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HOW SWANS SAVVY ARE YOU?
Bloods For Life
Autumn 2025 Quiz
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Question 1
Which Channel 10 commentator, in the dying seconds of the 2005 Grand Final, famously exclaimed: “Leo Barry, you star” ?
Answer:
Stephen Quartermain
Question 2
Which player had the most possessions for the Swans in the 2005 Grand Final?
Answer:
Nic Fosdike (26)
Question 3
Who took the most marks for Sydney in the 2005 Grand Final?
Answer:
Barry Hall (8)
Question 4
Where did Sydney finish on the Ladder at the end of the 2005 Home & Away Season?
Answer:
3rd
Question 5
Chris Judd (West Coast) won the 2005 Norm Smith Medal, receiving 3 votes from two of the panel of five judges. Which Swans player likewise received 3 votes from two judges, and which Swan player received 3 votes from the remaining judge?
Answer:
Nic Fosdike (6 votes) and Amon Buchanan (3 votes)
Question 6
Who kicked all of Sydney’s 4 goals in the final quarter of the 2nd Semi Final v Geelong at the SCG two weeks prior to the 2005 Grand Final?
Answer:
Nick Davis
Question 7
Which four players from the 2005 Premiership team went on to play in the Sydney Swans 2012 Premiership?
Answer:
Adam Goodes, Ryan O’Keefe, Jude Bolton and Lewis Roberts- Thomson
Question 8
How many members of our Senior Coaching panel from the 2005 Grand Final were subsequently appointed as Senior AFL Coaches (for Sydney or other AFL Clubs)?
Answer:
Paul Roos (Melbourne): Ross Lyon (St Kilda) and John Longmire (Sydney)
Question 9
Who won the Paul Roos Medal as Sydney’s Best Player in the 2005 Finals Series?
Answer:
Jared Crouch
Question 10
How many Sydney players in the 2005 Premiership team came from other AFL Clubs?
Answer:
Six: Craig Bolton; Paul Williams; Barry Hall; Nick Davis; Jason Ball and Darren Jolly
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Question 11
Which player retired as Captain of the Sydney Swans during the 2005 season due to ongoing injuries?
Answer:
Stuart Maxfield
Question 12
How many players and coaches from the 2005 Premiership team were subsequently inducted into Sydney Swans Hall of Fame?
Answer:
Thirteen: Caig Bolton; Leo Barry; Jared Crouch; Lewis Roberts-Thomson; Tadgh Kennelly; Paul Williams; Adam Goodes; Ryan O’Keefe; Barry Hall; Jude Bolton; Michael O’Loughlin; Brett Kirk; and Paul Roos
Question 13
What was the wording on the Swans banner relating to the Club’s heritage?
Answer:
Two Cities, One Team; Together Living the Dream
Question 14
Which player in the 2005 Grand Final played in a Premiership for both Sydney and West Coast?
Answer:
Jason Ball: West Coast in 1994 and Sydney 2005
Question 15
What is the connection between the two 2 West Coast ruckman in their 2005 Grand Final team and the Sydney Swans?
Answer:
Mark Seaby joined Sydney as a player (2010-2012), and Dean Cox was an Assistant Coach at the Swans (2017-2024) before being appointed Senior Coach for 2025
Question 16
What event did the Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney stage to celebrate Sydney’s triumphant 2005 Premiership?
Answer:
A televised tickertape parade for the Premiership team and coaches along George Street to the Sydney Town Hall.
Question 17
Which Swans 2005 Premiership player was the nephew of a VFL Premiership winning player from 1976 and 1978?
Answer:
Luke Ablett
Question 18
Who were the Field Umpires for the 2005 Grand Final?
Answer:
Brett Allen; Darren Goldspink; Scott McLaren and Michael Vozzo (Emergency)
Question 19
The final score in the Grand Final was Sydney 8.10.58 defeating the West Coast Eagles 7.12.54; a margin of 4 points. Which Tipster in the AFL Record tipped the Swans by 4 points?
Answer:
Andrew Demetriou (CEO of the AFL)
Question 20
Which Swan kicked the final and match-winning goal in the 2005 Grand Final?
Answer:
Amon Buchanan