But the injured Brisbane Lions vice-captain is still set to make an impact on his side after issuing a stirring challenge ahead of Saturday night's re-match with Port Adelaide: "Stick up for yourselves."

The last full game Adcock played before suffering what appeared to be a season-ending knee injury was the Lions' upset 48-point away loss to Port six weeks ago.

Adcock was still clearly irked by the way Port went about unsettling their younger players in the round 14 clash and passionately called on his teammates to "get their hands dirty" against the Power at the Gabba.

In a turning point in the July 11 match, Lions dangerman Jared Brennan lost the plot after constant Josh Carr niggling and headbutted his opponent.

The Power went on to kick six straight goals to seal victory over an unsettled Lions.

"The last time we played Port down there they bullied us in a way - we are better than that," Adcock said in Brisbane on Tuesday.

"You can't let sides go in there and try and beat up your younger players - what happened to Jared was a fair example.

"We can't allow that to happen again.

"We have to stick up for ourselves, get our hands dirty in a way."

Adcock said the Lions should have protected Brennan more during the fiery clash.

"Definitely. The thing was they were doing it to us but we weren't doing it to them - we didn't take their good players out of the game but they took ours out," he said.

"That's one key thing - we will be taking out their run and carry, players like (Danyle) Pearce, (David) Rodan, the Burgoynes, try and take them out of the game."

But Adcock baulked when asked if the Lions should show "more mongrel" in the countdown to their first finals campaign in four years.

The Lions (7th; 11-8-1 record) are guaranteed a top eight berth with two full rounds left despite tasting victory just once in the past month.