Kane Cornes has called for Sydney to target Western Bulldogs forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan on debut today.
Ugle-Hagan, 19, will make his highly-anticipated debut on Sunday afternoon at Marvel Stadium, lining up at centre-half forward for Luke Beveridge’s side.
As a number one pick, there’s plenty of hype regarding Ugle-Hagan’s first AFL appearance, but Cornes wants Sydney to go at the youngster like Collingwood did to a young Jack Watts on his debut in 2009.
“I think there could be some fireworks,” Cornes said on Channel Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.
“I think teams are a little bit nice in 2021 and I think Sydney should come after him and will come after him.
“I think like Jack Watts’ (debut), he was rattled on the big stage, there was a bit of verbal, there’s a bit of physicality off the ball, I think Jamarra Ugle-Hagan should expect that.
“If I was Sydney, I’d be going hard at him.
“We’ll wait and see, it’ll be a really good test for him if they do I’d like to see it.
“A bit of niggle … I believe they should come after him today.”
The Bulldogs host the Swans at Marvel Stadium at 3:20pm (AEST) on Sunday afternoon.
"I think there could be some fireworks."@kanecornes believes the Swans will come after Jamarra Ugle-Hagan in his debut and "go pretty hard" at him.#9AFLSFS | Watch @channel9 pic.twitter.com/IP2cCbPREa
— Footy on Nine (@FootyonNine) July 11, 2021