Patrick Dangerfield is devastated for great friend and teammate Tom Stewart, tempering his jubilation at reaching the AFL grand final.

The Geelong captain unleashed one of the all-time great individual finals games to rally the Cats after a slow start and lead them to a 17.13 (115) to 13.7 (85) preliminary final win over Hawthorn.

But reaching a third grand final in six years has come at a massive cost, with Stewart subbed off in the first term because of concussion.

[Dangerfield, so impressive] Patrick Dangerfield leads off Geelong at the MCG after his epic display in the win over Hawthorn. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

That means the Cats vice-captain will miss the grand final on Saturday week against either Collingwood or Brisbane.

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