The Western Bulldogs will be without captain Easton Wood for the next 2-3 weeks after he suffered a minor hamstring injury in his side's 21-point win over Carlton on Friday night.

Wood played through the game, but won't face the Suns this weekend.

โ€œAlthough he got through the game, scans have confirmed since that he has got a low-grade hamstring injury,โ€ Western Bulldogs medical services manager Chris Bell told westernbulldogs.com.au.

โ€œHe definitely won't play this week because we don't want to take any risks, but we expect him to be available in the next two to three weeks.โ€

Key forward Jack Redpath will also be out for a while with injury, although Redpath is expected to spend 12 weeks on the sidelines.

Redpath recently had surgery on his knee, and may be in a battle against time to return to the senior side this season.

โ€œJack has suffered some soreness in his knee over the last two weeks, Bell said. 

โ€œUnfortunately it hasn't settled and we had to proceed to surgery.  The surgery involved a repair to his lateral meniscus which is a shock-absorbing pad in his knee. 

โ€œUnfortunately the time frame for the recovery for this sort of operation is about 10-12 weeks.โ€