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Geelong captain Joel Selwood picked up a hamstring injury in his side's 13-point AFL preseason win over Melbourne in Alice Springs.
Cats utility Billie Smedts is also certain to be on report following a crude spoil that collected Jimmy Toumpas across the head in Friday night's match.
Melbourne hit the front late in the second term, but the Cats took control in the third quarter and won 0.14.13 (97) to 3.9.3 (84).
Selwood grabbed his right hamstring in the first term and was immediately benched for the rest of the game.
The Cats are hopeful it is not serious, telling media at half-time he could have returned to the game.
Selwood did not spend too much time icing his hamstring and was walking freely after the game.
He missed their first preseason game while completing his recovery from foot surgery.
The Cats can ill-afford to be without their skipper and star midfielder, having suffered a series of injuries over the summer.
Most recently, ruckman Nathan Vardy was ruled out for the season earlier this week with a knee reconstruction.
Smedts is in trouble for a third-term incident where he collected Toumpas high on the wing.
While his eyes were on the ball, his roundhouse swing at the ball made solid contact and Demons took offence, kicking off a scuffle between the teams.
Apart from a second preseason win, another positive out of the game for the Cats was the successful return of injury-plagued ruckman Hamish McIntosh.
It was his first match since round seven of 2012, when he was still playing for North Melbourne.
Coach Chris Scott said pre-match that McIntosh would play 30 minutes, but the big was on the ground for 46.
While the game was played in hot, blustery conditions, the wind was no excuse for Melbourne's succession of turnovers in the third term that gifted Geelong easy goals.
There were, however, ongoing signs of improvement for Melbourne under new coach Paul Roos, following their upset preseason win over Richmond.
Highly rated key forward Jesse Hogan showed the hype surrounding him is justified.
In his first game for the Demons, the teenager handled the ball cleanly, kicked a goal and took several strong marks.
The glaring statistics for Melbourne are that they easily won the possession count 444 to 350, but lost the inside-50 count by a whopping 62-31.
Mitch Duncan impressed for Geelong and Mitch Brown kicked three goals.
New recruits Viv Michie and Bernie Vince kicked super goals in the second term as the Demons rallied from a poor first term and they were high among Melbourne's best.
Co-captain Nathan Jones kicked the other super goal in the final term and then put through a six-pointer late in the game to keep the margin close.
AAP
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