SYDNEY Swans forward Barry Hall says he hasn’t ruled out playing in 2010 but he will wait until season’s end before making a decision.

The 32-year-old, who plays his 250th AFL game against Adelaide on Saturday, is out of contract at the end of the year.

“At this stage I am [keen to play on], but we’ve still got the second half of the season to go,” Hall said before training on Thursday.

“I’ve got an old body. It’s getting through at this stage but things can happen quickly as you get a bit older. If you get an injury, it’s harder to get over. Touch wood it doesn’t happen.

“At this stage the body’s good, I’m mentally fresh and I’m enjoying my footy.”

Hall conceded the impending retirement of fellow 2005 premiership forward Michael O’Loughlin would have some bearing on the football department’s decision but he said there was no rush.

“In terms of contracts, the footy club will speak about that at the end of the year and rightly so,” he said.

“There are a lot of players out of contract and if I was heading up the club, I’d be signing all the young blokes before the older guys so I understand where they’re coming from.”

With Saturday’s clash against the Crows looming as a pivotal moment in the Swans’ bid for a finals berth in 2009, Hall was reluctant to reminisce publicly on his 14-year career, saying the focus was on teammate O’Loughlin.

But after some prompting, he nominated playing in three grand finals – 1997, 2005 and 2006 – as his career highlights.

And Hall said he harboured no regrets about the incidents that saw him hit the headlines for all the wrong reason – including his infamous strike on West Coast’s Brent Staker in 2008.

“The negative stuff – I guess there’s no regrets there because it’s made me better as a person. Hopefully you learn from them over that period and I think I have,” he said.

“There have been a few slip-ups along the way but no regrets from even the negative sort of stuff. It’s made me better on and off the field.”