Richmond are hopeful Maurice Rioli Jr has averted critical damage after he twisted an ankle in a sort out and was one among two gamers taken off the sphere on a medicab throughout a horror loss to the Western Bulldogs.
Teammate Sam Banks was additionally pushed off the bottom after he was concussed throughout Friday night time’s one-sided contest and Jack Graham re-injured his troublesome hamstring.
Rioli was caught in possession by Adam Treloar in the course of the dying phases and damage his left ankle in a ugly incident.
The 21-year-old Tigers ahead was left writhing in ache on the turf as medical employees rushed to his support.
“We’re hoping it’s just a rolled ankle but whenever there’s a rolled ankle it could be syndesmosis,” Richmond coach Adem Yze stated after his aspect’s 19.19 (133) to six.6 (42) defeat.
“But we’ll just wait for the scan on that.
“He was making an attempt so laborious in that final quarter too.
“We gave him a bit of midfield exposure, which was nice, but then to see him get injured … we’ve got a few sore boys there.”
Inexperienced midfielder Banks was knocked out after hitting his head on the turf in a scary touchdown from a third-quarter marking contest.
Dogs ruckman Tim English by accident took the 21-year-old’s legs from beneath him after being pushed into the competition by Noah Balta.
Play was held up for a number of minutes whereas medical employees assessed Banks, who was awake and alert within the change room quickly afterwards.
Graham, who returned from a one-week lay-off with a hamstring damage, had been substituted out of the sport a couple of minutes earlier after re-injuring the identical muscle.
“Banksy’s up and about now. He was concussed so he’ll go into the protocols,” Yze stated.
“Jack Graham just felt tight in a hammy, the same hammy, so we didn’t want to take any risks with that.
“But we’ll need to chew the bullet and he’ll be out for per week or two.”
Richmond have been smashed by injuries in Yze’s first season at the helm, with Jacob Hopper, Tim Taranto, Tom Lynch and Josh Gibcus all among the stars sidelined.
Dion Prestia and Noah Balta returned from injuries against the Bulldogs and impressed Yze, but were part of a team that was comprehensively outplayed.
The Dogs had 116 more disposals than their opponents and also won the tackle count (55-46), while dominating inside-50s (77-41) and having more than three times as many scoring shots as the Tigers.
“If it was round effort and intent then you definitely can be somewhat bit fearful however I can by no means doubt that with our gamers,” Yze stated.
“I am unable to fault that. I can see some frustration with our execution; I simply don’t desire that to dent our spirit.”
Richmond’s 91-point hammering was the heaviest margin felt by any aspect this season and was their fifth straight defeat, leaving them in seventeenth spot with a 1-8 document.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
