The Western Bulldogs could welcome back both Tom Boyd and Hayden Crozier for Sunday’s match against the West Coast Eagles in Perth, according to Club Medical Services Manager Chris Bell.

Boyd missed Saturday’s loss against the Demons after reporting back soreness, but according to Bell, he may yet make the trip west on the weekend.

“During the Hawthorn game, Tom Boyd had some acute lumbar spine disc symptoms, (and) his back went into spasm for 4-5 days following the game,” he said.

“In the last 24 hours he has really started to improve, so we'll work with Tom this week to determine his availability towards the back end of the week.”

Defender Hayden Crozier is also a chance to return but will face a test later in the week.  

“Hayden had some hamstring tightness last week.  It was really minor but we weren't prepared to play Hayden and expose him to any risk, he said.

“He's symptom free on all our tests today so we'll go through process with Hayden this week to determine his availability.”

Vice-captain Marcus Bontempelli is on the mend after he had his appendix removed last week and resumed running on Tuesday, Bell said.

“Marcus is continuing to recover really well from the removal of his appendix. 

“At this stage he won't play this weekend but he's on track to resume the following week against Port Adelaide.”

And ruckman Tom Campbell will be unavailable this week due to a foot complaint.

“Tom’s had some persistent plantar fascia symptoms over the last three to four weeks, he said. 

“He hasn't been able to shake these symptoms whilst continuing to play so we gave him the weekend off.

We'll also look at giving him this week off with the expectation that he then has a clean run at the back end of the season.”