# 2018 Sydney Swans season

The 2018 AFL season is the 122nd season in the Australian Football League contested by the Sydney Swans.

## Squad for 2018

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 :
| No. | State | Player | Hgt (cm) | Wgt (kg) | Date of birth | Age (end 2018) | AFL debut | Recruited from | Games (end 2017) | Goals (end 2017) |
| 1 | | James Rose | 186 | 79 | 16 April 1996 | 22 | 2015 | Sturt | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | | Jarrad McVeigh | 184 | 84 | 7 April 1985 | 33 | 2004 | NSW/ACT (U18) | 300 | 199 |
| 4 | | Dan Hannebery | 181 | 79 | 24 February 1991 | 27 | 2009 | Oakleigh (U18) | 193 | 94 |
| 5 | | Isaac Heeney | 186 | 85 | 5 May 1996 | 22 | 2015 | Cardiff, Sydney Swans Academy | 58 | 60 |
| 6 | | Jordan Foote | 184 | 81 | 2 January 1996 | 22 | 2016 | UNSW-Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Swans Academy | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | | Harry Cunningham | 182 | 77 | 6 December 1993 | 25 | 2012 | NSW/ACT (U18) | 81 | 41 |
| 9 | | Will Hayward | 186 | 80 | 26 October 1998 | 20 | 2017 | North Adelaide | 17 | 22 |
| 10 | | Zak Jones | 181 | 78 | 15 March 1995 | 23 | 2014 | Dandenong (U18) | 54 | 14 |
| 11 | | Tom Papley | 177 | 77 | 13 July 1996 | 22 | 2016 | Gippsland (U18) | 40 | 59 |
| 12 | | Josh Kennedy (c) | 190 | 95 | 20 June 1988 | 29 | 2008 | Sandringham (U18), Hawthorn | 204 | 131 |
| 13 | | Oliver Florent | 183 | 80 | 22 July 1998 | 20 | 2017 | Sandringham (U18) | 9 | 4 |
| 14 | | Callum Mills | 188 | 82 | 2 April 1997 | 21 | 2016 | North Shore, Sydney Swans Academy | 46 | 2 |
| 15 | | Kieren Jack | 178 | 81 | 28 June 1987 | 31 | 2007 | NSW/ACT (U18) | 229 | 154 |
| 16 | | Gary Rohan | 189 | 92 | 7 June 1991 | 27 | 2010 | Geelong (U18) | 95 | 89 |
| 17 | | Darcy Cameron | 204 | 100 | 18 July 1995 | 23 | | Claremont | | |
| 18 | | Callum Sinclair | 200 | 96 | 23 September 1989 | 29 | 2013 | Subiaco, West Coast | 64 | 42 |
| 19 | | Matthew Ling | 183 | 76 | 21 April 1999 | 19 | | Geelong (U18) | | |
| 20 | | Sam Reid | 196 | 99 | 27 December 1991 | 27 | 2010 | Murray (U18) | 120 | 124 |
| 21 | | Jack Maibaum | 193 | 94 | 27 March 1998 | 20 | | Eastern (U18) | | |
| 22 | | Dean Towers | 189 | 88 | 4 May 1990 | 28 | 2014 | North Ballarat | 49 | 26 |
| 23 | | Lance Franklin | 199 | 107 | 30 January 1987 | 31 | 2005 | Perth, Hawthorn | 271 | 860 |
| 24 | | Dane Rampe | 189 | 86 | 2 June 1990 | 28 | 2013 | UNSW-Eastern | 115 | 6 |
| 26 | | Luke Parker | 183 | 88 | 25 October 1992 | 26 | 2011 | Dandenong (U18) | 151 | 117 |
| 27 | | Daniel Robinson | 184 | 88 | 3 July 1994 | 24 | 2015 | Mosman Football Club | 16 | 5 |
| 28 | | Nic Newman | 186 | 84 | 15 January 1993 | 25 | 2017 | Frankston | 20 | 7 |
| 29 | | George Hewett | 188 | 83 | 29 December 1995 | 23 | 2016 | North Adelaide | 48 | 27 |
| 30 | | Tom McCartin | 192 | 82 | 30 December 1999 | 19 | | Geelong (U18) | | |
| 31 | | Harrison Marsh | 189 | 85 | 13 January 1994 | 24 | 2016 | East Fremantle | 16 | 0 |
| 33 | | Ryley Stoddart | 184 | 73 | 15 October 1999 | 19 | | Eastern (U18) | | |
| 34 | | Jordan Dawson | 190 | 88 | 9 April 1997 | 21 | 2017 | Sturt | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | | Sam Naismith | 205 | 109 | 16 July 1992 | 26 | 2014 | North Shore | 28 | 3 |
| 36 | | Aliir Aliir | 194 | 94 | 5 September 1994 | 24 | 2016 | East Fremantle | 16 | 0 |
| 39 | | Heath Grundy | 192 | 105 | 2 June 1986 | 32 | 2006 | Norwood | 237 | 23 |
