Daniel Hannebery wins Sydney's pre-season 3km time-trial. Picture: Brett Costello Source: The Daily Telegraph
SYDNEY co-captain Jarrad McVeigh has put the acid on Daniel Hannebery, Lewis Jetta and Sam Reid to improve the Swans this year.
It's no secret the Swans possess an ageing list and gun recruit Kurt Tippett will be of no use to the premiers until Round 13 because of suspension.
McVeigh said the Swans had the hunger to aim for back-to-back premierships but admitted the team needed natural improvement in players aged 21-25.
"Absolutely we need Jetts, Reidy and Hanners - those gun kids - to step up,'' McVeigh said.
"They have played well, they've shown they can do it, but we need them to go to another level and push myself, Goodesy (Adam Goodes), those types of guys to go again as well.
"They're definitely the group of kids, along with Alex Johnson who's going to miss the year unfortunately, that we need to keep going again.''
Hannebery, 22, was a standout in last year's finals, amassing possession tallies of 27 and 33 in the qualifying and preliminary finals before almost snatching the Norm Smith Medal with a 29-disposal, four-mark and one-goal performance in the Grand Final win against Hawthorn.
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McVeigh said Hannebery could be ready to take the competition by storm.
"He's been playing really good footy for the past couple of years, but his finals series last year was incredible for a young kid,'' McVeigh said.
"We really rate him. He's really courageous and set the team alight in the Grand Final with a few of those acts.
"He's trained really well over the summer, he's fit so we'll be looking for another big year from him and to get that consistent high-level performance.''
Jetta, 23, had a breakout season last year, but struggled at times for consistency as he learned to deal with taggers.
"It takes time to learn how to deal with those sorts of things, but the best players get tagged every week and you want to be tagged because then you know you're going well,'' McVeigh said.
"He's had to learn different ways of how to get the ball ... hopefully he can put those things into place again this year.''
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Hannebery said today he was looking forward to a big season.
"There's no doubt that I've had interrupted pre-seasons since I've started and so far, touch wood, I've been injury-free and everything's been going really well,'' Hannebery said in Sydney.
"I've been able to do most of the sessions and it's good to get continuity in training.
"I feel good and I'm confident going into the season.''
Hannebery expects a fierce contest against their Sydney rivals on Saturday, even though they finished on opposite ends of the ladder last season.
"You can never take any team lightly and I think GWS have proven in the (pre-season) Cup they've certainly improved and we've definitely done our homework this week,'' he said.
"They've got two big forwards in (Jeremy) Cameron and (Jonathon) Patton down there so our defenders have got their work cut out.
"They're two quality players and their backline's definitely a year more mature and stronger.''
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