Bendigo Bank Cats co-captain Aaron Black is in contention to make his return in Geelong’s round 12 VFL clash against Frankston on Saturday.

Fresh off the bye last round, the Cats are in a strong position heading into the second half of the season with Black and teammate Dean Gore edging closer to a return.

“I think they’ll be very close after the break,” Geelong VFL coach Shane O’Bree said speaking to krockfootball.com.au.

“What we need with the VFL team is to choose players that are very flexible and can play multiple positions and understand the way that we want to play and be good leaders on the ground and help our younger group.

“Those two boys fit those categories, but it’s just a matter of match fitness and where they’re at with training form, and we’ll get a gauge of where they’re at."

Black has been earmarked to return in the Cats back six.

“He’ll be down back because we’re too tall up forward as it is and Blacky is obviously flexible, so at this stage, he’ll be playing down back,” O’Bree said.

Meanwhile Gore is also set to return after successfully undergoing finger surgery to repair tendon damage.

“Before he hurt his finger he was playing really well as an inside-mid and as a high defender, so we know he can play multiple positions and play a role within the team,” O’Bree said.

“That might change from quarter to quarter, and that’s what we’re after when Gorey gets up and running again.”

Saturday’s match will be held at GMHBA Stadium with the first bounce at 2pm.

A VFLW curtain raiser will take place between Geelong and Casey from 11.30am.

Both matches will be live streamed on the VFL app and via vfl.com.au. You can also listen to the game at goFooty.live