Injury Report: Round 8, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell gives his injury report ahead of Richmond’s Round 8 clash against Hawthorn at the MCG this Sunday.

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Despite going down in both the AFL and VFL this past round, Serpell takes positives from an “unscathed” playing group after last Thursday’s double-header.

“Definitely not the results we were after, but thankfully we got through the games relatively unscathed,” Serpell said.

“So, from a physical perspective, it was an outcome that we are happy with.”

Judson Clarke made his much-anticipated return to footy, getting through his first hit out in the VFL against Casey since he did his ACL injury in April last year.

“Juddy went really well,” Serpell said.

“He was excited and did some good football things from what I understand.

“The coaches were pretty impressed wherever he went, and we are looking forward to seeing him out there again this week with some increased gametime.”

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Samson Ryan: Foot, 1-2 weeks

“We got some scans on Samson Ryan. He is still dealing with a plantar fascia complaint,” Serpell said.

“So hopefully we have him down for one to two weeks from now."

Mykelti Lefau: ACL, 3-5 weeks

“Thankfully, Mykelti has got through a lot of training last week and he is in even better shape now so he will be down for three to five weeks at this point in time,” Serpell said.

Tylar Young: ACL, 4-6 weeks

"Similar to Mykelti, Tylar is progressing really well," Serpell said.

"He has started training this week without a non-contact hat on, so he will have full training the next few weeks, and hopefully he can get a body of work in, and we are confident that he can return to play."

Harry Armstrong: Hamstring, 9-11 weeks

“Harry is out there doing a bit of running now," Serpell said.

“He is enjoying it, and we are getting some good work into him.

“There is an opportunity here to also work on some other football skills, which is awesome. So, he is still 10 weeks away but progressing quite well.”

Dion Prestia: Achilles, TBC

“Dion is progressing similar to last week,” Serpell said.

“No real update on where he is at, but as I said last week, we will have some information out when we can on him.”

Taj Hotton and Josh Gibcus: ACLs, TBC

“Taj and Josh are going in leaps and bounds as well,” Serpell said.

“Taj is progressing well, and hopefully we will have a timeframe on him in the next week or two.

“Josh is progressing as well but again, hopefully in the next week or two, we will have some timeframes on him, so we will see them on the training track doing more footy drills as the weeks progress.”

Player	Injury	Estimated Return
14. Tim Taranto	Concussion	Test Taranto suffered a concussion in Round 6. Read Article
25. Toby Nankervis	Hamstring	2-4 weeks Nankervis injured his hamstring in the Round 2 game against Gold Coast. Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith	Groin	3 weeks Smith has been managing groin soreness since November last year and is now in a conditioning block. Read Article
17. Maurice Rioli	Hamstring	3-4 weeks Rioli sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter of Round 6. Read Article
29. Jasper Alger	MCL	4 weeks Alger suffered a high-grade MCL injury in Round 3 against Fremantle. Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong	Foot	4-5 weeks Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle. Read Article
13. Hugo Ralphsmith	Knee	5-7 weeks Ralphsmith injured his MCL in Round 7. Read Article
6. Sam Banks	Collarbone	5-6 weeks Banks fractured his collarbone in three places during the Round 6 match with North Melbourne. Read Article
26. Zane Peucker	Syndesmosis	6 weeks Peucker injured his syndesmosis in a VFL practice match on April 18. Read Article
16. Josh Smillie	Quad	TBC Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	Knee	TBC Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game. 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
10. Taj Hotton	Hip	TBC Hotton suffered a bone stress in his hip after the February 20 practice match against Essendon. Read Article
38. Tom Sims	Foot	TBC 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
23. Judson Clarke	ACL	TBC Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney last year. Read Article

14. Tim Taranto

Taranto suffered a concussion in Round 6.

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