Tigers face setbacks over Kingsley, Hall
Caroline Wilson
The Age
March 1, 2007
RICHMOND'S horror pre-season continued yesterday with the revelation that two potential key-position players in Kent Kingsley and Ray Hall were both facing up to eight weeks on the sidelines.
Kingsley, recruited from Geelong at the end of 2006 and who enjoyed a promising start with the club in summer training, faces surgery early next week for a problem ankle hurt during the Tigers' practice match in Cranbourne last month.
Hall will have surgery on a hip flexor. Hall, 26, has had an injury-prone few years and will go under the knife this week over his continuing groin problem. According to football boss Paul Armstrong, he will not resume running for at least a week after the surgery.
The bad news for Richmond followed the shattering revelation that star midfielder and former club champion Mark Coughlan would miss another season following serious knee surgery.
Kingsley, who did not line up against his old team the Cats on Sunday, will learn tomorrow whether he faces surgery as expected. His setback will prove a blow to the Tigers, who had hoped the experienced forward would prove a bonus for the club in attack, particularly at smaller grounds such as Telstra Dome.
The injured Troy Simmonds, who starred in the ruck for Richmond last season, remains several weeks away and the loss of Hall and Kingsley has also followed the club's disappointing defeat by Geelong.
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