Dynamic defender Changkuoth Jiath has been ruled out for at least one game after suffering a calf injury.
Hawthorn High Performance Manager Peter Burge said the concern would only keep Jiath sidelined for a short period of time.
“He had some scans and there was a bit of bleeding, so it was diagnosed as a calf strain," Burge said.
"We will be able to be more exact with that timeline, more likely next week, once he’s up and moving again."
Meanwhile, midfielder Josh Ward continues to battle a foot complaint and will miss another week.
“Josh has some very low-level bone overload in his fourth metatarsal in his foot," Burge said.
"He won’t play this weekend, but I would anticipate we would progress him through a running program this week and look at next week potentially bringing him back in some training.
"We will reassess at the start of next week and hopefully be more precise with his timeline."
In some positive news, second-year youngster Jai Serong has been cleared to play after after making a full recovery from his pericarditis diagnosis.
"He’s has had two full weeks of training now," Burge said.
"There was no VFL game last weekend, so that allowed us to get more work into him and prepare to play over a full game this weekend, which he will."
A return date has been set for Emerson Jeka after suffering a hamstring strain in the VFL, with Round 13 firming as the week he'll be available for selection.
"He’s going through the running progressions, we’re looking at a four-week rehab," Burge said.
"We’ll take him through the usual steps, slowly increase his running, build his strength and try identify some other things that can prevent this sort of thing with Jek.
"We’ll look to have him speeding up his running quite quickly given that he’s functionally feeling quite good at the moment."
Listen to the full injury report ahead of Round 10 below.
Injury list
Player | Injury | Availability | Expected return |
Changkuoth Jiath | Calf | Unavailable | TBC |
Josh Ward | Foot | Unavailable | TBC |
Jai Serong | Pericarditis | Available | Round 10 |
Emerson Jeka | Hamstring | Unavailable | Round 13 |
Max Lynch | Concussion | Unavailable | TBC |