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[daysofourlives]

Bit like Sydney over the last 6 seasons, missed it by that much

[Lightning McQueen]

So Toby Pink is in the stink?

One would think

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Aliir Aliir recognised on Cultural Power List
Sydney Swans Media October 4, 2018 8:56 AM


Sydney Swans defender Aliir Aliir has been recognised among the most culturally powerful people in Australia by the Australian Financial Review.

A panel of seven judges recently met to debate what it means to be Australian today and formed the list of the top 10 most culturally powerful people in Australia.

Aliir was named alongside North Melbourne defender Majak Daw, 27, the first Sudanese player to make the draft, in eighth position on the list.

The pair met in a remarkable clash in Round 17 with Aliir going on to kick the winning goal of the match in the closing stages of the game.

The panel including Sam Mostyn (Citibank Australia Chair), Elizabeth Ann Macgregor (Museum of Contemporary Art Director) and Russel Howcroft (PricewaterhouseCoopers Chief Creative Officer) gave compelling reasons for the selection of the pair in the list.

“The impact they are having goes way beyond the football field,” Howcroft tells AFR.

“This is our indigenous game and for these two fellows to take it on and be out there with more than a million people watching every weekend cannot be overestimated.”

“And they would both consider themselves Australian,” Mostyn adds.

“They started playing footy as young boys arriving in Australia, and have brought their families and communities to the game. Those communities now feel welcome at a time when African Australians are so maligned.”

Saxon Mullins, the woman at the centre of a Sydney sex assault trial that sparked a fierce debate about consent has been named the most culturally powerful Australian of the year by the panel.

See the full list below.

The AFR Magazine Cultural Power List 2018
1. Saxon Mullins
2. Alan Joyce
3. Tony Ayres
4. Pat Anderson
5. Kurt Fearnley and Dylan Alcott
6. Craig Reucassel
7. Hannah Gadsby
8. Aliir Aliir and Majak Daw
9. Judith Neilson
10. Warwick Thornton

[Lightning McQueen]

Wicked.

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Lloyd won the Bob Stilton medal

[Brodlach]

Lloyd won the Bob Stilton medal

I guess this award is a bit cheesy


Skilton

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Lloyd won the Bob Stilton medal

I guess this award is a bit cheesy


Skilton

Damn it

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Pretty bored at work and thought id occupy myself and i saw someone on a FB page do a team and ive done some modifications.

Big if and I only see this squad as our best 22 if we get both Langdon and vandenBerg (obviously), but looking at this as our best 22 the Swans could potentially have looks pretty good.

Fullbacks
Dane Rampe – Heath Grundy – Nick Smith
Half-backs
Callum Mills – Aliir Aliir – Tom Langdon
Centres
Zak Jones – Josh Kennedy – George Hewitt
Half-forwards
Ben Ronke – Lance Franklin – Oliver Florent
Full-forwards
Tom Papley – Callum Sinclair – Will Hayward
Rucks
Sam Naismith – Jake Lloyd – Luke Parker - Isaac Heeney
Interchange
Aaron vandenBerg – Jarrad McVeigh – Ryan Clarke/Sam Reid/Kieran Jack

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Pretty bored at work and thought id occupy myself and i saw someone on a FB page do a team and ive done some modifications.

Big if and I only see this squad as our best 22 if we get both Langdon and vandenBerg (obviously), but looking at this as our best 22 the Swans could potentially have looks pretty good.

Fullbacks
Dane Rampe – Heath Grundy – Nick Smith
Half-backs
Callum Mills – Aliir Aliir – Tom Langdon
Centres
Zak Jones – Josh Kennedy – George Hewitt
Half-forwards
Ben Ronke – Lance Franklin – Oliver Florent
Full-forwards
Tom Papley – Callum Sinclair – Will Hayward
Rucks
Sam Naismith – Jake Lloyd – Luke Parker - Isaac Heeney
Interchange
Aaron vandenBerg – Jarrad McVeigh – Ryan Clarke/Sam Reid/Kieran Jack

5 man midfield?

Still think while you have Zak Jones in your team and Callum Sinclair as your FF you aren't going to push top 4...

[HH3]

Pretty bored at work and thought id occupy myself and i saw someone on a FB page do a team and ive done some modifications.

Big if and I only see this squad as our best 22 if we get both Langdon and vandenBerg (obviously), but looking at this as our best 22 the Swans could potentially have looks pretty good.

Fullbacks
Dane Rampe – Heath Grundy – Nick Smith
Half-backs
Callum Mills – Aliir Aliir – Tom Langdon
Centres
Zak Jones – Josh Kennedy – George Hewitt
Half-forwards
Ben Ronke – Lance Franklin – Oliver Florent
Full-forwards
Tom Papley – Callum Sinclair – Will Hayward
Rucks
Sam Naismith – Jake Lloyd – Luke Parker - Isaac Heeney
Interchange
Aaron vandenBerg – Jarrad McVeigh – Ryan Clarke/Sam Reid/Kieran Jack

Was that FB page Nuffies on AFL Pages?

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Pretty bored at work and thought id occupy myself and i saw someone on a FB page do a team and ive done some modifications.

Big if and I only see this squad as our best 22 if we get both Langdon and vandenBerg (obviously), but looking at this as our best 22 the Swans could potentially have looks pretty good.

Fullbacks
Dane Rampe – Heath Grundy – Nick Smith
Half-backs
Callum Mills – Aliir Aliir – Tom Langdon
Centres
Zak Jones – Josh Kennedy – George Hewitt
Half-forwards
Ben Ronke – Lance Franklin – Oliver Florent
Full-forwards
Tom Papley – Callum Sinclair – Will Hayward
Rucks
Sam Naismith – Jake Lloyd – Luke Parker - Isaac Heeney
Interchange
Aaron vandenBerg – Jarrad McVeigh – Ryan Clarke/Sam Reid/Kieran Jack

5 man midfield?

