Tom Jonas is likely to play, despite suffering a corked hip against Freo on Saturday.
The defender will be monitored at training this week but High Performance Manager Darren Burgess was confident he’ll be right to go.
“We’re really positive about his outlook for this week,” Burgess told portadelaidefc.com.au.
“We’d expect him to get through training and put his hand up for selection again on Thursday.”
If Jonas fails his fitness test, Jarman Impey will come into strong consideration given Hawthorn’s talented small forwards.
Last week’s emergencies Kane Mitchell and Aaron Young are likely to be the only other two players to come into contention.
After a good win in the west, however, don’t expect too many changes at the selection table.
Port Adelaide most recent team (Semi-Final v Freo)
B Jackson Trengove, Alipate Carlile, Tom Jonas
HB Matthew Broadbent, Jack Hombsch, Cam O'Shea
C Kane Cornes, Ollie Wines, Hamish Hartlett
HF Robbie Gray, Justin Westhoff, Angus Monfries
F Jake Neade, Jay Schulz, Chad Wingard
FOL Matthew Lobbe, Travis Boak, Brad Ebert
I/C Matt White, Jared Polec, Jasper Pittard
SUB Andrew Moore
Port Adelaide injury list
Tom Jonas – corked hip (assess)
John Butcher - back (assess)
Sam Colquhoun – knee (season)*
Jarrad Redden – knee (season)*
Brent Renouf – knee (season)
*denotes long-term injury listed player
Hawthorn
Cyril Rioli is the hottest name at Hawthorn right now.
Rioli has not played since Round 15 after injuring his hamstring, but seems to have ticked all the boxes in his rehab, including a training session earlier this week.
Should he return, expect him to start as the sub.
Ben McEvoy’s VFL form has been strong and he’s likely to put pressure on Jonathon Ceglar and David Hale.
Defender Matt Suckling is also likely to earn a recall. The big question becomes, who do they replace?
A strong win over Geelong means any changes means there will be some very unlucky Hawks missing out.
Hawthorn most recent team (Qualifying Final v Geelong)
B Josh Gibson, Brian Lake, Ben Stratton
HB Sam Mitchell, Grant Birchall, Will Langford
C Bradley Hill, Luke Hodge, Isaac Smith
HF Luke Breust, Matt Spangher, Jordan Lewis
F Paul Puopolo, Jarryd Roughead, Jack Gunston
FOL David Hale, Liam Shiels, Shaun Burgoyne
I/C Taylor Duryea, Brad Sewell, Jonathon Ceglar
SUB Jonathan Simpkin
Hawthorn injury list
Jed Anderson – shoulder (season)
Cyril Rioli – hamstring (test)
Shem-Kalvin Tatupu – foot (season)
Zac Webster – hamstring (1-2 weeks)
Brendan Whitecross – knee (indefinite)
