Collingwood hope to regain Darcy Moore before the end of the AFL season, despite his latest hamstring injury.
Moore was hurt in Saturday night's loss to Sydney and scans on Monday confirmed the key defender has strained his right hamstring.
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"The significance of the injury being in the right leg is that it is not related to Darcy's recent history," Collingwood' football manager Geoff Walsh said on the club website.
"It is a new injury, to the opposite leg Darcy has recently had issues with, which means that it can be treated as a standard hamstring strain.
"Darcy will now get into his rehabilitation program and look to be back before our season concludes."
Injuries have restricted Moore to only seven games this season.
There are three more games and the bye before Collingwood play in their first finals series since 2013.
Darcy Moore is a chance of returning in 2018.
Meanwhile for Sydney, a week is a long time in the AFL. An eight-day break must almost feel like an eternity for Sydney coach John Longmire.
Last week, everything pointed to the Swans missing the finals for the first time under Longmire: Lance Franklin was neither fit nor firing, a stack of injured stars were on the sidelines and they looked terrible in losses to Gold Coast and Essendon.
Sydney, now eighth on the ladder ahead of Sunday's crunch clash with Melbourne at the MCG, are far from certainties for September.
However, the red-and-white outlook is much rosier after they pipped Collingwood by two points.
Veterans Kieren Jack and Jarrad McVeigh both returned from injury at the SCG, where Franklin reaffirmed why he is one of the game's best with a six-goal haul.
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