"Cameron Ling tag on Collingwood star Dane Swan no certainty"
Jon Ralph - Herald Sun
"BROWNLOW Medal winner Dane Swan predicted it but it is no certainty his Grand Final tag will be Cameron Ling."
"Brownlow Medal winner Dane Swan turns focus to Geelong"
Michael Horan - Herald Sun
"DANE Swan doesn't really know what he will do with his Brownlow Medal and frankly doesn't really care."
"Davis future hinges on GF result"
Jon Ralph - Herald Sun
"Davis, 30, capped his resurgence as a defender with All-Australian selection this year, leading Maxwell to describe him yesterday as the best half back in the game."
"Jail steeled Collingwood's Andrew Krakouer for redemption, says mentor"
Jon Ralph - Herald Sun
"ANDREW Krakouer's mentor and former football manager says Krakouer would not be on the verge of Grand Final glory if he had not spent 16 months in jail."
"The years of Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse - Part 1"
Mark Stevens - Herald Sun
"MICK Malthouse sat on the beach at Coronet Bay, listening to Greg Chappell caress a commanding 182 against a hapless Pakistan."
"AFL Grand Final result comes down to fitness"
Jason Akermanis - Herald Sun
"He passed a fitness test but knew his groin was not going to make it. What Presti did was set the standard that his former club and Geelong have to follow on Saturday."
"How a Swan changed his colours"
Greg Baum - The Age
"FOR newly crowned Brownlow medallist Dane Swan, it almost ended - and then began again - with what Mick Malthouse drily called ''a bit of a chat''."
"Swan quickly back in the swim"
Emma Quayle - The Age
"IT WAS cold. It was windy. It was wet. And there was Dane Swan, wading out into Port Phillip Bay, his Brownlow Medal tucked somewhere inside the sports bag he had tossed beside a nearby wall."
"Grand final questions"
Martin Blake - The Age
"1. WHAT IF STEVIE J DOESN'T PLAY? 2. LIKELY MATCH-UPS? 3. WHAT IF BEN REID IS OUT? 4. MAN-ON-MAN OR PLUS ONE? 5. WHO'LL BE HAPPIER IF THE PIES WIN? NEON LEON, OR TAZ?"
"Cats have headache, the Pies a migraine"
Jake Niall - The Age
"Mick Malthouse faces more difficult calls for his last game as coach. Ben Reid, believed to have a ''nicked'' quadricep, appears certain to play, but Darren Jolly is in doubt."
"Dane Swan no normal dude but a hero"
Courtney Walsh - The Australian
"Asked to describe himself after winning the Brownlow Medal with a record vote on Monday night, Swan said that he's "just a normal dude who likes playing footy"."
