{"id":679947,"date":"2026-05-19T03:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/679947\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T03:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:26:13","slug":"injury-updates-on-gray-nankervis-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/679947\/","title":{"rendered":"Injury updates on Gray, Nankervis and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__summary\">\n                An update on Richmond&#8217;s injury list as Dreamtime at the &#8216;G awaits.\n            <\/p>\n<p>High Performance Manager Ben Serpell has provided an update on Richmond&#8217;s injury list ahead of Friday night&#8217;s Dreamtime at the &#8216;G clash.<\/p>\n<p>Serpell confirmed a large group of players are on track to return to play after the bye, including skipper Toby Nankervis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a big group of guys becoming available for selection soon after the bye. There\u2019s about four guys who should be available for selection leading into our game against Brisbane in Tasmania,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That includes Taj Hotton, Toby Nankervis, Hugo Ralphsmith and Zane Peucker.&#8221;<\/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>Mykelti Lefau: Managed, Available<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As [Adem] Yze said, we were conscious of him playing two games in five days. There was an opportunity to rest him last week. We expect him to be back and available for selection this week,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell Gray: Hamstring, TBC<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was unfortunate for Campbell. Scans revealed a high-grade hamstring strain for him. We will work through that over the next couple of weeks and update his return-to-play guidelines after that,&#8221;\u00a0Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>Jasper Alger: MCL, Test<br \/>Tom Sims: Foot, Test<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tom Sims and Jasper Alger have got to get through one more training session, then we can confidently say they&#8217;re available for selection,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Banks: Collarbone, Round 12<br \/>Tom Brown: Forearm, Round 14 to 15 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both are doing really well, both have been cleared by their surgeons to resume training in the not too distant future,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll see Banksy increase his contact load over the next week and be available for selection in one week&#8217;s time against Sydney.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maurice Rioli: Hamstring, Round 12<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maurice is going really well. We said last week that he&#8217;d be available around Round 11 to 12, and hinted he&#8217;d be closer to Round 12, and I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s the case. We&#8217;d not expect him to play this week, but hopefully available for selection next weekend,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>Judson Clarke: ACL, Round 15-18<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re expecting him to return to full training next week, if not this week. We want to see him do around four weeks of that, before he&#8217;s available for selection,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;d expect him in soon after that group of guys against Brisbane, hopefully playing one week after the bye, against North Melbourne in Round 15.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kane McAuliffe: Achilles, TBC<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kane is due to start running at the back end of this week. Once he starts doing that, we&#8217;ll be able to give a bit more of an indication on what his return-to-play looks like,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Lalor, Achilles, Round 16-18<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sammy&#8217;s doing exceptionally well. We expect him to return to running no later than four weeks after his initial injury. From there, we&#8217;ll be able to give you some updates on his return-to-play time,&#8221; Serpell said.<\/p>\n<p>                                MCL<\/p>\n<p>                                Test<\/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\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Foot<\/p>\n<p>                                Test<\/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\/2026572\/\" 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 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\/2026572\/\" 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\/2026572\/\" 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 broken arm in the Round 9 game against Adelaide.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/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\/2026572\/\" 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\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Knee<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 14-15<\/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\/2026572\/\" 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\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Achilles<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 16-18<\/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\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Foot<\/p>\n<p>                                Round 16-18<\/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>                                Hamstring<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                Gray suffered a high-grade hamstring strain in Round 10.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                Achilles<\/p>\n<p>                                TBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"injury-list__info-content\">\n                                                McAuliffe was quite sore in both Achilles in the Round 9 game against Adelaide.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a class=\"injury-list__info-article-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondfc.com.au\/news\/2026572\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                        Read Article<br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/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\/2019970\/\" 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: MCL\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Test\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\/2026572\/\" 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: Test\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 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>\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 14-15\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\/2026572\/\" 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\/2026572\/\" 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 16-18\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Foot\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Round 16-18\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Injury: Hamstring\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: TBC\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: Knee\n                                <\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Est. Return: Season\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An update on Richmond&#8217;s injury list as Dreamtime at the &#8216;G awaits. 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