Richmond’s Sam Lalor is done for 2025 with hamstring injury, Port Adelaide loe Sam Powell-Pepper, Esava Ratugolea and Dante Visentini

Injury carnage across last weekend have cost two clubs big time including Richmond after ruling the No.1 pick out for a long time.

Richmond will explore surgical options to strengthen the hamstrings of No.1 draft pick Sam Lalor who has been ruled out for the rest of 2025 after suffering a third injury in his return for the Tigers last weekend.

Lalor re-injured his left hamstring in the opening minutes of Saturday’s loss to Geelong, his first game back since round 11.

Concerned about the “integrity of the hamstring structure,” club High-Performance Manager Ben Serpell said that while he was adamant Lalor, 18, had hit all the right markers to return to action , the recurrence had called for some different thinking to look after his long-term future.

“We are a bit concerned about the integrity of the hamstring structure,” he said.

“As part of that we will consult a few surgeons over the next little while to see if there is some surgical intervention available for us.”

“We are all devastated for the young man, and I am sure our fans are too,

“After a strong, meticulous rehab, unfortunately, he did re-injure his hamstring. It is his third time on that hamstring and the second (occasion) with us.”

: Sam Lalor of the Tigers sits on the bench after hurting his hamstring. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

PORT Adelaide is winding up the season of three key players as a result of injuries sustained last weekend, with Sam Powell-Pepper’s second ACL injury confirmed.

Defender Esava Ratugolea and emerging young ruckman Dante Visentini are also done for 2025 after a night of injury carnage in last Saturday’s loss to the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba.

Powell-Pepper, 27, ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament rupture in his left knee, just 15 months after he did the same to his right knee.

He only played three games last season but worked his way back from the heartbreaking injury to play 15 games in 2025 before the devastating blow.

“It’s such a disappointing outcome for Sam and for the club,“ Port Adelaide head of medical services Tim O’Leary said.

Sam Powell-Pepper is helped from the Gabba. Picture: Russell Freeman/AFL Photos via Getty Images

“Sam is so courageous and hardworking and was incredibly diligent with his previous knee rehab. There is no doubt he will approach this rehab with his usual high level of commitment, attacking it in the same way he attacks the footy.”

Ratugolea, meanwhile, sustained a high-grade hamstring injury during a spoil, while Visentini suffered a high-grade syndesmosis injury in a ruck contest.

Visentini will have to undergo surgery this week, while Ratugolea’s treatment plan will be determined over the coming days, but the injury is severe enough to end his season.

Port Adelaide can’t make the finals, and coach Ken Hinkley will hand over duties to Josh Carr at the end of the season.

“It’s really unfortunate to lose Esava and Dante at this point in the year,” O’Leary said.

“The silver lining is that there will be no impact on their pre-seasons, which gives them the best chance to prepare for 2026.”

Second-year player Lachie Charleson has had a successful procedure on a broken finger and will be sidelined for up to a fortnight.

Originally published as Richmond’s Sam Lalor is done for 2025 with hamstring injury, Port Adelaide loe Sam Powell-Pepper, Esava Ratugolea and Dante Visentini