VETERAN ruckman Dean Brogan has promised that he's not going to new club Greater Western Sydney just "for a holiday".
In an interview with The Sunday Age, the 32 year-old said he believed he could still be a strong on-field contributor during the Giants' debut season.
"I'm not going up [to Sydney] for a holiday, put it that way," Brogan said.
"Thirty's a bit of a dirty age in the AFL, but I think it depends which club you're at, and I honestly believe that a lot of guys do retire too young.
"It's a unique situation and I'm not going up there thinking I'm going to be the main man in the ruck.
"I'm going up to help the young guys and to get them ready for everything AFL footy will throw at them.
"But … I'm going up there to play as well as I can before anything else."
A 174-game premiership player with Port Adelaide, Brogan decided to retire in June this season as the Power sought to hand more responsibility to developing big man Matthew Lobbe.
But calls from GWS assistant coach Mark Williams - his former coach at Port - and list manager Steve Silvagni convinced him to continue at the new franchise.
Along with ex-Power teammate Chad Cornes, former Melbourne captain James McDonald and Brisbane Lions champion Luke Power, Brogan will add much-needed experience to the young list.
He plans to pull on the boots for only one season, aiming to "play three or four [games] in a row and then have a week or two off", before moving onto the Giants' coaching staff.
But he is yet to decide exactly what type of off-field role he will seek.
"I'm still unsure whether I want to become a full-time assistant or just work with young guys, but that's the great thing about this opportunity," Brogan said.
"I've got a lot to learn, and hopefully next year I'll find my niche with the coaching and work out what I want to do."
