Fuelled by "why not us?" grit, GWS are daring to dream big in this AFL finals series.
While their 51-point spanking from Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval only four games ago was a stark reminder of how quickly it could all end, the Giants will take growing confidence into Saturday night's semi-final rematch.
GWS won the next two games after the Port loss to confirm their finals berth and then were too good for St Kilda in last Saturday's elimination final.
Giants defender Sam Taylor admits he has thought about the potential of a barnstorming run to the grand final.
"I have. I've already started to plan," Taylor said.
"At the start of the year, no one gave us a chance and then we kept asking us, why not us? It's pretty simple. Why can't we do it?
"We're a special team and we have a belief in ourselves to get the job done."
Giants key forward Jake Riccardi was more circumspect, but shared the sentiment.
"You know what, I'd love to say I haven't (thought about the grand final), but I have - just as a dream, the real faintest of dreams," Riccardi said.
"I thought about it, like 'wow that's us, we did that'."
Taylor also admitted to some surprise how they had risen so rapidly with new coach Adam Kingsley from last year's bottom-four finish.
"Even though the start of the year looked pretty dire, we still had confidence in ourselves that things will finally click," Taylor said.
"Kingers always said we had plenty of honourable losses on the way and we knew it was close. We didn't realise it was this close.
"So to finally start winning games and what Kingers has brought in has been incredible. Everyone has full belief to win every week. It's a special thing to have and hopefully we keep hold of it."
Taylor and Brent Daniels are veterans of the Giants' only grand final in 2019, when Richmond humiliated them by 89 points.
"I see it less as a negative, I see it more like we've gained experience from that. It was a great time," Taylor said.
"It was an awesome achievement to reach it and it just gives us more confidence that we can make it."
While Daniels also can see the positives out of the 2019 finals series, he adds they are a much different team now.
"2019 was really special time for me. I was in my second year and I got to play in the grand final which doesn't happen very often," he said.
"We took experiences out of that, but we don't think about it too much. It's great to have finals experience but we're a completely different side now."
