Walyalup defender Brennan Cox says he will take confidence into the remainder of the season after holding last year’s Coleman Medallist, Jesse Hogan to a single goal at the weekend.

With 25 goals from six games leading into Walyalup’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round clash - including a seven-goal haul against Geelong in Round 9 - Hogan loomed as a major threat.

But Cox rose to the challenge, restricting the key forward to just a single major, something he believes will hold him in good stead going forward.

“It gives me a bit of confidence, he’s obviously one of the best forwards in the competition, winning the Coleman last year - so it gives me confidence that if I can do that to Hogan, then I can do it to most forwards,” Cox said.

“I’m pretty happy with keeping him to one goal.

“I knew he could kick a few goals, but I just had to try and stick to the plan and be physical with him, and I managed to do that for most of the day.”

Cox said backline coach Jade Rawlings had tasked him with the Hogan match-up early in the week, and although happy with his own efforts, keeping Hogan quiet - and GWS to just eight goals for the game - wouldn’t have been possible without the entire team.

“Twig (Jade Rawlings) told me early in the week I would get him, so we had a pretty good plan and I watched a fair bit of vision on him,” Cox said.

“The support I have around me from the other backs - and even the pressure up the ground - they (GWS) weren’t able to get many looks where they were shoulders down and able to hit him (Hogan) freely.

“The support from the rest of the boys to help me out, knowing that most of the ball goes through him … it made my job a lot easier.

“I’d say that was our most connected game for the year.”

Cox said the team will move on quickly and start preparing for Saturday night’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round clash with Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide) at Optus Stadium.

“We’re not getting ahead of ourselves,” Cox said.

“We’re still outside the eight, so we are just taking it one game at a time.