James Jordon’s girlfriend, Emily Twycross, has been pictured smiling and touching his arm during a Sydney outing, weeks after the Swans midfielder’s season was cut short following the Melbourne hotel scandal.
The couple walked side by side through Randwick, with Twycross turning towards the 25-year-old footballer as they chatted.
Jordon wore a grey hooded jumper, black Nike shorts, a faded blue cap and slip-on shoes.
Twycross paired a black T-shirt with plum-coloured trousers and sandals, carrying a phone in a bright pink case.
The photographs offer a glimpse of the usually private couple following weeks of scrutiny surrounding Jordon and four teammates.
Jordon, Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey and Riley Bice were suspended for the remainder of the season, including finals, for breaching club standards following Sydney’s win over Essendon in August.
James Jordon and girlfriend Emily Twycross walk together through Randwick following the Swans midfielder’s recent season-ending club suspension
The couple’s casual Sydney outing followed weeks of scrutiny surrounding Jordon and four teammates suspended for breaching standards
Sydney suspended Jordon, Isaac Heeney, Chad Warner, Nick Blakey and Riley Bice for the remainder of the season
The Swans stressed their sanctions were independent of the Victoria Police investigation into alleged sexual assault at the Melbourne hotel. No charges had been laid at the time of publishing.
Twycross works in community services and lists children’s charity Barnardos Australia as her employer on LinkedIn, which also records her studies at Deakin University.
She has roots in Wodonga, while Jordon’s football pathway included nearby Yarrawonga in Victoria’s border region.
Although they have largely kept their relationship out of the spotlight, the couple attended the 2025 Brownlow Medal ceremony together at Melbourne’s Crown Palladium.
Their Randwick outing comes during a significant week for Jordon, who returned to the Swans’ Moore Park headquarters on September 23 alongside the other suspended players.
Each addressed and apologised to staff and members of the club’s AFL and AFLW squads.
Jordon arrived in the same car as Heeney and Blakey for the visit, which coincided with end-of-season exit meetings.
The five players had already issued a joint apology acknowledging the impact of their behaviour on their partners, families, teammates and the wider club.
Jordon and Twycross had generally maintained a low profile, although they attended the 2025 Brownlow Medal ceremony together
Jordon returned to Swans headquarters on September 23, joining his suspended teammates for apologies to players and staff
The Swans stressed their disciplinary sanctions were independent of the police investigation into allegations at Melbourne’s Pullman Hotel
‘Our focus will now be on rebuilding trust with the club and the community,’ they said.
Explaining the suspensions in August, Swans chief executive Matthew Pavlich said late-night drinking and bringing women back to the hotel fell below the club’s expectations.
He confirmed there had been no curfew. The disciplinary decision concerned breaches of behavioural standards, rather than any determination about the criminal allegations.
Victoria Police confirmed on September 2 that detectives had travelled to NSW and spoken to four men after three women reported alleged sexual assault.
Investigators also identified three men being treated solely as witnesses.
Police did not name those involved. Separate reporting identified Jordon, Heeney, Warner and Blakey as the four interviewed players, with Bice being treated as a witness.
The Swans rejected suggestions that additional club representatives had been in the room, saying their inquiries consistently identified only the five suspended players.
All five were also excluded from All-Australian selection, although they remained eligible for the Brownlow Medal.
Jordon remained contracted to Sydney until the end of 2027 after his suspension ruled him out of finals
For Jordon, the suspension interrupted a career that had established him as one of Sydney’s most effective shutdown midfielders.
Nicknamed ‘The Padlock’, he celebrated his 100th AFL appearance in round nine last year.
Melbourne selected him with pick 33 in the 2018 draft. He debuted in 2021 and became a premiership player that season as the unused medical substitute in the grand final.
After 65 games for the Demons, he joined Sydney as an unrestricted free agent in October 2023.
Jordon remains contracted to the Swans until the end of 2027.
