He is a member of the Australian men's national field hockey team, making his first cap in 2009.

[7] In 2010, he played in the final game of the season for his state team in the Australian Hockey League.

The Cup featured teams from Pakistan, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Britain and New Zealand.

[5] In December 2011, he was named as one of twenty-eight players to be on the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian men's national training squad.

[11][12][13] In February during the training camp, he played in a four nations test series with the teams being the Kookaburras, Australia A Squad, the Netherlands and Argentina.

He was selected to play for the Kookaburras at the Olympic games in 2012, beating the United Kingdom in the Bronze medal match.

[15] In 2011, Swann was honoured by being named the Young Player of the Year by the International Hockey Federation.