Sydney Swans defender Aliir Aliir ticked the first box in his return to the senior team after finishing Friday’s NEAFL practice match at Olympic Park unscathed.

Not only unscathed but as one of the best performed in the hitout against GWS.

The 22-year-old, in his first competitive run since last year's Preliminary Final, was injected into the game in the second quarter before successfully running out his allotted minutes at Tom Wills Oval.

Trailing by three goals at three-quarter-time, the NEAFL Swans booted 4.1 to 0.5 to run out 8.6 (54) to 6.16 (52) victors.

It didn't take long for the No.36 to find his his feet, gaining an early touch before quickly adapting to the tempo of the game.

Aliir’s smarts and composure, traits which footy fans witnessed in his 13 games last season, was on show from the beginning.

He intercepted well and took the game on numerous times to earn full praise from the coaches on the boundary line.

Ruckman Callum Sinclair and defender Jeremy Laidler were also sound, while Shaun Edwards collected plenty of the ball across half-back.

It was also James Rose and Jordan Dawson’s first games of the year, the pair getting through unscathed and will look to - alongside Aliir - build on their form in next weekend’s practice game against Sydney Uni.