Star Tiger Kane Lambert will miss the rest of the home-and-away season after undergoing minor ankle surgery.
The 26-year old sustained the injury during his club's 74-point win over the Suns on Sunday.
โFirst quarter, he flagged a bit of an issue with his ankle after an incident in the game,โ Richmondโs physical performance manager Peter Burge told the club website.
โHe played out the game, but probably wasnโt able to run as well as he normally would. He was a little bit inhibited and came in yesterday limping.
โSo we had that scanned and it came out that heโs got a partial syndesmosis sprain in his ankle.
"He went into some minor surgery this morning to put some reinforcement onto the ankle.
โRight now heโs probably going to miss the next two weeks and weโre going to prepare him for the first final.โ
Meanwhile, gun forward Dan Butler will also miss the next two weeks after going in for the same procedure as Lambert.
โHeโd been progressing and building his speed and running about 95 per cent, but still with a bit of a limp and still not full power,โ Burge said of Butler.
โSo last Friday he went in and had the same minor procedure that Kane had this morning, which means heโs going to miss probably the next two games.
โWeโre preparing him for the first final at this stage โฆ weโll get a much better result with this minor surgery.
โWeโll start him running later this week and build his speed.โ
The Tigers' run home includes clashes with Essendon and the Western Bulldogs both at the MCG.
