Greater Western Sydney is taking a cautious approach with important forward Brent Daniels, who will miss Friday night's Derby against Sydney, as the club manages him after a recent hamstring injury.
Daniels hurt a hamstring during a trial match against Collingwood in February and missed the first four games of the season.
He returned for last week's Gather Round clash against Richmond at Barossa Park, and played well, tallying 14 disposals and three goals. Daniels came through the match unscathed, but the Giants have opted to rest him, given the five-day break.
"We won't play Daniels. The second week back from a hamstring return, a five-day break… to be quite frank, he's fine and he was pushing to play, but I don't think that's the right decision to make from a return from injury standpoint. That's ultimately my decision," Kingsley said.
"It's not ideal for us, but it is what it is."
GWS will also be without key forward Aaron Cadman and former skipper Stephen Coniglio, with both entering concussion protocols during last week's match.
Kingsley has thrown down the gauntlet to young Giants ruckman Nick Madden, who will be handed the unenviable task of going up against Brodie Grundy.
"He (Nick) played against him a practice match seven weeks and didn't do all that well against him, so it's an opportunity for Nick to apply the lessons that he learned out of that game," Kingsley said.
"We have great faith in Nick. We're certainly hopeful that he's going to become a terrific ruckman in the league."
One Swans player GWS will need to put a lot of work into is Isaac Heeney, who has started the season is blistering form.
When asked what the Giants' plan is to try and quell the influence of the red-hot Sydney forward-mid, Kingsley didn't give much away.
"Yeah, we have a plan," the coach said.
"We'll save the plan for the game, but we have a plan. We identify his quality and his importance to their team, particularly without (Errol) Gulden in there.
"His start to the season has been elite.
"Clearly, you're not going to fully restrict his influence on the game, but if we partly restrict it, it will be a win."
