SYDNEY Swans big man Kurt Tippett says he relishes every game he gets to play these days after persistent knee problems ruined his first two seasons at the club.

The former Crow will make his 150th appearance against Gold Coast on Saturday night at the SCG.

Tippett, who managed just 26 games in 2013-14 for the Swans after crossing from Adelaide, has played 19 matches this year and says he's thankful his body is finally allowing him to be a regular contributor.

"You have a few dark moments when the body's not cooperating as much as you'd like, but that’s part of it," Tippett said on Tuesday.

"There's plenty (of) other guys worse off – you look at other teammates who aren't able to be out there at all, so you've got to be grateful for every game you can get in."

The 28-year-old revealed that coach John Longmire came up with the decision to move him up the ground for longer periods this season.

Tippett has kicked 37 goals playing as a forward/ruckman in 2015, and will go into his milestone game in great form.

In the past fortnight he's had 41 possessions, taken 15 marks and kicked 8.7 in the Swans' two big wins over Greater Western Sydney and St Kilda.

"Coming into this season 'Horse' challenged a lot of guys to play dual roles to really help the team's versatility," Tippett said.

"Part of my role was to play a bit more time in the middle, so we trained it over the summer and at some stage I've played ruck in every game this year.

"That's a part of us becoming better as a team.

"It's different having played mainly up forward in the last two years here in Sydney – it's been great.

"I really enjoy that role, so hopefully I can play it well."

His conversion in front of goal has been the only blemish on his game of late, with a howler against the Saints a contender for blunder of the year.

Tippett says he hasn't seen the reaction of Longmire after the miss, but they've had a short conversation in the past couple of days.

"We had a quick laugh, then it got serious, and he said if you ever do that again I'll drag you," Tippett laughed.

"It was a bit of a brain fade, something we'll learn from and won't happen again."

Tippett said that fellow key forward Lance Franklin pulled up well from his first hit out after missing the three games with a back/rib problem and will look to play more game time this week.

Franklin was on the track for the Swans' light training run on Tuesday, while livewire midfielder Ben McGlynn (hamstring) completed a more solid session earlier in the day after getting through a game in the NEAFL on Saturday.

Defender Nick Smith was nowhere to be seen and although his scans showed nothing more than a minor hamstring strain, he's unlikely to be risked against the Suns just one week out from the finals.