Ten former South Melbourne/Sydney Swans coaches are now members of the AFL’s illustrious 200 Club – for those with 200 games of service in VFL/AFL history – following a shift by the League in qualifications for the 200 Club.

In the past, a person qualified for the Club with either 200 games as a player, coach or umpire, alone, but did not qualify with 200 games service as a combination of player/coach/umpire.

But the League has decided to change the qualifications to combine playing, coaching and umpiring records.

Swans Hall of Fame inductees J. Herbie Matthews (191 games played between 1932-45, 90 games coached 1939, 1954-57) and Rick Quade (164 games played between 1970-80, 57 games coached 1982-84) are the most notable Swans to be included in the list of 59 to be added to the club.

Other former South Melbourne/Sydney Swans players and coaches to be included in the 200 club are: Jack Baggott (18 games coached 1940), Gary Buckenara (25 games coached 1992-93), Jack Hale (28 games coached 1948-49), Arthur Hiskins (185 games played between 1908-1915, 1919-1923, 16 games coached 1920), Joe Kelly (64 games coached 1941-44), Noel McMahen (54 games coached 1962-64), Charlie E Pannam (103 games coached 1923-28) and Paddy Scanlan (100 games played between 1920-28, 36 games coached 1930-31).

The full list of further additions to the 200 Club is: Jack Baggott, Darrel Baldock, Neil Balme, John Beckwith, Gerald Brosnan, Gary Buckenara, Barry Cable, John Coleman, Chris Connolly, Bill Cubbins, Graham Donaldson, Eddie Drohan, Keith Forbes, Fred Froude, Jack Hale, Arthur Hiskins, Ern Jenkins, Tony Jewell, Alan Joyce, Ken Judge, Joe Kelly, Alan Killigrew, Allan La Fontaine, Dean Laidley, Ross Lyon, Frank Maher, Neil Mann, Herbie Matthews, Ivan McAlpine, Jock McCorkell, Keith McKenzie, Noel McMahen, Rod Olsson, Max Oppy, Alby Pannam, Charlie E Pannam, Charlie H Pannam, Percy Parratt, Michael Patterson, Peter Pianto, Matthew Primus, Ricky Quade, Tommy Quinn, Ian Ridley, Peter Rohde, Kevin Rose, Des Rowe, Ted Rowell, Paddy Scanlan, Peter Schwab, Brad Scott, Robert Shaw, Jimmy Smith, Len Smith, Charlie Sutton, Grant Thomas, Murray Weideman, Terry Wheeler, Col Williamson