The Fremantle Dockers have a big ask going up against the GWS Giants at Spotless Stadium on Saturday and even bigger without Michael Walters who injured his knee in their loss to Hawthorn.

Hayden Ballantyne told 6PR Breakfast the type of injury Ballantyne’s done could allow him to play but there is a big risk of causing further damage and said the “risk vs reward isn’t there for us.”

“He will be fine, the knee will be fine. He’s a bit disappointed mentally  because he is having a fantastic year,” he told Steve Mills.

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