MELBOURNE is confident forward Jeff Garlett will be fit to play in Sunday's game against North Melbourne in Hobart, despite hurting his left ankle at training on Wednesday morning.

Garlett limped from the track and immediately saw the club's medical staff on the sidelines.

But in good news for the Demons, high performance manager Dave Misson said Garlett's injury was only a "slight roll" of the ankle.

"It's Wednesday and we play on Sunday and we just want to take every precaution," Misson told the club's website.

"He will absolutely, definitely play on Sunday and will most probably train on Friday with the group.

"It's really nothing serious and he's in no doubt whatsoever."

The speedster was put through a series of run-throughs but appeared to be extremely proppy as he ran along the boundary line.

He then ran a slow lap with one of the physios before leaving the track and walking, with a slight limp, back to AAMI Park.

Garlett has kicked an equal team-high four goals alongside Jesse Hogan in the first two rounds of the season and shapes as a key player against the Roos at Blundstone Arena on Sunday.

Jack Viney, Aaron vandenBerg, Colin Garland and Angus Brayshaw were all on light duties on a wet Wednesday morning at Gosch's Paddock.