News
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- 30 September 2006: The Sydney Swans go down to the West Coast Eagles in the Grand Final by only one point.
- 25 September 2006: Adam Goodes wins his second Brownlow Medal with 26 votes, 3 votes ahead of Scott West of the Western Bulldogs.
- 22 September 2006: Sydney win the 1st Preliminary Final by beating a plucky Fremantle 19.13 (127) to 14.8 (92) at Telstra Stadium, and will now play for the 2006 AFL premiership at the MCG on 30 September, against the West Coast Eagles.
- 9 September 2006: Sydney win their qualifying final by beating West Coast at Subiaco, gaining a week off and a home preliminary final.
- 8 September 2006: Jared Crouch admits he was playing with a chronic ankle injury, a broken collarbone, along with hamstring and lower back problems
- 31 August 2006: Swans defender Tadhg Kennelly will wear the red and white for a further three seasons
- 11 July 2006: Paul Williams announces he needs season ending shoulder surgery. With his previous announcement, he is now retired after 306 games and 306 goals with Collingwood and Sydney
- 1 July 2006: Jared Crouch's unbroken run of games from his debut in 1998 comes to an end due to injury (and does not play for the rest of the season)
- 21 June 2006: Paul Williams announces he will retire at the end of the season after 16 seasons playing first for Collingwood and then Sydney
- 8 March 2006: Tadhg Kennelly injured his shoulder at training and will miss the first two or three weeks of the season
- 22 February 2006: At the Australian Sport Awards for 2005, the Swans won the National Team of the Year award while Paul Roos took home Coach of the Year award
- 19 December 2005: Swans assign guernsey numbers
- 16 December 2005: Swans name three skippers
- 13 December 2005: Swans draft 8 rookies
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