Richmond interim coach Andrew McQualter described his team's performance as underwhelming during Thursday night's 81-point loss to the Brisbane Lions at the Gabba.
He made no excuses for missing key personnel Dion Prestia, Tom Lynch and game-day omission Dustin Martin through illness.
"I think you just got to give a lot of credit to Brisbane's midfield," he said.
"I thought they were exceptional tonight in the clinches, they were tough. They hunted the ball.
"It's a bad loss, but we'll bounce back we'll find a way, we'll review the game and we understand we've got to get better.
"Brisbane, [its] game tonight was right at the top, a very, very impressive game from [the Lions].
"We'll find some ways to get better and look to improve."
