Richmond coach Damien Hardwick has spoken for the first time since criticising Sydney’s apparent defensively minded approach to last Sunday’s clash, conceding he was “out of line” questioning an opposition coach in public.
Just seven goals were scored between both sides during the Round 6 clash at a rain soaked Gabba.
After Sydney coach John Longmire launched a staunch defence of his side early in the week, Hardwick admitted the frustrations of a low-scoring match got the better of him in the immediate aftermath of the match last weekend.
"I was out of line,” Hardwick told reporters on Thursday afternoon when asked about his comments.
“I was probably frustrated and let the situation get the better of me. I rang up (John) Longmire and apologised, it was out of line on my behalf, we had a good conversation and moved on pretty quickly.
“I’ll just worry about what I can control and continue to do that. Lesson learnt from my behalf and we move on.
“From my point of view, we had 53 inside 50 and were in front for the whole game so tactically what do we have to change?
“We’d love to score more but the reality is we’re controlling the game for 90 per cent of it so do we have to change tactically or does the opposition have to change.”