Richmond's winless start to the season has continued with a 75-point thumping at the hands of North Melbourne.

The Roos were a clear step ahead of the inaccurate Tigers, leading for all but a handful of minutes at the start of the game, and put the foot down in the second half to coast to the 20.9 (130) to 7.13 (55) victory.

Adding insult to Richmond's already lengthy injury list, Sam Banks' day ended in the opening five minutes of the match, seriously damaging his collarbone after landing awkwardly in a tackle, while Maurice Rioli pinged a hamstring in a second term that saw the Tigers limp to a 2.12 tally at the main break. Acting skipper Tim Taranto was ruled out with a concussion in the third term with the Tigers trailing by 51. 

Harry Sheezel (39 disposals) and Colby McKercher (26) were simply superb across the ground, making sharp decisions and pulling off tough kicks to open up play, and Richmond's two rotations on the bench after half-time caught up with the remaining fit players.

It appeared Steely Green had stopped the rot with a sharp snap, but that was declared the team's 12th behind, with just one goal on the board. Seth Campbell finally broke through just before half-time, with eight behinds having been kicked since his first major.

North Melbourne led by 39 points at the main break, despite having one fewer scoring shot in that time, and finished with 11 different goal-kickers.

Noah Balta was thrown forward in the third term, pushing Jonty Faull into defence in an attempt to get the young tall into the game after a few lean weeks.

The Tigers face Melbourne on Friday night in the traditional Anzac Day Eve clash at the MCG.

NORTH MELBOURNE   5.3   10.3   14.8   20.10 (130)
RICHMOND   1.7   2.12   4.12   7.13 (55)

GOALS
North Melbourne: Curtis 6, Trembath 3, Larkey 2, Duursma 2, Spargo, Davies-Uniacke, Stephens, Darling, McKercher, Powell, Sheezel
Richmond: Campbell 2, Ross 2, Lalor, Balta, Green

BEST
North Melbourne: Sheezel, McKercher, Wardlaw, Curtis, Davies-Uniacke, Parker
Richmond: Lalor, Prestia, McAuliffe, Ross, Grlj, Short

INJURIES
North Melbourne: Nil
Richmond: Banks (collarbone), Rioli (hamstring), Taranto (concussion)

Crowd: 36,584 at Marvel Stadium