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Richmond star Dustin Martin says 'the cops wouldn't let us' join the Tigers premiership party in Swan St, but coach Damien Hardwick has revealed he did make it - but only a few people saw him.
If you thought you were seeing things on Swan St in the wee hours of Sunday morning, chances are you weren’t.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick made good on his promise to visit the Tigers heartland after the club’s premiership victory — albeit after everyone had left.
Hardwick couldn’t sleep after the win, so headed to the famous Richmond strip at around 4am but found the party had ended.
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“I thought the Tigers would be partying hard, but I had photos with cleaners walking down the street,” Hardwick laughed on Channel 9.
“I just thought I’d get up and walk around because unfortunately we weren’t allowed down there again last night.
“Hopefully third time lucky we’ll be able to get down there at some stage.”
Superstar Tiger and dual Norm Smith medallist Dustin Martin joked at Richmond's family day that he “can’t remember” the post-match celebrations and said he was still hopeful of a Swan St lap.
“We tried to get the bus to go down there last night but the cops wouldn’t let us,” he said.
“I might go down there today, sure.”
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