Warning after Dusty left to be Tigers 'liability'

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AFL large Kane Cornes has sent a connection to the coaches inactive live this finals series, advising they beryllium "fully aware" that their players returning from wounded tin tally retired large games.

Speaking connected Nine's Sunday Footy Show, Cornes said clubs can't spend to instrumentality risks bringing backmost "big name" players from wounded who are not wholly match-fit.

Cornes reflected connected Dustin Martin's quiescent show during Richmond's two-point nonaccomplishment to Brisbane successful Thursday's 2nd elimination final.

Martin returned to the Tigers line-up for the first clip since helium suffered a hamstring injury successful circular 16, and struggled, failing to laic a tackle each evening.

"I had this connected my caput connected Thursday night, adjacent earlier the game, erstwhile Damien Hardwick said Dustin Martin was lone 80 per cent fit," helium said.

"I'm watching during crunch clip - elimination last - and they did not privation to get Dustin Martin onto the ground. That's due to the fact that helium was lone 80 per cent fit."

A akin concern played retired during Collingwood's six-point qualifying last nonaccomplishment to Geelong connected Saturday, with prima midfielder Taylor Adams reinjuring himself.

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Appearing successful utmost discomfort, Adams had to beryllium helped disconnected the tract by 2 Magpies trainers.

Early reports aft the crippled suggest that the 28-year-old tore his groin severely and is nary accidental to play again this season.

"Taylor Adams anterior to this crippled said, 'Look I'm going into this crippled sore. My groin is sore. I deliberation I tin negociate it'. But helium couldn't," Cornes said.

"So erstwhile again 8 minutes to spell - important stages - they're down by 1 constituent and you suffer a cardinal player. "

The comments travel with Melbourne's Christian Petracca expected to play successful Friday's 2nd semi-final against Brisbane, contempt nursing a calf niggle and hairline fracture successful his little leg.

"For Melbourne and Christian Petracca if there's immoderate uncertainty this week and helium can't go, I don't deliberation you hazard players conscionable due to the fact that they person a large sanction because, successful the end, Dustin Martin was a liability for Richmond connected Thursday night," helium said.

The wounded unreality overshadowing Geelong's Jeremy Cameron successful the pb up to the finals was besides debated, but Cornes argued that, "there was nary uncertainty from Geelong".

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"They were truthful adamant that helium had ticked each the boxes and was acceptable to go," helium said.

"Whereas for Dustin Martin it was lone 80 per cent, for Taylor Adams it was, 'I'm going into the crippled sore'."

Melbourne volition big the 2nd semi last against Brisbane connected Friday, portion Collingwood volition big the archetypal semi last against Fremantle connected Saturday.

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