Gun midfielder Josh Kelly and ruckman Rory Lobb will have to get through Wednesday’s main training session to put their hands up to take on the Saints at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Kelly (groin soreness) and Lobb (bone bruising) both missed last weekend’s win over Fremantle in Canberra and GIANTS General Manager of Football Wayne Campbell said tomorrow’s training would go a long way to determining their selection. 

“Josh is a week-by-week proposition at the moment, we’re being conservative with him,” Campbell said. 

“He’s a chance to train tomorrow and then to play this weekend but we won’t know that until he turns up tomorrow, gets screened, trains and that sort of stuff so that will be a call later in the week. 

“With Rory, I think he’ll train tomorrow. He pulled up reasonably well after training on the weekend, so he’ll look to train tomorrow and we’ll make a decision after that.” 

In good news, recently re-signed forward Zac Langdon’s broken hand has progressed ahead of schedule with the small forward in contention to make his return to face St Kilda. 

Langdon kicked three goals in the opening two games after making his debut in round one but fractured his metacarpal during the round two win over Collingwood. 

Campbell also allayed any fears about the fitness of star forward Jeremy Cameron who jarred his knee during Saturday’s win but played out the game, kicking two goals from 20 possessions and 12 marks.

“He jammed his knee into the turf and he tends to do things at a million miles an hour, Jeremy, which he did this time as well but there’s no structural damage and no lingering soreness so he’ll be fine.” 

Campbell also sent well wishes to young forward Lachie Tiziani, with confirmation on Monday that the 21-year-old tore his ACL during the NEAFL match in Mackay. 

“It was a pretty bad incident for Lachie, he’d been playing well over the pre-season and had certainly played a pretty good three quarters before going down when a guy tackled him from behind and then falling on top of him,” Campbell said. 

“He’s been in hospital since last night and may be operated on today, they’re just waiting to see if they can get the swelling down.

“Our thoughts go out to him but we’ll fully support him and he’ll be back bigger and better.”

GIANTS Injury List - April 17

Josh KellyGroinTest
Rory LobbKneeTest
Zac LangdonHandTest
Matt BuntineKnee1 weeks
Adam KennedyKnee1-2 weeks
Brent DanielsKnee1-2 weeks
Tom ScullyAnkle8-10 weeks
Zac WilliamsAchillesTBC
Will SetterfieldKneeSeason
Lachie TizianiKneeSeason