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Kane Cornes has defended his comments on Twitter, saying he "can't think of another explanation" why Richmond lost so convincingly to St Kilda.
Cornes wrote on Twitter that the Tigers had "got ahead of (themselves)" during the first half of their big loss to the Saints.
Richmond coach Damien Hardwick fired back at Cornes in his post-match presser.
"Don't get me wrong. That's his job. He's there to write shit comments," Hardwick said.
Cornes responded on the Sunday Footy Show, diffusing any tension between the two on a personal level.
"We were fine when we played," he said.
"I think I've made some comments about Richmond in the last 18 months that he hasn't been happy with. But rightly so, they've been poor for 10 years, the Tigers. Or over, they haven't won a final since 2001."
He explained his comments on Twitter.
"The fact that I said they got ahead of themselves: I can't think of another explanation, because coming into that game, everyone thought the Tigers were going to win," he said.
"Last week after the (Port Adelaide) game Damien Hardwick said the best is yet to come for the Tigers, and they serve that up."
Cornes said he didn't take the comments personally.
"I was surprised with the language he used," he said.
"I haven't seen him or any other coach swear in a post-match press conference, but let's not take that comment away from what the story should be: St Kilda extremely good, but Richmond so, so poor, and they've got questions to ask, and he should be asking those questions."