Hawthorn's physicality has left both their captain and vice-captain suspended, but Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron reckons the Hawks play "tough, honest footy".
And that's what he's most wary of when the Giants meet the reigning premiers this Saturday.
Hawthorn will be without key players in captain Luke Hodge and vice-captain Jordan Lewis when they travel to Spotless Stadium for the Giants' first Sydney home game of the season.
Hodge was banned for three games for his strike to North Melbourne skipper Andrew Swallow's head in Saturday's physical contest at Etihad Stadium, while Lewis accepted a two-match ban for his hit on Todd Goldstein.
Amid accusations of "unsociable play", Cameron said he didn't think the Hawks had intentionally brought extra physicality against the Kangaroos, and was just hoping his squad would be able to match their opponents' gritty game.
"They play the game hard, they play it tough, and I think everyone likes Hawthorn by the way they go about it," Cameron said on Wednesday. "We've seen that in the grand final last year.
"The instances on the weekend, they'll be sitting back and disappointed they're missing matches.
"But if you look over the last two or three years the Hawks have been a very good, tough, honest footy side.
"That's all they do, they put their head over the footy.
"So if we don't put our head over the footy this weekend they'll beat us in contested ball, they'll take it down the other end and they'll score."
Cameron admitted Saturday's embarrassing loss to West Coast was a big backward step for his fledgling outfit, who were being talked up as finals contenders following their 3-1 start to the season.
And the coach was under no illusion about the challenge posed by Hawthorn's "enormous depth", which he said would offset Hodge and Lewis' absence.
"You can talk about depth, but then the depth actually knows what to do when they come in," Cameron said.
"So their systems ... the changes that they make, those players actually know what to do because they've been drilled over and over again.
"There's no doubt they'll cover those two players.
"In saying that, they're two big losses for them and they'll know that.
"We've just got to make sure we bring our effort, because our effort wasn't there after halftime on the weekend."
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