BRISBANE Lions ruckman Stefan Martin has passed his first concussion test and is now considered a good chance to play the Western Bulldogs on Saturday night. 

Martin knocked out by big May bump

Martin was floored by Gold Coast vice-captain Steven May in his team's 13-point win at the weekend and played no further part after being stretchered off just before half-time.

May apologised to Martin both on full-time and the following day but is expected to be sanctioned by the Match Review Panel or be sent straight to the Tribunal.

Martin passed his first concussion test on Monday but will undergo further testing during the week to assess his availability to play the Bulldogs.

Lions defender Tom Cutler said Martin was doing well.

"I saw him this morning, he's in good spirits," Cutler said.

"His health is number one and football after that. We think he'll be OK."

May's hit sparked a second-half Lions comeback and gave the two Queensland clubs a genuine reason to dislike each other for the first time in their 11 contests.

As his coach Justin Leppitsch said in Saturday night's post-match press conference, Cutler said it was important the players took the emotion out of the contest and got on with the job.

Cutler didn't want to speculate on May's punishment, but said it now felt like a genuine rivalry with the Suns.

"I think it's to that point now where it's built up," he said.

"They were on top of the ladder and we were down the bottom. No one gave us a chance.

"There was a bit of feeling out there, and obviously that incident before half-time added a bit more to it.

"We let the crowd do the booing for us. The crowd was very vocal every time May touched the ball.

"We let them do that as a sort of 19th player for us. Was there a little more in it? Yeah, maybe. We were focused on getting the win and not letting things boil over."