Jesse Hogan has only just begun to show what he could achieve in his AFL career, says GIANTS coach Leon Cameron.

Hogan threatened to blow the GIANTS' elimination final wide open with several strong grabs and shots on goal but couldn’t quite leave his mark on the scoreboard.

The 26-year-old hit the post twice from set shots in the third term but kicked a goal after the three-quarter time siren to give the GIANTS a much-needed steadier and a 19-point lead after the Swans had pressed hard.

Hogan finished with two goals but looked dangerous throughout the match and looms as a crucial player for the GIANTS as they prepare to take on Geelong in a semi-final next week.

Hogan joined the GIANTS from Fremantle in exchange for a late draft pick last year, after starting his career at Melbourne where he won the 2015 NAB Rising Star award.

"It was his first final in his 99th game. It's interesting, he plays his 100th game next week in Perth in a final,” Cameron said.

 "He just keeps chipping away at things. We know he wanted to have one last chance at AFL footy, he came to our footy club, he's knuckled down and got a lot of things right with his life off the field which we're really proud of.

"He’s still got a lot of work to do and he's only just starting to scratch the surface. If we can get his body in a really good shape for the remaining part of this final series - but equally, he's signed a contract extension which we're rapt about - so into his next year and the one after - then I think we're going to get some really, really good footy out of him.

"Not many players take six contested marks in a game. He's a very, very big guy. He's something that we need because that's an area of our game we have to get better at, and I thought he was a really towering figure throughout the game down in our front half.”

Meanwhile, Toby Greene and Cameron have both declared that any contact the GIANTS forward made with an umpire at three-quarter time was not intentional.

Greene was talking with Matt Stevic when the superstar forward appeared to bump into the umpire as he walked past him on the way to the GIANTS’ team huddle at the final change.

The Match Review Officer is sure to look closely at the incident and consider whether it was intentional and led to unnecessary or unreasonable contact.

"I don't know what it was. It was just in the moment and certainly would never touch him," Greene told Channel Seven after the match.

"I was just talking to him about something in the game, but yeah."

Greene kicked three goals in the first half as he drove the GIANTS to a 23-point lead at the main break, but had less impact in the third term as he gave away free kicks and failed to hit the scoreboard.

"I just had a quick look. Very hard for me to comment on it,” Cameron said of the incident.

“Clearly it's a talking point but all I know is it wouldn't have been intentional. 

“I love the way he goes about things, I know he's a talked-about player but I'd like to really hone in on the positive stuff. I thought his first three quarters were unbelievable in terms of the footy he played.”

Cameron was also full of praise for key defender Sam Taylor in what he called an “enthralling duel” with Lance Franklin.

The 22-year-old Taylor often had the better of Franklin in their aerial battle and ended with nine intercepts in his 12 disposals while the Swans superstar kicked three goals and had a chance to put his team in front in the dying stages.

“The script was there to be written, he had a shot with about a minute to go and he's a wonderful player, Franklin, we know ” Cameron said about Franklin’s late shot on goal. 

"For Sammy to stand up in a big game like that, I thought it was a really good dual.

"Looking from the sidelines sometimes you can get sidetracked as a coach when these two go head-to-head.

"Franklin had his moments, Taylor had his moments, I just think it was a great dual and we're just so proud that Sam's just progressing as a key position player for us.

"He's got a good shiner there at the moment, he's a bit banged up, but he just kept on keeping on and we're really proud of what he did."