Richmond’s pre season training had a distinctly American flavour at the ME Bank Centre today.

The Tigers got caught up in the hype of the NFL playoffs, attempting a version of touch gridiron at the end of this morning’s session.

The game was orchestrated by Richmond coach Damien Hardwick, an avid NFL fan.

“It’s obviously a fun way to break up training a bit, but there’s a lot the players can learn from the sport,” he said.

“They picked up the game fairly well, but I don’t think we’re in any danger of losing anyone to the NFL just yet.”

The game was tied with the final play of the match when Shane Edwards scored a touchdown, after Ben Nason had earlier opened the scoring.

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