Richmond is set to welcome back Josh Caddy for the qualifying final against Geelong on Friday week, with the Tigers weighing up whether to ease him back from a hamstring injury in their VFL team’s elimination final clash this Saturday.

Coach Damien Hardwick said the former Cat played a “finals brand of footy”, and was a big-game player, meaning Richmond would make at least one change to the team that beat St Kilda by 41 points in the final home-and-away round match of the season.

The Tigers are unlikely to move away from their small forward structure, with Hardwick declaring it had become the team's preferred set-up.

“I think it's our one-wood now. We look at it and we accept it for what it is,” Hardwick said.

“They are small, but they're certainly quick and they fight like buggery.

“And we've found a second key forward in Jacob Townsend at the moment. He's been incredible.

“We're really excited by the way those guys play and the pressure they put on . . . it creates opportunity.”