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Future Swans

Sydney takes time to nurture its young players, but 2008 shapes as the year they graduate, invigorating an experienced core.

Groomed through a junior scholarship, midfielder Craig Bird has so impressed the Swans heirarchy that he has been given the famous no.14 guernsey of Bob Skilton and Paul Kelly.

Groomed through a junior scholarship, midfielder Craig Bird has so impressed the Swans heirarchy that he has been given the famous no.14 guernsey of Bob Skilton and Paul Kelly. Photo: Simon Alekna