Lake says he's ready to go on Sunday

Comeback trail ... Brian Lake is hopefully of playing this weekend. Source: Stephen Harman / AAP

Hawthorn's new key defender Brian Lake has put his hand up to play against Collingwood on Sunday.

Lake declared himself ready to go after pulling up well following a hitout in the VFL last weekend.

The Hawks face a decision whether to bring in the former Bulldog to help contain Magpie tall targets Travis Cloke and Quinten Lynch or rely on the same back six that did the job against West Coast in Perth on Sunday.

Fellow defender Josh Gibson said Lake believes he's ready to play his first game for his new club if the selectors give him the nod.

"It was his first hitout since NAB one (first week of NAB Cup) and he got through well. It's only Monday so I can't tell you how they're going to pick the side, but speaking to him this morning he has pulled up well and he's just rapt to be playing footy again," Gibson said.

"It would be a nice little delicacy if we can slot him in there, but so far the guys have been doing a fantastic job."

"So, if he gets up to play, that would be great, but we can't rely on just hoping he will play.

"He'll speak to the fitness staff and assess.

"I don't know how many minutes he played in the VFL and whatnot. That will all be taken into consideration before they make a call on whether he plays or not.

"He's always chomping at the bit.

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"Everyone wants to be playing senior footy, especially for a new club.

"I know he was pretty excited this morning that he got through and didn't have any sore spots.So look out this week."

Gibson said the Hawks' defenders were relishing another challenge to curb twin towers up forward for the third consecutive week.

"Those two (Cloke and Lynch) have just started playing together," he said.

"Before it was Dawesy (Chris Dawes) and Cloke and they were pretty damaging.

"It seems that every week some team has got two big forwards.

"We had Pods (James Podsiadly) and (Tom) Hawkins and then it was (Jack) Darling and (Josh) Kennedy.

"So it was just another week at the office, having to play on gorillas.

"But we love playing on the best guys and the back six has been playing well as a unit."

Midfielder Brad Sewell, subbed off in Perth with hamstring soreness, was being assessed on Tuesday on whether he can play at the MCG on Sunday.

"I saw him out there this morning going for a walk-jog. I've heard he had a scan. The medical team will meet this afternoon, but he was jogging," Gibson said.

Gibson marvelled at the work by small forwards Cyril Rioli and Luke Breust inside the forward 50 against the Eagles.

"Their defensive pressure was really good and they got some reward by kicking goals," Gibson said.

"When you've got those guys getting at the feet of Haley (David Hale) and Bud (Lance Franklin) and Rough (Jarryd Roughead), it's pretty damaging down there.

"It's a great challenge for us, getting to play the best teams early and we're really looking forward to the clash on Sunday before a big crowd.

"When you're playing the top sides, you're not going to control the game for the four quarters, but the pleasing thing was when they had control of it, we were able to get it back on our terms."

And he said captain Luke Hodge had pulled up well after his first AFL game of the season and the long flights.

"He's a warrior, you see the way he attacks the footy, it gets the side up. And he was pretty excited to be back out there too," Gibson said.

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