RICHMOND spearhead Tom Lynch is carrying some ankle soreness into Thursday night’s Round 3 clash against Hawthorn.
Lynch has been diagnosed with low grade bone stress in his ankle but the Tigers remain confident he will be fine to play after having scans yesterday.
The Tigers say the injury is at the real low end and despite the soreness and the game being only two days away, believe he'll be running out against the Hawks.
Furthermore, Lynch says he'll be good to take on the Hawks at the MCG.
"I had a bit of a scan on my foot yesterday but it's all good," he said.
"I think the doc is just being a bit cautious but I'll play this week so nothing to see here."
Lynch last year rebounded spectacularly from a slow start to his first season at Richmond to boot 63.31, playing every game after a limited pre-season.
The key forward had surgery on a posterior cruciate ligament in July 2018 after persistent knee pain plagued his final years at the Gold Coast Suns.
RICHMOND spearhead Tom Lynch in some sort of doubt for Thursday night’s clash against Hawthorn with an ankle injury. Nothing disastrous, but Lynch has been diagnosed with low grade bone stress in his ankle. More coming on https://t.co/5hhj3jzPVZ
— Sam Edmund (@Sammy__Edmund) June 15, 2020
Richmond confident Lynch will be fine to play after scans on ankle yesterday. Tigers say injury is at the real low end and despite the soreness and the game being only two days away, believe he'll be running out against the Hawks.
— Sam Edmund (@Sammy__Edmund) June 15, 2020