Richmond’s star recruit Dion Prestia will be able to complete a full pre-season with the TigersJON RALPH
Herald Sun
5 November 2016RICHMOND’S star signing Dion Prestia will be fit to complete a full pre-season at Punt Road as the Tigers prepare for the return of Chris Yarran.
The Tigers pre-season will start on Monday for their first-to-fourth-year players with Yarran committed to returning early after injury and mental health injuries.
Prestia, out since Round 16 following knee surgery, should quickly progress from the rehab group into full training.
He battled for most of the season with knee pain as the Gold Coast’s injury crisis worsened, but eventually succumbed to the problem.
That cartilage issue kept him out for the rest of the year, but Richmond says he is in good shape.
New football boss Neil Balme said Prestia would quickly progress once the club’s senior players returned to training.
“He will still be in the rehab group to start with, but it will only take him a little while to get out of it. It was a little cartilage issue,’’ he said.
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