Sydney Swans young guns Tom Papley and Will Hayward already fly across the turf, but the fan-favourite duo could be headed for even higher speeds in Marn Grook at the SCG on Friday night.

There’s every chance it’ll appear that way as the nippy forwards wheel out two pairs of eye-catching Indigenous-themed boots in Sydney’s clash with Collingwood.

Designed by Sydney-based artist Peta Joy Williams, the boots are based on Dreamtime stories and exhibit some of the most central hallmarks of Indigenous art.

Joy, who’s a proud Aboriginal and a member of the Cheer Squad and Black Swans, feels very strongly about reconciliation.

“It’s important that we recognise our players and the players who have stood up against racism over the years – like Adam Goodes and Nicky Winmar,” Joy told SwansTV.

“Sport is a great platform to share culture because it gives young people an idea of a role model. We have so much knowledge and part of my role as an Aboriginal person is to share that. That’s what our cultural obligation is. Traditionally, if we know something when we’re growing up we are to share that.”

The Swans and Magpies will get this year’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round underway.

The winning team will be presented the Marn Grook Trophy, which Sydney and Essendon first squared off for in 2002, while the player judged best afield will be awarded the Goodes-O’Loughlin Medal.

Adam Goodes played a Swans-high 372 games in the years spanning 1999-2015, while Michael O’Loughlin amassed 303 matches in red and white between 1995 and 2009.

The Sydney greats have continued to pour tireless work into the Indigenous space post-footy, with the pair providing hundreds of students from kindergarten through to university with scholarships as co-founders of the GO Foundation.

Rising Swan Isaac Heeney claimed the Goodes-O’Loughlin Medal in last year’s Marn Grook fixture against Carlton, and Goodes and O’Loughlin will again be at the SCG to award this year’s recipient.