JUSTIN Koschitzke believes he can be competitive in his 200th and final game on Saturday against Fremantle as he faces a race against time to be selected.
The 30-year-old has not played at senior level since round 14 and has been battling a calf and a finger complaint.
He trained on Wednesday, albeit with strapping encasing his left leg from the knee down, but must get through Friday's session as well before he is picked.
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Despite not playing at any level since his last AFL game in round 14, he believes he has done enough to contribute to the team should all his training go to plan over the next 48 hours.
"I feel comfortable; I've just got to get through training without being injured again," Koschitzke said on Wednesday.
"I know I can get out there and be competitive; I've done the work.
"The coach wants me to [play] but if I get through training and prove that I'm fit … I've got a couple more boxes to tick.
"I've done the rehab diligently and everything has come to a point where I'm fit enough to play AFL footy again.
"I've been training for a couple of weeks so that was always the goal to get back and be competitive."
If he plays it will certainly be Koschitzke's last AFL game, as well as the last stand for the retiring Jason Blake and Stephen Milne.
Having been stranded on 199 games for so long, Koschitzke said it would mean plenty to finish alongside those long-term teammates and share his 200th with Adam Schneider, who will also reach the milestone.
"It's probably turned into a bit of a saga it shouldn't have but at the end of the day, it's not about what I was going to do and the milestone [of 200 games]," he said.
"That's not what the year was about.
"Clearly early on in the year, I realised it was going to be my last year of AFL footy and it was never about finishing and trying to play 200 games.
"I had to really focus on what my purpose was about and it was about growing the great group around us and celebrating what sort of legacy we could leave."
