2016 Sydney Swans season

PresidentAndrew Pridham

CoachJohn Longmire
(6th season)

CaptainsKieren Jack
(4th season)
Jarrad McVeigh
(6th season)

Home groundSCG
(Capacity: 48,000)

Sydney Swans
2016 season
President	Andrew Pridham
Coach	John Longmire (6th season)
Captains	Kieren Jack (4th season) Jarrad McVeigh (6th season)
Home ground	SCG (Capacity: 48,000)
NAB Challenge	6th
AFL season	1st (17-5)
Finals	2nd (defeated by Western Bulldogs in the Grand Final)
Bob Skilton Medal	Josh Kennedy
Leading goalkicker	Lance Franklin (81)
Highest home attendance	99,981 vs Western Bulldogs (Grand Final)
Lowest home attendance	19,086 vs Melbourne (Round 13)
Average home attendance	40,430 ( 8,939)
Club membership	56,523 ( 7,687)
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The 2016 AFL season was the 120th season in the Australian Football League contested by the Sydney Swans.

After having split its home games between the Sydney Cricket Ground and ANZ Stadium since 2002, Sydney returned to playing all games at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The club and the stadium had originally planned to end their agreement at the end of the 2016 season, but the two parties agreed on February 29 to end the agreement one year early. The three 2016 matches which were scheduled for ANZ Stadium (Round 1 vs Collingwood, Round 7 vs Essendon and Round 18 vs Carlton) were shifted to the Sydney Cricket Ground as a result. Under the club's new stadium arrangement, it has committed to playing all home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a thirty-year deal, set to end in 2046.^[1]

On 12 April 2016, the Swans broke the 50,000 members milestone for the first time, breaking the club's record of 48,836 members set in 2015.^[2]

