"Bring the same music as last week."

That was the directive Richmond VFL senior coach, Steve Morris, implored to his chargers as the Tigers made the trek down the highway to face Geelong on Sunday.

On a day where momentum swung like a pendulum, Richmond saved its best tune for the final set, raising the tempo to fever pitch with an eight-goal final that clinched a barnstorming 14-point win.

Trailing by 27 points at the final change, Richmond delivered last quarter performance bursting with heart and fire, the final score reading 16.7 (103) to 13.11 (89).

The Tigers overran the locals, a performance that was capped off with a debut goal to savour by Mate Colina.

Geelong burst out of the blocks with three goals in as many minutes. The Tigers sensed the urgency and went to work on getting the game played in the manner they wanted.

Richmond ratcheted up the heat, injected speed on the ball and utilised the one-on-one contests forward of centre.

Sydney Stack led the way in this regard, as the constant drizzle formed a layer of mist over the venue, Stack’s cleanliness and creativity led to Richmond's initial two goals.

Stack classily snapped the Tigers’ opening goal and then had a direct hand in skipper, Lachlan Street’s first goal.

The dynamism of Richmond’s forwards worried the Cats at ground level, with Noah Cumberland, Jason Castagna, Jake Aarts and Stack forever dangerous.

Cumberland slotted a major after the quarter-time siren, which pegged back the margin to a manageable 15 points at the first change.

Swiftly after the restart, Richmond surged the ball forward, with Stack soccering the ball into the waiting arms of Castagna.

The triple-premiership forward converted, then goaled shortly after, slicing the margin to just three points.

Geelong edged clear by 15 points as the half-time siren sounded on the back of a couple of defensive lapses by Richmond.

Coming out of the main break, the Cats jumped the Tigers with a clump of three quick goals once again, pushing the margin out to 31 points.

Senior Tiger Jake Aarts rose to prominence, bobbing up for two of the next four goals, with the Cats matching Aarts’ goals to hold a 33-point lead.

Bigoa Nyuon was swung forward after copping a heavy knock to the back and hip in the third term and had an instant impact.

The territory may have been foreign for Nyuon, but he slotted a vital goal after the three-quarter time siren to keep the Tigers in touch.

Nyuon found space inside 50 but was nearly in the construction site at the northern end of the ground when he snuck through beautiful set-shot goal, reducing the margin to 27 points.

The Tigers re-energized at the last break, blitzing the Cats from the opening bounce of the final term.

Castagna was the fire starter, nailing his third goal, injecting hope into the budding Tigers around him.

Cumberland produced arguably his best performance in the Yellow and Black, with a match-winning three goals in the final term to help guide Richmond to its win.

The third-year forward’s goal had Richmond bubbling, then did Mate Colina after snapping his first goal at the level.

With the ball bobbling around, 213cm Colina collected the ball at ground level and swung it onto his right boot. As the goal umpire arched his back, the big man was consumed by Yellow and Black.

Cumberland’s third goal got Richmond within three points, then Nathan Oakes read the flight of the ball superbly, marking unopposed 15 metres out.

Importantly, Oakes kicked the go-ahead goal as Richmond’s belief started to swell.

Cumberland’s fourth pushed the lead to 10 points, before Matthew Parker snapped his first as the lead grew to 16 points.

The Cats pegged one back, but then Jacob Bauer put the icing on the cake with a classy goal on the run.

GEEL 5.4 7.7 12.9 13.11 (89)

RICH 3.1 5.5 8.6 16.7 (103)

Goal Kickers:

Richmond: Cumberland (4), Castagna (3), Aarts (2), Bauer, Colina, Stack, Oakes, Nyuon, Parker, Street