Nathan Grima is set to miss another week of football due to foot soreness.

The key-defender was overlooked for selection in Round 9 and won’t be available until at least next week.

The news is becoming increasingly brighter for Robbie Tarrant, with the forward earmarked for a return in the coming fortnight.

On Monday, it was announced Daniel Wells could miss up to another month with a foot injury.

NMFC.com.au spoke to director of football, Geoff Walsh, who provided the latest injury update on some key Kangaroos.

#17 Nathan Grima (foot)

Walsh:  “We will keep him out of selection again this week. By that stage he’d be three weeks into a phase where he just off-loads his foot.

“We’ll see how that is this time next week, but at this stage it’s just cross-training this week.”

#25 Robbie Tarrant (leg)

Walsh: “Robbie should play after maybe another two weeks of full training.

“They are going to ramp up what he joins in, in terms of the skill-work.

“I would think that in Round 12 of AFL we’d see him playing, obviously in the VFL.”

#27 Taylor Garner (hamstring)

Walsh: “He’s starting to run at a higher tempo. I would think that you’d see Garns available for selection in maybe two more weeks.”

#31 Cam Delaney (foot)

Walsh:  “He’s had two running sessions last week. He’s run well and pulled up without any pain, so we’re going to keep pushing forward and getting the run at a higher intensity. It’s all been straight-line stuff at the moment, so we’ll get him to do some sideways movement this week and see how he pulls up there.

“If he keeps continuing to pull up well then you’d be seeing him play within that time-frame (3-4 weeks).”

#34 Jamie Macmillan (broken fibula)

Walsh:  “He’s doing some Alter-G (anti-gravity treadmill) running and coping with that alright.

“We’ll do another week of that this week and then get him to do some cross-ground running next week.

“We said 6-8 weeks when it happened, so he’ll be on target for about that.”

#41 Aaron Mullett (hamstring)

Walsh:  “We expect him to train fully today (Tuesday) so he’ll be available for selection.

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