Squad for 2016

Statistics are correct as of end of 2015 season. Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List^[3]
No.	State	Player	Hgt (cm)	Wgt (kg)	Date of birth	Age (end 2015)	AFL Debut	Recruited from	Games (end 2015)	Goals (end 2015)
1		James Rose	185	79	16 April 1996	19	2015	Sturt	2	3
2		Alex Johnson	194	92	2 March 1992	23	2011	Oakleigh (U18)	45	1
3		Jarrad McVeigh (c)	184	74	7 April 1985	30	2004	NSW/ACT (U18)	266	184
4		Dan Hannebery (lg)	181	79	24 February 1991	24	2009	Oakleigh (U18)	144	69
5		Isaac Heeney	184	80	5 May 1996	19	2015	Cardiff, Sydney Swans Academy	14	16
6		Tom Mitchell	181	83	31 May 1993	22	2013	Claremont	39	23
7		Harry Cunningham	181	76	6 December 1993	22	2012	NSW/ACT (U18)	52	31
8		Kurt Tippett	202	108	8 May 1987	28	2008	Southport, Adelaide	152	301
9		Abaina Davis	192	97	27 January 1996	19		UNSW-Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Swans Academy
10		Zak Jones	181	79	15 March 1995	20	2014	Dandenong (U18)	15	1
11		Jeremy Laidler	190	89	5 August 1989	26	2009	Calder (U18), Geelong, Carlton	68	7
12		Josh Kennedy (lg)	188	93	20 June 1988	27	2008	Sandringham (U18), Hawthorn	158	95
13		Toby Nankervis	199	106	12 August 1994	21	2015	North Launceston	5	1
14		Callum Mills	186	80	2 April 1997	18		North Shore, Sydney Swans Academy
15		Kieren Jack (c)	178	75	28 June 1987	28	2007	NSW/ACT (U18)	185	131
16		Gary Rohan	188	90	7 June 1991	24	2010	Geelong (U18)	61	42
17		Jack Hiscox	184	74	23 March 1995	20		Sydney Uni, Sydney Swans Academy
18		Callum Sinclair	200	99	23 September 1989	26	2013	Subiaco, West Coast	29	18
19		Tom Derickx	200	102	7 December 1987	28	2012	Claremont, Richmond	15	6
20		Sam Reid	196	98	27 December 1991	24	2010	Murray (U18)	98	94
21		Ben McGlynn	172	76	6 August 1985	30	2006	Bendigo (U18), Hawthorn	153	171
22		Dean Towers	189	86	4 May 1990	25	2014	North Ballarat	17	8
23		Lance Franklin	197	107	30 January 1987	29	2005	Perth, Hawthorn	221	706
24		Dane Rampe (lg)	188	87	2 June 1990	25	2013	UNSW-Eastern	72	5
25		Ted Richards	193	92	11 January 1983	32	2002	Sandringham (U18), Essendon	253	32
26		Luke Parker (lg)	183	85	25 October 1992	23	2011	Dandenong (U18)	101	78
27		Daniel Robinson	185	82	3 July 1994	21	2015	Mosman Football Club	4	2
29		George Hewett	185	83	29 December 1995	20		North Adelaide
30		Tyrone Leonardis	182	78	22 February 1997	18		Northern (U18)
32		Michael Talia	194	94	11 February 1993	22	2012	Calder (U18), Western Bulldogs	30	3
33		Brandon Jack	182	77	25 May 1994	21	2013	Pennant Hills	27	16
34		Jordan Dawson	190	84	9 April 1997	18		Sturt
35		Sam Naismith	206	108	16 July 1992	23	2014	North Shore	1	0
36		Aliir Aliir	193	94	5 September 1994	21		East Fremantle
39		Heath Grundy (lg)	192	106	2 June 1986	29	2006	Norwood	187	23
40		Nick Smith (lg)	183	79	12 June 1988	27	2008	Oakleigh (U18)	142	9
42		Xavier Richards	195	91	25 April 1993	22	2013	Sandringham (U18)	2	0
44		Jake Lloyd	180	76	20 September 1993	22	2014	North Ballarat (U18)	43	11
Rookie List^[4]
No.	State	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of birth	Age	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
28		Nic Newman	188	81	15 January 1993	22		Frankston
31		Harry Marsh	189	82	13 January 1994	21		East Fremantle
38		Colin O'Riordan	188	87	12 October 1995	20		Tipperary GAA
41		Tom Papley	176	71	13 July 1996	19		Gippsland (U18)
43		Lewis Melican	194	80	4 November 1996	19		Geelong U18
45		Jordan Foote	183	76	2 January 1996	19		UNSW-Eastern Suburbs, Sydney Swans Academy
46		Sam Murray	188	72	2 September 1997	18		Wodonga
47		Kyle Galloway	206	104	21 November 1996	19		Shepparton
Senior coaching panel^[5]
	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
Callum Sinclair	West Coast	AFL	Trade^[6]
Michael Talia	Western Bulldogs	AFL	Trade^[7]
Callum Mills	North Shore	Sydney AFL	Pick 3, 2015 National Draft (Academy selection)
Tyrone Leonardis	Northern (U18)	TAC Cup	Pick 51, 2015 National Draft
Jordan Dawson	Sturt	SANFL	Pick 56, 2015 National Draft
Tom Papley	Gippsland (U18)	TAC Cup	Pick 14, 2016 Rookie Draft
Kyle Galloway	Shepparton	GVFL	Pick 59, 2016 Rookie Draft
Sam Murray	Wodonga	O&MFL	Pick 66, 2016 Rookie Draft
Colin O'Riordan	Tipperary	GAA	Pick 69, 2016 Rookie Draft (International Rookie)^[8]

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Adam Goodes			Retired^[9]
Rhyce Shaw			Retired^[10]
Mike Pyke			Retired^[11]
Lewis Jetta	West Coast	AFL	Trade^[12]
Craig Bird	Essendon	AFL	Trade^[13]
Lloyd Perris			Delisted^[14]
Sean McLaren			Delisted^[15]

List management

Player	Change
Sam Naismith	Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list
Harry Marsh	Demoted from the senior list to the rookie list during 2016 Rookie Draft (pick 32)

Season summary

Pre-season matches

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
1	Saturday, 20 February (4:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	1.10.12 (81)	1.7.9 (60)	Won by 21 points^[16]	Blacktown International Sportspark (H)	3,172
2	Friday, 4 March (7:10 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	1.8.3 (60)	0.14.10 (94)	Lost by 34 points^[17]	Drummoyne Oval (H)	4,754
3	Friday, 11 March (5:50 pm)	Carlton	1.8.12 (69)	0.14.7 (91)	Won by 22 points^[18]	Etihad Stadium (A)	6,804

