This article covers the 2006 season of the Sydney Swans AFL team.
The father–son rule is a rule that allows clubs preferential recruiting access to the sons of players who have made a major past contribution to the team in Australian rules football, most notably the Australian Football League. The rule was first established in the late 1940s. There have been more than ten amendments, most recently the refining of the draft bidding process in 2015.
Mark Seaby is a former professional Australian rules football player. He is best known as a former premiership player with the West Coast Eagles as well as being a back up ruckman for the Sydney Swans.
David Spriggs is an Australian rules footballer with the Vermont Football Club in the Eastern Football League, who formerly played for the AFL's Geelong Football Club, Sydney Swans and the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
Henry Playfair is currently the Head of Coaching Performance at the Carlton Football Club having previously been an assistant coach at the St Kilda Football Club and an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Playfair grew up around the town of Holbrook in the Riverina region of New South Wales.
The NSW/ACT Rams is an under 18 Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup.
Llane Spaanderman is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Mandurah Mustangs Football Club in the Peel Football League (PFL).
Jeremy Laidler is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club, Carlton Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Bradd Dalziell is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to the Brisbane Lions with selection 52 of 2007 AFL National Draft from the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League.
Todd Banfield is an Australian rules football player who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). Banfield played 53 games for the Brisbane Lions between 2010 and 2013 and joined Richmond in 2014, before being delisted after one season.
Byron Sumner is an Australian rules footballer for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Tony Armstrong is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Burrumbuttock, New South Wales, he was initially interested in rugby league, but turned to Australian rules football, supporting the Sydney Swans. Armstrong was drafted by Adelaide in the 2007 AFL Draft at pick number 58.
Scott Clouston is an Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Joel Tippett is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was listed with the Brisbane Lions from 2007 to 2009, however, he did not play a senior match for them.
Tom Young is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
Brett Goodes is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the younger brother of Sydney Swans dual Brownlow Medalist Adam Goodes.
Ben Keays is an Australian rules footballer with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League (AFL). His great-grandfather Fred Keays represented both Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League.
Matthew Kennedy is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants from 2016 to 2017. Kennedy is one of two players from the small town of Collingullie, New South Wales, along with Harry Perryman to have played AFL for the Giants. They played together for most of their junior career. Perryman was recruited from Collingullie-Glenfield Park Football Club in the Riverina Football Netball League, where he played in consecutive senior premierships in 2014 and 2015. A member of the Giants' academy program, he was drafted by the Giants with the thirteenth selection in the 2015 AFL draft, matching a bid from Richmond. Kennedy made his debut against the Essendon in round 13 of the 2016 AFL season. In an impressive performance, he kicked three goals as the Giants defeated Essendon by a 27 points. In October 2017, Kennedy was traded to Carlton.
Jordan Membrey is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Collingwood. She has also played for Brisbane in the AFL Women's.
Joel Amartey is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Sydney Swans with the 28th draft pick in the 2018 AFL rookie draft.