Not many teams boast an impressive record against Geelong, but Swans defender Heath Grundy hopes Sydney’s recent form against the Cats will help them over the line this weekend.

The Swans have won their previous two encounters with the Cats, including a thrilling six-point win in round 13 and a historic 13-point win at Simonds Stadium in round 23 last season.

Speaking ahead of the Swans first training session this week, Grundy said the team had gained some confidence from their recent performances against the Cats.

“Last year we went down there and probably played our best game for the year,” he said.

“We hadn’t beaten Geelong in a long, long time and the boys played a really good game, and came away with a win, which we got a lot of confidence out of.

“Hopefully we can do the same this weekend and we have to go down and play our brand of footy and hopefully that will bring us what we want.”

But Grundy, who missed last season’s memorable win over the Cats with glandular fever, said previous form won’t get the Swans anywhere if the team isn’t at the top of their game this weekend.

“(Geelong) have had a huge record down there, and we’ve been able to go down there and beat them so obviously that will be in the back of our minds,” he said.

“But we know every game is different and we have to go down and do the job and (know) that it’s not just going to happen.

“We need to go down there and play our brand of footy and do what we need to do and come away with a win.”

Grundy will play an important role for the Swans this weekend at Simonds Stadium, and will be charged with the task of lining up on one of the Cats dangerous forwards alongside fellow Swans defender Ted Richards.

In the Swans round 13 clash with Geelong, the pair kept Tom Hawkins and James Podsiadly to three goals, and Grundy hopes the Swans defence will be able to produce a similar result this weekend.

“Geelong has a really good forward line and the defenders will be doing everything they can do to stop the goals,” he said.

“I’m not too sure (who I’ll play on) yet, I’ll have to find out a bit later in the week.

“(Hawkins) has obviously come along in the last couple of years and he’s had a really good year and kicked a lot of goals and he’s jumping and marking the footy and is a really strong player.

“Obviously if myself or Teddy get him, we can help each other out and go from there.”

Grundy said the Swans defence will be keen to make amends for last week’s effort, which saw the side concede seven second quarter goals to the Hawks.

“I think most of the boys were pretty flat about it,” he said.

“That’s not us. We sort of pride ourselves on scores against and we want to make sure we keep (Geelong’s score) as low as possible this week.”

A win over Geelong this weekend would secure the Swans a home final, but Grundy said the team is not getting too far ahead of themselves.

“Everyone would like to have a home final, wouldn’t they, and to play in front of a home crowd,” he said.

“But I think this year we’ve won some pretty good games away as well, but first we need to worry about this week.

“We can’t worry about two games ahead until we see what happens this week.”