The Pies lost Jamie Elliott (hamstring tightness) and captain Scott Pendlebury (quad) pre-game on Saturday before the match against Brisbane.

Centre half-back Ben Reid injured a hamstring four minutes into the first quarter, Travis Cloke an ankle halfway through the second quarter and then Dayne Beams was hurt after a collision with Ben Kennedy.

On Monday, it was revealed that Alan Toovey would miss Saturday’s match against Greater Western Sydney after injuring his groin during the third quarter and Heritier Lumumba knocked a cork sustained the previous week against West Coast and was unlikely to be fit for Saturday.