Sam Naismith is in danger of missing Sydney's season-resumption clash against Essendon at the SCG on Sunday, after injuring his hamstring during a scratch match.
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The Gunnedah export suffered hamstring tightness after Friday's scratch match.
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Given his horrible injury history, it is expected the Swans will handle him with caution.
A knee reconstruction and related complications resulted in the 27-year-old ruckman being sidelined for more than 900 days. He missed all of last season.
He played his long-awaited return match in a round-one defeat of Adelaide, delivering a pleasing performance.
But then the competition was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to this year, Naismith played only 28 games in six seasons because of injuries to his 206-centimetre body.
