Injury Report: Round 17, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell caught up with Richmond Media to deliver this week’s injury update, with the side preparing for Geelong on Saturday.

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Key forward Mykelti Lefau had his return game to senior football on Sunday interrupted by a calf injury, which will see him sidelined for the next four to six weeks.

However, in positive news, Sam Lalor will be made available for selection, while Josh Gibcus and Jayden Short have been named as tests.

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Sam Lalor: Hamstring, Available

“Sam passed all of his tests last week, but we made a decision that the best thing for him going forward for his long-term career was to just get a few more football exposures before we throw him back into AFL football,” Serpell said.

“He did some extra footy training last week, and he will get through a full session tomorrow, and then we will see him out there this weekend.”

Josh Gibcus: ACL, Test

"Gibo’s just got to get through one more training session tomorrow, a light training session, and happy to say (after that) he will play his first game of footy for a long time,” Serpell said.

Jayden Short: Calf, Test

“Similar to Gibo, he has to get through tomorrow's session, probably a smaller session than he has had to go through the last couple of weeks, and hopefully we see him out there this week as well,” Serpell said.

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Harry Armstrong: Hamstring, 1 week

“Harry is tracking well,” Serpell said.

“He passed all of his fitness tests, and repeated scans showed that his hamstring had healed probably better than we actually thought he would.

“Unfortunately, an unrelated medical condition is probably going to rule him out for another week.

“We are hoping to see him for Essendon, but we will see how he responds to training this week.”

Campbell Gray: Knee, 1-2 weeks

“Campbell is doing really well and is training really well, and we are happy to bring his return to play forward,” Serpell said.

“He will only miss one more game, and he will go through a test next week and hopefully play in that Essendon round.”

Josh Smillie: Conditioning, 1-3 weeks

“Smillie is going ok,” Serpell said.

“He was a bit sick on the back end of last week, and that has kind of stalled his progress a little bit, so once he gets back into training, we will give you a little bit more of an update of where he is progressing from there.”

Kane McAuliffe: Quad, 2-3 weeks

“He is tracking well, so we will just bring his return to play forward and expect him to miss another two to three games and see him out there playing a game pretty soon,” Serpell said.

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Thomson Dow: Patella, 3-6 weeks

“Dowy is not going too well,” Serpell said.

“We started some overground work with him this week, and he didn’t respond well to that, so we are just going to see how he goes clinically over the next little while and make some calls from there.

“I can’t really say that we will bring his return to play back any sooner, but we are hoping for the best for him.”

Mykelti Lefau: Calf, 4-6 weeks

“Sadly, for Mykelti, he sustained a calf injury in the second quarter, and he was subbed out of the game,” Serpell said.

“He had scans conducted yesterday, and we are probably looking at four to six games he’s going to miss out.”

Liam Fawcett: Foot, 6-8 weeks

“Sadly, for Liam, he sustained a syndesmosis injury in training last week,” Serpell said.

“He had surgery earlier this week, and we can still expect to see him out there at the back end of the year."

Samson Ryan: Foot, TBC

“Samson Ryan hopefully will start a bit of overground running this week, and then we will have a bit more of an idea of his return to play after that,” Serpell said.

Mate Colina: Shoulder, Season
Judson Clarke: ACL, Season

“Both underwent surgery, and from all reports, surgery went well. Sadly for them, their seasons are done, but we’re looking forward to seeing them around the Club and having a few smiles here and there from them.”

Player	Injury	Estimated Return
14. Tim Taranto	Concussion	Test Taranto suffered a concussion in Round 6. Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith	Groin	1 week Smith has been managing groin soreness since November last year and is now in a conditioning block. Read Article
25. Toby Nankervis	Hamstring	3 weeks Nankervis injured his hamstring in the Round 2 game against Gold Coast. Read Article
29. Jasper Alger	MCL	3 weeks Alger suffered a high-grade MCL injury in Round 3 against Fremantle. Read Article
38. Tom Sims	Foot	3-4 weeks 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	3-4 weeks Prestia suffered an injury to his calf in Round 8 against West Coast. Read Article
17. Maurice Rioli	Hamstring	4 weeks Rioli sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter of Round 6. Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong	Foot	4 weeks Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle. Read Article
6. Sam Banks	Collarbone	4 weeks Banks fractured his collarbone in three places during the Round 6 match with North Melbourne. Read Article
13. Hugo Ralphsmith	Knee	4-6 weeks Ralphsmith injured his MCL in Round 7. Read Article
26. Zane Peucker	Syndesmosis	5-6 weeks Peucker injured his syndesmosis in a VFL practice match on April 18. Read Article
10. Taj Hotton	Hip	6-8 weeks Hotton suffered a bone stress in his hip after the February 20 practice match against Essendon. Read Article
23. Judson Clarke	ACL	7-10 weeks 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	8-12 weeks Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8. 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

14. Tim Taranto

Taranto suffered a concussion in Round 6.

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