Tigers can't say if injured Deledio will play again this season AFL.com.au
17 July 2016RICHMOND won't rush to put vice-captain Brett Deledio on ice for the rest of the season, with the star Tiger to have scans on his troublesome right calf after pulling up sore in Saturday's win over Essendon.
Deledio starred in the first half at the MCG with 19 possessions, but he didn't take any further part in the game after reporting tightness during the main break.
The 29-year-old suffered a lingering calf injury during the pre-season and missed the first five matches because of a quad problem, kicking children's footballs for much of his recovery.
Given the valuable Tiger's recent injury history and his team's youth-first approach for the rest of the season, it is conceivable Richmond won't risk him at all in the final six rounds.
"We'll see how he pulls up. We don't want to make that call now, we'll wait for Brett's assessment and the medical guys will talk through that," coach Damien Hardwick said on Saturday.
"It was only tightness, there was no incident as such, so we hope it's OK. But we're not going to take any risks with Brett at this juncture.
"He just pulled up tight at the half-time break … so we wrapped him up and we'll get some scans during the week."
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