The Rookie in Red and White: A Sydney Swans Fan Podcast

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The Rookie in Red and White: A Sydney Swans Fan Podcast episodes

May 28, 2025 S2025 E11 (Round 11): Please, Sir, May I have Some More (MCG Trauma)?
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

In this very special episode, Odette and Steven and joined by Melbourne fanatics Dana and Arpan as we take a group trip to the MCG to watch a slaughter in person. We review a very disappointing showing from the Swans and discuss what is next for our boys as we face the Crows at the SCG.

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

1 hr 16 min
May 22, 2025 S2025 E10 (Round 10): I Guess That's Why They Call Them the Blues
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

Steven is sick, and so for the first time ever, Odette is steering the ship solo! She answers some questions about her footy journey so far, reviews the strong performance agaisn the Blues and previews a big clash against the Demons this Sunday!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

26 min
May 13, 2025 S2025 E09 (Round 9): A Frustrating Afternoon at Marvel Stadium...
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

Steven and Odette discuss the frustrating loss to the Bombers and preview the upcoming clash against the Blues. Odette's Observations is back and live from the ground for the first time in season 2025! Also, a new Swan Song!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

1 hr 4 min
May 07, 2025 S2025 E08 (Round 8): Big Brother Reminds Little Brother Who's Boss!
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

Odette is a late out and Steven goes tangential on it! For the first time ever, Odettes Observation's as read by Steven!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

23 min
April 29, 2025 S2025 E07 (Round 7): Reviewing a Disappointing Loss to the Suns and Previewing a Major Battle of the Bridge
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

Odette is back and chaos ensues! We chat about the last few weeks of disappointing results and project to the season ahead!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

41 min
April 16, 2025 S2025 E06 (Round 5): Shut Down in Gather Round and a Preview of our Port Clash
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

Odette is still away and is relegated to phone-recorded cameos, which means Steven is flying solo again! All our favourite segments are back, including a brand new Swan Song! The Pies loss gets dissected and the upcoming Port clash gets inspected!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

45 min
April 08, 2025 S2025 E05 (Round 4): Big win over North Melbourne, Gather Round incoming!
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

In this episode, Odette is on a plane and we try and make that work, a new Swan Song is featured and Steven rants all things Sydney way too late at night!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

39 min
March 31, 2025 S2025 E04 (Round 2): Triumphant over the Dockers and onto the Roos!
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

In this episode, Odette returns and provides a long-overdue review of the Dockers win! We discuss how Odette would coach the Swans to a win over North Melbourne and some of the best segments are back!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

41 min
March 19, 2025 S2025 E03 (Round 1): Close but no Cigar! Reviewing our Defeat to the Lions and our Upcoming Clash against the Dockers
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! The show where we take someone with little knowledge of the AFL and see if we can turn them into a Sydney Swans expert. It's Season 2 and Odette is back and armed with a season of knowledge about the Swans including massive highs and devastating lows. Join Steven and Odette as they share the trials and tribulations of following the Swans and Odette continues on her journey towards becoming a Sydney Swans expert!

In this episode, Steven is flying solo! There is a lack of segments and a lack of Odette, but as per usual, Steven has plenty to say and manages to talk to himself for 30 minutes uninterrupted.

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care

28 min
March 12, 2025 S2025 E02 (Opening Round): Hawks Show They Mean Business as We Start our 2025 Campaign With an L
Welcome to the Rookie in Red and White! A new podcast documenting the journey of one Sydney Swans fan from no idea to one eye'd cheerer. Every week, with the guiding hand of obsessed blood's fan Steven, The Swan Princess 'Odette' will learn all about Australian Rules Football, the AFL, the Sydney Swans, and more importantly, the history, fans, staff and players that make the team who they are!

In this episode, we review our first game of the season against the Hawks, preview the grand final rematch against the Lions, and a fan favourite segment returns for 2025!

Featured Music: The Way - After School Care
41 min

About The Rookie in Red and White: A Sydney Swans Fan Podcast

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What is it that makes us fall in love with a football club? Sos is a lifelong Sydney Swans tragic. Odette is relatively new to the game. Together, they set out to document a unique experiment — Sos's…