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Longmire’s signature effort is to derail Hawks
Emma Kemp
Daily Telegraph, The Australian, AAP, July 13

SAFELY ensconced in a new three-year deal which is set to make him Sydney’s longest serving coach, John Longmire has one thing on his mind — knocking Hawthorn off their AFL perch.

There’s an understated sense of pride in Longmire having steered the Swans to the 2012 premiership, 2014 grand final, and finals every other season since taking the reins in 2011.

Accompanying that is a strong appreciation for his predecessor Paul Roos, under whom he served a near decade long apprenticeship, and for the backing of a stable club.

Longmire’s tenure will now continue until at least the end of the 2020 campaign, by which time he would have become the longest-serving coach in the history of South Melbourne/Sydney.

The 45-year-old sits third on the Swans’ all-time list with 138 matches, behind his immediate predecessors Roos (202) and Rodney Eade (152).

But he hasn’t given it much thought. Rather, Longmire is interested in what he can still achieve in that time.

“We’re all chasing Hawthorn,” said Longmire, a longtime friend of Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson.

“The standard they’ve set over the last few years has been extremely high, so we’re all striving to get better. The challenge is we know Alastair and the Hawthorn footy club are doing the same thing.’’

John Longmire signs contract extension with Sydney Swans
Dominic Bossi
SMH, July 13

John Longmire is chasing Alastair Clarkson after signing a three-year-contract extension that will keep him at the Sydney Swans until the end of the 2020 season.

With his original deal set to expire at the end of next season, the Swans moved quickly to ensure their flag-winning coach remains with the club for the long-term. The Swans are in the hunt for another premiership and have never finished outside of the top eight during Longmire's coaching career.

Currently there is one pursuit the 45-year-old coach is driven by – atoning for the 2014 grand final defeat to Hawthorn – their opponents in Thursday's top-of-the-table match.

"There's plenty to achieve, we're all chasing Hawthorn," Longmire said on Tuesday. "The standard they've been able to set over the last few years has been extremely high, so we're all striving to get better so the challenge is [Hawks coach] Alastair [Clarkson] and the Hawthorn footy club are trying to do the same thing."

With the extension of Longmire's deal, the Swans have now locked away their key planks for the future – Lance Franklin is at the club until the end of 2022, while Luke Parker and Dan Hannebery are signed until the finish of the 2021 season.

Longmire says it took little time to agree to terms to sign a new deal with the Swans, where his ability to develop youth while chasing premierships was one of the main reasons the club was convinced to hand him a lengthy contract.

"I'm really happy with the development of the younger kids coming through. They're taught really well by our senior group. Our players have a key role in being able to develop those younger kids and teaching them the way to play AFL footy," he said.

Injured Hawk to miss a month
Lauren Wood
Herald Sun, July 13

HAWTHORN has lost frontline midfielder Liam Shiels to a hamstring injury for up to a month.

The three-time premiership player was injured in the second term of last week’s win against Port Adelaide.

Former Giant Jonathan O’Rourke is in line to take Shiels’ place for tomorrow night’s SCG clash with secondplaced Sydney.

By 11pm tomorrow, the Hawks could be two games clear at the top of the ladder, but high-flying small forward Paul Puopolo said their current form was not good enough to win finals.

The premiers will travel to Sydney today.

“We’re not putting ourselves in that position where we think we’re going all right,” Puopolo said.

“We don’t think we’re playing good enough footy to win finals.

“We think we need to get better, because you look at sides like Sydney and Geelong — their best footy is really good. We want to make sure that we are able to play at our best when we need to play our best. We just think we’re not quite there yet.”