THE SYDNEY SWANS will aim to break their cycle of inconsistency when they host Port Adelaide at the SCG this weekend.

Sunday’s game will mark the first time the Swans have played successive home matches this season, and their form has followed their travels, with a perfect record in Sydney contrasting with four straight losses on the road.

Coach Paul Roos said this Sunday was a good chance for his players to capitalise on the strong form they showed against West Coast last weekend.

“If we had have lost on the weekend, you’d be worried about how we’re going to respond [this week],” he said on Monday.

“It’s been an up-and-down season, and it’s going to continue to be even. Hopefully the players take a lot of confidence out of it.”

Roos was effusive about his side’s performance immediately after the game on Saturday night, and his opinion of the players’ effort was boosted by a review of the tape.

“If we can keep that level of intensity up, we should do well again, no matter what the opposition is,” he said.

“Port are a good team, they’ve had some good games this year, so we’ll have to play well again this year to beat them, no question.

“Every coach just implores his players to come to play every single week, but it’s such an even competition; you only have to have four or five players off their game and it has a dramatic impact on the level of performance of the team. They’re very similar to us in that regard.”

One area likely to be reviewed this week is the Swans’ interchange procedure after ruckman Darren Jolly was deemed to have crossed the boundary line incorrectly during an interchange in the second half.

Both the Swans and Eagles were awarded a free kick and 50m last weekend for each other’s breaches, and Roos said the Swans would follow the issue up with the AFL

“Our guy said he didn’t think there was any problem with it but the [AFL] interchange [steward] said [Jolly] just cut through the line rather than going around the line. It seems a bit strange,” Roos said.

“I don’t think it’s a [rule] that’s designed for that. He went through the right [area] and we didn’t have 19 men on the field, so it’s probably something that’s worth following up.”

In injury news, Roos was hopeful Lewis Roberts-Thomson would be available to line up against an in-form Warren Tredrea on Sunday after injuring a hamstring against West Coast.

The key defender left the field early in the final term, but Roos took heart from his ability to do run-throughs on the boundary line during the game’s thrilling conclusion.

“I know he couldn’t go back on [but] that’s obviously encouraging, the fact that he was sprinting during the last quarter,” he said.

“I think at the time they weren’t sure whether it was a back-related nerve-type hamstring or whether he’d done it. I expect he’s going to get scans today.”