Richmond is counting the cost of its 75-point thumping at the hands of North Melbourne, with three players adding to an already hefty injury list.

Rebound defender Sam Banks suffered a broken collarbone and Maurice Rioli pulled up with a "slight" hamstring injury, with further scans required to ascertain the extent. Stand-in skipper Tim Taranto developed concussion symptoms at half-time, and went home early to avoid the lights and noise of Marvel Stadium, which had a shut roof for the daytime game.

"Banksy has hurt his collarbone, he might go into surgery pretty much straight away. That's a standard collarbone, which is unfortunate for one of our emerging leaders," coach Adem Yze said.

"Maurice in the second quarter felt a slight hammy, so we didn't want to take any risk with him.

"Tim had some concussion symptoms at half-time, we found that out just as we were about to run out, he didn't pass a test. He went home during the second half to get out of the lights around the place."

Even the VFL team's scratch match against the AFL Academy was hit, with draftee Zane Peucker injuring his ankle, while Luke Trainor's reported knee injury has now been determined to be a corkie just above the joint.

Adding insult to considerable injury, the Tigers only managed 2.12 to half-time, having one more shot on goal than North Melbourne despite trailing by 39 points.

"We were dealing with a little bit at half-time. Up until then, we were right in the game, when you talk system, method and opportunity. We played the right way," Yze said.

"We're just getting tested from someone upstairs at the moment as a footy club and a playing group, so we've just got to bandy together and galvanise as a group.

"When I say we're getting tested, we do a lot of work on our mental mastery and staying positive and not letting our emotions fluctuate, but when it just started ticking over, you could sense the pressure was building on whoever was taking the next shot.

"At half-time, you look at it and it's 2.12 to 10.3, and they're making everything count, and we weren't, it can start to affect the morale of the group.

"When you paint the picture at half-time, that you're winning inside 50s and time in half and contested possessions and clearances, all the main KPIs you want to be in front of, the hardest part is telling the story when the scoreboard is telling you something different, especially when it’s a young group."

The Tigers may be boosted by the return of Tom Lynch (hamstring) for its Anzac Day Eve match against Melbourne, while Jacob Hopper (managed) should be available.

The return of the veteran spearhead will help a young Richmond forward line, including Jonty Faull, Liam Fawcett and Mykelti Lefau. Noah Balta was moved forward late in Sunday's game, with Faull going to defence.

"(Faull's) playing on the biggest defender every week since Lynchy (went down), and hopefully we'll have him back next week, which will help. He's just such an important part of our future that we want the ball in his hands, we want him to enjoy playing footy. We expect game day to be the best day of the week, and right now for Jonty, he's battling with it," Yze said.

"Just to release that pressure, go to play in the back half, go read the ball, jump at his marks and just get the ball in his hands. At the same time, some of our younger forwards need a hand, like Liam Fawcett. 

"We just needed some experience down there. Noah's done it before, I thought he was terrific when he went down there. I could see him talking to our younger players, his leadership down there for that last quarter was really important for us."