Carlton are still unsure how bad Marc Murphy's ankle injury is but know that at best he will miss at least three weeks.
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The Carlton captain underwent further CT scans on Tuesday under stress to see how the ankle reacted in order to better determine the seriousness of the syndesmosis injury.
Pleasingly Liam Sumner, who also sprained his mid foot in Sunday's win over Geelong, was cleared of any serious damage after he also had a CT scan.
The club also had concerns he had injured the navicular bone in his foot but he was cleared of any damage to that.
Denis Armfield also finished the game with some soreness but he was cleared of any damage and both he and Sumner will be tested later in the week for fitness.
Murphy remains the Blues' biggest concern with syndesmosis injuries potentially being long term problems.
"The doctors wanted more scans done so he had a CT scans today putting the ankle under stress and we are waiting on the outcome of that," football manager Andrew McKay said.
"It's a syndesmosis but it's hard to tell how mild it is. At this stage certainly he will miss a few weeks but hopefully it is more like two to three weeks rather than longer."
The club will be hoping the injury is shorter than longer term for, aside from the obvious reasons of wanting their captain and one of their best players back playing against any team. They confront two teams below them in St Kilda and Brisbane before the bye but then face a difficult period through July with games against Adelaide and the West Coast Eagles at the MCG before going to Sydney to play the Swans then Tasmania for Hawthorn.
Young players Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow are both meanwhile progressing towards a return to playing from 12 week injuries.
McKay said both were pencilled in to return to playing in the VFL after the bye but both would likely need at least a month in the VFL before being considered for the seniors.
McKay is recovering from back stress fractures and Curnow has had glandular fever. Both are back doing light skills training.
Notwithstanding the fact the promising pair missed the fist half of the season the Blues have had a blessed run with injuries after Levi Casboult and Matthew Kreuzer both missed just one week after Casboult suffered what was thought to be a fracture of his leg and Kreuzer a torn miniscus which required key hole surgery.
