Star Richmond key forward Jack Riewoldt is determined to take his place in the Tigers’ line-up for Saturday night’s big clash with Port Adelaide at the MCG.

Riewoldt, who badly rolled his ankle in a marking contest during the final quarter of Richmond’s loss to Melbourne last Sunday night, is working around the clock to ensure he’s right to go against the Power.

“At the moment, it’s still a little bit swollen . . . I want to play.  I’ll give myself every chance to get up and play on the weekend . . . I really feel like I’m giving myself every chance to play,” Riewoldt said on Fox Footy’s ‘AFL 360’ program. 

Riewoldt described the regime he’s undertaken in a bid to prove his fitness for Saturday night’s match.

“Every two hours just get up and try and get some ice on it . . . You want to get some movement back in it and, most importantly, you want to get the swelling out of it,” he said.

 “You want to get some range back in your ankle because, obviously, if it’s swollen you lose a lot of your range and your calf starts to get affected from that as well. 

“So, it’s a lot of physio, a lot of walking in deep water, for the compression, more than the actual coldness of the water . . .”