Sydney Swans young gun Harry Cunningham is hoping to burst into the finals off the back of his “most consistent year to date”.

The 24-year-old midfielder hasn’t missed a game this season and was one of three Swans to bring up 100 AFL matches in 2018.

The boy from Wagga Wagga has taken on more time in the midfield, with his searing outside run complementing the relentless inside work of Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker and a number of other Swans. 

Cunningham is rapt with his home-and-away season and has now set his sights on September. 

“A strong pre-season has helped and I’ve had a bit more time through the midfield and on the wing,” Cunningham told SwansTV. 

“I feel like I’ve been able to impact games regularly and it’s something I will continue to try to do for hopefully a long finals series. But this year has probably been my most consistent year to date.”

Cunningham was thrown into the finals furnace with just four senior games under his belt.

The Turvey Park junior signed with the Swans at the Rookie Draft in 2011, played one game in 2012 and faced Carlton and Fremantle in two finals matches in 2013.

He had played just three AFL games in 2013, earning call-ups for Rounds 17, 18 and 23 off the back of sparkling form in the NEAFL.

Cunningham is now set to make his 10^th finals appearance in next Saturday’s elimination final against GWS at the SCG.

He’ll burst through the banner with a host of Swans with no finals experience, including forwards Tom McCartin, Will Hayward and Ben Ronke and midfielder Oliver Florent.

McCartin is the youngest player in the AFL and would still be running around for the Geelong Falcons if he was born two days later.

Cunningham knows he doesn’t have to look far to find notable examples of leadership and says he’s always looking to pass the baton on.

“There are a lot of younger players who haven’t played a lot of finals before and I can draw on lessons from a couple of finals series I’ve played in over the last couple of years,” Cunningham said.

“I can draw on the experience of the older guys as well. Players like Kieren Jack, Dan Hannebery and Jarrad McVeigh have played a season’s worth of finals.

“Leadership is something I’ve been trying to work on for a number of years and I’ve been able to continue to work on that this year, especially with a lot of younger players in there. Hopefully I can continue with that over the next couple of weeks and go from there.”