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https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-08-07/no-return-for-rance-in-2019------------------------------------------------------------
In a video on the club website, Rance said he couldn't take the risk of re-injury, especially at such an important time of the season.
"My leg strength is really good and it's stronger than it was before. The range I have in my knee is probably 95 per cent and really, really close to being at full extension," Rance said.
"The speed and endurance work I've been doing, I feel comfortable with that I could play, and the weave and change of direction is something I need to work on a little bit, if I was to play.
"The thing that I couldn't control – and no one really can – is the graft itself, and how well that knits within my knee. So that's one thing that's a real unknown and something the club and I had to think good and hard about whether we were going to take that risk or not.
"Some things that I wasn't willing to risk was the game-day emotional toll that a re-injury could have taken, and also the rotation. If I came back in a final and ruptured my knee, and that cost us the game, then I'd never be able to forgive myself."
Rance said he would take a week's break from the club to reset.
"I'll come back and be the very best leader that I can possibly be," he said.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-07/season-officially-over-tiger-abandons-bid-for-september-action
