Get the latest pre-season injury update from Physical Performance Manager Luke Meehan.

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Tom Lynch, foot

"He's going really, really well. He's had four sessions outside now. Things are progressing as we planned. It's going to be a little bit of a slow build. Tom's very impatient of course, and we all want to get Tom out there and into the footy drills as soon as possible, but we need to understand that he had a really long period off, he had eight months without running. He's going to work his tail off to get back as soon as he can, but we need to be really smart and have Tom available for as long as possible this year."

Josh Gibcus, hamstring

"He's completing about 90 per cent of our drills. There's a couple more things we need to do before we throw him full into training. In saying that though, he's pretty much doing all of training. It's just one or two drills that we keep him out of. He worked so hard in his off-season and went away with physio Anthony Schache, who has also worked really hard with Josh. It's great to see him out there and he's going to continue to build up to practice games."

Shai Bolton, ankle

"He hurt his ankle with a minute to go of the Port Adelaide game (Round 24) last year, with a minute to go of the season. The surgery was really successful, it went really well. He slowly worked into some training just before Christmas, and since we got back from the break, he's pretty much been in everything. He's looking fantastic."

Jack Ross, big toe

"Jack's been carrying a sore big toe for pretty much all of last year. It was bugging him to the point where we decided on surgical intervention to help him. It's been a bit of a slow pre-season for Jack so far. But, in January we'll slowly build him up and have him ready for the start of the year."

Return from the Christmas break

"They're pros, they work really hard. We've still got a new coach (Adem Yze) buzzing around the place that everyone wants to impress. Everyone's come back in great shape."

Current training phase focus

"Obviously football. New coaches, new game plan and all those things, as much football as possible. We're still working on other physical aspects, but footy is definitely the focus. We play Melbourne in four-and-a-half weeks, and we'll be ready to go."