Hardwick's post-match media conference

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Dimma's presser:

* Yeah it was good win. Playing a pretty good side in the Bombers desperate to win and in trying conditions.

* Last quarter was disappointing but when the opposition roll the dice they can score a couple quickly. Good lesson for us to take away from the game.

* Didn't get the benefit of our inside 50s. Hooker, Hurley and Ambrose were clearing the area with their spoils. We adjusted a few things and from then our smalls were good.

* Difficult for the umps. It seems the louder the cheer matters. Dimma admitted he doesn't understand the deliberate rule. Thought you'd go more lenient in those conditions.

* Sydney spray? Syd takes it in his stride. He turned up late. Dimma said he shouldn't talk to people like that and apologised to Syd. He wants to reach for the stars but sometimes you've got to keep your feet on the ground. He's a wonderful player.

* Sydney's war cry? 3 ago we wouldn't have liked that but it shows how we've changed and embraced what each player individually brings to the group.

* Cotch a chance to be cleared to play next week. If his name is on the magnet board then Dimma said he knows where he wants Cotch to play.

* Dimma said he has asked for an extension to Ramadan given Houli's form  .

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Houli gets an exemption on game day from the powers that be (?local mosque) with his fasting.

100% true.

[lamington]

Some of my colleagues whom  are Muslim has told me you can get exemptions if you are doing something serious. Like it’s even not unheard of that someone like Bachar who is playing footy at the highest level, he could apply for exemption all season because of the physical demands of footy.

And yeah the exemptions would say also be granted to say a doctor that had to perform a surgical procedure on someone. We can let have the doctor getting the hangrys while putting someone under the knife

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Dimma's presser: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/video/2019-05-25/round-10-hardwick-postmatch

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TIGERS COACH REGRETS SEVERITY OF STACK SPRAY

Sam Edmund
Herald-Sun
26 May 2019

Richmond coach Damien Hardwick says he regrets the severity of his spray to Sydney Stack at training during the week.

Stack, who put in another composed display across half-back in the Tigers’ 23-point win over Essendon last night, copped the wrath of his coach when he was late onto the training track.

Cameras caught Hardwick yelling: “Get your f...ing head out of your arse” to the first-year player.

“He just takes it in his stride doesn’t he?” Hardwick said last night.

“I’ve got to be better than that. I shouldn’t speak to anyone like that, let alone someone I care about and I apologised to him yesterday and he understood.

“He’s a fantastic kid, this lad. He’s trying to reach for the stars, but every now and then you’ve got to keep your feet on the ground to get there.

“We’re very lucky to have him, our recruiters have done a terrific job getting him to fit in and we couldn’t be happier.

“The way he’s gelled and the way he plays the game in incredible.”

Hardwick said the club had an “inkling” Stack was going to take part in the Tigers’ pre-game War Cry

“I’m sitting there going ‘Oh God’; I was that nervous for him,” he said.

“I think that’s one thing our club does well under Trent (Cotchin) and the leaders, that they just embrace it whereas three years ago we’re saying ‘Nah mate, you’re not doing that’.

“We want to make the guys feel comfortable and express themselves and that was a great thing and I think the crowd loved it as well.”

Hardwick said Cotchin was a strong chance to return from a hamstring injury against North Melbourne next weekend.

“He is pencilled in to return. He’s training well, he’s missed a fair bit of footy, so we’ll work our way through it,” he said.

“Once again, if he walks into my office and says he’s right to go and the doc gives him the all-clear I know where his magnet will be going.”
Tom Lynch finished the match on the bench due to injury. Picture: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images.

Hardwick praised the performance of teenage debutant Callum Coleman-Jones and Noah Balta in their ruck battle with Tom Bellchambers and spoke glowingly of Bachar Houli, who was awarded the Yiooken Award for best on ground.

“I think even I under rate him at stages. The way he runs and uses the ball is amazing,” Hardwick said.

“It’s Ramadan at the moment and he just seems to play better and better every year. I’m going to see if I can get it extended for him. He’s just a wonderful player.”

Hardwick said he was confident Tom Lynch would be right to face the Kangaroos after failing to finish the game with a corkie.

Source: Herald-Sun

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"The last quarter was a little bit disappointing, but sometimes when the opposition roll the dice they get a couple of breaks along the way and we probably have some things to learn from that, so that's a pleasing thing as well," Hardwick said.

Source: AFL website