SWAN Districts could have had hardly had a worse 2016, but coach Greg Harding has welcomed back some local products and focused on working hard over summer to get things back on track in 2017.
Swans had lost the likes of Ryan Davis, Tim Geappen and Nathan Broad going into 2016, and things really began to take a tough turn when Ryan Crowley departed to join Essendon and ruckman Nathan Blakely went down in the very first bounce of the season with a knee injury.
Star recruit Murray Newman then lasted just one game and Jarrad Blight, Jake Nuich and Kirk Ugle were among a host of players who could never really get going throughout the season because of injury and health concerns.
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