The 2018 AFL season was 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, 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 Sydney coaching debut Former clubs as coach John Longmire Senior coach 2002 Brett Kirk Assistant coach (midfield) 2016 (a) Dean Cox Assistant coach (midfield) 2018 (a) Rhyce Shaw Assistant coach (backs) 2016 Steve Johnson Assistant coach (forwards) 2018 John Blakey Head of Development 2006 (a) Tadhg Kennelly Development Coach 2018 Jeremy Laidler 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 AFL Traded Brandon Jack Delisted Sam Fisher Delisted Tyrone Leonardis Delisted Michael Talia Delisted
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