Richmond’s Physical Performance Manager Peter Burge provides ‘Roar Vision’ with an update on the injury status of several members of the Tigers’ playing group ahead of this weekend's trip to face GWS.

Josh Caddy, ankle

“Josh is going really well, he’s been back training with the group now for a week. We’ll look at him playing some game time this weekend, whether that’s AFL or VFL, we’ll make that call later in the week. But he’s been really good. Initially he had those three weeks off where he didn’t run at all, so it’s been a slow progression, but the last couple of weeks has been really promising and we look forward to seeing him play this weekend.”

Bachar Houli, hamstring

“Bachar in round one just pulled up a little sore from an incident late in the game. We thought it may have been a cramp but we had some scans done and he had a very minor hamstring strain. So he missed last week and he’s progressing slowly but it’s not moving as quickly as we’d like, so he’s probably going to miss this week as well. We’ll be more confident going into full training next week and hopefully for the Port Adelaide game he’ll be back. Given Bachar’s recent history, he had a couple of niggles last year, we just want to make sure that when he comes back he’ll be right to go."

Jack Riewoldt, wrist

"We saw Jack have that (round two) incident where he went for a mark and then he fell on his hand. He’s got a little fracture in the bottom of his wrist and a little bit of ligament damage. It’s really just time that we need with this. The doctor said around four weeks, so we hope he’s a quick healer and it’s sooner than that, but at the moment it’s just time. He’ll do a bit of running and general conditioning, but he won’t be marking or jumping at any footys certainly this week."

Alex Rance, knee

"The surgery went fantastically well. He hasn’t got a lot of swelling, and he can straighten his leg already which is a really good sign. Alex will gradually get into a low level exercise program, just getting movement back into his knee. He’s hobbling round a little bit at the moment. Knowing Alex, he’ll recover quicker than others but we’ll be very careful in his rehab and obviously we’re looking ahead to next year so we’ve got time on our side and round one next year, we’ll see him out there."

Shaun Grigg, knee

"We’ve had some real progress in the last week or two, he’s now started to kick the footy again and run a little bit quicker. Probably the next one to two weeks, we’ll up the intensity and see where we’re at. Hopefully we can get a return to skills really soon and get him back into some full training and from there, we can try give an exact timeline of when he’ll play again."

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