More of Dimma's post-game comments....Richmond may face some criticism for its performance against the young GWS side, but Hardwick was far from concerned.
His Tigers played in terrible conditions for the second straight week and heads into the bye with a solid 6-6 record.
And he felt the Giants deserved plenty of praise.
"We had 31 scoring shots to 14, we just couldn't get the scoreboard pressure," he said.
"We had the ball inside 50 a hell of a lot more, we just couldn't get the result on the scoreboard, and the opposition kicked 12.2.
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/138723/default.aspx“All credit to that footy club,” Hardwick said. “They are going to be an outstanding unit. They’re very tough, they’ve recruited very well.
“The type of player they’ve brought into their footy club is a real credit to their organisation.
“I think they’re going to be very, very good, very, very quickly, which is a concern to the rest of us.”
After an outstanding month, Richmond lost to struggling Fremantle on a soggy MCG last weekend and did not cope much better with Saturday’s constant downpour.
Hardwick claimed the conditions brought the teams closer together and was pleased going into the bye with six wins from 12 matches, including three against top-eight sides.
“We were running on empty towards the end of today’s game so it’s been a big, big 12 weeks,” Hardwick said, claiming the Tigers were looking forward to the bye to freshen up and get some players back.
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