Former Tipperary football star Colin O’Riordan is returning to the Sydney Swans to take up a coaching role.

O’Riordan, who retired at the end of the 2022 season due to a hip injury, will assist the AFLW program in the absence of coach Scott Gowans, who is undergoing prostate cancer treatment. O’Riordan played 34 games for the Swans and has remained in Sydney since hanging up his boots.

"I think there's a few subtle little things that you will pass on. I think the biggest thing I learned is that everyone will hold your hand and help you out, but no-one is going to tell you what to do, and how to do it," he said.

"If I can pass on one message to the girls, it's to drive your own career and you can steer it in any way you want to. If you put the hard work in and put your head down, you will reach whatever goal you want to reach."

 

Former Sydney Swans defender Colin O'Riordan has been welcomed back to the red and white as he assists the AFLW program in the absence of Scott Gowans.https://t.co/LzPXERMKwb

— Sydney Swans AFLW (@SydneySwansAFLW) April 17, 2023

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