High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has declared a trio of Tigers available for selection ahead of Richmond's Round 15 clash with North Melbourne.
Captain Toby Nankervis, pressure forward Rhyan Mansell, and youngster Kane McAuliffe are all off the injury list in exciting news for Tiger fans.
Serpell took positives from the returns of Maurice Rioli, Tom Brown, Taj Hotton, Zane Peucker and Samson Ryan this past weekend in Tasmania.
“It was a tough weekend for the guys coming back through the VFL. It was obviously quite wet and windy at Launceston, but they got through quite well,” Serpell said.
“Maurice Rioli got it a bit easier down in Hobart with better conditions, and we're expecting him to get some more game time this weekend.”
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Toby Nankervis: Hamstring, Available
“He's certainly available for selection this weekend,” Serpell said.
“We just wanted him to get a little bit more training under his belt before we brought him back to play, but expect him out there this weekend.”
Rhyan Mansell: Foot, Available
Kane McAuliffe: Achilles, Available
“Both of them will come into the frame for selection this weekend, both on managed minutes. It'll be good to have them out there at some level,” Serpell said.
Luke Trainor: Hip, Test
“Unfortunately for Luke Trainor, he presented with a bit of soreness after the first session back [after the bye], so he missed the game on the weekend. He'll officially be down for a test this weekend,” Serpell said.
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Harry Armstrong: Foot, Round 16-18
Judson Clarke: ACL, Round 16-18
“They're both doing really well,” Serpell said.
“We anticipated last week that they'd be back somewhere between Round 15 and 18. We want to see a little bit more training out of both of them, so we're probably looking towards the back end of that at this stage.”
Sam Lalor: Achilles, Round 16-20
“Sammy's doing really well, he's progressing his running load, doing a little bit more volume and a little bit of change of direction,” Serpell said.
“He'll have some surveillance scans next week just to monitor healing, but, as I said, doing really well, and we'll expect to give you more of an update next week.”
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Tom Lynch: Throat, Round 17
“Lynchy saw a specialist last week, and he came back with some positive news,” Serpell said.
“He's just got to get through an MRI in a couple of weeks' time, but we'd expect him to be available for selection around about Round 17.”
Josh Smillie: Quad, TBC
“Doing really well after that trip to the States, he's come back, he's back running, he's back into a kicking program,” Serpell said.
“He'll get involved with some skills over the next week or two, and at this stage we're anticipating him being available for selection a bit later in the year.”
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| Player | Injury | Estimated Return |
|---|---|---|
4. Sam Lalor |
Knee |
Unavailable
Lalor had a collision incident involving his right knee late in the Round 22 AFL game. Read Article |
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29. Jasper Alger |
Ankle |
Unavailable
Alger has pulled up with some ankle soreness after the Round 21 VFL game. Read Article |
|
21. Noah Balta |
Toe |
Season
Balta injured his toe after an awkward landing during a contest in Round 19. Read Article |
|
22. Sam Cumming |
Ankle/Shoulder |
Season
Cumming suffered a moderate grade syndesmosis injury in a tackle during Round 21. The ankle injury will not require surgery, but the Club will take the opportunity for him to go in and have his shoulder operated on. Read Article |
|
7. Rhyan Mansell |
Foot |
Season
The Club sought specialist opinion regarding Rhyan Mansell's foot soreness leading into Round 21. Following their assessment, the Club has made the decision to rule him out for the remainder of the year. Read Article |
|
38. Tom Sims |
Toe |
Season
Sims has some medial sesamoid pain, with the plan to offload him until he is pain-free. Read Article |
|
49. Kaleb Smith |
Quad |
Season
Smith sustained a quad strain in the July 19 VFL game. Read Article |
|
2. Jacob Hopper |
Ankle |
Season
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 |
|
16. Josh Smillie |
Quad |
Season
Smillie and the Club are entirely focused on setting him up for a full pre-season. Read Article |
4. Sam Lalor
Lalor had a collision incident involving his right knee late in the Round 22 AFL game.
Read Article
29. Jasper Alger
Alger has pulled up with some ankle soreness after the Round 21 VFL game.
Read Article
21. Noah Balta
Balta injured his toe after an awkward landing during a contest in Round 19.
Read Article
22. Sam Cumming
Cumming suffered a moderate grade syndesmosis injury in a tackle during Round 21. The ankle injury will not require surgery, but the Club will take the opportunity for him to go in and have his shoulder operated on.
Read Article
7. Rhyan Mansell
The Club sought specialist opinion regarding Rhyan Mansell's foot soreness leading into Round 21. Following their assessment, the Club has made the decision to rule him out for the remainder of the year.
Read Article
38. Tom Sims
Sims has some medial sesamoid pain, with the plan to offload him until he is pain-free.
Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith
Smith sustained a quad strain in the July 19 VFL game.
Read Article
2. Jacob Hopper
Hopper suffered a stress fracture in his ankle following the Round 14 game against Brisbane.
Read Article
8. Jonty Faull
Faull will miss the remainder of the 2026 AFL season due to stress fractures in his back.
Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus
Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game.
Read Article
16. Josh Smillie
Smillie and the Club are entirely focused on setting him up for a full pre-season.
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