Sam Reid has battled a stop-start career since arriving at the Sydney Swans in 2009, but the injury-hampered forward this year ran out for every match for the first time in red and white.

While a torrid run with quad and Achilles injuries limited the 27-year-old to just one senior match in 2018, the towering Swan fought back to play all 22 games this year.

That’s significant for a footballer whose injury troubles had already kept him to just 10 games in 2013 and no games in 2016.

Sydney forwards coach Steve Johnson said Reid was a huge plus for the side’s forward line this year.

“He was able to kick really accurately when he was in front of goal this season, and it was a bonus having him stand up at certain stages not having Lance (Franklin) down there. He’s a senior player in our forward line and a really important one,” Johnson told SwansTV.

“His body is certainly in good shape and he’ll be able to attack the pre-season again really strongly.”

Reid was at his damaging best in Marn Grook at the SCG in Round 10, slotting six goals from 15 touches and collecting six contested marks.

The sparkling performance against Collingwood earned the 2012 premiership hero the Goodes-O’Loughlin Medal, a best-on-ground honour named in tribute to Swans greats Adam Goodes and Michael O’Loughlin.

Reid finished the season with a tally of 28 goals to be Sydney’s second-highest goal-kicker behind lively small forward Tom Papley (37).

The 143-game Swan says he’s upbeat on the back of his injury-free 2019 campaign.

“It’s the first year of my career that I was able to play every single game, so I take a bit of confidence out of that and am pretty happy with it.”