Essendon forward Peter believes returned cult hero Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti is enjoying his second endeavour at AFL football.

The return of fan favourite McDonald-Tipungwuti after a premature and temporary retirement has been a sight for sore Bomber eyes, and his teammates are enjoying having the livewire forward back on the track.

"First thing is first with Tony, we wanted him to be enjoying his life and enjoying his footy," Wright said. "I feel like he's been able to do that.

"He's been really healthy the whole pre-season, I don't think he's really missed a training session, which is really important for him to build that fitness up.

"Having him out there, he's always in good spirits, always smiling and seems to be enjoying his footy. So I'm really rapt for him for that and hopefully he can continue to build his fitness and push for selection."

The mercurial Jake Stringer has once again had an injury-interrupted pre-season, struggling with a number of minor issues over summer including groin and back complaints, and is currently on a modified training program.

He was also involved in a minor scuffle with teammate Mason Redman at a fiery training session in January.

"Jake's clearly a really powerful player and really important for us. He's one of the most talented players I've played with, and he definitely just adds a lot to our forward mix and the team as a whole," Wright said.

"We want him fit and firing and I think he's coming off obviously a few little hiccups, but hopefully he gets a really clean run into the season."