Richmond senior club advisor Neil Balme has confirmed several Richmond players won’t be heading to the Gold Coast hub tomorrow.
All Victorian clubs will leave the state ahead of Round 6 as COVID-19 infection rates increase.
While some teams are taking their full list interstate, Balme says some Tigers players will be left behind.
“There’s a couple (of players) I think that won’t go,” Balme said on 3AW.
“We’ll probably make a decision on some of our younger guys…there’s a few of our guys that are unlikely to get a game and they’ll be almost wasting their time going up.
"When we're on the Gold Coast, we'll be focused on winning game after game after game and you won't be doing as much development of the players who aren't going to play. We'll do that down here with them.
"All of that is a bit of a challenge. Things probably will change as we go along. As we've seen over the last few weeks, what you've thought is going to happen tomorrow sometimes doesn't happen tomorrow because things do change with it.
"We need to be flexible with all of that."
Captain Trent Cotchin recently spoke of some players with young families having reservations about leaving Melbourne for a prolonged stretch.
Victorian clubs are expected to play in hubs interstate until at least the end of Round 10.