High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has listed three Tigers as a Test, ahead of Richmond's Round 18 clash with Melbourne on Sunday. 

Serpell took great confidence from the reappearance of Judson Clarke, Harry Armstrong and Tom Lynch, who all had successful returns to play over the weekend. 

“They all came back through the game in great shape. It was good to see them back out there,” Serpell said.

“Juddy in particular was very smiley at the end of it, so a great day for them all.”

This Injury Report is brought to you by nib. With nib, life could be potentially amazing.

Dion Prestia: Hamstring, Test

“Dion got through training today, and we'll see him out there later this week," Serpell said.

"As long as he can get some sprint metres into him, we think he's going to be available for selection this week.”

Oliver Hayes-Brown: Knee, Test

“OHB's just got a sore knee, similar to what he had earlier in the season, so we'll list him as a test this weekend," Serpell said. 

Tom Sims: MCL, Test

“He's doing really well. He trained today and provided he gets through training again later in the week, we'll expect him to get some managed minutes this weekend," Serpell said. 

Sam Lalor: Achilles, Round 20

“Sammy's doing well. His football involvement is increasing as the weeks go on.” Serpell said.

“We've been saying in the last little while, that he's going to be closer to Round 20, so we'll officially list him as a Round 20 return at this stage.”

Josh Smillie: Quad, Round 20-22

"Josh is doing excellent. He's got through his first full week of training last week, and now it's just a matter of getting a few consecutive full training weeks together, just so he's got a little bit of an informal pre-season under his belt. We're still expecting him out to play at around Round 20 to 22." Serpell said. 

Campbell Gray: Hamstring, Round 20-23

“Campbell's doing as expected, so he's getting through a little bit more and hopefully reintegrating into football over the next couple of weeks.” Serpell said.

“At this stage we're still expecting him in and around about that, Round 20 to 23 at this stage.”

Jack Ross: Concussion, TBC
Kaleb Smith: Concussion, TBC
Luke Trainor: Concussion, TBC

“Unfortunately we saw Luke Trainor go out of main training last week with a head knock, so he's entered the concussion protocols.” Serpell said, 

“On the weekend in both VFL and AFL we saw Kaleb Smith and Jack Ross go out with a concussion.

“As we do with all of our concussions, we'll just list them as TBC and update you when we can.”

Injury List

Brought to you by

nib

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

Last Updated: