Jack Riewoldt - Triple Coleman medallist [merged]

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Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said the veteran spearhead could require surgery.

"I think Jack might have fractured his thumb," Hardwick said in his post-match press conference on Thursday night.

"He'll have scans to confirm it that’s why he went off early and probably struggled to hold the ball a little bit tonight. We'll get more details out when we find out possibly tomorrow."

https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1080078/injury-concerns-for-key-tiger-duo

[Simonator]

From bad to worse

[FooffooValve]

Not a disaster that Jack will be out. We were top heavy anyway and I reckon we need a more mobile player like Cumberland in there. Balta more time forward, and hopefully Vlastuin gets back to bolster the defence soon.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

He lacked mobility and wasn’t jumping at the ball at all - maybe he fractured his toe as well 

[the claw]

He lacked mobility and wasn’t jumping at the ball at all - maybe he fractured his toe as well 

True it should not hide how poor he actually was.

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Jack Riewoldt will undergo surgery tonight to repair a fractured thumb.

The injury occurred in the first quarter of Thursday night’s match against Carlton at the MCG.
 
The injury in considered to be short term.

https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1504698472229793792

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7news claiming Jack will miss 3 weeks.

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Jon Ralph on Ch 7 said Jack's surgery last night went very well. It wasn't a scaphoid fracture so it's not a 6-8 week injury. Jack will miss the GWS game but could be back for the following week against the Saints.

[camboon]

Glad it’s not  scaphoid , nasty lingering injury, broke mine punching the back of a head with my thumb inside my fingers in the excitement of the moment, then broke it coming back too early for the finals.

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The club expects the 33-year-old to miss this Sunday's clash against Greater Western Sydney and potentially the clash against St Kilda at the MCG the following week.

Source: AFL website

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Update from Peter Burge:

Jack Riewoldt, thumb

"It's a short-term recovery. Jack's had a plate put into the base of the thumb, his metacarpal. It's a short-term turnaround, so he won't play this week and then we'll reassess his availability for next week."

Source: RFC website

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Jack on AFL360 tonight said he wanted to play this week but he wasn't allowed to. Likely out for 1-2 weeks. Depends on how it's healed once the gigantic bandage is taken off.

He did the injury in the first 2 minutes of the game trying to spoil. Knew he had done something straight away as his thumb had shifted. The surgery put in a plate and six screws. He's got a two inch cut on his thumb so they needed to be careful about infection.


Edit: Here's a replay of Jack on AFL360: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNYJl5Cllyc

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https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1506850143361851393

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Jack said on AFL360 last night that he has been given the all clear by the medicos. It's now about testing the functionality of his thumb/hand and seeing how he goes at training (which I think is tomorrow).

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7news showed Jack at training today marking the ball comfortably a few times.

Go to 1:22 min mark: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1509039560419790854