In just his fourth game, Richmond's Noah Cumberland thought he had a chance to win the game, until he didn't. 9WWOS
Following the match, former Richmond skipper"We didn't know exactly how long, and the clock can churn away pretty quickly," he told Fox Footy.
"It's a challenging one to set up. We had ample opportunities. We had two shots effectively to try and win the game and got zero points from them. Balta had a set shot from approximately 40 metres out on a slight angle, but had his kick smothered by Fremantle's Michael Frederick, who charged at Balta after the umpire called play on due to the Tiger taking too long."I didn't , I just saw a couple of Freo boys just running at me," Balta told Richmond great Matthew Richardson on Seven's coverage after the match.
"You'd hope that he's aware of the countdown clock, it has been in the game for a little while," the ex-skipper said."I suppose that's the challenge when you're so far back as well in a run-up, you probably take a little bit longer to get set and kick away. The two shared points could have massive finals implications for both teams, with just eight point separating the first-placed Cats and seventh-placed Blues.
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