Jarrad McVeigh is a Premiership winning Captain who played 325 games for the Sydney Swans between 2003 and 2019. He was the Swans Captain between 2011 and 2016.

The 2002 draftee also won two Club Champion awards (2008, 2013), earned All-Australian selection (2013) and made a club-high 28 finals appearances. He was also named at half-back in the greatest NSW team of all time in May 2019 and is a Swans Life Member.

Jarrad retired at the end of the 2019 season. Coach John Longmire praised the defender’s leadership, saying that it has played a big part in the Swans’ success. “As a coach, I’m forever indebted to how he has played and led this club,” he said. “He walked into my office in 2011 when I first took over as coach and said that he wanted to lead the club. “He was appointed co-captain with Adam Goodes, and the next year stood on the stage absolutely exhausted on grand final day and held the premiership cup aloft – achieving his dream. “He then continued on to set a great example for every single player that pulled on the red and white jumper. “Jarrad has simply made as large an impact on and off the field as any player that we have had through this successful period.”

Jarrad is currently an assistant coach at the Sydney Swans after calling time on an illustrious career. He will be coaching the Swans forward contingent in 2021.