IT'LL TAKE a team effort to stop Jordan De Goey on Friday night with reliable Richmond defender Dylan Grimes unsure of exactly who will get first crack at the dangerous Magpie. 

De Goey brought impressive form to the Pies' second final and, while he'll spend this week frantically rehabbing a rolled ankle, looms as one of their most important game breakers.

Grimes, who usually gets the second or third tall forward, said on Monday the Tigers were yet to fully analyse the preliminary final match-ups.

But he predicted it would take more than one person to stop the powerful Pie, who booted three goals against Greater Western Sydney on Saturday night.

"I don't know if I will be lining up on him to be honest. I noticed yesterday he was playing deep a lot and normally we like to maintain our back six and have 'Rancey' [Alex Rance] in those deepest three," Grimes said on Monday.

"It's certainly a good opportunity for a defensive unit really, as a whole, to test themselves against the best opposition.

"You definitely learn the most from those games, where you're really being tried and tested from different angles and Collingwood do that so well.

"We're not 100 per cent sure what it's going to look like yet but he's been in great form, so have [Jaidyn] Stephenson and [Mason] Cox, and I think those guys have had terrific years this year so it's going to be a big challenge, no matter who I'm playing on."