Pilot Medical Update: Round 16, 2022Peter Burge's injury update:
Dion Prestia, concussion - See Prestia thread.
Trent Cotchin, clavicle"Trent had a plate put into where the crack was in his clavicle to reinforce it. Now, there's just a period of time for that to heal and the bone to heal. So, we're really under the surgeon's instructions with this. He's probably going to miss a couple more weeks. As to exactly what his return game will be, we're not too sure at this stage, he certainly isn't playing this week or next week. But, he is back doing some non-contact training, he can actually run and move quite well and he feels pretty comfortable. He's actually going to get a good little block of training in and it's really down to the surgeon and our doctor as to when it's safe for him to play again, but it gives us a good opportunity in the meantime to tune him up a bit and get him ready for the final stages of the season."
Kane Lambert, hip"It's a week-to-week proposition with Kane with his chronic long-term hip injury... He didn't play last week but he did do our main training session. We're leaving it in Kane's hands to flag with us if he thinks a full game is possible, and last week he just didn't think he was quite ready to go. This week, he's feeling a little bit better, he did a little bit of training today and he'll do our main session on Thursday this week, and then we'll make a decision for his availability on Sunday, keeping in mind that the game the following week is six days later."
Noah Balta, hamstring"Noah's progressing through his hamstring rehab. Today, he ran at a really good speed, probably about 90 per cent. We've introduced some ground balls and the various football actions where he got injured in the game. That's what we try to do, replicate the type of injury and how it was caused. Hitting top speed and his football actions are what we're working on at the moment, so he'll be in a pretty strong position by the weekend and then we have to make a decision next week as to how this looks into the Gold Coast game or the North Melbourne game the week after that. I would say the North Melbourne game is the most realistic."
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1159499/pilot-medical-update-round-16-2022
