Richmond coach Damien Hardwick believes his team will face a pumped-up Melbourne side at the MCG on Sunday.  
 

The Tigers are bracing for a desperate Demon outfit after a week of criticism following their loss to the Gold Coast on Sunday.

"They've been doing a lot of one-on-one, a lot of tackling work over at the Dees, so we've just got to make sure we bring our own heat and get our game up and going," Hardwick said.
 

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"They're a better side than how they're playing, I've got no doubt that Mark Neeld would know that also.

"They're a side that has probably got a fair amount of criticism so we're under no illusions that we're going to be up for a hell of a contest."

Hardwick said Richmond had evolved into a team that expected to win every game it played, but the team wouldn't enter Sunday's match thinking, "lets win by 100 points."

"Any win that you can get a percentage boost like we did last week with a 42-point win is a great result," he said. 
 

The Tigers will be without injured trio Shane Tuck, Chris Knights, and Ivan Maric, but will be boosted by the return of Trent Cotchin and Ty Vickery.
 

The Demons added six players to their extended squad, including Mark Jamar, Jack Trengove and Neville Jetta.
 

The final teams will be announced on Friday afternoon.