SECOND year player Angus Brayshaw will be on the sidelines for an extended period after suffering two concussions in recent weeks.

Brayshaw was involved in a collision early in Casey’s match against Sandringham on Saturday and took no further part in the game.

The game was the midfielder’s return to football after a concussion two weeks prior had seen him spend a week on the sidelines.

General manager of football operations Josh Mahoney said the club would take a conservative approach to Brayshaw’s recovery from repeated concussions.

“Early in the game on the weekend, Angus had another head collision and took no further part in the game,” Mahoney told melbournefc.com.au.

“This was Angus’ second incident of concussion in a short period of time.

“As a club, we’re very proud of the way that we have managed concussion in the past, with similar cases of repeated concussions involving Rohan Bail and Neville Jetta.

“We will take a conservative approach with Angus which will involve an extended period of time before he returns to play.”

With both concussions in the past month occurring early in games, Brayshaw has missed a significant amount of playing time.

 “Angus has now only played 10 minutes of football in the past month,” Mahoney said.

“So we will utilise this period to not only allow Angus to recover from his concussion symptoms, but also to build his overall fitness and set him up for a strong second half of the season.”

Brayshaw played 21 games in his debut season in 2015 but saw his start to this year interrupted by injury.

The midfielder suffered a medial strain in the opening minute of Melbourne’s first NAB Challenge match which ruled him out of the remaining pre-season matches and affected his start to the home and away season.

Mahoney said the time on the sidelines would be an opportunity for the 20-year-old to build his fitness and confidence.

“Angus’ first half of the season has been frustrating, injuring his knee in the first contest in the NAB Challenge and now with these two incidents,” he said.

“But we, along with Angus, are confident that with the program we’re putting in place, he can have a strong second half of the year and continue to develop his game further.”