Moore happy to get result in Perth
richmondfc.com.au
By Mic Cullen
6:21 PM Thu 19 February, 2009
DEFENDER Kel Moore says the excitement of finally playing competitive footy again got the better of Richmond on the weekend and almost cost them the game.
The Tigers snuck over the line by less than a goal against Fremantle at Subiaco on Sunday afternoon, but Moore said the team wasn't worried by the performance.
"Not too bad, considering it was our first main hit-out," he said after training on Thursday.
"I think a few boys were pretty sore because it was a pretty physical game, but it was good. We feel pretty good now.
"Everyone was just a bit excited.
"It was our first real game, and everyone just wanted to get their hands on the ball.
"It was pretty slippery out there, because it was pretty hot and humid, but we came out in the second half and we played the way we really wanted to play, and ended up getting the result.
"You do all this training over pre-season, and it was just good being out there playing against another team rather than an intra-club game.
"It was scrappy, but in the end we got the result we were after.
"Full credit to Fremantle, they played really well and they've obviously had a good pre-season as well, and they were very physical out there.
The 24-year-old said he was amazed by the match-winning efforts of Matthew Richardson, who is nine years older than the defender.
"He keeps amazing us with what he can do – he just keeps running," Moore said.
"He's a match winner, and I think that's pretty much why we won on the weekend.
"He's had a great pre-season as well, and he just showed what he can do."
At the other end of the experience spectrum, quicksilver small forward Robin Nahas, taken with Richmond's first pick in the NAB AFL Rookie Draft, showed good signs.
"We do have a lot of young guys that have just come in that are very exciting for the club.
"Little Nahas, he's something that the club hasn't had much of in the past, and when he gets his hands on the ball, nine times out of 10 it is probably a goal."
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