Geelong hasn’t ruled out Tom Stewart making his return from an ongoing knee issue in Sunday’s clash with the GWS Giants.
The vice-captain, who first suffered the injury in the loss to St Kilda in Round 2, missed last Saturday’s epic three-point win over Collingwood.
“After experiencing knee soreness following the Round 7 game against Carlton, we took the cautious approach and decided to give Tom the week to rest and recover,” Geelong football boss Andrew Mackie said.
“We will continue to monitor him and make a call on his availability closer to squad selection on Thursday.”
The Cats will also make a call on Gryan Miers, after he missed a second match due to a concussion suffered on Easter Monday, and young midfielder Mitch Knevitt, who is dealing with a plantar fascia issue.
“He is progressing well, but as we do in most cases, we erred on the side of caution and decided to give him another week to manage it,” Mackie said.
The hamstring injury suffered by ruck Rhys Stanley against the Magpies has been confirmed as low-grade, sidelining him for 1-2 weeks.
Defender Jack Henry is facing at least another week on the sidelines with a hamstring injury suffered against Melbourne in Round 4.
“Jack is making good progress from the hamstring injury he sustained against Melbourne in Round 4,” Mackie said.
“He is currently building up the running loads required for a return, and we expect to see him integrating back into training this week.”
Timeframes have now been placed against Cam Guthrie and Jack Martin’s names after several weeks as TBC.
“In exciting news for Cam and Jack, they have begun to integrate back into main training,” Mackie said.
“They will continue to build up their training loads in the coming weeks with a target to see both Cam and Jack return via the VFL in three weeks’ time.”
Lawson Humphries has entered the concussion protocol after a delayed reaction to a collision during the win over Collingwood.
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| PLAYER | INJURY | TIMEFRAME |
| Tanner Bruhn | Unavailable | |
| Cillian Burke | Knee | Indefinite |
| Toby Conway | Back | TBC |
| Mitch Edwards | Management | TBC |
| Cam Guthrie | Achilles | 3 weeks |
| Jack Henry | Hamstring | 1-2 weeks |
| Lenny Hofmann | Back | Indefinite |
| Lawson Humphries | Concussion | Concussion Protocol |
| Mitch Knevitt | Foot | Test |
| Jack Martin | Management | TBC |
| Gryan Miers | Concussion | Concussion Protocol |
| Jacob Molier | Hamstring | TBC |
| Rhys Stanley | Hamstring | 1-2 weeks |
| Tom Stewart | Knee | Test |
