PREMIERSHIP ruckman Mark Seaby will play football in 2013, either at a third AFL club or for WAFL club West Perth, says his manager.

Seaby, 28, was one of two senior-listed players who were cut by the Sydney Swans on Monday, with Jarred Moore the other.

The former West Coast big man, who played in the 2006 premiership side, is optimistic his career will continue at AFL level, with "one or two clubs" already interested in his services.

But if he isn't offered another opportunity, he plans to return to his home state and the WAFL club he played with before becoming an Eagle in 2001.

"There's one or two clubs that have shown some interest but typically in trade week there's a lot of a discussion and it doesn't always eventuate," Seaby's manager Wayne Loxley said on Tuesday.

"If [an AFL club] is not in the offering, he'll settle back in Western Australia and play with West Perth.

"His first priority would be if there's a club that's keen to have him join them, he would seriously consider it but if that's not the case, he'll be back in Perth with his wife and baby and get on with the next phase of his life."

Loxley all but ruled out the possibility of Seaby taking on a position as a mature-aged rookie at an AFL club.

Seaby has already returned to Perth following his delisting from the Swans, and will leave for a European holiday with his family on Wednesday.

He has struggled for senior opportunities at the Swans in the past two seasons after his first year at the club in 2010 was ruined by a broken ankle.

Shane Mumford's form in 2011 limited his chances, while the emergence of Mike Pyke this year - plus an early calf injury - kept him to five senior games.

Loxley said Seaby was physically capable of continuing his career at the highest level.

"He's in good shape. He had some injuries this year and then he got back towards full fitness towards the end of the year but of course then Sydney were particularly strong," he said.

"But he's in good nick and he'll definitely play footy next year; it's just a matter of where."

Seaby isn't the only mature-aged big man who is a chance to resurrect his career at another AFL club.

Former Geelong ruckman Mark Blake has been linked to Greater Western Sydney while ex-Brisbane Lion and Gold Coast key position player Joel Tippett is hopeful of being given another chance via the NAB AFL Draft.

Another former Swan in Daniel Currie is looming as a smokey for the draft, with several Victorian clubs believed to be interested.

Both Tippett and Currie spent the past 12 months playing in the SANFL for West Adelaide and North Adelaide respectively.

Loxley said Seaby was prepared to accept he had played his last AFL game, which would leave him on 120 senior matches, if another chance didn't present itself.

"Mark's not at the stage of his life where he's hanging on the end of the phone waiting for a call; if it happens, it would be great but if not, he'll move on," he said.

"It's just a matter of whether a club sees if he has a role to play for the next few years.

"As with all footballers at some stage, if the opportunity is not there, then you're very positive about what you're going to do after that and Mark is definitely that type of personality.

"He's a well organised young man and he'll go onto the next phase and enjoy it."

Jennifer Witham is a reporter for AFL Media. Follow her on Twitter @AFL_JenWitham.