Kieren Jack’s passion is as hot as ever as he gets ready to take part in yet another finals series.

The 31-year-old will bank his 22^nd finals appearance as the Swans and Giants collide in an elimination final at the SCG on Saturday afternoon.

Jack first locked his eyes on finals football in 2008 and a decade later sits equal fifth on the all-time Swans leaderboard for most finals played. 

The 247-game stalwart said he relished every finals series.

“You don’t take any of them for granted,” Jack told SwansTV.

“That’s the message you try to send the young guys, especially some of our young kids who are going to embark on their first finals campaign. You don’t take anything for granted and you just really enjoy it for what it is.

“I’m excited by that and I’m excited by every finals experience that comes around. They’re all different in a unique way. There’s just a high level of excitement I’m really feeling at the moment.”

Sydney’s sole triple centurion, 318-game Swan Jarrad McVeigh, will join Adam Goodes in equal first for most finals played in red and white.

Goodes leads the way on 28 finals appearances, with McVeigh (27), Jude Bolton (26) and Ryan O’Keefe (24) rounding out the top four.

Josh Kennedy, Dan Hannebery and Ted Richards all sit on 21 finals with Jack, while Nick Smith (20) and Tadhg Kennelly (18) cap off the top 10. 

Star forward Lance Franklin has piled up 23 finals but the eight-time All-Australian played 14 in Hawthorn colours before pulling on the red and white.

Jack has hit his straps on the road to the 2018 finals, averaging 17 touches a game and making important contributions in front of goal.

He starred in the Swans’ 20-point win over the Giants in Round 22, gathering 22 possessions and a pair of goals as Sydney logged a third-straight victory. 

The veteran midfielder will lace up the boots with a host of Swans set to play their first finals match on Saturday, including Tom McCartin, Ben Ronke and Oliver Florent.

McCartin is the youngest player in the AFL and made the cut for last November’s National Draft by just two days.

Jack said he would help show the way for the youngsters in the finals.

“I don’t think it’s more ‘I tell, you do’ – it’s more just a guidance,” Jack said.

“You let them do their own thing but also just guide them along the way.

“There are some young guys in there who are going to be heading into the unknown in this finals series, but the reality is it’s just another game of football. There are just heightened consequences if you don’t win.”

Sydney won three of its last four games of the home-and-away season to climb from ninth on the ladder and finish sixth, grabbing wins over finalists Collingwood, Melbourne and GWS before falling narrowly to Hawthorn.

Jack said the Swans hoped to carry momentum into Saturday’s elimination final.

“It’s just about making sure we tick off the little things and control what we can control, which I think we’ve done for the most part over the past month of footy.”