Injury updates on Brown, McAuliffe and more

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided Richmond's Round 10 Injury Report.

Serpell confirmed that young defender Sam Grlj will be available to return to action this weekend, after being managed in Round 9.

“He's been an outstanding performer for us in the first eight rounds,” Serpell said.

“Being a first-year player, we had an opportunity to rest him, so we took that, and we expect him out there this week and a bit fresher and hopefully ready to perform.”

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Kaleb Smith: Groin, Test

“Kaleb's gone through a really nice rehabilitation block,” Serpell said.

“We are expecting him to get through training this week, and provided he pulls up ok, we'll expect him out there on the field this weekend.”

Tom Sims: Foot, Round 11

“Tom Sims is going really well. It’s his birthday today, and he got through full training last week,” Serpell said.

“We expect him to get through a full dose of training this week, and provided he gets through that, he’ll be back into playing next weekend for Dreamtime.”

Tom Brown: Forearm, Round 14 to 15

“We saw Browny come off the ground early in the game, around about the first five minutes of the game. He sustained a broken arm, sadly for Browny,” Serpell said.

"He underwent surgery today, and we'll expect to hear more from the surgeon over the coming days, but hopefully he's back into playing soon after the bye."

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Toby Nankervis: Hamstring, Round 14 to 15

“Toby was training last week and was starting to progress into some drills,” Serpell said.

“He got through his full training session at the back end of the week, but pulled up sore from that.

“We want to slow down his rehab at this stage and probably delay his return to play, and we expect him to be available soon after the bye.”

Kane McAuliffe: Achilles, TBC

“Kane was quite sore in both Achilles, so we managed his game time at the back end of the game,” Serpell said.

“We want to try and let that settle for the next little while, so we'll probably manage him this week and see how he progresses over the next little while and have a bit more of a timeframe on him soon.”

Josh Smillie: Quad, TBC

“We've arranged for Josh Smillie to go over and spend a bit of time with world-renowned reconditioning specialist Bill Knowles,” Serpell said.

“He’s on a plane tomorrow, and he'll spend the next little while over there. We've organised a few other little opportunities for him as well, spending some time with the Philadelphia 76ers."

Player	Injury	Estimated Return
49. Kaleb Smith	Groin	Test Smith has been managing groin soreness since November last year and is now in a conditioning block. Read Article
29. Jasper Alger	MCL	Round 11 Alger suffered a high-grade MCL injury in Round 3 against Fremantle. Read Article
38. Tom Sims	Foot	Round 11 Sims sustained a ulnar collateral ligament injury in the Round 20 VFL game against Sandringham. Routine end-of-season medicals also found a navicular stress fracture in his foot. Read Article
3. Dion Prestia	Calf	Round 12 Prestia suffered an injury to his calf in Round 8 against West Coast. Read Article
17. Maurice Rioli	Hamstring	Round 11-12 Rioli sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter of Round 6. Read Article
6. Sam Banks	Collarbone	Round 12 Banks fractured his collarbone in three places during the Round 6 match with North Melbourne. Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong	Foot	Round 12-14 Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle. Read Article
30. Tom Brown	Forearm	Round 14-15 Brown suffered a forearm injury in the Round 9 game against Adelaide.
25. Toby Nankervis	Hamstring	Round 14-15 Nankervis injured his hamstring in the Round 2 game against Gold Coast. Read Article
26. Zane Peucker	Syndesmosis	Round 14-15 Peucker injured his syndesmosis in a VFL practice match on April 18. Read Article
13. Hugo Ralphsmith	Knee	Round 14-16 Ralphsmith injured his MCL in Round 7. Read Article
10. Taj Hotton	Hip	Round 14-16 Hotton suffered a bone stress in his hip after the February 20 practice match against Essendon. Read Article
23. Judson Clarke	ACL	Round 15-18 Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney last year. Read Article
4. Sam Lalor	Achilles	Round 16-19 Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8. Read Article
28. Kane McAuliffe	Achilles	TBC
16. Josh Smillie	Quad	TBC Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February. Read Article
7. Rhyan Mansell	Foot	TBC Mansell presented foot soreness to the Club in March and will undergo surgery to treat bone stress. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	Knee	Season Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game. Read Article

49. Kaleb Smith

Smith has been managing groin soreness since November last year and is now in a conditioning block.

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