Richmond will wait for an update on Dustin Martin's fitness after the superstar was substituted out of the club’s important 35-point win over West Coast with hamstring awareness.

The Tigers moved back into the top-eight after riding a third-quarter challenge to prevail 20.8 (128) to 13.15 (93) at the MCG on Sunday, leapfrogging Sydney and St Kilda into seventh spot on percentage.

Martin was taken out of the game early in the third term and is in doubt for the crunch clash with Gold Coast at Metricon Stadium on Saturday, while Dion Prestia (concussion) is a chance to return.

"I think he's just got tightness at this stage," Damien Hardwick said about Martin after the match.

"We’re pretty forthright with that sort of information, so once we know, you guys will know."

Martin helped set up the win over West Coast in the first half, finishing with 17 disposals, eight score involvements, four clearances and 359 metres gained.

"He was really good, electrifying, which was great," Hardwick said.

"He had his agility back and the ability to move the ball and see the ground, you know, his kicking was A1 today also.

"It was a good game, a really good game."

While the Tigers took the points, it wasn’t always on their own terms.

"If you look at a barometer to measure whose game it looked like more, it’d be West Coast," Hardwick said.

"I thought they looked more polished in certain areas of the game, and we just couldn’t quite turn the ball over.”