Richmond youngster Sydney Stack will make his return to competitive football when he lines up in the VFL on Friday.

Stack returned to Richmond in late March after he was fined $6,000 for breaching Western Australia's strict COVID-19 quarantine laws.

The 20-year-old spent almost three weeks, including the Christmas period, behind bars after being caught in Northbridge during his compulsory self-isolation period in Western Australia in December.

Previously, Stack and Callum Coleman-Jones received 10-match bans - now completed - and were sent home from the Tigers' Queensland hub after breaching the AFL's COVID-19 policies by attending a Gold Coast strip club and being involved in a fight outside a kebab shop.

Coleman-Jones has been involved in VFL practice matches but Stack will get his first minutes since that September suspension in Friday's season opener against Sandringham at Punt Road.

"(Coleman-Jones has) been playing - he's been in really good form at VFL level so once again he'll put his hand up for selection which is a positive for us," Richmond coach Damien Hardwick said.

"Sydney's obviously had the limited prep with his court case in WA - so he'll play some VFL minutes this week but that will be limited."

Hardwick said it was on both the club and player to ensure Stack thrived going forward.

"He's settled in well. It's been a pretty traumatic experience for a 20-year-old," Hardwick said.

"We sit there and we judge people pretty quickly on what they are - but it's more importantly about what he's going to do moving forward

"We're really excited about what he can become ... what we're looking for from Sydney is to get the consistency in his life that allows him to play the game at the very highest level

"The ability's no question - he's got it - he's just got to make sure he continues to invest in himself about what his life looks like."

Richmond are coming off two losses but Hardwick was relatively unfazed by the reigning premiers' early form.

"We'd like to be playing better, we're not playing at our absolute best - we'd like to be banking some four points, there's no doubt about it," he said.

"But what we do know is that when the whips start to crack - that's when we play our best footy."

Kamdyn McIntosh is set to return after missing the Port Adelaide loss through concussion.