Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has taken a swipe at his premiership teammate Kane Cornes in his post-match press convention following the Tigers’ 46 level win over the Eagles on the MCG.
The disagreement centred on Richmond recruit Tim Taranto who Cornes claimed “wouldn’t be in the top 150 players in the game right now”.
He additionally urged Taranto “didn’t influence games” throughout a dialogue on SEN Breakfast this week.
Earlier within the season Cornes questioned Richmond’s choice to recruit Taranto alongside together with his ex-Giants teammate Jacob Hopper, calling the choice handy each recruits seven 12 months offers “a horrific deal”.
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Taranto produced his greatest efficiency in his new colors on Saturday, recording a prolific 30 disposals, 5 tackles and kicked two objectives, main the way in which for the Tigers via midfield as they overpowered the undermanned West Coast outfit.
Hardwick took the chance at his post-match press convention to hit again at his former Power teammate.
“I know Kane really well and you guys know how the media work,” Hardwick stated.
“He doesn’t generally believe that comment, but what he does is he says it to get clicks. That’s how the media works. Surprise.
“He (Taranto) is an outstanding player. Those two boys that we brought in (Jacob) Hopper and Taranto, we wouldn’t be anywhere near where we need to be – or more importantly we wouldn’t be anywhere near where we want to be – without those two boys. They’ve been wonderful for our footy club.
“They’re starting to learn what it is to be a Richmond person and starting to play like Richmond men, which is really important. So I thought those two boys were very, very good today and will continue to be for a long period of time.”
Hardwick doubled down on Cornes minutes later when he was requested about fellow midfielder Dion Prestia’s sport and his significance to the membership.
“Kane said he wasn’t worth Pick six” Hardwick stated.
“He’s come out a three – time premiership player.
“Get better wig, come on”
Prestia was key within the Tigers getting their sport getting in a third-quarter surge with the midfielder kicking three objectives in a five-minute patch. Hardwick was filled with reward for Prestia, calling the three-time premiership participant and greatest and fairest winner a “pretty special player”. and praising his toughness.
“He played really hurt at the start of the year and put his hand up to play because we really didn’t have a lot of magnets to promote opportunities” Hardwick stated.
“For him to come back, re-asses… I thought he was pretty important today.
“The ability for him to hit the scoreboard when it mattered…. That broke the game open from there.“He’s a really important player to us as we know but it‘s good to see his season start to get up and going…”
Prestia is ready to play his two hundredth AFL sport subsequent Friday evening towards Geelong.
Originally printed as ‘He says it to get clicks’: Hardwick claps again at AFL analyst’s name as disagreement erupts
Source: www.news.com.au
