To give you an idea of how little Sydney Swans player Lewis Melican was expecting to be drafted, he was celebrating Schoolies on the Gold Coast and missed four calls from John Longmire after being picked.

Talking to Declan Byrne on 'The Saturday Sledge', Melican chats about his career battling injuries, Grand Final pain and what he's learned across the years the Swans have done the Pride game as they will again this weekend.