Richmond star Brett Deledio has spoken of the growing belief within the Tigers’ playing group in the wake of impressive back-to-back wins against Sydney and Fremantle, following a run of six successive losses, while also emphasising the importance of staying in the moment.

Deledio maintained that Richmond’s sights were firmly set on Saturday night’s ‘Dreamtime’ clash with Essendon.

“We knew that the hard work was starting to pay off, and the wheel was starting to turn for us, but we’ve still got plenty of hard work in front of us,” Deledio said on Fox Footy’s ‘AFL Tonight’ program.

“We’ve got a big challenge ahead of us (against Essendon) and we’ve got to play good footy.  I think most teams will say that’s what you’ve got to do to win each week,” he said.

“So, (it’s a) big challenge, but nothing better than ‘Dreamtime at the ‘G’ on Saturday night . . .

 “We’ve had two good wins, but we need to get the job done this week.

“That’s where all our focus is at the moment.

“We’ll just hopefully get the job done this week, and then we’ll move on to the one after that.”