Richmond have ruled out star forward Tom Lynch for Friday night's qualifying final against Brisbane.

Lynch suffered a hamstring injury during his side's Round 17 win over Geelong a fortnight ago and is not yet ready to return.

He has been a modified training program this week with hopes to to progress to a full training load next week.

โ€œCollectively, we feel that Tom isnโ€™t quite ready to return to play this week," Tigers General Manager of Football Performance Tim Livingstone told the club website.

โ€œWe are confident weโ€™ve made the right decision for both Tom, and the team heading into this finals series.โ€

In other injury news, star midfielder Dion Prestia and Shai Botlon are both expected to line-up this week.

Richmond face the Lions at the Gabba on Friday night at 7.50pm AEST.