Defender Trent Croad missed the second half of Friday night's match because of a foot injury while Campbell Brown, already suffering with a lower leg injury, dislocated his thumb.
Grant Birchall (hip), Rick Ladson (shoulder) and Cameron Stokes (thigh) were other additions to the injury list, but assistant coach Ross Smith believes all will be available for the preliminary final in two weeks.
"Croady will have a light week this week," he said. ""They'll all have to be assessed today [but] we're expecting all the guys who have niggles to come up.
"All games you will have four of five players who are sore -- it's finals football."
After a weekend of finals which saw Geelong smash St. Kilda by 58 points, Smith admitted that the reigning premiers deserved heavy flag favouritism.
“I think it’s pretty reasonable and fair to presume that the Cats are still the team to beat. We’ve still got a little bit of work to do… we’re capable on our day of matching it with them but they’re still certainly the side to beat at the moment.”
However Smith insisted that the Hawks would not look past their semi-final against the winners of this Saturday night’s clash between the Saints and Magpies.
“It’s always a bit of a trap to try and look ahead … we certainly have to focus more so on Collingwood and the Saints this weekend.”
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