The Western Bulldogs look set to regain midfielder Jack Macrae for the round 17 clash with Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.

Macrae hasn’t played since injuring his hamstring against the Power at Adelaide Oval in June, but according to Club Medical Services Manager Chris Bell, he’ll play if he gets through training this week.

“He completed a really good footy session on the weekend and he's due to return to full training this week,” Bell told westernbulldogs.com.au.

“If he ticks our final measures this week he'll return to playing this weekend.”

There is less certainty around first year player Aaron Naughton after he rolled his ankle on Saturday night against Hawthorn according to Bell.

“He went to take off in a contest and got his boot caught on the back of his opponents heal and it rolled his ankle out, he said. 

“He's come in really well today and we're going to work hard to aggressively rehabilitate him from the injury, and we'll make a decision on his return to play plan later this week.”

And Lukas Webb returns to full training this week after recovering from a thumb injury sustained  

“We've been really conservative in the management of Lukas following his thumb fracture,” he said.

“The thumb's now fully healed and he comes back into full training this week. If he gets through training as we expect he'll play this weekend.”