Sydney Swans attacking stars Lewis Jetta and Sam Reid are on track to return from injury following this weekend’s bye.
Swans physiotherapist Matt Cameron said Jetta, who missed last Saturday’s match with Adelaide with a shin complaint, was likely to be fit for the Swans’ round 13 clash with Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
“He had a bit of a stress reaction in his shin,” Cameron told SwansTV.
“He’s going along well now and just needed to unload for a week or two, which he’s done and we’ll have him running next week leading into the next game.”
Cameron also said that forward Sam Reid was recovering well from a quad tear, and would be assessed in the lead up to the clash with the Power.
“Sam’s been out for a couple of weeks and has now started running this week, which is great,” he said.
“His rehab plan has him running faster into next week, and we’ll make a decision about his training in the second half of the week and whether or not he’ll be able to play.
“We’re hopeful that he will.”
In other injury news, ruckman Shane Mumford underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a cheekbone fracture suffered in the Swans’ 77-point win over Adelaide last weekend.
Cameron said the Swans’ big man was likely to be sidelined until round 16 with the facial injury.
“He had a depressed cheekbone fracture in the game and he did really well to play out the game, but it requires surgery to stabilise it, which was done on Tuesday,” he said.
“It really is probably about a four week lay-off before things are strong enough for him to head back out there, so that probably puts him out until round 16.”
Lewis Roberts-Thomson has taken another step forward after six weeks on the sidelines with a knee injury.
Cameron said the 29-year-old had recently begun running on the treadmill, and should progress to track running and team training in the next month.
“It’s been about six weeks or so since he had a bit of a meniscal tear in his knee and some cartilage damage on the surface of the cartilage, so he had an arthroscope then and he’s now running on the treadmill, but hasn’t started running outside,” Cameron said.
“His knee hasn’t quite bounced back as fast as we would have liked but he is starting now and we’ll know a little bit more as he runs from the treadmill to the grass about his return to training with the team.
“It’s going to be about another three of four weeks.”
Meanwhile, Cameron said defender Rhyce Shaw still faced uncertainty regarding his return to the field after a setback a fortnight ago impacted his rehabilitation.
“Rhyce was certainly very close two weeks ago and he was up and running fast and training with the team, but had a set back after that,” he said.
“At the moment we’re still trying to get him sorted out and ready to resume running again.
“At the moment it’s still an unpredictable return date for him.”
In positive injury news, Cameron said that Gary Rohan’s long-awaited return to the field was drawing nearer, and if all goes according to plan, the young Swan is set to return to full training at the beginning of next month.
“He’s getting a lot closer now,” Cameron said.
“He’s training with the team and should be doing full sessions with the team by the start of July, and once he hits that mark we can start talking about which game he’s going to be ready to start playing.
“We’ll have an update around then, but he’s got a couple of weeks to go now just to get up to full training.
“He’s in a real pre-season phase for him now, alternating between hard running and team training, but he’s getting closer and closer and is going well.”