Get the latest injury update from High Performance Manager Ben Serpell ahead of Saturday afternoon's Round 2 clash against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.

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“It was a good result from the boys and certainly very exciting, but nothing to get ahead of ourselves at the moment,” Serpell said.

“The boys were back in at 9am the next morning getting some rehab done, which was great.

“We were treated with an appearance by some of the women coming down to help with the rehab session for some of our boys.

“Really appreciative of Shelby Knoll, Charley Ryan, Katie Brennan and Mon Conti, jumping in with the likes of Josh Smillie and Noah Balta the next day.”

All eyes now turn to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon.

“As teams, we can do a bit better by travelling together and coming together as a group. Being a bit more excited this week after the win, it should be pretty good.”

Josh Smillie

Hamstring, 1-2 weeks

“No real change to his expected return. He’s tracking quite well, getting some training into him."

“He’s looking around one to two weeks and hopefully get into a bit of footy this week again."

Dion Prestia and Hugo Ralphsmith

Achilles and Hamstring, 2-5 weeks

“They’re tracking well in rehab. There’s no real change to their return-to-play."

“Between them, they’re both two-to-five weeks away. We’ll see them hopefully in a few drills over the coming weeks."

Jonty Faull

Back, Test

“Jonty’s an exciting one. He got to play a bit of VFL on the weekend on limited game time."

“We’ll progress his game time over the next couple of weeks and see him having some impact as the season progresses."

Jacob Blight

Adductor, Test

“He slipped in back play and got a little bit of adductor soreness. He’ll be a test for this weekend and hopefully gets through his cramping and we’ll be right.”

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Player	Injury	Estimated Return
15. Jayden Short	Calf	Test Short has sustained a small soleus strain in his calf. Read Article
24. Taj Hotton	ACL	Test Hotton ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his right knee during a training session in May 2024, wiping out most of his draft year. Read Article
22. Sam Lalor	Hamstring	2-4 weeks Lalor suffered a hamstring injury in Dreamtime at the 'G in Round 11. Read Article
16. Josh Smillie	Conditioning	2-4 weeks Smillie injured his hamstring in May, 2025, and is now working on a conditioning block before his return to play. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	ACL	3-6 weeks Gibcus is recovering from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which he sustained during Richmond's clash with Carlton in March 2024. Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong	Hamstring	4-6 weeks Harry Armstrong suffered a high-grade injury to his hamstring tendon at training on April 10. Read Article
27. Thomson Dow	Patella	4-7 weeks Thomson Dow dislocated his kneecap during Dreamtime at the 'G in Round 11. Read Article
50. Campbell Gray	Knee	TBC Gray suffered a posterolateral knee injury during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney. Read Article
23. Judson Clarke	ACL	Season Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney. Read Article

15. Jayden Short

Short has sustained a small soleus strain in his calf.

Read Article

Injury: Calf

Est. Return: Test

24. Taj Hotton

Hotton ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his right knee during a training session in May 2024, wiping out most of his draft year.

Read Article

Injury: ACL

Est. Return: Test

22. Sam Lalor

Lalor suffered a hamstring injury in Dreamtime at the 'G in Round 11.

Read Article

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: 2-4 weeks

16. Josh Smillie

Smillie injured his hamstring in May, 2025, and is now working on a conditioning block before his return to play.

Read Article

Injury: Conditioning

Est. Return: 2-4 weeks

18. Josh Gibcus

Gibcus is recovering from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which he sustained during Richmond's clash with Carlton in March 2024.

Read Article

Injury: ACL

Est. Return: 3-6 weeks

34. Harry Armstrong

Harry Armstrong suffered a high-grade injury to his hamstring tendon at training on April 10.

Read Article

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: 4-6 weeks

27. Thomson Dow

Thomson Dow dislocated his kneecap during Dreamtime at the 'G in Round 11.

Read Article

Injury: Patella

Est. Return: 4-7 weeks

50. Campbell Gray

Gray suffered a posterolateral knee injury during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney.

Read Article

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: TBC

23. Judson Clarke

Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney.

Read Article

Injury: ACL

Est. Return: Season

Last Updated: 1:54 AM Tuesday, June 10, 2025