RICHMOND star Jack Riewoldt has been eased into pre-season training on Monday as he recovers from off-season finger and ankle surgeries.
The Tigers' full squad was assembled for the first time on Monday as new draftees were introduced and the last of the senior players, including star defender Alex Rance, returned.
Riewoldt was restricted to running and short kicking, however, after an off-season that saw him undergo multiple surgeries on a finger injury as well as an ankle operation.
The 28-year-old initially booked in for an ankle clean-up, which eventually turned into a reconstruction in September.
He was also forced to have his troublesome right little finger fused twice after a titanium plate snapped three weeks after surgery.
The two-time All Australian started Monday's session with a series of run-throughs away from the main group, before joining Corey Ellis for short kicking and marking.
Both finished the sessions with 10 minutes of running and left the track after about one hour.
A number of Tigers, including club champion Dustin Martin, put in long running sessions rather than joining the main group on Monday.
Martin, who has been back in training for a week now, was joined by Daniel Rioli, Jayden Short, Jake Batchelor and Ivan Maric in running laps for the bulk of the first hour.
Rioli flew to Perth at the weekend to pick up new recruit Shai Bolton and escort him to Melbourne and also finished training after one hour.
Draftees Bolton (pick No.29), Jack Graham (No.53) and Ryan Garthwaite (No.72) were guided around training by coaching staff and mostly observed before completing skills work.
Jack back on track
Richmond star Jack Riewoldt has been eased into pre-season training on Monday as he recovers from off-season finger and ankle surgeries.