Darcy Gardiner is available for selection this week after overcoming a rib injury obtained in Brisbane’s Round 13 win against St. Kilda  

Gardiner has trained strongly through the week and would be an added boost to the Lions backline already anticipating the return of Harris Andrews, Keidean Coleman and Noah Answerth from AFL Health and Safety Protocols. 

Meanwhile, the Brisbane Lions will remain cautious with Dayne Zorko (hamstring), Daniel Rich (hamstring), Jarrod Berry (hamstring) and Jaxon Prior (quad).

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Fagan: A lot has been going on

Chris Fagan says it feels a lot calmer this week compared to the last month of footy, with lots of things happening out of our control.

The quartet will be given another week to build their training loads, but joined main skills on Thursday and have been tracking well across the week.

Kalin Lane will also miss this weekend after suffering a hamstring injury in training last week.