AFL's Hawks confident on injury, MRP front Lance Franklin and Brent Guerra have shrugged off injury concerns and Grant Birchall and Jarryd Roughead are confident they'll avoid bans for next Saturday's AFL premiership decider. It leaves youngster Brendan Whitecross as potentially Hawthorn's only AFL grand final heartbreak story. Whitecross almost certainly ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament after coming on as the substitute in Friday night's thrilling 14.18 (102) to 15.7 (97) preliminary final win over Geelong. He'll miss a grand final for the second straight year, having injured the same ligament in last year's finals. Franklin said Whitecross's blow was devastating for the club. But the star forward has no fears he'll also miss the grand final, despite spending time off the ground with a right elbow injury during Friday night's streak-breaking victory. "Awesome," was Franklin's take on how the elbow felt on Saturday morning. It's always good after an exciting win. I don't think anyone feels any injuries after winning a prelim and getting themselves into a grand final. It was just an unbelievable experience last night. Franklin said doctors had found no notable damage to his elbow and he was in no doubt for next Saturday. Likewise, Guerra, who missed last year's decider with a hamstring injury, and who sustained a corked thigh and a knock to the shoulder on Friday night, is rated certain to play. "Good luck trying to keep him out of it," captain Luke Hodge said, adding Guerra arrived at the club for a recovery session at 6am on Saturday and would be doing everything needed to ensure he took his place. Small forward Paul Puopolo (ankle) and forward-ruckman David Hale (calf) also sustained minor injuries on Friday night, but the Hawks are confident they will also be fine. Birchall ironed out Geelong's Mathew Stokes during the third term, sparking a small melee. But replays indicated he connected only with the Cat's body while Stokes had the ball and the Hawthorn rebounding defender was confident he'll have nothing to fear from the match review panel. I didn't jump. I hit the ball and his body and didn't get him high so no worries at all," Birchall said. Roughead could attract scrutiny for a bump on Geelong's Cameron Guthrie laid well off the ball in the final term. Guthrie went down and subsequently spent time on the bench, but the Hawk forward was confident he had no case to answer. It was a split second decision, that's all it was. I don't think there's much to it," Roughead said.