Richmond has provided updates on star quartet Trent Cotchin, Toby Nankervis, Dylan Grimes and Sydney Stack.
Grimes suffered an ankle injury in the win over West Coast. He played out the game and remains likely to play, according to club physical performance manager Peter Burge.
“Grimesy fell and stood on another players’ boot and rolled his ankle. It was a bit bruised after the game and the next day. Plenty of ice and compression in the first 48 hours and today,” he told the Richmond website.
“At this stage he’s probable for this week and we’d anticipate him doing a little bit of training during the week and hopefully he’s a good chance to play on Sunday.”
Toby Nankervis missed the West Coast game with soreness in his adductor and is in doubt to face Brisbane.
“If you go back to the Carlton game, Toby played his first game back in the AFL after three weeks in the VFL where we gradually progressed his game time.
“He noticed late in the game he started to get a bit sore in that adductor that he previously had injured.
“He came in the next day and didn’t feel too bad, but was a little bit bruised so we got some scans and he has irritated the scar tissue of the original injury.
“We thought it would settle fairly quickly, but it hasn’t, it’s been a bit slower … at this stage he’s unlikely for this week so we’re pushing ahead to improve the strength in that area and waiting for that swelling to settle down."
Tigers skipper Trent Cotchin however is expected to make his return after overcoming a hamstring injury.
“Trent did a full week of training last week and we thought he would play in the West Coast game.”
“He trains again this week and trains fully, then we expect him to play on Sunday.”
Richmond is also yet to rule on Sydney Stack for the season, after his syndesmosis injury suffered in the VFL.
“(Sydney) got carried off on the weekend so it was fairly serious. He needed surgery which he had last night. Fairly similar to most syndesmosis surgeries. Right now he’s in a little cast which he’ll have on for the next seven to 10 days,” Burge said.
“Once that’s off we’ll work out how fast we can push things. Kane Lambert had a similar procedure last year and played after four weeks. We’ve had some players who have had the same procedure who have taken a lot longer.
“It’s very hard to put a timeframe on him, but we’re relatively optimistic. We’ll make an informed decision in about a week or so.”