Senior coach John Worsfold spoke to the media on Friday morning in the lead-up to Sunday's clash with Geelong at the Gabba.

Here's how he responded to the key questions.

Will Joe Daniher play on Sunday?

"Joe's pulled up really well which is great from his first couple of hitouts, but we will assess him today post-training and make a call this afternoon about the best management of his load going forward.

"We're weighing up how he feels overall so today's a pretty light session as they all are between the five-day breaks so we don't have to see anything in particular from Joe. It’s around assessing exactly how he's feeling today and then us picking a side that we think takes everything into account.

"He's a big chance to play on Sunday."

Who do you look at to come in for Andrew McGrath?

"There are a number of guys like Mitch Hibberd, Brayden Ham, Tom Cutler and Kobe Mutch, who have been playing a lot of football. Any of those guys would be able to come in and play for a role for us, but we'll assess that post-training today."

How has Dyson Heppell pulled up?

"With all the players coming off long-term injury layoffs, we're really conscious of how they pull up. 'Hepp' has pulled up pretty well. Overall, he was happy. We'll see how he is today when he gets his legs ticking over and his heart-rate up again, but I'm fairly confident he's going to be ready to back up off this break."

The club's had a pretty bad run with syndesmosis injuries. Has there been an assessment on why that's the case? Is there a common factor or is it just bad luck?

"It's a tough one. There's no doubt syndesmosis across the league has become more prevalent than what we've seen in the past.

"There's always a risk that with less training volumes and the players having that big break after round one, you're not quite as well prepared for the rigours of playing AFL footy. All coaches knew that a three-week mini-pre-season after the break was barely enough to get the players ready. It was the bare minimum that we would have needed to have the players ready.

"(Because of that) There's risks elevated with collision injuries, the way you land, and the way you read the cues of the way the game is unfolding around you. We haven't been able to do any in-depth research of what the numbers are and why these are occurring, but that would be one potential factor."

What do you see as the biggest threat in Geelong's game that you'll have to counter on Sunday?

"They're just a very mature, experienced team that have been together for a long time. They've got threats all over the ground - a very stable and strong back half and have still got super talent across midfield with Duncan, Dangerfield etcetera. 'Tomahawk' (Tom Hawkins) is just in awesome form. He's been outstanding up forward.

"There are threats all over the place, but hopefully we can show some of our great young talent coming through up against those guys, play the footy we want to play and see how it stacks up against maybe the premiership favourites."