Demons see off Tigers in competitive hit out
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Melbourne and Richmond have played out a competitive practice match at Casey Fields this morning.
The Demons won by 11 points - 14.9.(93) to 12.10.(82) - in a game that ebbed and flowed throughout.
The reigning premiers were without a handful of premiership players - Dion Prestia, Kane Lambert, Bachar Houli, Daniel Rioli and Marlion Pickett (who came on late in the last quarter) - while the Demons had Jack Viney, Sam Weideman, Jake Melksham, Angus Brayshaw, Michael Hibberd, Kysaiah Pickett and recruit Ben Brown among those on the sidelines.
Melbourne trailed by seven points at half-time before they turned it on in the third quarter, kicking five goals to three, and a further four goals in the last term.