SYDNEY is counting the cost of Thursday night’s disappointing loss to Geelong at the SCG, with injuries to experienced stars Jarrad McVeigh, Dan Hannebery and Kieren Jack compounding the poor performance.

Former skipper McVeigh broke his right collarbone in the dying minutes of the game, putting his season in doubt and potentially his career, given he is set to retire at the end of 2018.

McVeigh will undergo surgery to repair his broken collarbone and is expected to sideline the defender for six weeks.

Veteran midfielder Jack strained the medial ligament in his left knee early in the opening quarter before sitting out the remainder of the game.

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Scans have revealed Jack has a grade one medial strain in his left knee and he will be assessed leading into the Swans’ game against North Melbourne next Sunday.

Sydney coach John Longmire revealed in his post-match press conference that out of form midfielder Hannebery strained his calf in the opening quarter before spending the rest of the night in the forward line.

The midfielder is expected to miss the next three weeks with the strain.

Sydney's Dan Hannebery and Geelong's Tom Stewart on Thursday night. Source: News Corp Australia

“Kieren obviously did his medial early. ‘Hanners’ hurt his calf pretty early and we just had to play him forward. ‘Macca’ has a broken collarbone and will obviously have an operation. So we lost a few tonight,” Longmire said after Sydney lost by 12 points.

“He [Hannebery] hurt it early so we just pushed him forward, so when we lost Kieren as well we were a bit short for runners in the midfield.

I don’t know if he has definitely torn it, but he was affected by it so we had to push him forward.”

Despite kicking one more goal than Geelong, who had 17 more scoring shots at the SCG, Sydney fell to its fourth loss at home this season, hurting their chances of finishing with a double chance.