An injured shoulder is set to keep Tom Boyd on the sidelines for at least two weeks, Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge told media on Friday.

After losing playmakers Robert Murphy and Jason Johannisen to injuries in consecutive weeks, Beveridge said Boyd had been managing the shoulder since February.

The 20-year-old's shoulder flared up in a ruck contest during the last quarter of the win over Carlton last weekend.

"He had a similar episode on our community camp when we trained in Ballarat and he missed a few weeks and it's exactly the same thing," Beveridge said.

"But he came back from that and he was really strong, so we anticipate in a few weeks time he'll be ready to resurface at AFL level.

"He's had a strong few weeks but probably wasn't at the peak of his powers last week.

"We expect him to come back in to the team pretty quickly."

With Boyd on the sidelines, Tom Campbell gets his chance after an ankle injury in the final week of the NAB Challenge disrupted his round one preparations.

When talk turned injuries to Murphy and Johannisen, Beveridge insisted their absence wouldn't change his side's attacking style.

The rebounding defenders have generated plenty of drive off half-back under second-year coach's tenure.

"We're planning to play exactly the same way and the boys who will play in those roles have played them before," Beveridge said.

"We feel like we can cover it (and) we've had a good start to the year with our balance between offence and defence, and the plan will be to maintain that.

While an injured hamstring will keep Johannisen out for at least 10 weeks, Beveridge said Murphy's knee reconstruction procedure had been a success and the veteran was in good spirits.

Beveridge believed the inclusion of goalsneak Tory Dickson, who hasn't played since week one of the NAB Challenge due to adductor and quad injuries, would be a valuable one on Saturday night.

"Tory has been a multiple goal kicker at times and maybe (he) offsets any pressure there to kick goals (amongst the forward) group.

"We've always tried to spread our goal-kicking load through as many players as we can and I think we had another 10 last week."