The Sydney Swans have returned to the track for their first week of training of the new year as Season 2025 approaches.
Sydney kick off their 2025 campaign on Friday March 7 against Hawthorn at the SCG as part of the AFL's Opening Round.
The team began their 2025 pre-season in November last year with a solid training block before the Christmas break under new Senior Coach Dean Cox.
To kick off the new year, Cox welcomed his side back for 2025 with a brutal surprise: back-to-back 2km time trials with Corey Warner taking out the first 2km and Errol Gulden the second.
Sydney Swans Captain Callum Mils performed well in the time trials, showing his stamina to finish third in the second run.
The 27-year old will be looking for a big 2025 after playing just seven games in 2024 due to a series of injuries.
"It's been exciting to been able to participate in training and be fully healthy so I am really looking forward to this season," Mills said.
"Training has been really good, we have had a lot of numbers on the track and it's been really exciting, everyone is having a red hot go."
Mills has worked with new Senior Coach Dean Cox since Cox's arrival at the club in 2017 as an Assistant Coach and said he and the team are enjoying him taking the Senior Coach reigns.
"He's done an amazing job and we are really excited," Mills said.
"We are looking forward to implementing what he is doing so it's going to be a fun journey."
With just seven weeks until the Swans Opening Round match, the team have some match simulation / practice match locked in before the season officially kicks off with match simulation against GWS (date and location TBC) before a trip to Queensland to face the Suns in the AAMI Community Series. Details below.
2025 AAMI Community Series – Gold Coast Suns v Sydney Swans
Friday, February 27 at 7:10pm
People First Stadium, Carrara, Queensland
