BOTH Koroit and South Warrnambool were unable to exit their Good Friday game without suffering at least one injury.
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The Saints lost Jayden Whitehead to a hamstring injury for most of their 65-point victory over the Roosters, who had co-captain Nick Thompson (rolled ankle) and forward Hamish Gurry (shoulder) playing hurt for most of the encounter.
But both coaches - Chris McLaren and Mat Battistello - were confident their players would be right to play after their byes next weekend.
McLaren said his side would be stronger after the break and competition for spots heating up thanks to a number of returning faces.
"He (Jayden) was able to move OK and given the bye he would be very close. We'll see how he is later in the week," he said after the 16.15 (111) to 8.8 (56) victory.
"There are still a few troops not playing so we'll hope to also roll them back in after the bye. Will Couch still has a few weeks to go (on his suspension). Blair McCutheon is nearly really to go.
"James North has played a couple of games in the reserves after an interrupted pre-season and he is nearly ready to go. There are still five or six names there that we think can have an impact for us."
McLaren said Geelong VFL listed midfielder James Gow is a week to week prospect and that Tom Couch will be available after the bye.
Battistello said his side's week off bought his injured players and also himself time to reflect on his squad as a whole.
"We are assuming both of those will get up in a couple of weeks time but we will wait and see," he said.
"Our first game (reserves) is playing really well, some of the kids in our under 18s are playing well so when you have a loss like that you need to make changes because you can't accept that."
The Roosters were just one point down heading into the main break but a seven goal to zero third term ensured the Saints remained undefeated after three rounds.
McLaren said his side still needed some fine-tuning after another tough encounter.
"We still haven't been able to isolate our forwards quite as well as we would like," he said. "There is a little bit of that and we're still making some errors when we are usually better than that.
"They're a good side and their first two goals were over the back where our positioning just broke down a little bit. There are just a few little things that we'll keep chipping away at.
"But it's very pleasing to get a week off after three wins against three sides that would be pushing for finals."
Battistello said his side needed to work on being more consistent across four quarters.
"It would have been affirmation in the first half that what we were doing was not a bad brand of football but you just have to do it for longer," the first-year Roosters mentor said.
"Good sides and good senior players play consistently across the board and they were far more consistent than us.
"But we are a young group and we will learn from it and move forward from it."
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