Injuries – Round 16

Ethan Phillips (Knee) – Available

“Ethan is coming off some minor surgery to remove a loose body in his knee and since that’s gone, his knee has felt fantastic. He trained fully on the Saturday just gone, we had a decent session on Saturday morning. He’ll train this week and be available to play the whole game on the weekend.”

Jack O’Sullivan (Hamstring) – Available

“He’s missed six or seven weeks now, but he’s had a great block of training over the past week. So he’s going to play three quarters of the game this weekend, which is a great result for Jack.”

Max Ramsden (Ankle) – Test

“Max had a rolled ankle issue in the Richmond VFL game before the bye, which has settled. He’s trained today, will train later in the week and he’s in line to be available this weekend.”

Ned Reeves (Back) – Test

“Ned’s had some great treatment over the last week and a half. He did a little bit of training on Saturday and a bit more training today. He’ll train again later in the week and we’ll make a call about his availability for the weekend.”

Chad Wingard (Calf) – Test

“Chad’s progressed into a little bit of training today. We’ve listed him as a test. We are going to have another look at him later in the week. I would say it’s 50/50 at this stage whether we progress to match play this weekend or whether we just take a little bit longer to be absolutely sure with Chad, but we’ll make a decision later in the week.”

Cooper Stephens (Achilles) – Test

“We’ve put him down this week to play a half of footy against Port Melbourne on the weekend. He’s had a great block for the past six weeks reconditioning his body and making sure we’re on top of this Achilles issue which has troubled him for quite a while. There’s a body of work there now that he’s completed that suggests he’s ready to resume some match play on the weekend with a good training week this week, so we’re looking forward to that on the weekend.”

Will McCabe (Back) – 1 week

“There’s sort of two factors with Will. It’s a little bit about how much training he’s been able to do over the past two weeks, and secondly, being a young player with some of the injury history recently, we just have made the decision that we’d like to get another week of training – but we’re aiming for a half of football next week. It’s also linked to the fact that we’ve got some other players playing limited game times this weekend with Cooper (playing half a game) and Jack O’Sullivan as well (playing three quarters of a game). So there’s a little bit going on with the players returning and how we bring them all back at the same time or how we spread them out. With Will, it makes more sense to just do another week of training and then get him back playing next week.”

Jake Lever and  will be available for selection this week. “Jake will train fully with the squad tomorrow to be available for selection this week,”

Lachie Hunter “Lachie’s had some really good progression from that calf injury. He had a great training week last week.  “He’ll integrate into training this week to be available for VFL selection.”

Christian Salem, who was subbed off during the game, will also be available ahead of Friday’s match against Brisbane.

“Christian had sustained a knock to his knee in training leading into the game,” Griffith said.

“We had cleared him from any significant damage from some imaging.

“Throughout the game, when the decision needed to be made on bringing Kynan in, knowing that [Christian] had that knock, we used that as an opportunity to give him a bit of a rest.

“He’s recovered well from the game. The aim will be for him to train fully tomorrow to be available for this week’s game.”

Ben Brown was missing from both AFL and VFL sides over the weekend, with Griffith confirming that the Demon had experienced minor knee pain during the week.

“Following that, scans have cleared him of any severe damage and now we’ll just progress him back into training as his knee pain settles.”

Will Verrall will spend time on the sidelines after entering concussion protocols following the VFL match on Sunday.  

Marty Hore (calf), Jake Melksham (knee), Charlie Spargo (Achilles) and Christian Petracca (spleen) are all continuing to progress through their respective rehab schedules.

Brayden George underwent surgery this week to repair his ACL

Griffin Logue is expected to increase his game load this weekend after playing three quarters in the reserves’ win over Casey Demons on his return from an ACL injury. He finished the day with an off-field conditioning block.

Colby McKercher played restricted game time following a five-week lay-off due to bone stress in his foot.”He played capped game loading with the aim to maximise intensity and work rate in three quarters of football,” White said.

“Over the coming weeks, Colby’s training loads will be modified and game load metrics progressively increased to enable his foot to adapt.”

Toby Pink faces a test for Saturday’s game against the Western Bulldogs after rolling his ankle last weekend.

Blake Drury (MCL) and Wil Dawson (AC joint), who are both on track to return after the VFL team’s bye in mid-July.

Kallan Dawson will be available for selection this week after he completed his one-match suspension for striking Collingwood’s Jack Crisp.

PORT ADELAIDE

Lachie Charleson (knee) – test
Willie Rioli (calf) – test
Kyle Marshall (concussion protocols)
Jase Burgoyne (hamstring) – 1-2 weeks
Trent McKenzie (hamstring) – 1-2 weeks
Ryan Burton (foot) – 3-4 weeks
Ivan Soldo (knee) – 4 weeks
Sam Powell-Pepper (knee) – season

RICHMOND

Tom Lynch, hamstring

“Unfortunately, Tom had a minor hamstring injury right at the end of the game last week. It’s not the same side (as his previous hamstring injury), it’s a different side and it’s a different site. It’s pretty minor, he’s already up and running pretty quickly. We’re hoping to see him available in the next couple of weeks.”

Jacob Hopper, hamstring

“‘Hops’ has put in a huge eight weeks. Especially the last month, he has been working really, really hard. He’ll get through training on Thursday and be available this Sunday.”

Dion Prestia, calf 

“He’s going really well. He’s putting in some big running sessions at the moment. We’re hoping next week, if not the week after, he’ll be available.”

Marlion Pickett, calf

“Marlion’s injury has been a little bit stubborn to get going. At the moment, he’s just started running. There’s no further update at the moment, but we’re hoping to have one in the next week or two on where he’s at.”

Maurice Rioli, ankle

“Maurice is going really well, he’s turned the corner. He was in every day over the bye working really hard. He’s really determined to get back and perform this year. We’re hoping he’ll be in training in the next week or so, and then a couple of weeks later he’ll be available for selection.”

Jack Ross, foot

“(Jack’s) injury can be really difficult to get going, he’s sort of had nine weeks off now since he hurt himself. He’s just started running outside at the moment. We’re looking at probably a four-to-six-week period of building him back into skills, and then we’re looking at some game time. So, we’re hoping by the end of the year he’ll be playing a couple of games.”

Samson Ryan, ankle

“Samson (sustained) a minor syndesmosis at the end of the Adelaide game (Round 13). He played out the game, so we were hoping he would be available the next week. It didn’t quite turn out that way and it’s probably a little bit worse than we first thought… We think maybe a week or two.”

Liam Fawcett, back

“Liam’s working hard outside. He’s got an appointment with a specialist in the next week. We’ll have more information then, but we’re really hoping we’ll see Liam play some game time by the end of the year.”

Richmond Injury List:

Test

Jacob Hopper, hamstring

Unavailable

Tom Lynch, hamstring (1-2 weeks)

Samson Ryan, ankle (1-2 weeks)

Dion Prestia, calf (1-2 weeks)

Marlion Pickett, calf (2-3 weeks)

Maurice Rioli, ankle (3-4 weeks)

Jack Ross, foot (4-6 weeks)

Dylan Grimes, back (TBA)

Liam Fawcett, back (TBA)

Mate Colina, back (TBA)

Mykelti Lefau, knee (season)

Tylar Young, knee (season)

Sam Naismith, knee (season)

Josh Gibcus, knee (season)

Judson Clarke, knee (season)