Gram was originally named in the squad of 25 to take on the Brisbane Lions but was replaced by Luke Miles on Friday night. Miles was named an emergency, while Raphael Clarke took Gram’s spot in the 22.
Gram had battled with a thigh injury in the week leading up to the game and St Kilda General Manager of Football Greg Hutchison says the Saints felt he was best suited to having a run in the VFL.
“Early in the week his preparation wasn’t quite where we thought it would be to get him to the line for the weekend,” Hutchison said.
“Because you have to make your decisions for your teams on Friday we had to leave him out.”
The 25-year-old played the entire game in Sandringham’s narrow loss to Geelong and was named among the best.
Hutchison said Gram was a chance to be recalled for this week’s clash with Melbourne.
“It depends. We haven’t had a chance to look at it yet. It’s only 12 hours since we finished yesterday,” he said.
“We’ll have a look at the team at selection on Wednesday. You’d like to think he is going to be pushing his name up again.”
