said on Channel 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cHe would still have to tick some boxes to be locked in for that game, but that is shaping as a target as it stands.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s certainly impressing on the track after returning from personal issues.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hill has managed just one senior appearance after Round 15 last year due to to personal issues and a lack of conditioning.<\/p>\n
VINEY OPENS UP ON \u2018FRUSTRATING\u2019 INJURY, HOPING FOR \u2018MIRACLOUS\u2019 RETURN<\/p>\n
Injured Demons gun Jack Viney admits his current stint on the sidelines is \u201cone of the most frustrating periods of my career,\u201d with hopes of a \u201cmiraculous\u201d return sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n
Viney\u2019s official return to play timeline is listed as TBC on the Demoms\u2019 injury list after he underwent off-season surgery for an Achilles injury following a back issue flare up over the summer in a \u201ccomplex situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 32-year old conceded on Fox Footy\u2019s AFL 360 it\u2019d been a challenging period for him watching on from the sidelines.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m definitely going through one of the more frustrating periods of my career with injury,\u201d he said on Wednesday night\u2019s program. <\/p>\n
\u201cBit of a sore back that\u2019s probably stirred up the Achilles.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a frustrating six months now where I\u2019ve been struggling to get on the park. But I\u2019m confident we\u2019ll get there, it\u2019s just taken a bit of time and a lot of patience.<\/p>\n
\u201cNever too old to learn some patience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Have Tigers taken a step foward at all? | 03:42<\/p>\n
Asked if his return would more likely to come in the second half of the season, Viney said: \u201cProbably more likely, I would think. Unless there\u2019s a miraculous turnaround. Fingers crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Viney added\ufeff \u201cyou have your days of frustration\u201d but he was \u201csuper excited and enthusiastic\u201d about the direction of the 3-2 Demons under new coach Steven King.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust trying to chip in as much as I can, help the big fellas Max (Gawn) out with the leadership. keep driving the club forward,\u201d Viney said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Will Nick Foot umpire in Round 6 after a turbulent week? Plus Bobby Hill eyeing a shock return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[296299,638,162980,64,63,689,55,639,296294,14349,696,19079,10133,296293,296300,1127,2485,119179,26504,677,60765,6082,12104,296296,296298,701,296297,672,296292,27762,296295,1124,85,50180,295600,295598,56,23510],"class_list":{"0":"post-609523","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afk-umpires-association","9":"tag-afl","10":"tag-anzac-day-eve","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","14":"tag-australian-football-league","15":"tag-australianfootballleague","16":"tag-back-playing","17":"tag-bobby-hill","18":"tag-brad-scott","19":"tag-burning-question","20":"tag-collingwood-magpies","21":"tag-community-football","22":"tag-controversial-tribunal","23":"tag-fox-footy","24":"tag-gold-coast","25":"tag-multiple-reports-state","26":"tag-news-corporation","27":"tag-oceania","28":"tag-personal-issues","29":"tag-port-adelaide","30":"tag-port-adelaide-power","31":"tag-post-siren-confrontations","32":"tag-protective-measure-not","33":"tag-queensland","34":"tag-regular-selection","35":"tag-richmond-tigers","36":"tag-rob-kerr","37":"tag-senior-appearance","38":"tag-shock-return","39":"tag-south-australia","40":"tag-sports","41":"tag-statement-read","42":"tag-trade-regrets","43":"tag-trades-clubs","44":"tag-tribunal-case","45":"tag-zak-butters"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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