COLLINGWOOD coach Nathan Buckley says the club remains in the dark as to what the next steps are for provisionally suspended pair Lachie Keeffe and Josh Thomas.

Buckley confirmed yesterday the pair had returned to Queensland for a period while they awaited the results of their B samples after returning positive tests to the banned substance Clenbuterol.

The results of the B samples are not yet known, despite it being almost a fortnight since they were tested.

The pair face two-year suspensions if they cannot adequately explain how the drug came to be in their systems when samples were taken in February.

“They were back home (in Queensland) for a couple of weeks, I believe they are back in Melbourne now and we are looking forward to catching up with them over the next couple of days to see what the next steps in this situation (are),” Buckley said on 3AW yesterday.

“We still haven’t been notified as a club of what their situation is or where they are going to be coming at it from.

“Their legal representation will let us know in due course.

“It is part of the process that we sort of understand we are at arm’s length from at the moment.”