Still think while you have Zak Jones in your team and Callum Sinclair as your FF you aren't going to push top 4...

bit of an oversight with the midfield. Sinclair up forward is excellent i reckon, frees him up next year and when he had the opportunity go forward this year he was great... Also doesn't make us one dimensional... Plus Reid "could" be handy as long as he doesn't sneeze and hurt himself..
Zak is an interesting one... Needs to mature this off season, i know that sounds ridiculous but he isn't a spud imo...

[Zelezny Chucks]

Pretty bored at work and thought id occupy myself and i saw someone on a FB page do a team and ive done some modifications.

Big if and I only see this squad as our best 22 if we get both Langdon and vandenBerg (obviously), but looking at this as our best 22 the Swans could potentially have looks pretty good.

Fullbacks
Dane Rampe – Heath Grundy – Nick Smith
Half-backs
Callum Mills – Aliir Aliir – Tom Langdon
Centres
Zak Jones – Josh Kennedy – George Hewitt
Half-forwards
Ben Ronke – Lance Franklin – Oliver Florent
Full-forwards
Tom Papley – Callum Sinclair – Will Hayward
Rucks
Sam Naismith – Jake Lloyd – Luke Parker - Isaac Heeney
Interchange
Aaron vandenBerg – Jarrad McVeigh – Ryan Clarke/Sam Reid/Kieran Jack

5 man midfield?

Still think while you have Zak Jones in your team and Callum Sinclair as your FF you aren't going to push top 4...

COLA circa 2019

[Booney]

Pretty bored at work and thought id occupy myself and i saw someone on a FB page do a team and ive done some modifications.

Big if and I only see this squad as our best 22 if we get both Langdon and vandenBerg (obviously), but looking at this as our best 22 the Swans could potentially have looks pretty good.

Fullbacks
Dane Rampe – Heath Grundy – Nick Smith
Half-backs
Callum Mills – Aliir Aliir – Tom Langdon
Centres
Zak Jones – Josh Kennedy – George Hewitt
Half-forwards
Ben Ronke – Lance Franklin – Oliver Florent
Full-forwards
Tom Papley – Callum Sinclair – Will Hayward
Rucks
Sam Naismith – Jake Lloyd – Luke Parker - Isaac Heeney
Interchange
Aaron vandenBerg – Jarrad McVeigh – Ryan Clarke/Sam Reid/Kieran Jack

5 man midfield?

They do wear red and white.

[PatowalongaPirate]

You can remove vandenBerg from your list. Signed a 3 year extension at Melbourne.

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https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport ... ditorialSF

[Booney]

Paywall.

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Paywall.

he needed to go... Nothing to do with coin

[Brodlach]

Paywall.

he needed to go... Nothing to do with coin

Um that means nobody knows what you are talking about as we cannot read the article

[DOC]

GARY Rohan says his relationship with coach John Longmire remains strong despite admitting he was initially angry when the Swans proposed a trade to Geelong.

The Cobden boy and former Geelong Falcon became a Cat when they traded pick No.61 to Sydney for the athletic forward.

A frank Rohan told the Herald Sun it was a bittersweet move, as the Swans “shitted me off a bit” when it became clear they were happy to move him on.

But after a tough year, where Rohan and wife Amie had twins but lost one to a rare disease, he is accepting of a decision which moves both of them closer to their families in Cobden.

He said they had been rewarded for their decision to go public with their heartbreaking scenario by an outpouring of support and awareness.

Willow died five hours after her birth with terminal condition anencephaly, but they will always cherish her memory and the time spent together.

Many families going through the same scenario found the courage to come out and explain what they were going through because of the Rohans’ admission.

Rohan will play as a mid-sized forward at Geelong and admits the past few weeks have been tough after initially wanting to stay at Sydney.

He agreed he would have stayed in Sydney if they had not come to him to discuss his future, with the Swans keen to clear cap space and move in another direction.

“It was pretty late, at the end of the season it kind of came up,” Rohan said.

“It was a bit of both ways in terms of me wanting to leave and the Swans shitted me off a bit.

“I was pretty keen to stay but keen to move as well. Either way I was going to be happy. But it was fine. I have had a pretty big year this year, so they were happy to help me out with anything I wanted.”

“Horse (Longmire) and I are great. I will always be mates with him. He got me through a lot of tough times - the broken leg and the death of my daughter this year so we have always had a good connection and always will.

“I have been here for nine years and Amie has been here for six, so we have built our families up here and it’s pretty tough with all the memories and friendships we have made, but we are also excited to go back home for family reasons.”

Rohan said his series of cryptic social media posts were designed to lighten the mood and throw some people off the scent as he was drilled by fans wanting to know where he was going.

He and Amie are considering whether to rent out or sell their two-bedroom house only 100m from Coogee Beach, likely to move down the coast to Ocean Grove while he plays at Geelong.

Amie gave birth to Bella and Willow and the parents spent five special hours with Willow before she passed away, the Rohans having explained the situation in an Instagram post months before.

“(That post) really helped me and Amie out. We will always be the parents of twins and when one is going to be lost, we could have that conversation earlier so it would be easier to talk about,” he said.

“We have had a heap of people contact us after we came out and said they have done the same thing.

“They came out and told their families and friends and they became better people within themselves. Things like that you never think of, but most people have never heard of anencephaly before so it gave them an awareness, which is good.”