High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided Richmond's Round 10 Injury Report.

Serpell confirmed that young defender Sam Grlj will be available to return to action this weekend, after being managed in Round 9.

“He's been an outstanding performer for us in the first eight rounds,” Serpell said.

“Being a first-year player, we had an opportunity to rest him, so we took that, and we expect him out there this week and a bit fresher and hopefully ready to perform.”

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Kaleb Smith: Groin, Test

“Kaleb's gone through a really nice rehabilitation block,” Serpell said.

“We are expecting him to get through training this week, and provided he pulls up ok, we'll expect him out there on the field this weekend.”

Tom Sims: Foot, Round 11

“Tom Sims is going really well. It’s his birthday today, and he got through full training last week,” Serpell said.

“We expect him to get through a full dose of training this week, and provided he gets through that, he’ll be back into playing next weekend for Dreamtime.”

Tom Brown: Forearm, Round 14 to 15

“We saw Browny come off the ground early in the game, around about the first five minutes of the game. He sustained a broken arm, sadly for Browny,” Serpell said.

"He underwent surgery today, and we'll expect to hear more from the surgeon over the coming days, but hopefully he's back into playing soon after the bye."

Toby Nankervis: Hamstring, Round 14 to 15

“Toby was training last week and was starting to progress into some drills,” Serpell said.

“He got through his full training session at the back end of the week, but pulled up sore from that.

“We want to slow down his rehab at this stage and probably delay his return to play, and we expect him to be available soon after the bye.”

Kane McAuliffe: Achilles, TBC

“Kane was quite sore in both Achilles, so we managed his game time at the back end of the game,” Serpell said.

“We want to try and let that settle for the next little while, so we'll probably manage him this week and see how he progresses over the next little while and have a bit more of a timeframe on him soon.”

Josh Smillie: Quad, TBC

“We've arranged for Josh Smillie to go over and spend a bit of time with world-renowned reconditioning specialist Bill Knowles,” Serpell said.

“He’s on a plane tomorrow, and he'll spend the next little while over there. We've organised a few other little opportunities for him as well, spending some time with the Philadelphia 76ers."

Injury List

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Player	Injury	Estimated Return
3. Dion Prestia	Hamstring	Test Prestia suffered hamstring awareness in Round 16 against Collingwood. Read Article
47. Oliver Hayes-Brown	Knee	Test Hayes-Brown is a test to return to availability after recovering from knee soreness. Read Article
38. Tom Sims	MCL	Test Sims sustained an MCL injury in the Round 9 VFL game. Read Article
4. Sam Lalor	Achilles	Round 20 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	Round 20-22 Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February. Read Article
50. Campbell Gray	Hamstring	Round 20-23 Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10. Read Article
5. Jack Ross	Concussion	TBC Ross suffered a concussion in Richmond's Round 17 AFL game. Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith	Concussion	TBC Smith sustained a concussion in Round 15 of the VFL. Read Article
11. Luke Trainor	Concussion	TBC Trainor sustained a concussion at training in the lead-up to Round 17. Read Article
2. Jacob Hopper	Ankle	TBC Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane. Read Article
8. Jonty Faull	Back	Season Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	Knee	Season Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game. Read Article

3. Dion Prestia

Prestia suffered hamstring awareness in Round 16 against Collingwood.

Read Article

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: Test

47. Oliver Hayes-Brown

Hayes-Brown is a test to return to availability after recovering from knee soreness.

Read Article

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Test

38. Tom Sims

Sims sustained an MCL injury in the Round 9 VFL game.

Read Article

Injury: MCL

Est. Return: Test

4. Sam Lalor

Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.

Read Article

Injury: Achilles

Est. Return: Round 20

16. Josh Smillie

Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February.

Read Article

Injury: Quad

Est. Return: Round 20-22

50. Campbell Gray

Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10.

Read Article

Injury: Hamstring

Est. Return: Round 20-23

5. Jack Ross

Ross suffered a concussion in Richmond's Round 17 AFL game.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: TBC

49. Kaleb Smith

Smith sustained a concussion in Round 15 of the VFL.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: TBC

11. Luke Trainor

Trainor sustained a concussion at training in the lead-up to Round 17.

Read Article

Injury: Concussion

Est. Return: TBC

2. Jacob Hopper

Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane.

Read Article

Injury: Ankle

Est. Return: TBC

8. Jonty Faull

Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back.

Read Article

Injury: Back

Est. Return: Season

18. Josh Gibcus

Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game.

Read Article

Injury: Knee

Est. Return: Season

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