Richmond Tigers take positives from Western Bulldogs lossThe Age
10 May 2017It was Richmond's second defeat of the season and was a strong rebound following a heavy loss to ladder leaders Adelaide, which Hardwick described an "aberration" in their early-season form.
"The game on the weekend could have gone either way and the Bulldogs' class showed at the end," Hardwick said.
"They had a couple of bigger moments in the last stanza than we did but we look at our review and we're incredibly pleased.
"Our boys took a lot of belief that we've taken it up to the reigning premiers."
The Tigers take on Fremantle at the MCG on Sunday afternoon and are wary of what the Dockers will bring after their big win over Essendon last round.
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Richmond fell five points short of the Bulldogs last round, a week after losing to Adelaide by 75 points at Adelaide Oval in a defeat that ended their unbeaten start to the season. Hardwick was pleased with his team's response against the Dogs last week despite not coming away with the win.
"We look at our review and we're incredibly pleased with what we saw out of that game. Our boys took a lot of belief out of that, that we've taken it up to the reigning premiers and we were probably both a bit understaffed in certain areas," Hardwick said.
"But it was a pretty good game of footy from both sides."
Source: AFL website