The Tigers did better than that, they kept coming all day long and in the end simply ran the Kangas down.

Just second into the second term a rushed behind put North Melbourne 23 points up and for the next hour or so Richmond tried valiantly to wipe out its deficit, but each time the Roos found answers.

At one end the remarkable Jack Riewold would inspire and by day's end he had bagged 5.2 and given three more goals away through inspirational second efforts and deft handball.

At the other end, the mercurial Drew Petrie loomed large all game and finished with six goals straight and for so lon threatened to be the reason Richmond would again walk away with nothing more than creditable losing form.

As so often happens the trend that threatened to cruel the result for one side, became the reason the other lost.

The Roos' greater efficiency in front of goal was the reason it led at every change - but in the end it was Richmon's seven straight goals to the Roos' 2.8 that proved fatal.

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