Home and away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Record	Ref.
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position	Record	Ref.
1	Saturday, 26 March (7:25 pm)	Collingwood	18.25 (133)	7.11 (53)	Won by 80 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	33,857	2nd	1-0	^[19]
2	Sunday, 3 April (4:40 pm)	Carlton	10.11 (71)	20.11 (131)	Won by 60 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	33,146	2nd	2-0	^[20]
3	Saturday, 9 April (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	14.9 (93)	10.8 (68)	Won by 25 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	37,045	1st	3-0	^[21]
4	Saturday, 16 April (7:10 pm)	Adelaide	16.17 (113)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 10 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	51,330	3rd	3-1	^[22]
5	Saturday, 23 April (1:40 pm)	West Coast	12.16 (88)	7.7 (49)	Won by 39 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	35,427	3rd	4-1	^[23]
6	Sunday, 1 May (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	14.10 (94)	15.7 (97)	Won by 3 points	The Gabba (A)	14,646	3rd	5-1	^[24]
7	Saturday, 7 May (4:35 pm)	Essendon	20.15 (135)	7.12 (54)	Won by 81 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	29,527	3rd	6-1	^[25]
8	Saturday, 14 May (7:25 pm)	Richmond	14.17 (101)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 1 point	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	36,014	4th	6-2	^[26]
9	Friday, 20 May (7:50 pm)	Hawthorn	7.13 (55)	10.9 (69)	Won by 14 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	61,552	4th	7-2	^[27]
10	Friday, 27 May (7:50 pm)	North Melbourne	14.7 (91)	9.11 (65)	Won by 26 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	38,498	2nd	8-2	^[28]
11	Saturday, 4 June (7:25 pm)	Gold Coast	6.5 (41)	11.13 (79)	Won by 38 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	4,368	2nd	9-2	^[29]
12	Sunday, 12 June (4:40 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	15.15 (105)	9.9 (63)	Lost by 42 points	Spotless Stadium (A)	21,541	3rd	9-3	^[30]
13	Sunday, 19 June (1:10 pm)	Melbourne	12.14 (86)	4.7 (31)	Won by 55 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	19,086	2nd	10-3	^[31]
14	Bye							2nd	10-3
15	Saturday, 2 July (4:35 pm)	Western Bulldogs	11.13 (79)	13.5 (83)	Lost by 4 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	33,386	4th	10-4	^[32]
16	Friday, 8 July (7:50 pm)	Geelong	9.6 (60)	15.8 (98)	Won by 38 points	Simonds Stadium (A)	24,339	2nd	11-4	^[33]
17	Thursday, 14 July (7:20 pm)	Hawthorn	10.10 (70)	11.9 (75)	Lost by 5 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	42,314	5th	11-5	^[34]
18	Saturday, 23 July (1:45 pm)	Carlton	10.14 (74)	10.8 (68)	Won by 6 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	31,765	3rd	12-5	^[35]
19	Sunday, 31 July (1:20 pm)	Fremantle	7.5 (47)	21.11 (137)	Won by 90 points	Domain Stadium (A)	32,401	3rd	13-5	^[36]
20	Saturday, 6 August (1:45 pm)	Port Adelaide	14.16 (100)	4.9 (33)	Won by 67 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	30,204	2nd	14-5	^[37]
21	Saturday, 13 August (7:25 pm)	St Kilda	11.10 (76)	23.8 (146)	Won by 70 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	33,059	2nd	15-5	^[38]
22	Saturday, 20 August (1:45 pm)	North Melbourne	10.16 (76)	12.13 (85)	Won by 9 points	Blundstone Arena (A)	16,495	1st	16-5	^[39]
23	Saturday, 27 August (4:35 pm)	Richmond	25.14 (164)	7.9 (51)	Won by 113 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	36,570	1st	17-5	^[40]
Source Archived 17 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine

