Navicular Stress Fracture(FTNV)
Foot · Bone · Long-term injury
Timeline
- 1 Nov
Occurred
Navicular stress fracture in right foot. Couple of months away from full recovery.
- 8 May
Reassessment
Batch severity enhancement: 2-6 week timeline confirmed via AFL R9 official injury list.
- 14 May
- 14 May
- 15 May
- 16 May
Setback
NOT named in Round 10 squad — fitness test for R10 not passed. Reverted POSSIBLE → ACTIVE; re-targeting Round 11.
- 17 May
Progress update
Sims is progressing well and completed full training last week...return to play anticipated for Round 11 Dreamtime
Richmond FC - 24 May
Setback
Team played Round 11 — player absent from lineups. Lineup-confirmed revert (Phase 1.82E ad-hoc).
- 26 May
Returned to play
Returned via VFL
Tom Sims made his highly-anticipated return to football for Richmond VFL's Dreamtime clash against Essendon on Saturday, his first game at any level in 286 days since August 9, 2025
Richmond FC