Chris Fagan hails Brisbane Lions' tall forward trio after dominant win over Hawthorn

It's taken a long time to be on display but Chris Fagan is a happy man about the prospect of having a trio of tall forwards at his disposal heading into the AFL finals.

For the first time Oscar Allen joined Eric Hipwood and Logan Morris in a Brisbane Lions forward line on Friday night as the premiers outclassed Hawthorn by 67 points at a packed Gabba.

Morris kicked four first-half goals while Hipwood chipped in with two of his own to leave Fagan confident he has a new weapon in his armory as the Lions chase a premiership three-peat.

"I liked it," Fagan said.

"Oscar didn't have a lot of the ball, but that's often what happens when you have three of them there.

"But between them, they caused a bit of chaos. The ball hit the deck and the lads up there did a pretty good job of cleaning up when it did."

The biggest beneficiary of that chaos was Kai Lohmann, who kicked five goals in a best-on-ground performance that had Fagan beaming for his small forward.

"He's just got his pressure right," Fagan said.

"He doesn't have to worry about doing all those freakish things. They just happen."

"When he focuses entirely on putting pressure on, his game seems to come together."

Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell knows his team failed to deliver, but it doesn't have him reaching for the panic button.

With just two rounds to go before finals, the 11-goal defeat opens the door on the third-placed Hawks potentially missing a top four spot as the chasing pack breathe down their necks.

The Lions are now two points behind the Hawks on the ladder while Adelaide and Melbourne sit just a further four points back with their games yet to come this weekend.

It means the Hawks — who haven't beaten a top 10 team since May — need to win next weekend's clash with Collingwood at the MCG to ensure they'll retain that hard-earned third position, especially with the Lions set to host out-of-form Gold Coast in a Queensland derby at the Gabba.

Mitchell made no bones that Friday's display wasn't good enough and his team were well beaten, with the challenge now being to show the AFL world that performance was a one-off.

"We're better than that and we're going to have to prove it," Mitchell said.

"We've got to learn some lessons from that game.

"By the end of this round we'll be sitting third on the ladder, coming into two games to go, playing Collingwood on a Saturday night.

"So by the time we lick our wounds and spend a couple of days being annoyed at looking backwards, pretty quickly we'll recognise that we're a good side and ready to move forwards."