GIANTS midfielder Josh Kelly remains a chance to play against the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba despite not training on Wednesday.

Kelly jarred his hip at a session during the GIANTS' bye weekend last Saturday, and he wasn't on the track for the club's main session ahead of round 14. 

However, coach Leon Cameron was hopeful his onballer could make the trip north. 

The 22-year-old will attempt to prove his fitness on Friday morning before the team heads to Brisbane, but Cameron stressed that if there were any doubts about his injury, Kelly would stay in Sydney. 

"We'll give him every opportunity to get up," Cameron said.

"We know how important he is. He's had an outstanding year and he's in great form, but if he's not close to being right, then we're not going to risk him.

"We're pretty bullish about his chances, but we need another 48 hours to assess that, and he'll make a good assessment of his own body as well.

"Once we see him moving around we'll make that call."

Kelly's hip isn't the only issue keeping him in the media spotlight, with the Victorian still yet to commit to the GIANTS beyond this season, and rival clubs hoping to land his signature with long-term, big-money offers.

The AFLPA's new collective bargaining agreement was finally settled on Tuesday, with players receiving a 20 per cent raise in the new deal after the salary cap jumped from $10.37 million to $12.45 million this year.

With more money on the table it's believed a host of stars could re-sign with their respective clubs as a result, but Cameron isn't sure it will have any effect on Kelly's decision. 

"Will it fast-track Josh? Hopefully," he said.

"But we feel that Josh won't be making his decision purely based on money, he'll be making it on the culture of our footy club.

"We're really confident that him and his family and those involved with Josh Kelly are confident that this place is headed in the right direction.

"I'm pretty sure that footy clubs would have known that the raise was coming, so they would have taken that into consideration.

"Whether or not that enables clubs to go and get more players, maybe (it does), but we're confident that we're going to hang on to our players.

"Hopefully it gets done in the next couple of weeks, but until that actually happens we're all just a little bit uneasy."

If Kelly doesn't face the Lions, it will be the first game he's missed since round 15, 2015, but Cameron is finally seeing some relief on the injury front, with gun defender Nick Haynes (hamstring) and big man Rory Lobb (groin) ready to resume.

Haynes was in outstanding form before tearing his hamstring tendon against the Western Bulldogs in round six, but Cameron said he has no issues picking the 25-year-old immediately, given he's been training solidly for over a month. 

"We're confident with the amount of training he's done that he can play a full game. If we pick him for AFL level then we're confident he can play his role and do what he needs to do. 

"He'll be the one that tells us at the end of the day and hopefully he can tell us he's ready to roll, because he's an important part of our footy club. 

"He plays that role at centre half-back really well and no doubt if he does come into the team, he'll boost our backline."

As well as Haynes and Lobb, draftee Will Setterfield will return in the NEAFL this week for his first match since suffering a serious syndesmosis injury to his ankle round three. 

Setterfield was close to making his senior debut when he went down on the same weekend as veteran teammate Ryan Griffen, with the exact same injury, and will play around 75-80 percent of game time against the Brisbane Lions at South Pine Sports Centre in Brisbane on Saturday afternoon.