The Western Bulldogs have emerged as another suitor for dual Hawthorn premiership player Taylor Duryea.

Duryea, 27, is an unrestricted free agent and Sydney football chief Tom Harley confirmed last week that the Hawks defender had a medical with the Swans recently.

It’s understood however that the Swans aren’t the only club to have been circling the 118-game veteran, with the Dogs also showing interest.

Taylor Durea. Credit:Sebastian Costanzo

As an unrestricted free agent, Duryea could walk straight to either club. However if the Dogs were to pick up Duryea that way, it could dilute their compensation for losing Luke Dahlhaus to Geelong. A trade with the Hawks could therefore be more favourable.

Duryea, who was named best clubman at Hawthorn’s best and fairest function on Saturday night, played 17 senior games for the Hawks in 2018 but fell out of favour late in the year, before being recalled to the side that lost to Melbourne in the second week of the finals.

Harley said on Monday that there was no update on Duryea from the Swans' perspective.