Richmond pair Shane Edwards and Ben Griffiths have both been ruled out of the Tigers' clash with West Coast at the MCG on Saturday.
Edwards will be sidelined due to a hip injury, while Griffiths will watch from the stands after suffering a concussion.
โLate in the fourth quarter, he had an incident close to goal and hurt his hip. Itโs come back that heโs actually done a little bit of damage. So heโs going to miss a little bit of time... a couple of weeks at this stage,โ Richmondย Physical Performance Manager, Peter Burge, toldย richmondfc.com.au.
โHeโll start a rehab program later this week.
โWe look forward to getting Shane back at some point, but itโs not going to be in the next two weeks.โ
โโGriffoโ has had a couple of concussions in the past. Even though it is a longer break this week (nine days), the โdocโ has already made the call that he wonโt play.
โWeโve got to give him the right time to recover and then assess where we go from here...โ
Tigers star Dustin Martin will undergo a fitness test later in the week to determine whether or not he'll face the Eagles after injuring his cheekbone against the Magpies.
โHe copped a whack in the side of his cheekbone and we got a scan and itโs come back with a small crack,โ Burge said.
โHe did play three quarters of the game with it and did well. So weโll assess him during the week.
โI would be hopeful that heโd be out there on the weekend, but thatโll be a medical call on Dustin.โ
