North Melbourne's Andrew Swallow is one of best tacklers in the game. Picture: George Salpigtidis Source: Herald Sun
NORTH Melbourne captain Andrew Swallow says the confidence gained from beating Collingwood late last season will help the club in Sunday's Round 1 clash at Etihad Stadium.
The Kangaroos broke a four-game losing streak to the Magpies in Round 21 last season which helped propel them into the finals for the first time since 2008.
Swallow hopes the lessons of last August and a growing maturity from the North Melbourne side can get the Roos off to a perfect start on Sunday.
"Look, it's a new season, so anything can happen, but hopefully the confidence we got out of beating Collingwood last year will help us," Swallow said.
"We hadn't beaten them for a long time and we had struggled at times against the top four sides.
"But you get confidence out of knowing we matched it with them last year and we know we have improved from that.
"It probably doesn't get much bigger for us than taking on Collingwood in Round 1."
Swallow said North Melbourne had learnt lessons from the 96-point loss to West Coast in last year's elimination final.
"I think we were just so happy to get there (the finals), even though it was a shock to end up with a result like that," he said.
Swallow can't wait to get started on his second home-and-away season as North captain, saying the experiences of 2012 taught him a lot about the position.
"When you are given a role such as that, you want to make sure you are leading from the front," he said.
"I spent a lot of time thinking about how the group was, and probably spent less time on myself, so the fact that I managed to be really consistent was good."
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