Tippett a 'scary' Swans prospect: Hall

Former Adelaide Crow Kurt Tippett has his first training session with the Sydney Swans. Picture: Phil Hillyard Source: News Limited

FORMER Swans premiership captain Barry Hall has anointed Sydney power forward Kurt Tippett as his successor to be the Swans first dominant goal-kicker since he left the club.

Hall said the 25-year-old star recruit's first game for the Swans in Round 13 against Port Adelaide would take the Swans to a "scary" new level in the second half of the season.

The Swans have not had a player kick more than 50 goals in a season since Hall booted 78 in 2006, but he believes that will end with Tippett.

The former Adelaide star has been unable to play for the Swans in 2013 following an AFL suspension for his involvement in the Crows' salary cap breaches and draft tampering.

Hall said Tippett was certain to be transformed into a more dominant and consistent player through the "Bloods culture" in Sydney.

"With Tippett coming back in at the end of the year, it's a scary, scary prospect," Hall said.

"Playing at the SCG, a small ground, it's going to get pumped into him a lot. He's a contested mark player. He's a really hard player to out-mark one on one. He can jump high, and he can take pack marks. So the SCG will certainly suit him. I think we've seen from numerous players going to Sydney, they've relished the opportunity and the Swans make them better players.

"The Swans will certainly be there or thereabouts again. I reckon Sam Reid and his development, for him to take the No. 1 defender all the time, it's a bit much for him at this stage. If Tippett takes the No.1 tall defender and he can take the No.2 or No.3 it's going to help him and it's going to help the Swans."

Despite leaving the club on bitter terms after being "sacked" by former coach Paul Roos for a series of brain snaps that saw him regularly suspended, Hall said he plans to catch up for a beer or coffee with former Swans teammates in Wellington for the Anzac Day match against St Kilda, where he will be for Fox Footy's match coverage.

Following fresh revelations of his messy departure from the Swans in 2009, Hall said a heated argument with Sydney coach John Longmire in the middle of his falling out with then coach Roos was one of his biggest regrets of his time at Sydney.

"That upset me more than anything, that I was arguing with a guy I respect and a guy who has helped me a great deal," Hall said.

"We sat down and had a coffee. There was no issue ongoing there. That was important to me. I would have been really upset if that had affected our relationship going forward. In some ways I think it maybe has a little bit.

"Once you move on from a footy club, you move on so fast, you don't forget the past, but you move onto the next chapter."

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