Dylan Grimes [merged]

[one-eyed]

Richmond co-captain Dylan Grimes is firming to face Carlton on Thursday night.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/round-1-looms-injury-and-selection-news-ahead-of-the-first-game-of-the-afl-season/news-story/c47ae31003395ab017ac30f0abe4cfb2

[Francois Jackson]

We have got some massive outs for this game.

[Knighter]

Who?

Flossy and ...............?

[Francois Jackson]

Graham
Grimes

That’s big for me, perhaps not for others

[camboon]

And Lambert

[Willy]

Hopefully Grimes plays. Otherwise it’s going to be a pretty new setup in defence.

[Knighter]

Graham
Grimes

That’s big for me, perhaps not for others

Grimes is playing.

Lamberts one strength is his elite running ability.  When he has a bung hip then he is borderline best 22.   Last year he was well below his best.

Similarly I'm not a big fan of Graham - our worst clearance mid by some margin given his lack of pace over the first 5 metres.

[one-eyed]

“Dylan’s responded really well. We probably thought he’d be in some form of doubt for the round 1 game but he trained strongly Sunday and he’ll hopefully train strongly again (on Tuesday),” Hardwick said.

Source: The Australian

[mightytiges]

Grimesy did all the training session today bar the one tackling drill. If they are trying to protect his thumb from tackling then I see him playing key position defence on Curnow (presuming Tarrant gets McKay) where Grimesy will mostly do punching/spoiling the ball with his other hand (right hand) as well as intercept marking. You can't play on a small forward if you can't trust your ability to grab with your hand quickly to tackle.

[one-eyed]

"Dylan trained today (Tuesday) and also on Sunday. So, Dylan's completed the full session today, it looks like he'll potentially be available for Thursday night. But, we'll do a final tick off with the medical team, Dylan and the match committee and assess that."

- Peter Burge.

[one-eyed]

[one-eyed]

Grimes on SEN this morning said he's playing Thursday night (provided he gets through the light Captain's Run training session).

WATCH: https://twitter.com/1116sen/status/1503917718617001984

[one-eyed]

Jonathan Brown on On The Couch reckons he's heard that Grimes' hammy is a bad one and he's going to miss 8 weeks.

[Francois Jackson]

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/richmond-confirm-defender-dylan-grimes-sidelined-for-at-least-12-weeks-with-serious-hamstring-injury/news-story/5d4b01788dfe7cc54f8ee8d3503b47b4

[Simonator]

Well it was a matter of time until his hammy went again. He really had a terrific run !