Richmond coach Adem Yze has provided an update on Campbell Gray's hamstring injury, saying the defender will be sent for scans on Monday.

Gray "tweaked" his hamstring in the 36-point loss to Euro-Yroke, while 19-year-old Sam Cumming copped a late corkie to his quad.

"[Gray] has tweaked his hammy, I don't know how bad that is, he'll get scans tomorrow. Sammy Cumming is a beauty, he copped a corkie and wanted to get back out there, he's such a tough kid," Yze said.

Yze added Richmond's Executive General Manager, Football Performance, Tim Livingstone, had spoken to the AFL about the process of adding potential top-up players, as the Tigers manage a lengthy injury list.

"We made the decision yesterday with our VFL (team), Samson Ryan didn't play, and Kaleb Smith would have played, but we kept him out of that game. We've got a five-day break going into the Essendon game, so we had to manage. We'll give them a training session," Yze said.

"We had to have those discussions (having 26 fit players) around this game, really. We felt like this was the game that was more at risk with that. 'Livo' got on the phone with the AFL just in case there was an outbreak with gastro, we couldn't put – Kaleb Smith wasn't realistically available for AFL, he was managed minutes (off a groin injury). 

"We just had to make sure we were doing the right thing and what the process is around it. We know what that process is, but we shouldn't have to go down that path, based on the fact we should have a few more available next week. We didn't go that far (of identifying VFL players), just about what is the process, how does it look if we needed to go to it, if there's a one per cent chance, what does that look like."

Yze labelled the first term of the Tigers' loss as "diabolical", which saw his side trail by 21 points after conceding the first four goals.

"It's a little bit similar to last week – we played three okay quarters and just got smashed in one. The first quarter was just diabolical. To only get three inside 50s to 21 or 22, contested possession – which is a strength of ours – to go down in that -18, it just wasn't up to AFL standard," he said.

"Our boys knew that. We spoke about it at quarter-time and the response was positive. We had a choice to make, and we expect to do the jumper proud every week. From quarter-time onwards, we did. 

"Contest went up, we gave our forwards some opportunity and we showed some fight. That was the pleasing part of it, but the first quarter just wasn't good enough. We all know that, and we've got to get better."