Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has not ruled out making changes to his side ahead of Saturday's Preliminary Final with Brisbane.
The Hawks produced a team-wide domination of Fremantle away from home in a Qualifying Final a fortnight ago.
While it would be tough to see any player going out from the 23, the availability of ruck Ned Reeves (just recovered from a larynx injury) and impressive performances in the VFL mean there still remains a race for spots.
"We are not going to have wholesale changes certainly," Mitchell said at Thursday's press conference.
"We are pretty pleased with the performance we put up against the Dockers, but we have spoken consistently about how we have to pick a team that competes well against the team we are playing.
"Unfortunately, Reevesy has been out for a number of weeks, but physically he is available now. He is one of those decisions we will make over the next 24 hours.
"(Brisbane) obviously have a lot of intensity around the ball, so having the two rucks (Sam Draper and Darcy Fort) who are both fresh and very energetic when they are there is a big part of their game. So that is one we are looking at."
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan was once Mitchell's mentor during his playing days at the Hawks.
The Hawthorn coach said he holds a high respect for what Fagan has achieved at the Lions, but said he hopes their time in the sun is done.
"I obviously worked with 'Fages' personally for a long time, and he was instrumental in some of the successes of my playing career and this organisation's playing career," he said.
"You can't help but have an enormous amount of respect for the way Fages has gone about it for so long now. He certainly does it in his own way, and yeah, an enormous amount of respect for him and the way he has been able to do what he has up there.
"But I think we have all had enough."
