Geelong have suffered a huge double blow heading into Thursday night's AFL blockbuster against Fremantle after Bailey Smith and Tom Stewart were ruled out of the crunch clash.
Smith has been struck down by illness, while Stewart hasn't been cleared to return from the concussion he suffered in the round-13 loss to Adelaide.
Star Cats forward Jeremy Cameron has been named despite battling a hip issue, but it is the absence of Smith and Stewart that dominated talk when Geelong released their team on Wednesday night.