Tigers eye tough ones

RICHMOND midfielder Dion Prestia has described the Tigers latest close loss as “unlucky” but admits the team’s response to Sydney’s secondhalf pressure let them down.

In what has become the story of their season, the Tigers succumbed in another tight finish when they surrendered a six-goal second-quarter lead to lose by nine points to the Swans at the MCG.

The defeat was the Tigers’ fourth loss under 10 points this season. Prestia said the Tigers’ review had centred on what they could have done better in the last term.

“We have been in the game, that’s the positive that we take out of it,’’ Prestia said.

“We had one blow-out loss against Adelaide.”