{"id":666159,"date":"2026-05-12T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/666159\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:28:12","slug":"injury-updates-on-brown-mcauliffe-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/666159\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury updates on Brown, McAuliffe and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                An update on Richmond&#8217;s injury list heading into Round 10.\n            <\/p>\n<p>High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided Richmond&#8217;s Round 10 Injury Report.<\/p>\n<p>Serpell confirmed that young defender Sam Grlj will be available to return to action this weekend, after being managed in Round 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s been an outstanding performer for us in the first eight rounds,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a first-year player, we had an opportunity to rest him, so we took that, and we expect him out there this week and a bit fresher and hopefully ready to perform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This Injury Report is brought to you by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nib.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nib.<\/a>\u00a0With\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nib.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">nib,<\/a>\u00a0life could be potentially amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Kaleb Smith: Groin, Test<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cKaleb&#8217;s gone through a really nice rehabilitation block,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe are expecting him to get through training this week, and provided he pulls up ok, we&#8217;ll expect him out there on the field this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Tom Sims: Foot, Round 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cTom Sims is going really well. It\u2019s his birthday today, and he got through full training last week,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe expect him to get through a full dose of training this week, and provided he gets through that, he\u2019ll be back into playing next weekend for Dreamtime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Tom Brown: Forearm, Round 14 to 15<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe saw Browny come off the ground early in the game, around about the first five minutes of the game. He sustained a broken arm, sadly for Browny,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;He underwent surgery today, and we&#8217;ll expect to hear more from the surgeon over the coming days, but hopefully he&#8217;s back into playing soon after the bye.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Toby Nankervis: Hamstring, Round 14 to 15<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cToby was training last week and was starting to progress into some drills,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cHe got through his full training session at the back end of the week, but pulled up sore from that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe want to slow down his rehab at this stage and probably delay his return to play, and we expect him to be available soon after the bye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kane McAuliffe: Achilles, TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cKane was quite sore in both Achilles, so we managed his game time at the back end of the game,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe want to try and let that settle for the next little while, so we&#8217;ll probably manage him this week and see how he progresses over the next little while and have a bit more of a timeframe on him soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Josh Smillie: Quad, TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWe&#8217;ve arranged for Josh Smillie to go over and spend a bit of time with world-renowned reconditioning specialist Bill Knowles,\u201d Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cHe\u2019s on a plane tomorrow, and he&#8217;ll spend the next little while over there. We&#8217;ve organised a few other little opportunities for him as well, spending some time with the Philadelphia 76ers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                                Groin<\/p>\n<p>                                Test<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Smith has been managing groin soreness since November last year and is now in a conditioning block.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2007884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                MCL<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Alger suffered a high-grade MCL injury in Round 3 against Fremantle.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2001080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Foot<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Sims sustained a ulnar collateral ligament injury in the Round 20 VFL game against Sandringham. Routine end-of-season medicals also found a navicular stress fracture in his foot.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Calf<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 12<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Prestia suffered an injury to his calf in Round 8 against West Coast.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Hamstring<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 11-12<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Rioli sustained a hamstring injury in the second quarter of Round 6.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2007884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Collarbone<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 12<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Banks fractured his collarbone in three places during the Round 6 match with North Melbourne.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Foot<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 12-14<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Harry Armstrong suffered a bone stress in his foot during the Round 3 match with Fremantle.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2001080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Forearm<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 14-15<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Brown suffered a forearm injury in the Round 9 game against Adelaide.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                Hamstring<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 14-15<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Nankervis injured his hamstring in the Round 2 game against Gold Coast.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2007884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Syndesmosis<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 14-15<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Peucker injured his syndesmosis in a VFL practice match on April 18.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2001080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Knee<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 14-16<\/p>\n<p>                                Hip<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 14-16<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Hotton suffered a bone stress in his hip after the February 20 practice match against Essendon.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                ACL<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 15-18<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney last year.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Achilles<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 16-19<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Achilles<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p>                                Quad<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Smillie sustained a small re-tear of the injury he acquired in February.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2007884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Foot<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Mansell presented foot soreness to the Club in March and will undergo surgery to treat bone stress.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2001080\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Knee<\/p>\n<p>                                Season<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Gibcus sustained an ACL sprain in the VFL Round 5 game.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2007884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Groin\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Test\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: MCL\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 11\n                                <\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"injury-list__player-details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/players\/9279\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/resources\/v5.47.10\/i\/elements\/player-headshot-placeholder-light-v2.svg\" class=\"img injury-list__player-headshot js-injury-list__player-headshot js-faded-image fade-in-on-load\" alt=\"38. Tom Sims\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__player-name\">38. Tom Sims<\/p>\n<p>                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Sims sustained a ulnar collateral ligament injury in the Round 20 VFL game against Sandringham. Routine end-of-season medicals also found a navicular stress fracture in his foot.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Foot\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 11\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Calf\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 12\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Hamstring\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 11-12\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Collarbone\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 12\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Foot\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 12-14\n                                <\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"injury-list__player-details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/players\/2877\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/resources\/v5.47.10\/i\/elements\/player-headshot-placeholder-light-v2.svg\" class=\"img injury-list__player-headshot js-injury-list__player-headshot js-faded-image fade-in-on-load\" alt=\"30. Tom Brown\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__player-name\">30. Tom Brown<\/p>\n<p>                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Brown suffered a forearm injury in the Round 9 game against Adelaide.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Forearm\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 14-15\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Hamstring\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 14-15\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Syndesmosis\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 14-15\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Knee\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 14-16\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Hip\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 14-16\n                                <\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"injury-list__player-details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/players\/5068\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/resources\/v5.47.10\/i\/elements\/player-headshot-placeholder-light-v2.svg\" class=\"img injury-list__player-headshot js-injury-list__player-headshot js-faded-image fade-in-on-load\" alt=\"23. Judson Clarke\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__player-name\">23. Judson Clarke<\/p>\n<p>                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Clarke ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee during the Round 11 VFL game against Sydney last year.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: ACL\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 15-18\n                                <\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"injury-list__player-details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/players\/8525\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/resources\/v5.47.10\/i\/elements\/player-headshot-placeholder-light-v2.svg\" class=\"img injury-list__player-headshot js-injury-list__player-headshot js-faded-image fade-in-on-load\" alt=\"4. Sam Lalor\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__player-name\">4. Sam Lalor<\/p>\n<p>                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Lalor suffered a partial tear to his Achilles during a training session in the lead-up to Round 8.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2014252\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Achilles\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 16-19\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Achilles\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBC\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Quad\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBC\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Foot\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBC\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Knee\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Season\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An update on Richmond&#8217;s injury list heading into Round 10. 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