Richmond’s ill-discipline has been slammed as “ridiculous” by coach Damien Hardwick.
The Tigers’ crushing 44-point loss to Sydney was marred by a number of brain-fades which Hardwick says should not occur.
“Our discipline was incredibly poor,” Hardwick mentioned.
“A couple of incidents, we just look at and go ‘it’s ridiculous, what we’re doing’ so we will chat to the boys about that.
“At the tip of the day, it is all good to push and shove. But the fact is you’ve got to choose the ball up, that is robust footy.
“I am disappointed with that (ill-discipline) and our fans will be and I’m sure the players will be when they see them.”
Richmond solely gave away 15 free kicks however twice had been pinged for 50-metre penalties which gifted objectives to Sydney.
“We certainly had a focus of reducing the number of free kicks against us and it has been a lot better this year,” Hardwick mentioned.
“But we let ourselves down – two 50-metre penalty goals, and they’re just easy goals that you can’t defend against. It’s disappointing.”
The Swans prevailed 18.14 (122) to 11.12 (78) with Richmond’s struggling ex-captain Trent Cotchin subbed out of the Friday night time Gather Round fixture in Adelaide.
Per week after being the substitute who got here on, Cotchin was pulled out of motion within the third quarter after being ineffective – the 33-year-old recorded simply seven disposals.
“It was always probably going to be one of the contest mids who was subbed out,” Hardwick mentioned.
“So that was who it was, we worked through a process and it was Trent at this stage.
“It’s a protracted season. He’s a veteran, he is a really, excellent participant. We simply needed to get one other participant on to the bottom.”
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