When is comes to football, Andrew Swallow and Daniel Wells are as devoted as any player, but away from the game, they're equally dedicated to their respective faiths.

Swallow is a Christian and attends the Planetshakers; a young Pentecostal church with a youth-focused movement.

“It is very similar in nature to Hillsong,'' Swallow explained to The Age's Michael Gleeson.

“People are so passionate about football, why can’t we be passionate about our God? So I think it is great. Our church is 10 or 11 years old now - it has had some amazing growth.

“Yes, I am religious but I don’t like the term religious because of connotations it has. I am a spiritual person. Christians believe Jesus died for my sins.

“For me it gives me great grounding and a sense of purpose and destiny and that allows me to go and do what I do. All the guys know I go to church and do all that but I don’t stand around bashing them with it. Hopefully they see it through me and they are drawn to it within me and the boys are always asking questions.

“They are like a lot of society - they grow up knowing only one or two churches where it is in a big old chapel with your priests, but if you ever came along to our church it is completely different to that.”

In a revealing interview with Gleeson, Swallow and Wells opened up about their beliefs.

“It took a couple of years to find where I felt comfortable in who I was and what I believed in. There were times when you get carried away with the crowd and what all the boys are doing but as time has gone on I have found it easier and easier to be true to who I am and not be as influenced by what they do but hopefully be an influence on them," Swallow said.

Wells is also a spiritual man and is a converted and devout Catholic. He attends mass every week.

“Every Saturday or Saturday night or Sunday it doesn’t matter. I fit it in around footy. Don’t worry, I always fit it in, I don’t miss no matter where we are,” he told Gleeson.

“It does set me up for the week. If I don’t go to mass I do feel very empty. It is something that is compulsory for me and my family and we make sure we get there regardless.

“A couple of times in a game I might have said a quick Hail Mary, just said her name as I was having a shot at goal. I missed one but that doesn’t matter, I drilled the other one. I don’t use my faith for success in footy, maybe for a bit of protection for the boys and everyone there and to be thankful I am playing this great game.”