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Taranto's cheeky swipe at Cornes after Tigers win - CtrlF.XYZ

Taranto's cheeky swipe at Cornes after Tigers win

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Richmond prima Tim Taranto has taken a cheeky swipe backmost astatine Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes aft playing a starring relation successful a stirring triumph implicit Geelong.

Taranto silenced his critics by finishing with 28 disposals, 12 tackles and six clearances arsenic Richmond stunned the in-form Cats to run retired 16. 6. (102) to 11. 12. (78) winners astatine the MCG.

Cornes has been vocal astir his disdain for Richmond's determination to offload draught picks to get Taranto implicit the summer, claiming that the Tigers midfielder "wouldn't beryllium successful the apical 150 players successful the crippled close now".

When asked by 3AW's Anthony Hudson whether helium thought he'd improved his lasting aft starring against the Cats, Taranto offered the cleanable response.

Tim Taranto was among Richmond's champion arsenic the Tigers shocked the in-form Cats astatine the MCG (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"Oh hopefully, possibly 149," the Tigers midfielder said.

"I'm beauteous blessed with however I'm playing. I'm playing my relation each week for the squad and giving it a reddish blistery ace and I'm loving it. I'm loving my clip astatine the Tigers."

The 25-year-old admitted that he'd expected a small spot of backlash aft deciding to permission the Giants for the Tigers.

"I knew it was a portion of it. I knew it mightiness travel astatine antithetic stages," helium said.

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"I've conscionable been trying to support my caput down and getting to work.

"I've had large enactment from each the boys getting astir me, Dimma's backing maine up, truthful I'm trying not to instrumentality excessively overmuch announcement of it."

Taranto was acold from the lone Tiger to prima against Geelong, with Dustin Martin turning successful a vintage show of his own, booting 4 goals to spell on with 19 disposals.

The triumph lifts Richmond up into 11th presumption connected the ladder, resuscitating its finals hopes aft a dismal commencement to the season. Damien Hardwick's broadside volition anticipation to proceed the affirmative momentum erstwhile it faces Essendon adjacent play successful the yearly 'Dreamtime astatine the 'G' clash.

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