Richmond was unable to contest against a fit and firing Narrm side, going down 8.9 (57) to 2.8 (20) at Casey Fields on Saturday afternoon, in a windy outing.

The Tigers simply had no answers for Dee Kate Hore's ability to break lines and hit the scoreboard, or Tyla Hanks' cleanliness at the ground ball.
 
Against the wind in the opening quarter, Richmond's defensive unit stood strong. Conceding just four scores – and only one goal – from 15 inside 50s, and steadily worked its way back out of the zone.
 
But the challenge became increasingly difficult as the game wore on.

The ease with which the Demons hit neat kicks into the middle of the ground time, and time again, was concerning for Richmond's team defensive strategy. It was simply unable to adjust to such movement throughout the game, allowing the home side to control how the game was played.
 
A real shining light for the Tigers was the assertive performance of second-year player Isabel Bacon (10 disposals, one goal) in defence. One of the few Richmond players to beat Hore in a one-on-one, her strength playing in front helped to disrupt the quick transition footy from the Demons, meanwhile she also snuck forward to kick her first ever AFLW goal late in the piece.

Paige Scott (14 disposals, five tackles) was thrown into the midfield for the second half, with their strength and power a handy shift around the ball, and Monique Conti (32 disposals, four clearances) and Ellie McKenzie (23 disposals, six tackles) were tireless.
 
As a result, the visitors had a flurry of shots into the wind late in the third term, but conversion illuded them.
 
In her first game for the Tigers following an ACL injury last year, former Crow Montana McKinnon bobbed up with some important moments late, showing off her aerial strength in a positive sign for the 0-4 side going forward.

Richmond returns to its makeshift home of Ikon Park to host Geelong on Sunday.

NARRM                       1.3    4.7    6.8   8.9 (57)
RICHMOND                 0.0    0.2    0.5   2.8 (20)
 
GOALS 
Narrm: Hore 2, Bannan, Gall, Pearce, Campbell, Zanker, Fitzsimon
Richmond: Bacon, Ford
 
BEST 
Narrm: Hanks, Hore, Chaplin, Pearce, Gall, Paxman
Richmond: Conti, Bacon, McKenzie, Scott, Seymour
 
INJURIES 
Narrm: Nil
Richmond: Nil
 
Crowd: 2001 at Casey Fields