RICHMOND has Collingwood in its sights on Friday night, but the Magpies have the sympathy of Tigers forward Sam Lloyd, who says it was "a disgrace" that the Pies have been linked to illicit drug use.
Reports emerged last week that up to 11 Collingwood players have tested positive to illicit drugs in hair tests during the off-season.
It has led to a wide-ranging debate about the AFL's new illicit drug policy, and raised concerns about the confidentiality of the results.
Pies president Eddie McGuire said on the weekend that the club had been "thrown right under the bus".
Lloyd, who kicked two final-quarter goals last week to help the Tigers to a hard-fought win over Carlton, said he was disappointed the Magpies players had been caught up in the scandal.
"I think the Players' Association have our interests at heart and I believe strongly that clubs are happy with the process as it is at the moment. It's more about education and welfare of the players than trying to name and shame them," he said on Tuesday.
"I'm happy with the AFLPA running it, and the players are going to have their say no matter what as we've got a couple of delegates that are going to voice our opinion as a club."
The AFL Players' Association has called on clubs to allow the new hair testing policy to play out before pushing for change, and Lloyd backed that stance.
"I don't like the way it got brought out into the public in the Collingwood saga; I think that's a bit of a disgrace. As a club, we're pretty comfortable with [the policy]," he said.
The Tigers ramped up their preparations for Friday night's meeting with the Pies at training on Tuesday, with ruckman Ivan Maric (back) and midfielder Shaun Grigg (thumb) both joining in the session.
The two key players missed last week win's with injury.
Lloyd said the Tigers had taken confidence from overcoming the Blues despite not being at their best, and said he was pleased to contribute in a busy final term.
"I was pretty quiet and a few of the forwards were a bit quiet, but then we really needed to win it out of the midfield and get it down there for us to do our thing. It was good to get a couple of goals at the end there," he said.
After being dropped for last year's elimination final loss to North Melbourne, the 26-year-old said he was using the disappointment of missing out to push him in 2016.
"It was a long pre-season in the end and that bit of motivation helped.
"To play round one and get a bit of reward for having a good pre-season and not missing much of it was good, and to get the win and contribute a bit was a good thing, but now we've got to move
