Richmond coach Damien Hardwick heaped praise on Kane Lambert following another excellent performance by the rising star midfielder in last night’s 47-point victory over Adelaide at the MCG.
Lambert had an equal AFL career-high 33 disposals with seven inside-50s, four clearances, five marks, 10 score involvements and 627 metres gained.
Having finished third in the Tigers’ Best and Fairest in their 2017 premiership year, he’s taken his game to even loftier heights this season.
He’s averaging 21.9 disposals, 3.6 marks and 3.4 inside-50s per match and is now no longer flying under the radar in the eyes of the football world.
“He’s a fantastic player,” Hardwick said.
“He’s had success at VFL level and it’s transitioned to AFL over the last couple of years, and he’s just got enormous belief in himself . . . As coaching staff, we do, too.
“His ability to work from contest to contest is second to none.
“He’s incredible to watch. We’re fortunate, we get to watch him behind the goals and we see what he does and how he works.
“He had a great game again tonight, he had a fantastic game last week (v Sydney) as well.”
Lambert was typically modest when asked about his fine form by Richmond great and Channel Seven commentator Matthew Richardson just after the final siren sounded in last night’s match.
“It’s been good, but my game’s not really based on the back of possessions. It’s always nice to get your hands on it, but there’s other things in my game that I need to perform . . . hard work and running both ways,” Lambert said.
