Injury Report: Round 13, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell provides the Round 13 Injury Report ahead of Richmond’s clash with the Sydney Swans this weekend.

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After a nail-biting defeat to the Giants at ENGIE Stadium last Saturday, Serpell has taken positives out of the fact that the side has come out of the game injury-free.

“Not the result we were after, unfortunately,” Serpell said.

“It’s frustrating but exciting all at the same time, knowing what is to come in the next couple of years, but the boys pulled up quite well.”

02:17

Jayden Short: Calf, 1 week

“Last week we said he was about 1 to 2 weeks away, and I’m happy to say that is still the case,” Serpell said.

“He is still at least one game away, and he is progressing well and starting to get some real inroads in his training sessions.”

Sam Lalor: Hamstring, 3-5 weeks

“He is doing really well and on track,” Serpell said.

“Not a lot of progress to report on there, but his rehab is going well, and we expect to see him out within that timeframe that we originally said. We will just bring his return to play forward a week.”

Josh Smillie: Conditioning, 3-5 weeks

“From a hamstring health perspective, he is pretty good, but we feel like he needs to go through a conditioning block," Serpell said.

“We are going to continue with that over the next week, and we will expect to see him coming back soon after the bye.”

Last week, head coach Adem Yze said Smillie is "progressing nicely...right now, it's more around what he's doing in the gym and things like that. Really strengthening it before he gets going". Read more from Yze here.

08:13

Taj Hotton: ACL, 3-6 weeks

“Taj is progressing really well,” Serpell said.

“Last week was his first week of full-contact training, so we will see him do that over the next couple of weeks. We will hopefully see him back playing soon after the bye.”

Josh Gibcus: ACL, 4-7 weeks

“Gibo is doing quite well,” Serpell said.

“He is probably just a little bit behind him (Hotton), so it’s a bit of a race to get back to play with both of them. Both are doing really well, and Gibo is going to integrate some more contact drills over the next couple of weeks.”

Harry Armstrong: Hamstring, 5-7 weeks

“He is starting to look like a bit of an athlete,” Serpell said.

“He is doing well with Dan Bailey in rehab. We are just going to bring his return to play forward a week.”

Thomson Dow: Patella, 5-8 weeks

“Not too much to report on Dowy,” Serpell said.

“We are just waiting to see how he responds clinically following that kneecap dislocation. His return to play we can expect to bring forward a week.”

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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