Josh Kelly, Shane Mumford and Toby Greene could all return at once to give Greater Western Sydney a welcome boost as their focus shifts to Saturday's clash with an injury-hit Richmond.
The Giants were brought back down to earth with a 52-point belting at the hands of reigning premiers West Coast on Saturday night, with coach Leon Cameron conceding they were duly punished for their sloppy ball use, aerial ineptitude and failure to halt the momentum of the Eagles.
In the mix: Josh Kelly looks set for his first game of the AFL season on Saturday.Credit:AAP
But with three first-choice players all set to put their hands up for selection against the Tigers, there is no reason GWS can't bounce back quickly and emphatically.
Kelly is a near certainty. The midfield star would have played in the first two rounds had it not been for conservative advice from the Giants' fitness department, and he will surely be right for this weekend, although Cameron believes the team's on-ball unit has coped well enough without him.
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"I think the boys will love having him back, but in saying that I think they've been really good for the first two games," he said. "We lowered our colours (against the Eagles) but not by much in terms of the midfield."
Mumford, meanwhile, has served the two-game suspension imposed on him by the club after a video of him allegedly snorting a white powder emerged in October. The 32-year-old is coming out of retirement, having not played an AFL match since the Giants' qualifying final defeat to Adelaide in 2017.
Back for more: Shane Mumford.Credit:AAP
And Greene, who sat out the West Coast game due to a tight calf, should also come into calculations although, of the three, he sounds like the least likely to feature.
"Toby will play with a broken leg if he tried to. We've got to make good decisions," Cameron said.
"I don't know what that is yet, I'll get through that halfway through the week. If he's not right we don't play him, if he is then no doubt he'll definitely come in."
If there is a good time to face Richmond, it's probably now. Arguably their two most important players will not feature at Giants Stadium with spearhead Jack Riewoldt to miss the next four weeks with a wrist injury and key defender Alex Rance (knee) out for the whole season. Damien Hardwick has never coached without at least one of hiRead More – Source
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