A man who witnessed Damien Hardwick’s reaction to a fan sledge following Richmond’s loss to Adelaide on Thursday says the Richmond coach over-reacted.

“I was sitting just in front,” Dylan told FIVEAA on Tuesday. “He yelled out as Hardwick passed by: ‘Pity you’re not at the MCG every week.’ Dimma reacted really demonstrably very angrily… if anything I feel that Hardwick owes him an apology.”

“It was really aggressive. He got in the guy’s face. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing when it happened… almost head-butting

“Throughout the whole game he was relaxed, he didn’t swear he wasn’t angry. The comment was hardly audible I thought — I couldn’t believe Hardwick even heard him.

“He was just a lovely guy at the footy, he had the radio in his ear… completely calm, relaxed.”

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