Richmond's top draftee Josh Smillie will be sidelined for the early rounds of his debut season due to a lingering hamstring injury, with the club taking a conservative approach to his recovery.
"Repeat scans have shown that while Josh has not re-injured his hamstring, it has not healed as well as we would have liked," Tigers high performance boss Ben Serpell said.
"Rather than push him towards those early games, we will ensure he has a good block of training and strength work behind him before he returns to play,"