WEST Coast coach Adam Simpson is set for some good selection headaches ahead of the Grand Final rematch against Collingwood, with small forward Jamie Cripps set to put his hand up and star midfielder Andrew Gaff available after his suspension.

Cripps was quiet in his return for West Coast's WAFL team on Saturday against East Fremantle but got through unscathed, and Gaff's eight-game ban for striking Andrew Brayshaw has finally ended.

"(Cripps) got through some good minutes and we think he'll be available, hopefully, for selection and we'll work through that this week," Simpson said after West Coast belted Greater Western Sydney by 52 points.

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"Gaffy? He might be in the mix. If he stops getting 30 touches at training then we'll talk if he's in the side or not.

"He's been waiting for a long time to play.

"The fact it's a Grand Final replay is great, it's good for the AFL, but we'll look at Collingwood a little bit differently than we did last year and they'll do the same with us.

"We've moved on from last year, but understand the occasion."

Relieved to notch the first win of the premiership defence after blowing the Giants away after quarter-time at Optus Stadium, Simpson praised a resolute defence for holding up against 62 inside 50s on Saturday night.

The Giants only kicked 7.10 (52), while West Coast racked up 16.8 (104) from just 47 entries.

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"We had to be efficient and we were. Throughout the night each forward had their opportunity and they displayed some things we've been seeing through pre-season," Simpson said.

"We're still working through the dynamics of our front half, with Lecca (Mark LeCras) leaving and Scott Lycett, and Jamie Cripps not being available and Willie Rioli.

"So there has been opportunity and tonight they stood up, along with our rucks.

"We probably just saw a little bit more consistency across the board with our workrate, so that was really pleasing in the end.

"The way we started was a bit sloppy, our defenders defended really well tonight. The inside 50s were out of whack a fair bit.

"They held up really well. That was probably the backline we're used to seeing, it's just not sustainable to do that every week, so we've got to fix that."

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The Eagles will be sweating on how young backman Liam Duggan pulls up from a sore knee which required heavy strapping.

"We checked him out and then he was good enough to come back on, so he'll be an assessment," Simpson said.

The Eagles dropped mobile talls Jarrod Brander and Jake Waterman for the clash but stuck with two ruckmen and Tom Hickey stepped up after a two-disposal effort on club debut in Brisbane.

Hickey finished with 18 touches, five contested marks, 20 disposals and a goal to book his spot to take on All Australian big man Brodie Grundy next Saturday night.

"I think he had more possessions in the first four minutes than he did for the whole game last week, so that was a good start," Simpson said.

"Not that it's about possessions for us with our rucks, we get them to play a role, and that's something he's still learning.

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"It's different to what the Saints used to do, so we've displayed a bit of patience with that, albeit we need that to work for us because it's a pretty big sacrifice playing two rucks.

"Tonight it was in the positive for us."

The Eagles and Giants players linked arms post-match in a show of solidarity against racism after West Coast forward was trolled on social media, ending a difficult week on a high note.

"Sharing that stance with the Giants was really important," Simpson said.

"I think the Giants gave us a call to suggest doing something, so a really good gesture from them and we jumped on it.

"A really good response from all clubs."