Sydney Swans midfielder Jared Crouch believes the media has written lies about him which put him at physical risk.

Crouch claims his treatment from sections of the media was the reason he took the unprecedented action of refusing to reveal details of the injuries which ended his record run of 194 consecutive AFL matches last year.

The Swans premiership player claimed his body was nobody else's business and said he was not prepared to feed stories to the media to make them feel good.

Speaking after being selected for his first game since he succumbed to what was later revealed to be a broken collarbone and an ankle injury in round 12 last year, Crouch was still bitter at what he perceived was his ill-treatment from the media.

"For some reason, the media feel as though they have to know everything," he said.

"They have to be the judge, the jury and the executioner on so many different cases, but so many of them are not accountable to anybody and I do have a problem with that.

"So I'm not going to feed them stories to make them feel good when they blatantly write lies about me.

"So I'm not going to help them when they, for whatever reason, disrespect me.

"I've had plenty of lies written about me.

"I had people writing I wasn't injured, I was dropped for poor form - for a bloke who spent three months on crutches - that's a blatant lie.

"I had another that after a game (in which) I had nothing wrong with me, that I had a broken jaw which put me in a compromising position the next week because opposition teams are targeting my head.

"That's physically putting me at risk and that's a blatant lie.

"Once journalists start being accountable for their actions and the lies that they write, I'll be more happy and free to discuss everything."

Crouch makes his return in Sydney's practice match against Port Adelaide at Telstra Stadium on Friday night.