Finals matches

Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Round	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref
QF	Saturday, 10 September (3:20 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	7.13 (55)	12.19 (91)	Lost by 36 points	Stadium Australia (H)	60,222	^[41]
SF	Saturday, 17 September (7:25 pm)	Adelaide	18.10 (118)	12.10 (82)	Won by 36 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	38,136	^[42]
PF	Friday, 23 September (7:50 pm)	Geelong	8.12 (60)	15.7 (97)	Won by 37 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	71,772	^[43]
GF	Saturday, 1 October (2:30 pm)	Western Bulldogs	10.7 (67)	13.11 (89)	Lost by 22 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	99,981	^[44]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney	22	17	5	2221	1469	151.2	68	2016 finals
2	Geelong	22	17	5	2235	1554	143.8	68
3	Hawthorn	22	17	5	2134	1800	118.6	68
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	16	6	2380	1663	143.1	64
5	Adelaide	22	16	6	2483	1795	138.3	64
6	West Coast	22	16	6	2181	1678	130.0	64
7	Western Bulldogs (P)	22	15	7	1857	1609	115.4	60
8	North Melbourne	22	12	10	1956	1859	105.2	48
9	St Kilda	22	12	10	1953	2041	95.7	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	10	12	2055	1939	106.0	40
11	Melbourne	22	10	12	1944	1991	97.6	40
12	Collingwood	22	9	13	1910	1998	95.6	36
13	Richmond	22	8	14	1713	2155	79.5	32
14	Carlton	22	7	15	1568	1978	79.3	28
15	Gold Coast	22	6	16	1778	2273	78.2	24
16	Fremantle	22	4	18	1574	2119	74.3	16
17	Brisbane Lions	22	3	19	1770	2872	61.6	12
18	Essendon	22	3	19	1437	2356	61.0	12

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Individual awards and records

Bob Skilton Medal
Rank	Player	Votes
1	Josh Kennedy	922
2	Dan Hannebery	913
3	Heath Grundy	865
4	Luke Parker	834
5	Dane Rampe	833
6	Lance Franklin	827
7	Jake Lloyd	684
8	Tom Mitchell	672
9	Nick Smith	622
10	Kieren Jack	601

AFL Rising Star
No.	State	Player	Status	Position
4		Dan Hannebery	In Team	Wing
12		Josh Kennedy	In Team	Centre
23		Lance Franklin	In Team	Centre-half forward
24		Dane Rampe	In Team	Back pocket
26		Luke Parker	In Team	Interchange bench

Milestones
No.	State	Player	Milestone	Round
8		Kurt Tippett	50th club game	Round 2
12		Josh Kennedy	150th club game	Round 5
4		Dan Hannebery	150th career game	Round 6
11		Jeremy Laidler	50th club game	Round 8
40		Nick Smith	150th career game	Round 9
6		Tom Mitchell	50th career game	Round 11
39		Heath Grundy	200th career game	Round 13
23		Lance Franklin	750th career goal	Round 13
15		Kieren Jack	200th career game	Round 16
23		Lance Franklin	200th club goal	Round 23
		John Longmire	100th career coaching win	Round 23

Debuts
No.	State	Player	Round
14		Callum Mills	Round 1
18		Callum Sinclair	Round 1¹
29		George Hewett	Round 1
32		Michael Talia	Round 1¹
41		Tom Papley	Round 1
36		Aliir Aliir	Round 6
17		Jack Hiscox	Round 8
31		Harry Marsh	Round 10
45		Jordan Foote	Round 18

AFL Rising Star
No.	State	Player	Status	Round
41		Tom Papley	Nominated	Round 5
14		Callum Mills	Winner	Round 16

