"We're not going to sit here and deny that we're flat that he's not playing. I'm not going to say he's happy about this. It is what it is," Cameron told reporters.

"These things happen. Is it at the wrong time? Yes it is, but he's old enough and big enough to know his health's more important than any game of footy. We get that done this morning, he'll recover and he'll put his hand up if we're good enough to progress.

"I think the next 48 hours has a fair bit to play out on Lachie’s recovery. But one thing I do know as I said after the game is Lachie is tough, he’s hard ... he finds a way to deal with and play with little setbacks, like nearly every player from us, Pies, the Cats and the Tigers. Nothing is going to hold him back."

The Giants are also planning for a line-up without Toby Greene after the AFL tribunal upheld a one-match suspension handed out by the match review officer – though they will appeal the tribunal's decision on Thursday night.

Cameron said he accepted Greene's explanation to the tribunal that he was trying to reach for the ball when his fingers passed over the face of Brisbane Lions star Lachie Neale.