Some simple pearls of wisdom from coach Paul Roos can be credited with giving Leo Barry the confidence of attempting and ultimately clunking arguably the most telling grab in AFL/VFL history.

As Barry launched himself at desperate pack of Swans and Eagles in the dying seconds of the 2005 Grand Final, some simple but influential directions from Roos were swirling around inside the veteran defender’s mind.

“I put it down to what Roosy had built in to all of us defenders,” Barry said.

“If you think you’re a chance of marking it, go for it. Those words of advice were imprinted in the back of my head.

“I didn’t know how long was left, how many players were there…all I did was keep my eye on the ball and the rest is history.”

Barry walked back, calm and composed, like nothing had even happened. The 237-gamer was probably as stunned as everyone else at what had just transpired.

None more so than the players that formed the desperate pack including Lewis Roberts-Thompson who famously tapped him on the backside seconds before the siren, Tadgh Kennelly who famously jumped on the very same shoulders which had just carried the weight of occasion on them and Amon Buchanan - “I don’t know what Amon was doing at the front of the pack.”

Ten years on, as the number of players within that pack grows and the height of which the man of the moment soared rises, Barry is content with being labelled the almost poster boy of the Swans’ history breaking premiership.

Just don’t allow just THAT moment define his 15 seasons in the red and white.

Barry will join teammates at the SCG on Friday to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the 2005 Premiership. Help the boys celebrate such a momentous occasion during the Swans Round 13 clash with Richmond.