He and his teammates managed to hold up the Barbs' bulldozer but after emerging from the tackle, he realised something wasn't quite right.

At some point during that collision, he'd snapped his finger.

And that isn't an exaggeration... the skipper suffered a clean break to the ring finger on his right hand that left it at a 90-degree angle.

Beahan went straight to emergency during the 30-24 loss to Barbarians where the doctor was fortunately able to put it back into place before applying a cast that was recommended to remain on for 3-4 weeks.

Even though the injury was set to spell an end to his maiden career at the helm of the Warriors, Beahan's broken out of the brace and will dress for Saturday's elimination semi finals contest against Barbarians as the sides will play for the second time in a week.

"I was supposed to go to the fracture clinic on Thursday," Beahan said.

"But I told the surgeon honestly that our team's got an elimination semi finals match coming up and I probably wouldn't see him unless I did it again."

The plan for Beahan on Saturday is to throw on the jersey and then coach from the bench for as long as possible.

"If I'm needed I'll go out there but I'm just going coach from the sidelines for the start of the game," he said.

And whether he's coaching or playing on Saturday, Beahan's given the Indigenous boys free reign to take the shackles off on what will be a lightning quick Wade Park track.

For the whole season up until this point, Beahan's made a concerted effort to try to suppress his sides flamboyant tendencies but basically said his playmakers can do what they want this weekend.

"I've tried to tame the beat for the first five rounds by telling the boys to stick to a structure," he said.

"This weekend I've given them permission to out and play black fulla and play what's in front of us.

"The safety aspect is going to go out the window."

If you take a lot at Beahan's boys, they've got no issue matching it with their opponents physically but as has been the aim all season, discipline needs to improve.

"We just haven't got that winning culture mentally yet and that's what we're trying to achieve," he said.

Saturday's fourth vs. fifth contest is a Wallerawang Landscaping Cup elimination finals contest with the winner to move on and face the loser of the CSU vs. Cargo clash. Kick-off is at 3.15pm.