‘We’ve got work to do’: Hardwick hoping to eradicate “diabolical” quarters ahead of Crows clashThe Tigers coach has chalked down “two really bad quarters of footy” as the difference in his side’s start to this season.
By Mitch Keating
zerohanger.com
April 15, 2022 - 12:01PMRichmond coach Damien Hardwick has highlighted "two really bad quarters of footy" as the clear point of difference in the club's opening four rounds of the season.
The Tigers gave up seven-goal quarters to the Blues and Saints across the final terms of their Round 1 and Round 3 clashes respectively, costing them a chance to end the opening month of the season undefeated.
Convincing wins against the Giants and Bulldogs have sustained the Tigers' finals ambitions for this year however, with Hardwick having not held more wins than losses to a season record since Round 15 last year.
Richmond had recorded nine defeats across their 13 matches prior to last Saturday's 38-point win over the Dogs, with the emphatic victory hopefully steering the Punt Road club back on course for a September.
While his side has found some needed form across the past three weeks, Hardwick has chalked down two "diabolical" quarters from their season's star as to why the Tigers find themselves on the outskirts of the top eight.
"We've got some things that we're doing really well and there's always areas that we'd like to improve," Hardwick said.
"We've played two really bad quarters of footy. I think other than that, we've been pretty consistent.
"Those quarters, unfortunately, were diabolical in nature, so we've got a little bit of work to do.
"We've just got to make sure that when we do have those bad quarters we're able to sustain the opposition's momentum, which we'll get tested at some stage and hopefully we stand up."
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