Cyril Rioli will be named by Hawthorn but is no certainty to play Hawthorn's star forward Lance Franklin will miss Friday's qualifying final against Sydney after taking the early guilty plea for his hit on Nick Malceski. Cyril Rioli remains in doubt for tomorrow night's qualifying final. Picture: Chris Eastman Source: Herald Sun HAWTHORN star Cyril Rioli faces a race against time to prove his fitness and play in Friday night's qualifying final against Sydney after missing the club's final training session today. Hawks coach Alastair Clarkson said Rioli would be named in the team on Thursday night, but remained in serious doubt due to the ankle injury that sidelined him last week. "He is under a bit of a cloud, Cyril, we will just wait and see," Clarkson said. We have got 24 hours to work out whether he plays or not. Blues will name star for final We will select him in our side tonight and then make an assessment tomorrow morning. The exciting forward did not play against the Swans last week and only got through an early part of the Hawks' training session on Tuesday. Popular ... Luke Hodge poses for a picture with a fan. He didn't even take the field at Waverley Park, instead doing some running work inside the club's training centre. "He tried to train (on Tuesday) and there was just a little bit of discomfort there, so we just pulled him back," Clarkson said. He has done some running inside this morning and we will see how he pulls up from there. If he is OK, we will play him; if he is not, then we won't be taking the risk. Lance Franklin marks in front of teammate Andrew Boseley. Asked if Rioli had to be 100 per cent to play against the Swans, the coach said: "I'd reckon so, but we will make an assessment tomorrow." With Lance Franklin out suspended for a week and a question mark on Rioli, Clarkson said the other selection news was more positive with Max Bailey, Brent Guerra and Liam Shiels all fit to play. Mental ... Brian Lake tries to put Brent Guerra off his shot for goal. "Outside of 'Bud' being suspended and the cloud over Cyril, we have got a full group to pick from, outside of (Ryan) Schoenmakers and (Matt) Suckling," he said. We have had a great preparation. Our last couple of games - the Kangaroos and Sydney - have been finals preparation games, and we feel like we are as well prepared as we can be.