Sydney Swans forward Adam Goodes has told Kiwi fans to expect strong contested football from the Swans in Thursday’s Anzac Day clash with St Kilda.

Speaking ahead of the Swans' first training session at Westpac Stadium, Goodes said new fans to the game should expect a level of toughness and determination similar to New Zealand’s All Blacks.

“I think if people are coming to watch the Swannies play for the first time and they’ve never seen us or didn’t see the grand final last year, we like to play our game like the All Blacks, which is hard and tough and for the full 90 minutes - which in our game is 120 minutes,” he said

“We don’t’ hold up and it’s all about the tackle and the one-on-one contest.”

While Goodes said the Swans' style was similar to that of New Zealand’s national team, the dual Brownlow medallist admitted he wouldn’t want to take on an All Black in any sort of game, adding that this week’s match was not about ‘poaching’ players but rather sharing Australia’s game with our neighbours across the Tasman.

“I don’t want any of those blokes coming to tackle us, I can tell you right now,” Goodes told a large Wellington media contingent.

“It’s one thing that quite scares me to be honest, is to have one of those boys tackle me, but we’re not over here to poach players or anything like that, we just want to share our great game that we love in Australia and that we play so proudly, like the All Blacks play rugby union over here.

“It’s the game that we love and that we’ve grown up playing all our lives and we just see it as a great opportunity to get over here and share it with (Wellington).

Goodes will have a secret weapon for this Thursday’s historic match, with Wellington Phoenix captain Andrew Durante on side for the Anzac Day clash.

Durante greeted Goodes and the Swans at today’s training, and exchanged jumpers ahead of a joint press conference.

Goodes said Durante, who has been a long-time friend of the Swans star, has already provided him with a few tips about how to play in the windy Wellington conditions.

“We’re professionals and we’ve played in all types of windy conditions,” he said,

“I originally played my football in Ballarat and it’s wet, cold and windy there and it will be good to get out here and have a training session and I’ll look to Andrew to tell us what to do.

“A bit of that local knowledge might help us.

“(The venue's) top class as we’ve seen and to walk out here, I’ve watched a fair bit of soccer and have seen them play soccer here, it’s a fantastic venue and it looks great for the spectators and hopefully we put on a good show on Thursday.”

Durante, who grew up in Sydney before moving to New Zealand to captain the Phoenix, said there was no doubt Westpac Stadium’s strong winds could cause some trouble for both teams this week.

“It’s very unpredictable,” Durante said.

“Honestly, it might be a low scoring game because it’s pretty tough to judge the wind, but hopefully it’s not too bad on (Thursday night).

“They’ll get a feel for it today, so they’ll be alright.”

The Phoenix captain said he expected a big crowd would turn out for the landmark clash, including many fans that are new to the game of Aussie Rules.

“I think everyone is just going to come out here and they’re expecting about 20,000-25,000 and it’s a fantastic stadium when you get that sort of crowd in here,” he said.

“I think they just want to see a good game and want to see the skills that are involved.

“It’s a game that is quite foreign over here and is a difficult game to master so I think everyone is going to be really appreciate of the skills.

“I don’t know (who the crowd will be following) but I’ll tell all the people I know to go for the Swannies, that’s for sure.”