Tigers not scarred by 88-point loss, says Damien HardwickGlenn McFarlane
Herald Sun
19 May 2017RICHMOND won’t be spooked or scarred by its last meeting with Greater Western Sydney — an 88-point drubbing in Round 19 last year — with coach Damien Hardwick insisting his team had a different mindset and make-up to the one that managed only three goals in Canberra last July.
Hardwick said he was confident his team was ready to match it with the Giants at Spotless Stadium on Saturday, despite three successive losses, one of them a heartbreaking after-the-siren loss to Fremantle last Sunday.
“(Footy) moves on pretty quickly,” Hardwick said.
“I think the back end of last year seems like three years ago, from my point of view. (Both teams) are completely different sides and we will take what is in front of us.
“We are playing a reasonable brand of footy that we think will get better, and they are probably the same.
“We are expecting a tight contest, both contested ball sides, it is going to be built around contest and pressure.
“So whatever side best asserts that will win the game.”
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