The versatile Rhys Stanley will be asked to fill the big shoes of suspended Geelong spearhead Tom Hawkins in Thursday night’s AFL clash against West Coast.

The 26-year-old Stanley is equally adept at holding down a key-forward position and providing assistance to Zac Smith in the ruck.

Cats’ small defender Jed Bews is also set to return to senior action against the Eagles after missing one game with an ankle injury.