Richmond great Matthew Richardson has given talented, young Tiger forward Noah Cumberland a big tick of approval for the way that he responded to the challenge of improving the defensive aspect of his game.
Cumberland had a game-high eight tackles (four of them inside 50) in last Friday night’s clash with Sydney at Adelaide Oval and kicked two impressive goals that further highlighted his innate forward craft.
“I thought Noah Cumberland could not have tried harder defensively. He is really working on it,” Richardson said on this week’s episode of the Club’s official podcast Talking Tigers.
“He’d been asked to do that at VFL level, and it really stood out.
“That shows me there’s a young player that is listening and wants to learn and wants to get better.
“And he’s averaging two goals a game over his first dozen games of AFL footy.”
Cumberland currently is ranked equal seventh in the competition for tackles inside 50 per game.
