to Dad and celebrating like mad. I remember the old man’s smile but…

The AFL's New Rules Are A Joke And Only The Fans Can Fix Them

The AFL has ignored the kicks and screams of fans over the outrageous $4.50 price tag spoiling the humble meat pie at the footy. In much the same way it seems the collective groans from the game’s most important stakeholders are again being muted as…

Sorry, Nathan Buckley, But Collingwood Fans Probably Would Have Booed Louder

It should be okay to boo. That’s footy. That’s live sport. You just got to know when the time is right. Today the footy world is in an uproar. Why? In the wake of an emotional, controversy-filled, down-to-the-wire Anzac Day clash between Essendon and…

My Sobering 200km Journey To See Where The ANZACs Fought And Fell

A five-day cycle along the Australian Remembrance Trail was an emotional and incredible journey for this history hobbyist. The rain began to fall in western Flanders. Two groundsmen, tending to restore the tiles at the base of the New Zealand…

Removing Tayla Harris' Photo Penalised Fans And Gave The Trolls A Free Kick

The trolls and cowards may have huffed and puffed and beat their puny little chests, but the pros and we grownups ultimately won the day. And gosh it was great to watch. Michael Wilson’s photo of Carlton footballer Tayla Harris in full flight will be…

What we learned from JLT2

It’s the calm before the storm. The Sydney Swans, and the rest of the competition for that matter, will have a hard-earned break this week before the 2018 premiership season kicks off. After four weeks of pre-season hit outs including practice…

Buddy bond flourishing, says Stevie J

I’ve found tapping into someone like Lance’s footy brain has been really good as well, he obviously knows lot about the game (and) watches more footy than what people realise. Steve Johnson They may not have seen eye-to-eye as opponents on field, but…

What we learned from JLT1

Just how much can we take away from the JLT Community Series? Teams have different approaches when it comes to the pre-season competition, whether it's solely getting valuable minutes into their senior and best players or fielding kids to give them a…

Squad named for JLT1

The Sydney Swans will take an experienced outfit to Queensland for their JLT Community Series opener against Brisbane. Spearheaded by reigning Coleman medallist and All Australian Lance Franklin at full-forward, the Swans are pulling no punches as…

Hall of Fame: Glee for LRT

Lewis Roberts-Thomson Lewis Roberts-Thomson says he’d be interested to know if the same recruiters who gave him his chance 16 years ago would have ever predicted his incredible rise from a local experiment to Sydney Swans Hall of Famer. Because he…

No role change for eager Reid

Sam Reid All signs are pointing to Sydney Swans swingman Sam Reid remaining just that in season 2018, with the key tall highlighting the importance of having multi-dimensional players to help the team's cope with the ebbs and flows of…

'Special' duo may see more midfield time

Isaac Heeney and Callum Mills, for third-to-fourth-year players, they’re pretty special at what they can do and their standing within the playing group and leadership qualities they have. Dean Cox Dean Cox has provided an insight into where young…

Absence to create opportunities

Ruckmen aren’t growing on trees at the moment, we’re clearly one down, but we’re still confident and comfortable with Naismith and Sinclair, and we’ve got Darcy Cameron coming through. Tom Harley While the absence of Kurt Tippett will present some…

Old foes unite in red and white

Dean Cox on his old adversary Brett Kirk They once butted heads during one of the fiercest rivalries played out in modern football, now they’ve joined forces to guide the Sydney Swans into a new era. Ten years ago, if you had of told Brett Kirk and…

The milestones pencilled in for 2018

Two of the Sydney Swans’ finest servants Kieren Jack and Heath Grundy spearhead a list of players poised to notch significant milestones in 2018. Jack and Grundy, who last year shared the Paul Roos Award as the Club’s two best players in finals, are…

Robbo 'ready to go' ahead of healthier 2018

I guess the thing about everything that’s happened to me, it’s been out of my control. It hasn’t had anything to do with preparation or the way I’ve gone about my footy, or (how I’ve) attacked the game so in that send it’s been easier to deal…

2017 Cathy Lees Award announced

That's the beginning of it and 20 years on we've had some wonderful, wonderful players win it. It's just wonderful. We think it's a terrific way to remember Cath and we look forward to it every year. Alan Lees Sydney Swans utility Jordan Dawson has…