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 |
|---|---|---|
3. Dion Prestia |
Hamstring |
Test
Prestia suffered hamstring awareness in Round 16 against Collingwood. Read Article |
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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
47. Oliver Hayes-Brown
Hayes-Brown is a test to return to availability after recovering from knee soreness.
Read Article
38. Tom Sims
Sims sustained an MCL injury in the Round 9 VFL game.
Read Article
4. Sam Lalor
Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.
Read Article
16. Josh Smillie
Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February.
Read Article
50. Campbell Gray
Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10.
Read Article
5. Jack Ross
Ross suffered a concussion in Richmond's Round 17 AFL game.
Read Article
49. Kaleb Smith
Smith sustained a concussion in Round 15 of the VFL.
Read Article
11. Luke Trainor
Trainor sustained a concussion at training in the lead-up to Round 17.
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.
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