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JON RALPH reports ...DUSTIN Martin and Daniel Rioli are certain starters on Sunday, adding further lustre to a blockbuster MCG clash against Geelong.
Brownlow Medallist Martin missed last week’s loss to Port Adelaide with calf soreness but survived training at Punt Road today.
Finals hero Daniel Rioli has played four VFL games after breaking his foot in the Grand Final, surviving an injury scare late in Sunday’s clash.
He kicked two goals in an impressive display but had doctors look at his foot after it was trodden on when he kicked his second goal.
Tigers physical performance manager Peter Burge said yesterday Martin, who returned from New Zealand on Sunday, was fit to play.
“Dustin’s great. He had a good running session yesterday and he’s symptom free,’’ he said.
“He just needed an extra day or two from the soreness of last week. Unfortunately, with the six-day break, we just got caught a tiny bit short.
“So he’ll be fine for this week. We expect him to train all week and play.”
Burge said David Astbury was likely to be fit to take on the Cats despite twisting his ankle in the Power clash, while the Tigers are hopeful Rioli can "step up to the next level".
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