Kurt Tippett will miss this Saturday’s match against Adelaide, with Sydney Swans coach John Longmire suggesting the ex-Crow was still “a couple of weeks away” from full fitness.

“He’s been running and has been pulling up really well,” Longmire said.

“The expectation at the moment is that he does some sort of training on Friday and then some more team training next week.

“It will still be a couple of weeks, but hopefully that’s all it is.”

Tippett has yet to play against his former club since leaving the Crows at the conclusion of the 2012 season.

Fellow tall Lewis Roberts-Thomson will face another test this week after missing Sydney’s Round Two loss to Collingwood with pelvic soreness. Gary Rohan is also in some doubt after being subbed out of the match on Saturday night with leg soreness.

“’LRT’ we’re hoping will do some sort of training tomorrow, so he’s come up today,” Longmire said.

“Gary Rohan with that nervy pain that he’s still feeling down his leg, he should be able to train on Thursday, but we’ll have to wait and see.

“It’s a bit of an unknown.”

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