Richmond’s reigning Jack Dyer Medallist, Dan Jackson, and exciting first-year prospect Ben Lennon, will make their return from injuries this week.

The pair is scheduled to get some game time in Friday’s VFL practice match against Footscray at Whitten Oval.

Jackson has returned to fitness after overcoming a hamstring injury, while Lennon has recovered from minor knee surgery.

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And Richmond ruckman Ivan Maric is progressing well from ankle surgery as he looks to return to the field in four to five weeks.

“Ivan this week started running on the Alter-G treadmill, and he’ll progress that over the week,” said Richmond’s Elite Performance Manager, Peter Burge.

“Hopefully we’ll get him outside next week, and we’ll go from there.”

The Tigers received some disappointing injury news last weekend, with defender Matt Dea injuring his hand in the Club’s VFL practice match against North Ballarat last weekend.

Dea will have surgery this week and is likely to be sidelined for the next six weeks.