The Western Bulldogs could welcome back first-year defender Aaron Naughton this weekend, while fellow backman Zaine Cordy faces a test to face the Demons on Saturday.

Naughton rolled his ankle during latter stages of the Dogs’ 14-point win over Brisbane in Round 8, but has been cleared to return to full training this week.

“Aaron has made a really good recovery following his ankle injury, medical services manger Chris Bell told westernbulldogs.com.au on Monday.

“He ticked off a really good footy session over the weekend and he's in line to return full training this week.  If he ticks the boxes as we expect he return to playing this weekend.”

Fellow defender Zaine Cordy will be monitored throughout the week after he sat out the second half of Friday night’s loss to Collingwood.  

“Zaine suffered some contact in the second quarter of the game on the weekend,” Bell said.

“He was ok initially but then developed some symptoms throughout that quarter.

“When we took him off the field and assessed him he did have signs of concussion so was removed from the game. We'll assess Zaine this week and then make a decision on his availability later in the week.”

In some good news, speedy defender Brad Lynch is set to return to football after injuring his hamstring in Round 2 of the VFL season.

* Injury list updated on Monday 28 May, 2018