Hardwick stands up for Deledio AAP/The Age
May 3, 2013 Richmond coach Damien Hardwick insists that any criticism of another Tigers gun, Brett Deledio, is way off the mark.
As expected, Fremantle coach Ross Lyon sent his gun tagger Ryan Crowley to shadow Deledio last Friday night.
But the two-time Tigers best and fairest winner countered that by going head-to-head with Dockers playmaker David Mundy - a move that was missed by many pundits.
"I was staggered to hear some of the comments that said he should have gone to Mundy, when he was actually going to Mundy for the whole game," Hardwick said on Thursday.
"David Mundy had 14 touches for the game and Brett had 20.
"He's effectively playing on two opponents.
"For us, Lids played his role last week.
"He was always going to get tagged by Crowley and we certainly went in with a plan.
"He delivered on the plan and took out a good player."
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