| 40 | | Nick Smith | 183 | 83 | 12 June 1988 | 30 | 2008 | Oakleigh (U18) | 191 | 10 |
| 44 | | Jake Lloyd | 180 | 79 | 20 September 1993 | 25 | 2014 | North Ballarat (U18) | 92 | 23 |
| Rookie list |||||||||||
| No. | State | Player | Hgt | Wgt | Date of birth | Age | Debut | Recruited from | Games | Goals |
| 2 | | Alex Johnson | 194 | 92 | 2 March 1992 | 26 | 2011 | Oakleigh (U18) | 45 | 1 |
| 25 | | Ben Ronke | 182 | 77 | 18 December 1997 | 21 | | Calder (U18) | | |
| 32 | | James Bell | 183 | 79 | 10 February 1999 | 19 | | UNSW-Eastern | | |
| 38 | | Colin O'Riordan | 185 | 83 | 12 October 1995 | 23 | | Tipperary GAA | | |
| 41 | | Jake Brown | 185 | 77 | 19 March 1998 | 20 | | St George AFC | | |
| 42 | | Robbie Fox | 185 | 85 | 16 April 1993 | 25 | 2017 | Coburg VFL | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | | Lewis Melican | 195 | 100 | 4 November 1996 | 22 | 2017 | Geelong U18 | 17 | 1 |
| 45 | | Angus Styles | 185 | 71 | 3 May 1999 | 19 | | Sandringham U18 | | |
| 46 | | Joel Amartey | 196 | 88 | 2 September 1999 | 19 | | Sandringham U18 | | |
| 47 | | Toby Pink | 194 | 92 | 11 August 1998 | 20 | | Glenelg | | |
| Senior coaching panel |||||||||||
| | State | Coach | Coaching position | Coaching position | Coaching position | Coaching position | Sydney coaching debut | Former clubs as coach | Former clubs as coach | Former clubs as coach |
| | | John Longmire | Senior coach | Senior coach | Senior coach | Senior coach | 2002 | | | |
| | | Brett Kirk | Assistant coach (midfield) | Assistant coach (midfield) | Assistant coach (midfield) | Assistant coach (midfield) | 2016 | Fremantle (a) | Fremantle (a) | Fremantle (a) |
| | | Dean Cox | Assistant coach (midfield) | Assistant coach (midfield) | Assistant coach (midfield) | Assistant coach (midfield) | 2018 | West Coast (a) | West Coast (a) | West Coast (a) |
| | | Rhyce Shaw | Assistant coach (backs) | Assistant coach (backs) | Assistant coach (backs) | Assistant coach (backs) | 2016 | | | |
| | | Steve Johnson | Assistant coach (forwards) | Assistant coach (forwards) | Assistant coach (forwards) | Assistant coach (forwards) | 2018 | | | |
| | | John Blakey | Head of Development | Head of Development | Head of Development | Head of Development | 2006 | Brisbane Lions (a) | Brisbane Lions (a) | Brisbane Lions (a) |
| | | Tadhg Kennelly | Development Coach | Development Coach | Development Coach | Development Coach | 2018 | | | |
| | | Jeremy Laidler | Development Coach | Development Coach | Development Coach | Development Coach | 2018 | | | |
* 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 |
| Matthew Ling | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | Pick 14, 2017 National Draft |
| Tom McCartin | Geelong Falcons | TAC Cup | Pick 33, 2017 National Draft |
| Ryley Stoddart | Eastern Ranges | TAC Cup | Pick 53, 2017 National Draft |
| Angus Styles | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Pick 14, 2018 Rookie Draft |
| Joel Amartey | Sandringham Dragons | TAC Cup | Pick 28, 2018 Rookie Draft |
| James Bell | UNSW-Eastern | NEAFL | Category-B Rookie (NSW Zone) |
| Jake Brown | St George | Sydney AFL | Category-B Rookie (NSW Zone) |

### Out

| Player | New club | League | via |
| Kurt Tippett | | | Retired |
| Jeremy Laidler | | | Retired |
| Shaun Edwards | | | Retired |
| Sam Murray | Collingwood | AFL | Traded |
| Brandon Jack | | | Delisted |
| Sam Fisher | | | Delisted |
| Tyrone Leonardis | | | Delisted |
| Michael Talia | | | Delisted |