Injury Report: Round 7, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has given Judson Clarke and Rhyan Mansell the green light for selection this week.

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After the Tigers' 11-point win against the Suns over the weekend, Serpell spoke to Richmond Media to provide an injury update ahead of the Anzac Day Eve clash with Melbourne at the MCG on Thursday night.

Judson Clarke: Available

“I’m really looking forward to this weekend because Judson Clarke is going to make his return from an ACL, and he will be available for selection,” Serpell said.

“He is excited to come back, and the last couple of weeks he has been wanting to play footy, and this is his opportunity.”

Rhyan Mansell: Available

“Mansell was pretty good last week, and he probably could’ve played but had to sit out because of his suspension,” Serpell said.

“We are hoping he can have impact at some level this weekend as well.”

Samson Ryan: Foot, 2-3 weeks

“Samson Ryan has come out of the game with a bit of a foot complaint, a fascia plantar complaint, so he will probably miss the next 2-3 weeks,” Serpell said.

“He will get some scans on that over the next couple of days, and we will get a picture on that.”

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Mykelti Lefau: ACL, 4-6 weeks

“Mykelti is doing really well, we can say that his timeline is around 4-6 weeks now,” Serpell said.

Tylar Young: ACL, 5-7 weeks

“Tylar Young is doing really well at the moment, and he is probably at 5-7 weeks from returning to play,” Serpell said.

Harry Armstrong: Hamstring, 10-12 weeks

“No real progress on (Harry) to talk about. We said a while ago it would take 12 weeks, and we are still on track for that,” Serpell said.

Dion Prestia: Achilles, TBC

“Unfortunately, Dion isn’t progressing as well as we liked, so it's hard to put a time frame on him at the moment,” Serpell said.

“We are still looking to get him a bit of gametime before the bye, but we will see how that goes over time."

Taj Hotton and Josh Gibcus: ACLs, TBC

“They are progressing, similar to last week, so I don’t have any real updates on them, but when I have information on that, I will bring it out,” Serpell said.

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 broken arm in the Round 9 game against Adelaide. Read Article
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 McAuliffe was quite sore in both Achilles in the Round 9 game against Adelaide. Read Article
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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