The Mangoplah-Cookardinia United-Eastlakes product will line up in attack for the Giants when they take on Collingwood in Saturday's preliminary final at the MCG.

The Giants have been the surprise packet of the finals to date, upsetting Western Bulldogs and Brisbane Lions in consecutive weeks to be one win away from the club's first AFL grand final.

The Giants' task on Saturday has been made much more difficult this week with the loss of Lachie Whitfield to illness and Toby Greene to suspension, pending appeal.

But Himmelberg is extremely confident that the loss of key personnel is not something that will concern the Giants.

"Definitely. This year we've had to deal with a lot more outs than two. We're pretty confident with whoever comes in," Himmelberg said.

"The good thing about the injuries throughout the year is we've got a lot of boys that have played a decent chunk of AFL footy this year that are emergencies so whoever comes in we'll have definitely played at least a couple of games this year, which is awesome and what you want coming into a massive final in front of 90,000.

"You want someone who has been at the level this year and pushing for selection for the last couple of weeks so I'm pretty confident we can fill those gaps."

It is Himmelberg's third consecutive finals series and the club's fourth.

The 23-year-old is confident, despite the disruptions, that the Giants are 'placed a little bit better' than previous campaigns.

"We've had a couple of finals series in a row now, this is number four, so you get that experience and a lot of the boys now have four finals series under their belt and know what it takes and how to win finals games," he said.

"I think we're probably a little bit more mature this year, which is really good and we've got players who are in form, which helps as well."

The Giants have created some attention for their more physical approach to finals so far and Himmelberg is happy with what they have been bringing to the big stage.

"It hasn't been a focus as such but it's sort of something subconsciously that you do as a team," he said.

"Finals footy is a little bit more contested and not as free flowing, usually, just because of the nature of it.

"It's something we've been pretty pleased with, the fact we've been able to come out and, I suppose, get on the front foot and really physically step up to teams. It's something that, as I said, with more maturity in the group that you get naturally so it's good."

Himmelberg has kicked 11 goals from his seven finals appearances, helping create a reputation as a big game player.

He said his role against the Magpies on Saturday will be the same as any other week.

"Pretty similar to the last weeks. It's been a really good year having the three talls in the forward line and we work really well together and this week will be fairly similar in the fact that we go out there and do what we've been doing I suppose," he said.

"Nothing too different, we look at the opposition and what their strengths are and how we can nullify that and then on the back of that how we can counteract that with offence."

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