Round 1: Sydney Swans (100) def GWS (37)

The Swans claim bragging rights in the first Sydney Derby with a hard-fought 63-point win in the stand-alone season opener.

Josh Kennedy 39
Ted Richards 34
Craig Bird 34

Round 2: Sydney Swans (94) def Fremantle (81)

After leading by 45 points in the third term, the Swans survive a six-straight goal Fremantle blitz to steady and win by 13 points.

Josh Kennedy 45
Lewis Roberts-Thomson 35
Nick Malceski 35

Round 3: Sydney Swans (105) def Port Adelaide (83)

The Swans survive another opposition fight-back to record a 22-point win over Port Adelaide in the first interstate trip of the season.

Josh Kennedy 40
Dan Hannebery 39
Ted Richards 35
Luke Parker 35

Round 4: Sydney Swans (113) def North Melbourne (77)

Three goals apiece to Ben McGlynn, Andrejs Everitt and Lewis Jetta results in the Swans going 4-0 on the back of a 36-point win over North Melbourne, the result soured only by the loss of Gary Rohan with a broken leg.

Ted Richards 40
Rhyce Shaw 40
Luke Parker 40

Round 5: Sydney Swans (106) def Hawthorn (69)

A stirring second-half comeback sees the Swans remain undefeated. In Adam Goodes’ record-breaking game the Swans were irrepressible against premiership favourites Hawthorn.

Josh Kennedy 45
Ted Richards 45
Craig Bird 40
Adam Goodes 40

Round 6: Sydney Swans (94) def by Adelaide Crows (99)

In one of the games of the season, the Swans suffer their first defeat of 2012 falling just short of Adelaide at the SCG. Adam Goodes was on fire before injuring his quad in the final quarter.

Lewis Jetta 40
Adam Goodes 40
Josh Kennedy 35

Round 7: Sydney Swans (62) def by Richmond (91)

Another horror showing from the Swans against Richmond at the MCG makes it two losses on the trot despite a strong third quarter showing.

Nick Smith 24
Josh Kennedy 19
Lewis Jetta 15

Round 8: Sydney Swans (138) def Melbourne (37)

In a celebration of the Swans 30th year in Sydney, the home side kicked their highest score in four seasons and recorded the first 100-point victory since beating Richmond by 118 in 2006.

Kieren Jack 45
Ryan O’Keefe 40
Lewis Jetta 38

Round 9: Sydney Swans (83) def by St Kilda (111)

After leading by nine points at quarter time, the Swans were overrun by the pace of St Kilda in Lenny Hayes’ 250th game.

Ryan O’Keefe 30
Kieren Jack 21
Ben McGlynn 20

Round 10: Sydney Swans (132) def Western Bulldogs (40)

The Swans make a mockery of the wet conditions to kick nine straight goals in the first quarter, eventually running out 92-point winners over the Western Bulldogs.

Kieren Jack 45
Jude Bolton 45
Rhyce Shaw 43

Round 11: Sydney Swans (86) def Essendon (82)

The Swans were scintillating for the first three quarters, limiting Essendon to just two goals. The Bombers came home strongly in a thrilling last term, but the Swans had enough to go to the break with back-to-back wins.

Ted Richards 40
Jarrad McVeigh 40
Lewis Jetta 40

Round 12: Bye

Round 13: Sydney Swans (80) def Geelong Cats (74)

For the second game in a row, the Swans nearly let a comfortable lead slip, this time against reigning premiers Geelong. Substitute Andrejs Everitt kicked a stunning match-winning goal in the final 90 seconds to secure a six-point win.

Ted Richards 40
Nick Smith 40
Kieren Jack 37

Round 14: Sydney Swans (132) def GWS (38)

After a tight first quarter, the Swans tower over local rivals GWS to record a 94-point win at ANZ Stadium.

Kieren Jack 45
Jarrad McVeigh 40
Ryan O’Keefe 38

Round 15: Sydney Swans (110) def Brisbane Lions (63)

On the back of a career-best six goals from Sam Reid, a clinical Sydney Swans move to top spot on the AFL ladder with a 47-point defeat of the Brisbane Lions.

Sam Reid 41
Jarrad McVeigh 40
Ted Richards 39

Round 16: Sydney Swans (121) def West Coast Eagles (69)

In a top-of-the-table clash, the Sydney Swans put in their best away showing so far for the season to beat modern rival the West Coast Eagle by 52 points at Patersons Stadium.