Reserves

Regular season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue	Ladder position
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Ladder position
1	Saturday, 2 April (11:00 am)	Brisbane Lions	5.10 (40)	25.12 (162)	Won by 122 points	Burpengary Sports Complex (A)	1st
2	Saturday, 9 April (10:30 am)	UWS Giants	17.13 (115)	14.13 (97)	Won by 18 points	Blacktown International Sportspark (H)	1st
3	Saturday, 16 April (1:00 pm)	Redland	7.10 (52)	23.11 (149)	Won by 97 points	Leyshon Park (A)	1st
4	Saturday, 23 April (9:30 am)	Southport	12.13 (85)	6.9 (45)	Won by 40 points	Drummoyne Oval (H)	1st
5	Sunday, 1 May (9:30 am)	Brisbane Lions	3.7 (25)	20.15 (135)	Won by 110 points	Coorparoo (A)	1st
6	Saturday, 7 May (12:00 pm)	Gold Coast	18.12 (120)	8.7 (55)	Won by 65 points	Drummoyne Oval (H)	1st
7	Saturday, 14 May (12:00 pm)	Canberra	4.4 (28)	26.14 (170)	Won by 142 points	Manuka Oval (A)	1st
8	Bye						1st
9	Friday, 27 May (4:10 pm)	Sydney University	6.8 (44)	15.13 (103)	Won by 59 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	1st
10	Saturday, 4 June (12:00 pm)	Gold Coast	3.3 (21)	15.17 (107)	Won by 86 points	Metricon Stadium (A)	1st
11	Sunday, 12 June (1:00 pm)	UWS Giants	16.13 (109)	16.12 (108)	Lost by 1 point	Spotless Stadium (A)	1st
12	Sunday, 19 June (9:30 am)	Aspley	16.14 (110)	7.5 (47)	Won by 63 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	1st
13	Bye						1st
14	Saturday, 2 July (12:55 pm)	NT Thunder	19.13 (127)	9.7 (61)	Won by 66 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	1st
15	Saturday, 9 July (12:00 pm)	Canberra	6.7 (43)	20.20 (140)	Won by 97 points	Manuka Oval (A)	1st
16	Saturday, 16 July (12:00 pm)	Gold Coast	26.14 (170)	7.4 (46)	Won by 124 points	Newcastle Oval (H)	1st
17	Saturday, 23 July (10:05 am)	UWS Giants	4.19 (43)	10.8 (68)	Lost by 25 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	1st
18	Bye						1st
19	Saturday, 6 August (10:05 am)	Brisbane Lions	24.16 (160)	3.7 (25)	Won by 135 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (H)	1st
20	Saturday, 13 August (6:30 pm)	NT Thunder	14.8 (92)	8.6 (54)	Lost by 38 points	Marrara Oval (A)	1st
21	Saturday, 20 August (2:00 pm)	Sydney University	5.13 (43)	10.8 (68)	Won by 25 points	Blacktown International Sportspark (A)	1st

Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Home	Away	Result	Venue
Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Sydney's scores indicated in bold)			Venue
EF	Bye
SF	Saturday, 3 September (11:25 am)	Aspley	15.23 (113)	4.7 (31)	Won by 82 points	Blacktown International Sportspark (H)
GF	Sunday, 11 September (1:30 pm)	UWS Giants	11.12 (78)	11.16 (82)	Lost by 4 points	Blacktown International Sportspark (H)

Ladder

2016 Ladder
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Sydney	18	15	3	2126	941	225.9	60
2	WSU Giants (P)	18	12	6	1911	1319	144.9	48
3	Sydney University	18	12	6	1471	1368	107.5	48
4	Aspley	18	12	6	1527	1432	106.6	48
5	NT Thunder	18	11	7	1619	1388	116.6	44
6	Gold Coast	18	8	10	1460	1832	79.7	32
7	Southport	18	7	11	1522	1473	103.3	28
8	Redland	18	7	11	1269	1572	80.7	28
9	Canberra	18	3	15	1196	1883	63.5	12
10	Brisbane	18	3	15	1061	1954	54.3	12

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

v t e 2016 AFL season
Events	Pre-season matches Premiership season Finals series Grand Final
Awards	22under22 team AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Trades National draft Pre-season draft Rookie draft Debuts Retirements and delistings

2016 Sydney Swans season

Squad for 2016

Playing list changes

In

Out

List management

Season summary

Pre-season matches

Home and away season

Finals matches

Ladder

Individual awards and records

Bob Skilton Medal

All-Australian Team

Milestones

Debuts

AFL Rising Star

Reserves

Regular season

Finals series

Ladder

References

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