Joel Selwood was spotted on crutches on Saturday morning in Geelong, but told Fox Sports Newsย he is hopeful of facing Richmond in seven days time.
Selwood had to be helped off the ground by trainers in the second quarter after injuring his lower leg, but returned after half-time and started the third quarter on the ground.
The same leg was then caught under a tackle by Lance Franklin in the third quarter, which then saw Selwood struggle to compete in the minutes afterwards, before sitting out most of the final term.
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โItโs sore, just as we probably thought it would be,โ Selwood told Fox Sports News on Saturday morning.
โWeโll have some scans and see how it comes up.
โThe second one I probably felt a little bit more, I tried to get out for the early bit of the last quarter and just couldnโt get it going so I decided to call it a night.โ
Selwood didn't place a timeframe on his potential return, but did suggest Dr Peter Larkins' assessmentย on Friday night wasn't accurate.
Larkins said Selwood could miss around three weeks with the injury, but the Geelong captain didn't believe that would be the case.
โI didnโt see Doc Larkins at all last night so Iโm not sure how he could come to that, he hadnโt seen it at all. We hadnโt had it scanned at that stage so weโll just have to wait and see," Selwood said.
โ(Iโm) definitely hopeful, obviously non-weight bearing for the weekend and itโs amazing how they can come up.โ
