Injury Report: Round 24, 2025

High Performance Manager Ben Serpell provides this week’s Injury Report as Richmond prepares for its last game of the season against Geelong this Saturday.

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Serpell confirmed that Luke Trainor, Samson Ryan, Campbell Gray and Jacob Blight will all be made available for selection this weekend, given they get through main training.

Oliver Hayes-Brown and Liam Fawcett made their return to play over the weekend in the VFL loss to Williamstown, where they both had a successful hit out.

“Great news for both coming back. It was great to see OHB back playing on limited game time, but we will see him back out on almost a full game this weekend,” Serpell said.

“Liam has also done a great job, only undergoing surgery six weeks ago and coming back and playing.

“It was great to see them both out there, and I’m looking forward to seeing them play again this weekend.”

Unfortunately, Nick Vlastuin will miss the remainder of the season as he suffered a fractured ankle during the clash with North Melbourne. He underwent surgery on Tuesday.

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03:28

Nick Vlastuin: Ankle, Season

“Unfortunately for Nick, he sustained a pretty significant ankle injury,” Serpell said.

“He has undergone surgery this morning, and it just goes to show how tough he is to be able to walk off the field and be in the operating theatre two days later.

“He will be out for a little bit of time, and unfortunately, it will impact the start of his preseason, but we certainly hope to see him out there early next year.”

Luke Trainor: Hamstring, Available

“Unfortunately for Luke, we pulled him out of the game over the weekend,” Serpell said.

“He reported a bit of hamstring tightness, and we wanted to go conservative there with him. We didn’t want to cause a big issue for an 18-year-old.

“He has already played 20 games this year, so subsequent scans revealed that there is no issue, and he will get through training this week and will be available to play this weekend.”

07:33

Samson Ryan: Foot, Available
Campbell Gray: Knee, Available

“I’m really looking forward to seeing Samson out there playing this weekend,” Serpell said.

“It was a long way to return for him, but he has got through all of the work over the last few weeks, being tested quite comprehensively, and we are confident that he can get some game time this weekend.

“Also, for Campbell Gray, sustaining back-to-back knee injuries, he is doing quite well, and again, I’m looking forward to him playing this weekend.

“He probably could have played last week, but having missed so much game time, we just wanted to get a little bit more training into him."

Jacob Blight: Ankle, Available

“Blighty was carrying a rolled ankle in the game prior, and unfortunately, this weekend, felt as though he wasn’t capable of playing,” Serpell said.

“He got through the weekend no problems and will be available to play this week.”

Mykelti Lefau: Calf, 1 week

“We can say that we will keep him out this week and test him next week,” Serpell said.

“He will hopefully be available for selection if we get past the Wildcard round this week in the VFL.”

01:15

Josh Smillie: Quad, 1-2 weeks

“As we reported a long time ago, the quad injury was very minor and he has gone on leaps and bounds these last couple of weeks,” Serpell said.

“We will hopefully make him available for some VFL Finals if we get a little bit deeper into that."

Tom Sims: Elbow/Foot, Season

“We just put Simsy through some routine end-of-season medicals, and we noticed that there was a navicular stress fracture in his foot,” Serpell said.

“Unfortunately, that is going to require surgery, and we are not too sure when that is going to be because we want to see how his elbow resolves.

“He is going to go through a period of time where he will be on crutches, so we will book his surgery in the next couple of weeks and get some direction from the surgeon after that. Then we will have an idea of where he returns in preseason.”

Sam Lalor and Jonty Faull update

“Jonty is out of the brace now and walking around with a smile,” Serpell said.

“He has started his rehab already, and hopefully he will be running in the next week or two.

“Sammy is doing exceptionally well. We have seen him out there doing a good body of work, getting some good running in.

“We will hopefully pick up the intensity over the next little while, and both of them should be available for a full preseason training routine in November.”

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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