The most talked about footballer in the country, Adam Goodes, may return from personal leave to play against Geelong this Saturday night.

Sydney Swans coach John Longmire will hold a press conference on Monday afternoon.

Longmire has been reluctant to give a time frame for Goodes’ return, saying only that the player was “mature enough” to know when he was ready.

Tigers captain Trent Cochin wears his indigenous jersey on Friday night. Photo: AAP

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Adam Goodes took indefinite leave from the club after being booed against West Coast in Perth, and is understood to have travelled out of Sydney during his time off.

Geelong coach Chris Scott said last week that anyone who boos Goodes from now on should be and would be considered a racist.

Team-mate Kurt Tippett expressed his hope that the maligned Goodes would return for the match, while Geelong chief executive Brian Cook promised that his team would stand behind Goodes.

While last week featured widespread and overwhelming support of Goodes from players, coaches and the upper echelons of the AFL, it was clear on the weekend that many football supporters still disagree with the calls to leave Goodes alone.

During the Richmond-Hawthorn game on Friday night, multiple supporters yelled out racist comments when indigenous Hawthorn star Cyril Rioli was granted a contentious free-kick just before half time.

But a number of symbolic statements overshadowed those who booed and jeered from the stands, including Richmond and the Bulldogs both wearing their indigenous jerseys in support of Goodes.

St Kilda indigenous great Nicky Winmar took part in a ceremony that paid tribute to Goodes before Sunday’s match between the Saints and Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.

Winmar joined Power indigenous stars Gavin Wanganeen and Byron Pickett in greeting the two captains at the coin toss.

It is 22 years since Winmar raised his Saints guernsey and pointed to his skin in defiance of the racist abuse from Collingwood fans during a match at Victoria Park.

Bulldogs star Robert Murphy, one of the most outspoken players during the furore, wore Goodes’ number 37 for the coin toss before changing into his usual number 2.

Indigenous flags were waved at many of the weekend’s matches, but Sydney’s home game against Adelaide bore the most references to the embattled player, who was nowhere to be seen.

Just 54 seconds into the first quarter, Swans star Lewis Jetta gave the crowd the first indigenous dance of the night, celebrating a goal from 50 metres out.

In the third term, the SCG crowd applauded Goodes at the seventh minute in tribute to his number 37 jersey.

On Sunday, outspoken MP Clive Palmer played down the Goodes booing on ABC TV, saying it was natural for the opposition to boo him when he wears a Swans jumper.

– With AAP