Greater Western Sydney's Stephen Coniglio has revealed he drew inspiration from boxers Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor as he battled injuries that rocked his season.

Coniglio is due to play his first competitive game in 10 weeks this weekend but the Giants are yet to announce if he will make an immediate senior return or come back in the reserves.

The star onballer has penned a candid column detailing his anguish from the Giants' shattering finals exit last year through to the heartache of his injury-interrupted 2017.

The piece, a letter to his 22-year-old self nine months ago, reveals the "complete despair" the Giants felt after their preliminary final loss, how he honoured a Brownlow pledge to his mother, and the motivation he drew from watching last year's grand final medal ceremony.

Coniglio also describes how his love of reading and writing helped him overcome the angst of twin ankle injuries which have limited him to just two AFL appearances in his debut season as vice-captain.

Coniglio did not play until round seven after hurting his ankle during the preseason and again in round eight, this time requiring surgery.

It's during a difficult two-week period during his first rehabilitation where Coniglio finds solace from the words of two of the biggest names in world sport.

"Each day you sit in a quiet room, watch a motivational clip from one of your favourite sporting stars (Floyd Mayweather and Connor McGregor will feature heavily) then read what you are grateful for and then leave," Coniglio writes.

As the magnitude of his second injury sets in, Coniglio is reminded of close friends Jonathon Patton and Jaeger O'Meara, who have both spent long periods out of the game.

"Yes, those mates. Those roommates that joked about you being a curse," Coniglio writes in a piece on The Sports Source website. "Four guys that have had season ending injuries whilst living with you. It's your turn now and know they'll be there just like you were for them."

Coniglio says he is driven by the heartache of the Giants' finals exit last year when they missed out on a grand final berth after being narrowly beaten by the Western Bulldogs.

He recalls the desolation in the Giants' dressing rooms and the pain of seeing the Bulldogs players receive their premiership medals the following week.

"It'll be deafeningly quiet. You'll feel raw emotion and witness complete despair. The sounds coming from the Western Bulldogs change rooms, down the hall, will ring in your ears for weeks," Coniglio writes.

"You will be shattered. You'll find yourself crying with your closest mates, Toby, Jonny, Heath & Cal just to name a few. You'll look around the room and later look back at these moments for motivation. It will put fire in the belly for months to come."

His mood is not improved on Brownlow night despite honouring a lifelong promise to take his mother as his partner.

"It's an extremely special night for the two of you and her proudest moment which she'll tell you throughout," Coniglio writes.

"You hate being there. You'll just be happy that you fulfilled your promise to mum. You come 15th in voting and don't give a shit. It's the furthest thing from your mind."