Who said he's not playing? I haven't seen that statement anywhere.The talk about him not wanting to risk upsetting his teammates if he goes down again is hopefully not part of the actual reason he’s been told he’s not playing.
From what's been said by all at Richmond, Rance decided not to keep pushing to get the green light. He wasn't given a green light or a red light. He could have kept going with rehab up until the last minute hoping to get the green light to play again.
But he decided that the risk to the team of him coming back and doing it again wasn't worth it. The distraction of will he or wont he wasn't what he, and the club, wanted coming into the finals.
No reason not to believe the club at this point.