HOW DOES IT FEEL PLAYING AGAINST EACH OTHER THESE DAYS?
MARK: I think it gets more important as the years go on because of the simple fact that footy doesn't last forever and it's a great honour to be playing against him. I know he's a part of a very special club, as I am, and it puts a smile on your face to run out knowing you're playing against your little brother because you're proud of what he's done.
JARRAD: It's a great day for our family to come and watch us play, and to run beside him during a game, we've done that our whole lives out in the backyard, it's a really special feeling.

WHAT WILL THE RESULT BE?
JARRAD: They beat us last year and I think we beat them the year before, and I'm sure it will be another Swans win this week.
MARK: I think the exciting part about this week's game is it's two clubs that are probably in similar positions on the ladder, fighting to stay in the eight and also we're coming off three really good wins, the Swans are coming off three or four bad losses.  We respect their club immensely as a group and we understand coming to the SCG, how hard they do play. There is a fair rivalry between the two clubs, there has been some close games over the years and it probably won't change on the weekend. After Anzac Day, which was a disappointing effort, we had to knuckle down and iron out a few areas that we identified that were weak points, and we've tried to shore those up as quickly as possible. We've still got along way to go, but physically our game has got better in terms of our hardness at the footy and it has to be first rate this weekend against the Swans because that is an area that is one of their strengths. Nothing has changed with our structure, we're sticking to it, it's a great game plan, we just need to keep up that aggressive style of physicality and tackling and everything else works from there.

WOULD IT HAVE BEEN NICE TO PLAY TOGETHER?
MARK: Back when I was drafted (the Swans) took a player in Jude Bolton who has been fantastic for the club, so you can't argue with that. He's been a great player for them and I was fortunate enough to go to one of the great clubs in Australia.
I would have loved to have played with Jarrad, but that's just one of those things that didn't work out. I certainly keep a close eye over him and watch most games whether it's on tele or I'll go to most games that I can. It would have been nice, but it wasn't meant to be and we're both forging careers in different states and I'm part of a club that's heavily scrutinised and part of the big Melbourne spotlight and Jarrad sort of hides away in Bondi.

DID YOU MODEL GAME ON YOUR OLDER BROTHER?
JARRAD:I think we were different sorts of players. We used to teach each other a few things here and there in the backyard. We were both midfielders when we were growing up and now I'm more of a midfield-forward player and Mark is more of a defender who likes to go into the midfield.

WHAT HAS HE GOT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE?
JARRAD: He's got a pretty good left foot, most left footers are good kicks. It would be nice to have his skills and he's quite a strong tackler, which is our game plan.

MARK: He'd like to have some of my hair I think! I watch him and he's developed into one of the truly prominent midfielders in the competition and I'd love to have his work ethic. The way he goes about his football, he's a very level-headed young guy, very professional and leaves no stone unturned when it comes to preparing himself for an AFL season.
He's certainly someone that young players at the Sydney Swans and young people in Sydney in general, in NSW, should look up to and understand how hard you have to work to be able to play AFL footy.
There's been probably a shortage of AFL footballers coming out of NSW and we need to turn that around somehow and if they can look at Jarrad at the Swans and try and emulate what he's done to get there, I think we can start developing some really good young kids coming out on NSW because there just isn't enough at the moment and we need to develop them.