Brisbane players are now convinced their best footy can match the competition's cream.
Following successive wins over Fremantle and Carlton, the Lions have the perfect chance to validate their form on Saturday when they play Hawthorn at its Launceston fortress
"Fremantle is a quality side and when we beat Hawthorn (in round nine) we played a similar brand to what we play now, so we believe if we're playing our best we can match it with anyone," Hipwood said
"We haven't looked too much at Hawthorn, but when we do scout them it'll probably be similar to last time – we're certainly going to have to be at our best to get the result like last time."
The 20-year-old said Chris Fagan's game-plan and forward line continuity was helping the Lions score freely
"I think we've had a forward line where we've played together for the last five or six weeks," Hipwood said.
"Understanding how Bundy (Allen Christensen) wants to hit one inside 50, just little kicks, Dan McStay rolls on to his left foot, I roll on to my left foot, just little things like that the defenders might not know and over the last five weeks we've started to pick that up.
"I think you've got to have a nice balance between defence and offence.
"I think we have a very appealing game style and it shows on the weekend, we had 21,000 (spectators) there.
"The way we're playing the game is really good and I'm certainly loving it as a forward."