Ryan O’Keefe 48
Kieren Jack 43
Josh Kennedy 42

Round 17: Sydney Swans (105) def St Kilda (76)

After a blistering start from St Kilda and Stephen Milne, the Swans fought back and eventually ended the match with a four-goal blitz of their own to defeat St Kilda by 29 points at the SCG.

Josh Kennedy 45
Ryan O’Keefe 40
Kieren Jack 37

Round 18: Sydney Swans (126) def Gold Coast Suns (54)

The Swans survive a couple of key injury scares to overpower the Gold Coast Suns by 72 points at Metricon Stadium.

Josh Kennedy 40
Ryan O’Keefe 40
Jude Bolton 40

Round 19: Sydney Swans (93) def Carlton (71)

The Swans make it a record winning run since moving to Sydney 30 years ago with their ninth win in succession, this time a workman-like 22-point win over Carlton.

Kieren Jack 40
Nick Smith 40
Dan Hannebery 40

Round 20: Sydney Swans (70) def by Collingwood (78)

The ‘hoodoo’ against Collingwood continues after the Swans relinquish a 17-point third-quarter lead to fall eight points short of the Magpies at ANZ Stadium. Josh Kennedy (40 possessions, eight tackles, one goal) records the first ‘perfect 50’ game since Adam Goodes in round 24, 2011.

Josh Kennedy 50
Craig Bird 28
Lewis Roberts-Thomson 26

Round 21: Sydney Swans (167) def Western Bulldogs (85)

After trailing by three goals at quarter time, the Sydney Swans kick 23 goals in the final three quarters to record an 82-point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was the Swans highest score since round 15, 2007.

Josh Kennedy 40
Nick Smith 35
Ryan O’Keefe 34

Round 22: Sydney Swans (95) def by Hawthorn (102)

In one of the matches of the home-and-away season, the Swans fail to capitalise on a 38-point lead in the second quarter as the firepower of Hawthorn showed their class late in the first half. A see-sawing second half sees the Hawks kick the last two goals to win by seven points in a classic.

Josh Kennedy 40
Ryan O’Keefe 40
Nick Smith 35
Heath Grundy 35

Round 23: Sydney Swans (78) def by Geelong Cats (112)

After leading by six points early in the third term, the Swans were overran by a resurgent Geelong outfit with a home final on the line. The Swans lost by 34 points and went into the finals having lost three of the last four games.

Jarrad McVeigh 35
Craig Bird 25
Ted Richards 15

Qualifying Final: Sydney Swans (71) def Adelaide Crows (42)

The Swans land a home Preliminary Final with a brutal 29-point win over Adelaide at AAMI Stadium. The Swans smothered and counter attacked to perfection making the most their 16 scoring shots compared to Adelaide’s 17.

Josh Kennedy 45
Ted Richards 45
Ryan O’Keefe 45
Adam Goodes 45

Preliminary Final: Sydney Swans (96) def Collingwood (70)

A dominant Sydney Swans buried their run of bad form against Collingwood with a 26-point Preliminary Final win over the Magpies. Josh Kennedy - again - and Ryan O’Keefe both recorded ‘perfect 50’ games, while Lewis Jetta was electric with three outstanding goals.

Josh Kennedy 50
Ryan O’Keefe 50
Jarrad McVeigh 45

Grand Final: Sydney Swans (91) def Hawthorn (81)

The Sydney Swans reigned supreme in a Grand Final for the ages. In a game full of momentum swings, the Swans stormed home with the final four goals of the season to become 2012 premiers by ten points over Hawthorn.

Ryan O’Keefe 45
Jarrad McVeigh 45
Dan Hannebery 45

Final Leaderboard:

KENNEDY, Josh877
RICHARDS, Ted705
O'KEEFE, Ryan701
JACK, Kieren686
McVEIGH, Jarrad600
SMITH, Nick551
GRUNDY, Heath536
JETTA, Lewis521
BIRD, Craig517
HANNEBERY, Dan471
BOLTON, Jude468
SHAW, Rhyce455
GOODES, Adam404
ROBERTS-THOMSON, Lewis387
MALCESKI, Nick367
MATTNER, Marty360
PYKE, Mike327
JOHNSON, Alex321
MUMFORD, Shane301
McGLYNN, Ben300
PARKER, Luke252
REID, Sam242
EVERITT, Andrejs72
MORTON, Mitch66
DENNIS-LANE, Trent55
ROHAN, Gary54
SEABY, Mark48
ARMSTRONG, Tony47
WHITE, Jesse32
WALSH, Tommy21