Injury Report: Round 19, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell provides his injury report as Richmond prepares to travel to Perth to face the Eagles.

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After Richmond's nine-point win over the Bombers on Saturday night, Serpell was glad knowing everyone came out unscathed.

“A week in football can change things a little bit, so it was good to get the result, although it was a tough contest,” Serpell said.

“The boys pulled up alright, and they are a bit more happy around the place at the moment.”

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02:39

Harry Armstrong: Hamstring, available

“Harry is doing really well and got through everything last week,” Serpell said.

“I’m happy to say that he is available this weekend.”

Jasper Alger: Ankle, available

“We scanned Jasper’s ankle last week after the injury report and realised the injury wasn’t as severe as what we thought originally,” Serpell said.

“Happy to say that he has pulled through training last week and is available for selection this week.”

Josh Smillie: Conditioning, 1-2 weeks

“Josh is going alright at the moment,” Serpell said.

“There is no VFL game this week...we would like to bring him back through the VFL. We are still going to list him as one to two weeks just to make sure he gets the opportunity to get football exposure.

"Still a little way off but progressing well now.”

07:59

Kane McAuliffe: Quad, 1-2 weeks

“Kane is doing well with his rehab,” Serpell said.

“As I said with Josh Smillie, there is no VFL game this weekend, so on the off chance we wanted to bring him back through the VFL, there is no opportunity for that this week.

“It’s probably best if we say that he is one to two weeks away, and we will see how he progresses.”

Mykelti Lefau: Calf, 2-4 weeks

“Kelts is doing well,” Serpell said.

“He is getting through all his rehab and happy to bring his return to play forward another week. He is about 2-4 weeks away now.”

Liam Fawcett: Foot, 4-6 weeks

“Liam is doing well, he is out of the boot now and walking around,” Serpell said.

“We will start to progress him a little bit this week and hopefully running towards the end of next week. We can still comfortably say that he is four to six weeks away.”

01:55

Thomson Dow: Patella, 2-5 weeks

“Sadly, Dowy has not made any progress, so I don’t want to bring his return to play forward at the moment,” Serpell said.

Campbell Gray: Knee, 6-8 weeks

“Campbell Gray’s test didn’t go too well last week and unfortunately it has set him back a little bit,” Serpell said.

“We are looking at him for another six to eight weeks away.”

Samson Ryan: Foot, TBC

“Samson has started some overground running now without any adverse reactions,” Serpell said.

“Hopefully we can increase his running load over the next little while and hopefully progress a little bit of jumping into him and see him out on the park hopefully soon.”

Sam Lalor: Hamstring, season

“We consulted a few surgeons for Sammy’s case, and there is a fairly strong consensus that surgery was required for him,” Serpell said.

“After three injuries to the same side over the last 12 months, it was clear that it was unlikely that hamstring was going to heal in that spot.

“He will undergo surgery this week and will look forward to hopefully having a quick recovery and get most of pre-season done.”

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

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