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.”

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.

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Player	Injury	Estimated Return
47. Oliver Hayes-Brown	Knee	Available Hayes-Brown is available to play after recovering from knee soreness. Read Article
15. Jayden Short	Corked Quad	Test Short has been restricted from a corked quad. Read Article
4. Sam Lalor	Achilles	Test Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8. Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith	Concussion	Test Smith sustained a concussion in Round 15 of the VFL. Read Article
11. Luke Trainor	Concussion	Test Trainor sustained a concussion at training in the lead-up to Round 17. Read Article
16. Josh Smillie	Quad	Round 20-22 Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February. Read Article
50. Campbell Gray	Hamstring	Round 22 Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10. Read Article
12. Ben Miller	Heel	TBC Ben Miller presented to the medical clinic following Richmond's Round 18 match with some plantar heel pain. Read Article
5. Jack Ross	Concussion	TBC Ross suffered a concussion in Richmond's Round 17 AFL game. Read Article
2. Jacob Hopper	Ankle	TBC Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane. Read Article
8. Jonty Faull	Back	Season Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	Knee	Season Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game. Read Article

47. Oliver Hayes-Brown

Hayes-Brown is available to play after recovering from knee soreness.

Read Article

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Available

15. Jayden Short

Short has been restricted from a corked quad.

Read Article

Injury: Corked Quad

Est. Return: Test

4. Sam Lalor

Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.

Read Article

Injury: Achilles

Est. Return: Test

49. Kaleb Smith

Smith sustained a concussion in Round 15 of the VFL.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: Test

11. Luke Trainor

Trainor sustained a concussion at training in the lead-up to Round 17.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: Test

16. Josh Smillie

Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February.

Read Article

Injury: Quad

Est. Return: Round 20-22

50. Campbell Gray

Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10.

Read Article

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: Round 22

12. Ben Miller

Ben Miller presented to the medical clinic following Richmond's Round 18 match with some plantar heel pain.

Read Article

Injury: Heel

Est. Return: TBC

5. Jack Ross

Ross suffered a concussion in Richmond's Round 17 AFL game.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: TBC

2. Jacob Hopper

Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane.

Read Article

Injury: Ankle

Est. Return: TBC

8. Jonty Faull

Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back.

Read Article

Injury: Back

Est. Return: Season

18. Josh Gibcus

Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game.

Read Article

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Season

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