Richmond young gun Daniel Rioli is flying to the Northern Territory to spend time with an ill family member and may not play against Fremantle this weekend.
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Daniel's uncle, Hawthorn star Cyril, missed his own team's win over Fremantle at the weekend for the same reason, although one of his Hawks teammates on Tuesday said the premiership player would probably play this weekend.
Richmond released a statement on Tuesday saying Rioli would be interstate for a short period of time and was likely to be able to play in the Saturday night match in Perth.
"However Daniel's priority is his family and the club will confirm his availability to play later in the week," the statement said.
Another Tigers player, Chris Yarran, will travel to Western Australia for his own family reasons and is expected to return to Punt Road next week.
The former Carlton defender has not yet played a game for Richmond after hurting his foot.
