Xavier Richards will be playing for Sydney in 2017 after all. Sydney University, that is.

Exciting Sydney youngster Isaac Heeney will urge Swans coach John Longmire to give him more time in the midfield after committing to a five-year contract extension.

Swans young gun Isaac Heeney has signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him in the red and white until at least 2022.

Sydney Swans Ltd has posted a net profit for the sixth-straight year, despite a reduction in AFL funding and substantial compensation payments to ANZ Stadium.

Josh Kennedy is the new captain of the Sydney Swans after co-captains Jarrad McVeigh and Kieren Jack decided to relinquish their roles with the club.

Sydney has an earlier than expected chance in 2017 to avenge its qualifying final loss to GWS.

Sydney star Luke Parker won't resume training until 2017 after undergoing knee surgery to hasten his recovery from a PCL injury.

Young guns Isaac Heeney and Callum Mills are in line for midfield moves as Sydney ponder how to cover the departure of Tom Mitchell to Hawthorn.

With the draft period over, Emma Quayle and Michael Gleeson assess each club's playing stocks and forecast the impact in 2017 - positive, negative or unchanged.

Left without an AFL club for 2017 despite playing in a grand final last month, Xavier Richards was left "disappointed" but at peace according to his manager.

Canberra product Sam Fisher has joined the Sydney Swans as a category B rookie.

Emma Quayle runs the rule over each AFL club's new cohort of young talent.

He hasn't played a senior game in more than four years, but Alex Johnson has signed a new contract with Sydney.

Gold Coast defender and Sydney Swans premiership player Nick Malceski has announced his retirement from the AFL due to injury problems.

Xavier Richards remains hopeful of finding a new AFL club as a delisted free agent after his bizarre fortnight took another turn on Thursday when he was delisted by Sydney.

GWS won't be following Port Adelaide and Gold Coast into China.

Sydney has an immediate shot at grand final revenge next year with a blockbuster rematch against the Western Bulldogs scheduled for round two at Etihad Stadium.

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Young forward Xavier Richards is hoping he'll be allowed to stay at Sydney, just days after rejecting a contract extension in a bid to return home to Melbourne.