Lavington’s Tom Hargreave was ruled out after injuring himself at club training on Wednesday night.

“I just got a little nick in my quad,” he said.

It was a tough week for the Panthers’ rep players as another automatic selection in Marty Brennan injured his quad at Tuesday night’s rep session.

Some representative players wouldn’t train at club level leading into an interleague match, but there were extraordinary circumstances from Lavington’s last game.

The match was called off in the first quarter after club favourite Matt Pendergast broke his leg in two places.

“Because we didn’t play that week as well, (coach) Simon (Curtis) definitely wanted us to train that week,” Hargreave said.

The 23-year-old is uncertain if he’ll play against battling Wangaratta Rovers on Saturday.

“It’s actually not feeling too bad at the moment,” he said.

“At worse, it could be one week, but I could, potentially, play this week as well.”

It’s now the fourth time Hargreave has missed the opportunity to play at the higher level.

In Pendergast’s last year as coach in 2013, he was ill and then missed another with a calf problem.

He was out last year with concussion.

“It’s very disappointing because I really wanted to play this year,” he said.

“I was actually shattered to be honest mate.

“To do that (injury) Wednesday was pretty heartbreaking for me, I suppose there will be more opportunities down the track if I keep my form up.”

And Hargreave’s from has been top class.

He finished runner-up to Brennan in last year’s best and fairest and would probably be leading this season after being named in the top six in four of the five completed matches.

“I like to contribute and play my role for the team,” he said.

“With Simon (Curtis) bringing in a bit more attacking footy, I think it’s helped my footy as well.”

Hargreave kicked 22 goals last season from 18 games, but already he’s up to eight from the five finished matches.

The on-baller is both an inside and outside player, capable of burrowing in to win his own ball but he also has the polish to kick goals, landing three against premiers Wangaratta in round two.

Depending on Hargreave’s recovery, the Panthers will be tempted to rest him, given they then face three crucial games.

Lavington hasn’t beaten a top five outfit yet and if it’s any hope of a top three finish, it will need at least one victory, and probably two, in facing Yarrawonga, Albury and Wangaratta.