GWS suffered a giant injury scare in the dying stages of Saturday night's loss to Sydney with Finn Callaghan unable to play out the game.
The midfielder had his leg buckle from under him when attempting to leap for a mark and struggled to weight bear as he exited the field.
""I didn't see the incident. It looked like he rolled his ankle, but I haven't spoken to our medicos yet, so we'll keep our fingers crossed," coach Adam Kingsley said.
In a midfield which has been wildly inconsistent in 2026 and particularly disappointing in the last month, Callaghan has been the best performed player, averaging 28 disposals, four tackles and four clearances.
He was well contained by Sydney tagger James Jordon, kept to just 21 disposals, with most of his impact coming in the second half once the Swans had already established a match-winning lead.
Kingsley, however, took a more positive view about how his superstar played.
"We tried him at half-back thinking that might make it a little bit easier for him against Jordon. We knew Jordon would come to him - he's done that the last couple of times. I still think Finn had really good moments. He defended well," Kingsley said.
"If you do a comparison, you know, Jordon had six touches for the game, Finn had 21, and they played on each other the whole night. If I've got a player keeping his opponent to six touches a game, I'm probably pretty happy with them. So, I think Finn did a pretty good job."
Clashes with Port Adelaide, West Coast, Gold Coast and Adelaide await and the Giants likely need to win three to qualify for Wildcard Round following a season where wins over Fremantle, Brisbane and Melbourne have been offset by losses to Gold Coast, Essendon and West Coast.
"You don't see the fluctuations in the best teams like you see with us this year," he said, conceding that their wild swings in form suggest "we're not one of those absolute elite teams," the coach said.
