Star Bomber Dylan Shiel remains a chance to take on Carlton at the MCG on Sunday with scans confirming he has not torn his hamstring.

Shiel came off the field in the final term of Essendon’s Dreamtime at the ‘G loss to Richmond on Saturday and failed to return, but club physical performance manager Justin Crow said the onballer has not been ruled out of the clash with the Blues.

“We scanned his hamstring and it shows muscle edema, but no tear, so where that leaves us is to treat him clinically,” Crow said on the SKINS Injury Update on Tuesday.

“We’ll be building him up through the week, seeing how he goes in a clinical sense and in a functional training sense, and then making a decision later in the week about whether or not we play him this weekend.”

Powerful Bomber Jake Stringer has not been so lucky with his own hamstring injury, which he suffered in the second term of the same match.

“Jake Stringer has a hamstring strain, it’s small and low grade, but he will need the usual amount of time to get that better.

“If he played against Hawthorn (in round 13), that’s 20 days (after the injury), which is about right for a normal hamstring.

“Obviously it will depend how he progresses over the next week or so whether or not he gets back in time for that game or the one following.”

Jake Stringer is set for a stint on the sidelines after suffering a hamstring strain. (Image: AFL Photos)

Fellow forward Mitch Brown will need to prove his fitness this week after suffering some wrist soreness in the dying stages of the VFL side’s narrow loss to Richmond on Saturday.

It was Brown’s first game back since breaking his radius in the same arm, but Crow said scans have cleared the 28-year-old of any damage.

“In the last minute of the game, Mitch fell on his outstretched hand on the same side that he fractured the end of his radius near his wrist,” he said.

“Mitch was sore after the game and also the next day. We had it scanned and he’s done no further damage.

“We’ll be seeing how sore he is through this week and whether or not he can get up for training on Thursday, and hopefully he can get up to play on the weekend.”

Mitch Brown competes for the ball at the Swinburne Centre on Saturday. (Image: AFL Photos)

Devon Smith (knee) and Joe Daniher (groin) are both undergoing surgery on Tuesday and Crow clarified the club’s decision to change its approach to Daniher’s osteitis pubis after being conservative with the same issue last year.

“As we know, he was given the advice last year that surgery was not an option at the time. We’ve got through to this point where our conservative options are exhausted.

“After a few games he started to show some signs he wasn’t going in the right direction, so he’s gone in for surgery today and we’ll be waiting again for the specialist post-operation to give us the guide to how he progresses from here.”

Joe Daniher has been sent for surgery on Tuesday. (Image: AFL Photos)

Meanwhile, Crow said forwards Orazio Fantasia (quad) and James Stewart (groin) are eyeing off a return following next week’s mid-season bye when the Bombers take on the Hawks on June 14.

“‘Raz’ is on track for that return after the bye; he’s doing more running and more football work this week and then obviously building up through that mid-season break period into the game against the Hawks. 

“We saw James do part of training last week. He’ll do more of training this week and we’re still targeting that week after the bye.”

Kobe Mutch continues to build up his training load as he looks to return to the field in four weeks following a significant hamstring injury, while Sam Draper (ACL) wraps up the injury list and won’t return for the remainder of the year.