Tom Hawkins and Cameron Guthrie will not play in Geelong's Preliminary Final against Brisbane on Saturday.

“We don’t think Hawkins and Guthrie are fit and available this week,” Geelong Senior Coach Chris Scott said on Channel 7’s Talking Footy on Wednesday night.

“They have done a remarkable job really, from where they came from to get themselves into the position where we had to think about it a lot.

"But we made the call to this point they are not going to be quite ready, but that doesn’t preclude them from being available next week (if Geelong progresses).

“It is exciting for us, if we are good enough. But it was a close call but not close enough that we weren't confident to make the call by now.”

 Geelong's team to take on the Lions on Saturday will be named at 6.20pm on Thursday night.