Dylan Grimes [merged]

[Willy]

Our Dustin Fletcher 

[Judge Roughneck]

Ironfist.

[WilliamPowell]

Best game I've seen him play yesterday he was outstanding

Butcher was clueless when Grimes was on him 

[one-eyed]

Look what popped in to meet Dylan Grimes @FoxFooty @Trossman18



http://yfrog.com/ocdi6fzj

[DCrane]

Hopefully it wasn't delivered by the spud farmer from Bungaree

[Coach]

Spudder the slapstick comedian.

[one-eyed]

From SportsNewsFirst....

Hornsby also declared Rising Star nominated young defender Dylan Grimes had been back in training, as he continues to recover from a hamstring strain.

Grimes could make a playing return after Richmond’s Round 13 bye.

“He (Grimes) ran really strong today,” Hornsby said.

“So he’s got a couple of boxes to tick from a running and strength point of view, which he’s going really well with.

“That will allow him to train fully next week.

“And then we will look to either play him on the bye weekend or give him other week of training again.”

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2012/06/13/foley-to-boost-tigers-for-giant-clash/

[eliminator]

Hardwick said today should be available after bye. Could have played this week but didn't want to risk it

[one-eyed]

Grimesy named on the bench for Coburg this weekend. Looks like we'll give him a run in the VFL before bringing him into the side against Adelaide  .

[Mr Magic]

Grimesy named on the bench for Coburg this weekend. Looks like we'll give him a run in the VFL before bringing him into the side against Adelaide  .

Good news. Let's hope the hammies are just as good.

[Willy]

I'd like to see him get a run for the Burgers. He will be better for it. They will only play him if his hammies are 100%, you would think.

[Phil Mrakov]

With Grimes, Foley and Morris back for Adelaide, I expect a very close game that could go either way.

[dwaino]

With Grimes, Foley and Morris back for Adelaide, I expect a very close game that could go either way.

The Saints got close to them by employing a tactic that we are naturally more suited at. Adelaide, like most contest ball teams, get frantic numbers to the ball. The Saints only sent 2-3 max to the same contest and left their better ball users a handball away just outside the contest. That way they were able to swoop on the loose ball if it spilled, put pressure on the Crows immediately if they won possession, or hurt Adelaide bad with their extra outside numbers. I reckon we'll employ a similar tactic. Foley will be important in this regard.

[tony_montana]

Can anybody shed any light on Grimes? Rumor has it he hurt the hammy again

[one-eyed]

Tigers may send Grimes to Germany
Caroline Wilson
July 4, 2012

RICHMOND could send teenaged defender Dylan Grimes to Germany to seek treatment for his troubled hamstrings.

The Tigers, still in the hunt to play a role in September, have revealed their star defender could be flown overseas this month for an appointment with Dr Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfarth, a world leader in the treatment of soft-tissue injuries who famously treated former Cat Max Rooke on the eve of the 2007 finals series.

Having revealed that Tyrone Vickery's accursed 2012 season was finished and the ruckman-forward would next week undergo a shoulder reconstruction, Richmond appears to have been optimistic in its claim Grimes could be available within four weeks.

The revelation came after the Tigers' horror trip to Adelaide at the weekend that dealt a blow to their finals hopes when they failed to defend a 33-point quarter-time lead. The Tigers also lost inspirational forward Jake King for at least a month and, last night, failed in their appeal against Daniel Jackson's latest suspension.

But the loss of Grimes looms as the biggest disappointment. The talented young backman suffered a season-ending hamstring injury last year and then injured his other hamstring in the Dreamtime game against Essendon in May.

Having just returned from injury, Grimes sustained a hamstring tendon injury in his left leg during the Adelaide game and appears no realistic chance to return to the side until the Tigers' second-last home-and-away game against Essendon in round 22.

In 2007, Geelong spent a reported $20,000 on sending Rooke to be treated by Muller-Wohlfarth in Germany for a hamstring injury before the finals. On returning, Rooke played in Geelong's premiership and was part of another in 2009.

Richmond sent Mark Coughlan, who also battled hamstring injuries, to Muller-Wohlfarth in 2008. Coughlan was injected 102 times with Actovegin during his treatment.

Vickery has missed the past two games with knee soreness but has been managing the shoulder problem, sustained in a pre-season game at Geelong, along the way. Injuries have dogged him this season after a highly encouraging top-five finish in the Jack Dyer Medal last year.

''We have tried to manage Tyrone through this season with his shoulder but, ultimately, it was impacting his performance and the best course of action is to get it fixed now, so he is able to complete a full 2013 pre-season,'' said Richmond's general manager of football, Craig Cameron, who confirmed the club was investigating sending Grimes to Germany.

Muller-Wohlfarth's use of Actovegin - a highly filtered extract from calf blood that improves the circulation of oxygen in humans and thereby aids recovery - is controversial. In July last year, the sale, importation and use of Actovegin was banned in the US. It is not prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency list, but when updates were made last September, WADA said it was ''aware of its [Actovegin's] use in some sports, possibly in conjunction with other substances that may be prohibited''.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-may-send-grimes-to-germany-20120703-21fs9.html#ixzz1zaHIy3D1