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Richmond coach Damien Hardwick swung the selection axe as he looks to set up his side for next season, with key forward Ty Vickery dropped in one of four unforced changes made on Thursday night.It remains to be seen if Vickery, a free agent at seasons end, is in Hardwicks plans after he departed the side that capitulated to Geelong along with Ben Lennon, Nathan Drummond and Anthony Miles.Kane Lambert, Todd Elton, Callum Moore and Connor Menadue were included in the side to face St Kilda at the MCG on Saturday.Were looking at things that may take us forward, including personnel, so theres going to be changes, Hardwick warned ahead of selection on Thursday.We look forward to seeing some of those players getting the chance to shine in the last two weeks.Vickerys form hasnt warranted automatic selection in his eighth season at the club and he could be on the lookout for a fresh start.While not speaking about Vickery specifically, Hardwick agreed some difficult decisions will be made at the end of the season.Its a tough game, its a cut-throat industry, he said.Those decisions get made at the end of the season from our point of view and basically every clubs point of view, I suppose.Hardwick wouldnt be drawn on a speculated move to lure out-of-favour Collingwood forward Travis Cloke, but David Astbury and Oleg Markov will definitely be at Punt Road next year after signing new deals.Astbury signed on until the end of the 2019 season, while Markovs services are secured until the end of the 2018 season.In off-field moves, the Tigers announced former Richmond premiership player Emmett Dunne will join the clubs board in September, replacing retired long-serving director John Matthies. Hydro Flask Wit . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. Hydro Flask Rietje . The CFLs leading rusher kept adding to his gaudy numbers this season and scored the winning touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The New Westminster, B.C., native plowed three yards into the end zone for the last score of a heated, see-saw battle between the two teams with the best records in the CFL. http://www.hydroflaskkorting.com/hydro-flask-40-oz.html . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. Hydro Flask Straw Lid . Just not the game. Kyle Palmieri scored two straight goals in the third period to rally the Anaheim Ducks past the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Tuesday night. Hydro Flask Ombre . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. TAMPA, Fla. -- Even with a strong-armed quarterback in Jameis Winston and impressive young receiver in Mike Evans, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers know they need a consistent running attack.With two-time Pro Bowl running back Doug Martin sidelined with a hamstring injury the past month, the Bucs were unable to establish much of one until Monday night, when Jacquizz Rodgers made his first start of the season in a 17-14 victory over the Carolina Panthers.Rodgers rushed for 101 yards on 30 carries -- both career highs -- as the Bucs ran the ball more times (37) than Winston threw (30) for the first time this season.Any time you have a balanced offense, its huge, offensive tackle Donovan Smith said. To see (Rodgers) carry the ball 30 times, it was huge. It was fun for us also up at the line to be able to just mash the guys in front of us.Coach Dirk Koetter said the opening series of the game set the tone for what the team was going to accomplish.The Bucs (2-3) drove from their own 25-yard line to Carolinas 17 before Roberto Aguayo kicked the first of his three field goals. They ran the ball 10 times during the 14-play drive that lasted more eight minutes, including six straight running plays to begin the game.We were missing two Pro Bowl players in Gerald (McCoy) and Doug, missing thhree of our four defensive linemen, missing our (top) two running backs, missing one of our best tight ends.dddddddddddd We really felt we needed to run the ball, control the clock (and) try not to put our defense in bad position, Koetter said.To have a 14-play drive to start the game was huge, the coach added. Hopefully in the future we can end it with a touchdown and not a field goal. But to go down and get the lead and then give our defense a chance to play (was big).Now, the Bucs have six of the next seven days off. When they return from their bye week to prepare for an Oct. 23 road game against the San Francisco 49ers, Koetter hopes to have several injured players back on the practice field.Tampa Bay trails first-place Atlanta by two games in the NFC South, but owns road victories over the Falcons and Panthers for a 2-0 start in division play.Were a team with a lot of talent, Smith said. I think were right where we need to be looking at the division. Its the bye week, were going to be getting guys back healthy, and weve got a great situation coming off the win. ... Its great.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '