Second-year player Connor Blakely will miss two to three weeks due to a toe injury, according the Fremantle sports science manager Jason Weber.

The incident occurred during Peel Thunder’s three-point win over East Fremantle in round two, but Weber said Blakely has been progressing well in his recovery.

“He’s progressed quite quickly to this point, and he’s had a good run today so we hope that he’s only going to be a couple weeks away.”

Freo to keep evolving

Weber also said Freo’s careful approach with defender Anthony Morabito has seen him perform strongly as he recovers from a hamstring injury.

“Obviously, he’s had a big injury history, so we were very careful with him last week,” Weber said.

“He’s progressed really well through training and had a great session on the weekend.

“A full week of training this week and we’ll expect him to be available for match committee.”

Ethan Hughes had 23 disposals in Peel Thunder’s 52-point win over Swan Districts but will miss the next week with a hamstring injury, but Weber was confident the young utility would make the most out of Peel’s upcoming bye.

“He’ll miss this weekend and we have a bye coming up so hopefully we’ll have him back very shortly after that,” he said.

In the mix: round three

Weber said ruckman Zac Clarke was progressing well from a knee injury sustained against the Western Bulldogs.

“He had an incident at the very first bounce in the first AFL game,” he said.

“He’s back to running now, so hopefully we’ll have him up in the next week or two.”