Richmond has stuck with the same 22 that won their qualifying final over Geelong with the Tigers naming an unchanged team for Saturday’s preliminary final against the GIANTS.
Ahead of the massive clash at the MCG, the Tigers have been immersing themselves in the 2017 Toyota AFL Final Series with forward Shane Edwards saying he’s beginning to dream of Grand Final glory.
"It's pretty hard (not to think about the Grand Final), you can't control what you dream about," Edwards said on Thursday.
'It happens every now and then but I wake up and think, 'Nah, it's the process'.
"(I dream) of running around the oval and celebrating afterwards – I can't control it.
"We've been a bit guilty of under-playing the game in (previous) years, shying away from what it's going to be like and trying to think it is another game, but it isn't.
"There's a lot more on the line, and we took that (mindset) into the last game we played and it seemed to go all right.
"(We're) embracing the moment, and it's great time to be playing footy."
However, Richmond coach Damien Hardwick told reporters on Friday that the club is not getting ahead of themselves, saying there’s a game still to be won on Saturday afternoon.
"The game doesn't know what's happened in the past, it just continues to look at what you're going to bring this week," the coach said.
"That's all we've had our focus on, what we can bring to the game. Even last fortnight's game against Geelong is in the past as well.
"We can't even bank on that. We just go about doing what we do, our defensive template is very strong, and if we play with great intent and work-rate then that will hold us in good stead.
"If we don't bring the work-rate and intent then we're beatable."
Hardwick has also praised the work of the Tigers’ strength and conditioning staff in preparing his team despite having played just one game in 26 days.
"We've got a pretty good record after byes as it is, and we've got a pretty strict routine for how that looks for us and how it works. We're very confident that we've done the work," the coach said.
"Our boys had a pretty hard session on the Saturday and we had a little session yesterday that got some intensity into their legs."
Meanwhile Richmond assistant coach Ben Rutten has identified GIANTS forward Toby Greene as a man the Tigers need to nullify on Saturday.
Greene has kicked 45 goals in 2017 and Rutten said the livewire is likely to be tagged by one of the Tigers’ best defenders.
“Toby Greene plays almost like a key forward, the way he marks the ball,” he said.
“He’s got that element of toughness about him and he’s strong in the contest.
“We’re going to need to play a good player on him, but also someone who can compete in the air with him.”
Saturday afternoon’s game will be shown LIVE on 7mate across NSW and the ACT and Fox Footy all around Australia from 4:30pm.
If you’re in Melbourne, head to the Imperial Hotel for a pre-match function from 1:30pm or if you’re closer to home, join your fellow GIANTS fans at a supporter group or supporter venue.
