TIGERS ON TRACK FOR TRAINING RETURN

RICHMOND’S AFLW players can return to training after a pair of negative Covid tests in coming days as the league moves closer to announcing its vaccination policy.

The Tigers players only had fleeting contact with the infected player so need only to return negative tests on Wednesday and Saturday to be allowed back to Punt Road.

The players have not been told to quarantine but must limit their movements and are not allowed to train with other Richmond players.

It emerged on Tuesday the Covid-positive player was in rehab on Thursday and likely not yet contagious then.

She attended only a player development meeting and swam some laps, given she was dealing with an injury, but will need to quarantine for 14 days.

The Covid-positive player was asymptomatic, which proves the effectiveness of the rapid antigen tests being used by AFL clubs.

After a positive test on Saturday, the player was given another test which also proved positive before being given official PCR testing which confirmed her Covid status.

Had the player been allowed in Punt Road when positive, the league and Richmond would have had to seek a ruling from the DHHS on the level of exposure site.