No surgery for Richo
By Lyall Johnson
June 17, 2005
Matthew Richardson
Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Richmond has ruled out mid-season surgery on Matthew Richardson's troublesome knee, but the big forward is still in doubt for tomorrow's clash against Adelaide.
The Tigers' match committee instructed Richardson to do no training this week that would affect his knee - restricting him to gym and handball work - and will give him until minutes before the match to be declared fit.
"We've had discussions (about surgery) and we didn't think that was the best option to go down at this stage,'' Wallace said today.
"Now that's been taken out of the equation, the choice is three weeks off completely (to) rest it to try to come up for the second half of the season or try to get him through this weekend's game.''
Should he play, he will have his knee drained of fluid before the match.
But Wallace added that Richardson was "certainly no certainty at all''.
He is one of four Tigers in doubt.
Trent Knobel and Troy Simmonds are still feeling the effects of the groin strains they suffered last week at Telstra Dome as a result of the soft and slippery centre circle area.
Wallace would not name the fourth injured player.
But Richmond has named two medium-tall players, Jay Schulz and the almost-forgotten Shane Morrison, as emergencies along with Chris Hyde, who spent last week playing without a helmet for Coburg.
"We had a bit of a run around at the State Hockey Centre this morning and we had a few players not able to join into that session, so we've still got a little bit of work to do on our side,'' he said.
"We'll probably have four guys that are still under injury clouds coming into tomorrow night, so we'll have all our emergencies along at the game and we'll make some late decisions.''
- theage.com.au
By Lyall Johnson
June 17, 2005
Matthew Richardson
Photo: Vince Caligiuri
Richmond has ruled out mid-season surgery on Matthew Richardson's troublesome knee, but the big forward is still in doubt for tomorrow's clash against Adelaide.
The Tigers' match committee instructed Richardson to do no training this week that would affect his knee - restricting him to gym and handball work - and will give him until minutes before the match to be declared fit.
"We've had discussions (about surgery) and we didn't think that was the best option to go down at this stage,'' Wallace said today.
"Now that's been taken out of the equation, the choice is three weeks off completely (to) rest it to try to come up for the second half of the season or try to get him through this weekend's game.''
Should he play, he will have his knee drained of fluid before the match.
But Wallace added that Richardson was "certainly no certainty at all''.
He is one of four Tigers in doubt.
Trent Knobel and Troy Simmonds are still feeling the effects of the groin strains they suffered last week at Telstra Dome as a result of the soft and slippery centre circle area.
Wallace would not name the fourth injured player.
But Richmond has named two medium-tall players, Jay Schulz and the almost-forgotten Shane Morrison, as emergencies along with Chris Hyde, who spent last week playing without a helmet for Coburg.
"We had a bit of a run around at the State Hockey Centre this morning and we had a few players not able to join into that session, so we've still got a little bit of work to do on our side,'' he said.
"We'll probably have four guys that are still under injury clouds coming into tomorrow night, so we'll have all our emergencies along at the game and we'll make some late decisions.''
- theage.com.au
