ALTHOUGH their round one AFL fixture with the Adelaide Crows is less than one month away, the Sydney Swans have been busy lending a hand on the South Coast this week.
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As part of the Swans' annual AFL Community Camp, a host of players have visited both the Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla - as a way to assist the AFL-wide Community Relief Fund for the devastating bushfires.
On Tuesday, a group of Swans - led by Luke Parker, Jordan Dawson, Robbie Fox and Ben Ronke - conducted a community clinic at Batemans Bay's Hanging Rock Oval.
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Following the clinic, the Swans chatted to the players in attendance, while also presenting Batemans Bay Seahawks under 11s players Jeremy Scully with a signed guernsey - after his parents and grandparents both lost their homes to the bushfires.
Tuesday afternoon also saw clinics be staged at Moruya's Gundary Oval and Ulladulla Sportspark - with Will Hayward, Colin O'Riordan and Will Gould just some of the Swans players in attendance at the latter.
This was followed by a community meet and greet at the Mollymook Golf Club, where Swans stars Callum Sinclair, Callum Mills and Oliver Florent engaged with locals.
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The AFL South Coast fun continued on Wednesday as the Swans firstly cooked breakfast for members of the SES and RFS, before attending a host of schools including Milton's St Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Parish Primary School (where they handed each student a hat), Milton Public School, Ulladulla Public School, Ulladulla High School, Batemans Bay Public School, St Bernards Primary School and Batemans Bay High School.
Following their school visits, the Bloods visited Milton's BlazeAid as well as Arlo and Bec Ireland's home at Old Mossy Point Road, Jerramadra which was completely burned.
Arlo, who is the Seahawks vice-president, and Bec, who plays for the women's team, have two young boys who also play for Batemans Bay.