SYDNEY'S 'superstar minder' Dane Rampe has set himself for another massive assignment in Thursday night's top-eight showdown with Geelong at the SCG.

Rampe, who came off the rookie list as a mature-age recruit to be an All Australian defender in 2016, had the job of trying to stop Richmond's Brownlow medallist Dustin Martin while he was resting inside 50 last week.

Seven days on, Rampe is likely to stand the previous 'Charlie' winner, when gun onballer Patrick Dangerfield goes forward for the Cats in what will be a crucial match for both sides in round 16.

Rampe said he takes a different approach to playing on resting midfielders, as opposed to stay-at-home key forwards, but they're no less dangerous.

"They're generally a lot more agile, 'Danger' especially, he's strong in the air one-on-one and on the lead, it's a pretty tough ask," he said on Tuesday.

"He's been spending a bit of time forward lately so I'm licking my lips for that opportunity (to play on him).

"In all honesty there's probably a couple of blokes who want the job, and that's not because it's an easy task by any stretch of the imagination.

"We all like testing ourselves against the best, and one-on-one as a deep forward, he's probably the best at it."

Dangerfield gave Rampe nightmares after he torched the star Swan in last year's disappointing 59-point semi-final loss that ended Sydney's season.

The Cat kicked two of his four first-half goals directly opposed to Rampe, and could have had a couple more if he'd kicked straight.

Rampe said it was a tough night, but he's had them before and he'll have them again. The experience hasn't dented his confidence.

"He definitely got the better of me in that final last year, he was on that night," Rampe said.

"When players like that get their tails up they're hard to stop, but that's all part of playing on the best players and hopefully it doesn't go that way on Thursday night.

"I love playing against the best player, so I'm really looking forward to the challenge."

The Swans are likely to be without midfielder Isaac Heeney when they take on the eighth-placed Geelong after he failed to train with the rest of the squad on Tuesday evening.

Heeney suffered delayed concussion in last week's loss to the Tigers.