Richmond coach Damien Hardwick with members of the Indigneous All Stars in Alice Springs. Picture: Wayne Ludbey
RICHMOND coach Damien Hardwick has admitted Essendon's drug scandal has prompted the Tigers to conduct a review of its own procedures.
"We'll certainly have a conversation (with our sports science staff), there's no doubt," Hardwick said.
"You do put an enormous amount of trust in the medical staff and our guys are outstanding in what they do and what they deliver, but it will certainly be a conversation we'll have again to make sure we're crossing the t's and dotting the i's."
Hardwick, an Essendon premiership player and best and fairest winner, admitted yesterday that he had been stunned by the revelations.
"I've still got strong ties to Essendon and obviously 'Hirdy' is a mate of mine as well," he said.
"I just hope it all gets sorted out. No one likes to see this in our competition and we just hope it gets better.
"The one thing we've got in the AFL is a great environment. As an organisation the AFL have fantastic education programs which the players are all across.
"We just hope it's a mistake."
The Tigers coach, who is in Alice Springs ahead of Friday's exhibition match against the Indigenous All-Stars, said every side was "looking for an edge".
"But there comes a time when there's a platform there that you just can't cross," he said.
"The reality is we've got a certain amount of guidelines that we abide by so we hope it's something that doesn't become prevalent in our sport."
Hardwick admitted he was worried about the immediate future of former Essendon midfielder Sam Lonergan, who joined Richmond in the off-season.
"There's always a concern (he could be caught up in it) and there's a human element as well," he said.
"And, as a fan of football, it's a concern. Probably the sooner we find out about this the better and we can move on and get our game back to being great again."
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