Richmond coach Damien Hardwick is under no illusions about the challenge the Tigers will confront in their Round 4 clash with a much-improved Brisbane side at the Gabba on Sunday.
“They’re playing some pretty good footy without getting the results,” Hardwick said.
“Defensively, they set up behind the ball very well. Offensively, there’s some things that they’re doing that are quite exciting for their football club.
“We’ve got to make sure we come prepared to play because they’re a side that is capable of kicking high scores in a short period of time.
“We’ve seen that in the three games they’ve played . . . they’ve kicked six or seven goals per quarter.
“So we’ve got to make sure, defensively, we come switched on, ready to go.
“Any side that’s got Rockliff, Beams, Zorko, Rich, these type of players . . . they’re really good players. You allow those players to play on their own terms they’re going to hurt you on the scoreboard . . .
“It’s going to be a tough game. It always is tough to go away and play interstate.
“We’ve played some pretty good footy up there, but we understand it’s a new coaching group up there . . . it’s going to be game on.
“We’re playing some okay football, but we’ve still got a fair way to go. There’s some areas of our game that we certainly need to improve.”
