Training days: Who's lighting up the track at your club?Sarah Black
afl.com.au
26 Jan 2019RICHMONDWho's burning The club returned to training on January 14 and has spent the past week on the Gold Coast for its pre-season training camp.
Small forward
Dan Butler is now in full training after missing the last nine weeks of the Tigers' season (including the qualifying and preliminary finals) with an ankle syndesmosis injury and subsequent surgery.
With the addition of
Tom Lynch,
Mav Weller and
Jake Aarts to the forward line, there's competition for spots and Butler could find himself further up the ground this year.
"I've been used as the defensive pressure forward and they would like me to nail that, get a bit more of the footy and maybe work up the ground a bit more and work on my positional flexibility," Butler told the Richmond website.
Who's not Prized recruit Tom Lynch remains on a restricted program as he continues his rehabilitation from his right knee injury. Lynch had surgery on his PCL in July while he was still at Gold Coast and then had a minor clean-up procedure to remove scarring and increase his range of motion in November. He is running laps and in straight lines but has not progressed to changing directions.
High-pressure forward
Jason Castagna is in a moon boot for a high ankle sprain, while defender
Dylan Grimes is sporting a serious protective facemask after having surgery for a broken nose.
Jack Graham has been held back from contact work as he recovers from a left shoulder reconstruction.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-01-26/training-days-whos-lighting-up-the-track-at-your-club
