No panic stations yet, but Tigers 'need to get moving', says DimmaBy Callum Twomey
afl.com.au
13 April 2021RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick admits his side "needs to get moving" as the back-to-back reigning premiers look to avoid three consecutive losses this week against St Kilda.
The Tigers started off their campaign for an historic flag three-peat with comfortable wins over Carlton and Hawthorn but have been downed by Sydney and Port Adelaide in the past two weeks. They face the Saints at Marvel Stadium on Thursday night, with dropped premiership forward Daniel Rioli in line to return and Kamdyn McIntosh also available after his concussion.
Hardwick said there was no panic at Punt Road and that the club knows how to stagger its run across the season, but that the Tigers needed to lift.
"The game looks different from what it is now to what it looks like at the end of the year. Once again 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 when the whips start to crack that's when we play our best footy. We need to get moving, there's no doubt about that, but the fact of the matter is premierships aren't won in April."
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