Coach John Longmire has revealed big man Kurt Tippett played the entire second half of Saturday night’s loss to Hawthorn with a broken hand.

Tippett sustained the injury during a ruck contest in the second quarter with scans on Monday revealing the extent of the damage.

“Kurt will miss two weeks, we are hopeful it is not three,” Longmire said.

“He broke his hand in the second quarter and we would have subbed him at half time if we had anyone to come back on.

“He did a reasonable job to be able to finish the game and allow us to keep playing the players we need to but unfortunately he has broken his hand in that contest.

Longmire said the injury wasn't an excuse for the ruck/forward's eight possession game, not was Tippett or the club offering it as one.

"I'm not giving up an alibi - he broke his hand," Longmire said.

"The bloke got a broken hand in the second quarter, he did really well (to keep playing). The dog said he would have subbed him at half-time if there was a player available."

"The doc told me at our medical meeting that he did a good job to play out the game."

Mike Pyke will test his knee later in the week at training after missing the weekend’s loss to the Hawks with knee soreness.

“The plan is for Mike to train on Wednesday and he is certainly better for not being able to play on the weekend,” Pyke said.

“We would like him to be able to train on Wednesday and we take him to Perth.”

Craig Bird will miss the next three to four weeks with a calf strain suffered during the first quarter of Saturday night’s match.