Premiership player and former Collingwood star Dane Swan will make his one-off senior debut for the Tigers against South Rovers at Merrivale Recreation Reserve on Saturday, June 5.

Tigers joint president Matthew Gleeson can't wait.

"Hopefully we can get good weather and have a big crowd and make a good day of it, have fun and a few laughs," he said.

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Football identity Ricky Nixon is also coming to Tigerland to host a sportsman's night and discuss Swan's career on-and-off the field.

Gleeson said Nixon told him there were about 1500 people through the gate for Swan's game for Creswick in the Central Highlands league on Saturday.

The Tigers co-president said the club was always going to have the sportsman's night but was just waiting to see how Swan's body held up from the Creswick game before making the announcement.

According to The Courier, Swan started at half-back and then moved into the midfield and forward-line for Creswick. He kicked three goals.

Gleeson expects there'll be some excited Tigers' players, especially a few of the passionate Collingwood supporters.

He said Swan will be at the ground from midday, mingling with the crowd and getting photos.

Gleeson said he came across the idea as he follows Nixon on Facebook and saw they were promoting the one-off match and sportsman's night.

"It snowballed from there," he said.

Gleeson said tickets were open to the public and remaining tickets were limited.

He encouraged people to get in quick. They can contact him to secure a ticket.

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