Jack Graham is “roaring to get back into it” as he eyes a return to full training within the next two weeks.
The 20-year-old’s shoulder recovery is tracking well, after he dislocated it in round 16 and delayed reconstruction until after finals in October.
“The shoulder’s coming along nicely, a week or two and I’ll be back into the full drills which is good, at the moment just some light contact,” Graham said.
“I can look forward to 2019 without that popping out hopefully, just building up the strength again and I can’t wait to get back out in full training with the boys.”
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The time off contact work earlier in the pre-season gave the hard-tackler the opportunity to build his base fitness which will undoubtedly prove handy come round one.
And the Tiger is confident he has "come back in good shape" after strong results in Richmond's pre-season time trials.
"Being out of training, I've been working on my craft so when I'm back into it I'm ready to go," Graham said.
It was a unique off-season for Graham, who enjoyed an eye-opening field trip to Sumatra to learn about Tigers of a different variety.
Through the Club’s conservation partner WWF-Australia, Graham, joined by fellow Tiger Nick Vlastuin, trekked the Sumatran jungle with the WWF’s Tiger Protection Unit in aid of the endangered Sumatran tigers.
“It’s a different world over there,” Graham said.
“It was a great trip learning so much about the Tigers and also ourselves and the culture over there.”
