Tigers Dylan Grimes, Jack Riewoldt, Jake Batchelor and Alex Rance celebrate their victory over St Kilda. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
Tiger Jake King came within a whisker of taking out mark of the year honours with this beauty. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
SOMETIMES, the best team philosophies are slaughtered by individual brilliance.
And that's what happened with Richmond and Jack Riewoldt last night.
Last week, the superstar forward was goalless against the Blues and played "one of his best games for 12 months", according to coach Damien Hardwick.
Last night, he kicked seven of Richmond's 14 goals and clearly played one of his best games for 12 months.
That's four bags of six or more goals against the Saints in three seasons for Riewoldt, who last night had Jason Blake and then Sam Fisher as opponents.
Unquestionably, he was the difference between winning and losing.
The important point is, the Tigers are 2-0.
It's a welcoming sign from the surging yellow and black from Punt Rd: They can win with Riewoldt hitting the scoreboard and win without him kicking a score.
He wasn't the only Riewoldt to shine on the MCG last night, however.
St Kilda's Nick Riewoldt was outstanding with four goals, and by the end, his opponent Alex Rance must have felt he had covered every inch of the MCG.
The final score was Richmond 14.15 (99) to 12.10 (82).
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The evenness of these two teams was evident by the quarter-by-quarter returns.
Richmond kicked four, four, four and two goals across the four quarters. The Saints replied with three, three, five, but only one - to Ahmed Saad - early in the final quarter which, at the time, separated the teams by four points.
When it seemed like the Saints were running harder, and winning the important contests, the Tigers were able to wrest momentum.
Riewoldt kicked his seventh at the 11th minute and Ivan Maric his first at the 25th minute.
In between was 14 minutes of hard-fought and hard-win footy.
Jack denies gallant Saints
Skipper Trent Cotchin was beaten by Clint Jones in the first half and had just nine touches, but would finish with a game-high 31, including 11 in the tense final quarter.
Maric fought back from a first half in which he was eclipsed by Ben McEvoy, and emerged as a key figure in the second half.
Two big plays, among plenty on the night, were significant for the Tigers.
In the last quarter, sub Brandon Ellis and Reece Conca won huge 50-50 contests in the middle of the ground that didn't result in goals, but which helped lean momentum in Richmond's direction.
Conca just about put in his best game for the Tigers, Dustin Martin was very good in the first half and good in the second, Petterd impressed, while the backs of Chaplin, Grimes and Morris (on Milne) were a strong combination.
At halftime, the Tigers led by 16 points - it should have been more - and errors dominated the play.
At the break, the Tigers had kicked 5.7 from St Kilda turnovers and St Kilda 4.3 from Richmond's errors.
In the first quarter, and in no particular order of irresponsibility or stupidity, Morris missed a target kicking back, Nick Riewoldt dropped a chest mark, Jones had a handball intercept and eventually one error coughed up a goal.
Conca confirms composure
Jack Riewoldt's first half was pock-marked with brilliance, but one of his four goals came from a one percenter.
Sean Dempster attempted to kick across goal, Riewoldt smothered it, got back the ball and kicked Richmond's second goal.
Lenny Hayes was next to be foolish. He went for Richmond's Shaun Grigg in the middle of the ground with a shirtfront, missed him, Grigg went down as if he was poleaxed and the umpire paid a free kick down the field, where Luke McGuane kicked Richmond's third .
McGuane was the surprise for the Tigers. As the designated third tall behind Riewoldt and Ty Vickery, he was a headache for the Saints. He finished the half with 2.3, playing mainly on Dylan Roberton, and took three contested marks.
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