Josh Green has recovered from his hamstring injury but his overall match conditioning will be a key consideration for Essendon’s coaching staff ahead of Saturday night’s match against Adelaide.

The former Brisbane player has missed the last two weeks after injuring his hamstring in the opening game of the season.

Prior to that round one win over Hawthorn, Green also missed the last JLT Community Series match with a sore foot.

Essendon High Performance Manager Justin Crow said Green has completed some high intensity training sessions in recent days.

“Josh Green had an excellent training session with the rehab group on Saturday where he did match-like running,” he said.

“We’re really happy with where he’s at. 

“His last six weeks have really been disrupted by his foot issue and now his hamstring issue, so what we’ll be weighing up is just making sure he’s done enough over the last six weeks to be able to play." 

There were some sore bodies after the rain soaked game against Carlton last Sunday, but Crow is expecting those players to join in training throughout the week.

“Overall we’ve pulled up ok, its always good news to get a clean sheet out of both the VFL and the AFL games,” he said.

“We had a few knocks, Orazio [Fantasia] had his foot stomped on, but all of those players with knocks are expected to be able to train tomorrow.”