GWS coach Adam Kingsley is aware of which state of affairs he’d choose to be in coming into Saturday’s semi-final, declaring the Giants are in a greater place to carry out than Port Adelaide.
With vice-captain Stephen Coniglio a sure starter after an eye fixed damage compelled him out of the elimination last, GWS enters the conflict with a full-strength facet whereas the Power sweat on the health of key place bookends Charlie Dixon (foot) and Trent McKenzie (ankle).
Kingsley stated the clear invoice of well being after a house and away season dogged by accidents to necessary gamers together with Sam Taylor, Brent Daniels and Toby Bedford gave the Giants an edge over their wounded opponents.
“I’d rather be in our position in terms of not having to worry about players positionally, (and) are they going to be fit to play, than what (Port) are at the moment,” he stated.
“We’re really healthy, as healthy as we’ve been all year really … we’re looking good for selection.
“It’s great, it enables you to put as close as you possibly can to your best team out on the park, we won’t have any question marks on players leading into games now, so that’s nice as opposed to last week when we had a couple.”
Wing-forward Xavier O’Halloran looms as the person almost definitely to make means for Coniglio after he was a late inclusion in opposition to the Saints, with Kinglsey suggesting he favoured veteran defender Nick Haynes to proceed because the sub as a result of his versatility.
Haynes is the one Giant to have performed in each one in all their 14 finals.
“I do (like Haynes as the sub), I think he’s really flexible, he plays on the wing, he can play key back, he can play small back for us – his versatility is really important, and the reality is we’ve been a really strong backline for probably the last three months,” Kingsley stated.
“He has found it a little harder to get into that backline, but I don’t think you get a better, more reliable back-up than what Nick Haynes is.
“He’s been a wonderful player over his career and he’s still contributing really strongly to us.”
Kingsley stated Daniels and Bedford may very well be necessary factors of distinction from the Giants’ final assembly in opposition to the Power on the Adelaide Oval in spherical 22, with the pair absent as the house facet romped to a 51-point win
“I had to watch it again unfortunately, it wasn’t a great watch. You take every game as it comes and you learn your lessons, win or lose … their intensity was far greater than ours, that was the foundation of the game, and then there were a couple of system things where we didn’t cope well,” Kingsley stated.
“I think (Bedford and Daniels playing) changes our side significantly, that speed in the front half for us is really important.
“We didn’t have those two last time obviously, and I think we suffered as a result, so it will be interesting to see how much impact those two can have and whether it actually impacts the result of the game.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
