Injury Report: Round 3, 2025

Hear from High Performance Manager Ben Serpell, as he breaks down the latest injury report whilst the side prepares for their Round 3 clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.

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

SCROLL DOWN FOR THE FULL INJURY LIST >>>

02:26

“It was good to see the boys turn up in the second half,” Serpell said.

“I think the upside of what we are seeing is that they are finishing the second half of the game quite well."

“So, what we do know is that they are in a good spot and can run out the game pretty well at the moment.”

Sam Banks

Concussion, 1 week

“Sam will go through the standard return to play protocol.”

“Not only does he have to deal with a concussion, but he also took five or seven stitches to the head as well."

“Hopefully he will be back playing in our game against Brisbane in a couple of weeks.”

Maurice Rioli

Hamstring, Test

“Maurice sustained a small hamstring injury last week and whilst we thought he would be ok to play on the weekend, we thought we would be conservative.”

“He will be a test for this week and hopefully get some game time in this round.”

Josh Smillie

Hamstring, Test

“Smillie has done a great body of work over the last few weeks and he’s training quite well.”

“He will be a test on the back end of the week, but make no mistake if we don’t think he is ready to go, we will look after him a little bit more.”

“He is certainly doing a lot of fast running and is in a great position.”

Hugo Ralphsmith

Hamstring, 1-3 weeks

“Hugo is in a great position as well and we could probably see how he goes this weekend.”

“But again, we want to look after him and we will look after him a little bit longer because if we don’t have to rush anything, we won’t.”

Dion Prestia

Achilles, 3-4 weeks

“No real change to Dion at the moment.”

“He will just keep pressing on with his rehab and we will look at him in about 3-4 weeks time.”

Player	Injury	Estimated Return
32. Samson Ryan	Foot	1-2 weeks Ryan reported a fascia plantar complaint after the Round 6 game against Gold Coast. Read Article
42. Mykelti Lefau	ACL	3-5 weeks Lefau suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during Richmond’s AFL match against Geelong in June 2024. Read Article
45. Tylar Young	ACL	4-6 weeks Young suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during Richmond's VFL match against Essendon in May 2024. Read Article
34. Harry Armstrong	Hamstring	9-11 weeks Harry Armstrong suffered a high-grade injury to his hamstring tendon at training on April 10. Read Article
3. Dion Prestia	Achilles	TBC Prestia is out due to an achilles issue. Read Article
24. Taj Hotton	ACL	TBC Hotton ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of his right knee during a training session in May 2024, wiping out most of his draft year. Read Article
18. Josh Gibcus	ACL	TBC Gibcus is recovering from a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which he sustained during Richmond's clash with Carlton in March 2024. Read Article