RICHMOND power-forward/midfielder/icon Matthew Richardson is battling a jarred knee, but he's going to be fine for this weekend's tough clash with the Swans.

Tigers coach Terry Wallace said the superstar was improving by the day.

"He struggled last week – he'd had a problem with his knee for the whole week, he virtually didn't train for the whole week," Wallace said on Tuesday.

"He's certainly better this week, leading into this week's game. Even on the weekend, just prior when the boys were doing the warm up before the match, he had to sneak up the race to get another injection into his knee.

"So he's playing under a bit of sufferance, but it's certainly settled down as they do at times. And he certainly will be better served coming into this week's game than what he was last week."

Wallace said he anticipated the injury would keep improving without the Tigers having to take any special precautions.

"We're expecting that if he doesn't get any further problems with it, it'll just get better and better from this stage onwards. He just jarred it up in the previous game, and it just took a little bit of time to settle down.

"He didn't do any further damage last week, and it's actually settled down a heck of a lot better this week than where it was last week."

With the 33-year-old in his 16th season, Wallace said he wasn't worried about him missing a couple of weeks on the track.

"He's good as gold. He's a guy who's naturally fit. I know he's going to prepare himself 100 per cent right, and the manner in which he's playing at the moment -- he's getting his work levels and fitness component on gameday anyway.

"So for a week or two where he's really just getting his body right to come up for the next week, we have no real drama with it all."