Richmond defender Nathan Broad admits teammate Shai Bolton’s taunt directed at Carlton’s Sam Docherty is “not a great look”.
Tigers star Bolton showed Docherty the ball as he ran into an open goal during Thursday night’s match at the MCG.
Broad told AFL Nation post-game that he’s spoken to Bolton abut the incident.
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“I’ve already had a chat to Shai – it’s not a great look. He knows it too,” the Tigers backman said.
“He went up and apologised, I think.
“He’s still young and still working on his game. He’ll take it on the chin and move on.”
Coach Damien Hardwick described Bolton’s actions as a “mistake” and a valuable lesson for the talented player.
“Yeah, look he's made a mistake,” Hardwick said.
“It's not us, it's not what we're about and he'll be regretful no question. He'll be accountable and responsible for it.
“It's certainly not part of who he is and part of what we are so we're disappointed, but we'll work our way through it and support him and he will learn some lessons from it.
“It's not a great look. It's not what we stand for.
“One of the things we want to do is honour the competition and that goes against that.”
Bolton finished with 15 disposals and two goals in Richmond’s 15-point win over the Blues.
The result moved the Tigers into eighth spot with an 8-5 win-loss record.
Little bit of showtime Shai 😮#AFLTigersBlues pic.twitter.com/WMmd4vwB8g
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