Richmond will wait until the round 15 bye before reassessing what is possible this season after a "tough and gritty" road win against Fremantle put it back in finals contention.

The Tigers handled the slippery conditions at Optus Stadium better than their fancied opponents and held off a late charge to win by 15 points, securing a second consecutive win away from home.

Interim coach Andrew McQualter said the Tigers would look to get past St Kilda in premiership hero Trent Cotchin's 300th game next Saturday before focusing on what they might be capable of this year.

"It was a tough win. Freo we know they're a good side and they really challenged us at times. And I think the overarching thing is it was just a really tough, gritty win," he said.

"We've had two weeks on the road and we spoke about during the week we really like traveling, we really come together as a team. We were challenged and it was just tough.

"We understood it was an important game and we want to win every game, we've spoken about that. But we've got one more game before the bye, so we'll just knuckle down and get to that game and then reassess."

McQualter paid tribute to star midfielder Shai Bolton, who played the entire final quarter and finished with 33 disposals, 11 inside 50s, and the final goal of the game in a match-winning performance.

"It was a great game by Shai. Most times he comes to Western Australia he has a pretty good game," he said.

"We tried to get him to the bench, but he didn't come to the bench at all in that last quarter … in hindsight, it was good decision for him to stay on."

On midfield sidekick Tim Taranto, who set the Tigers up at the coalface with 22 of his 35 disposals in the first half, McQualter said: "He just keeps getting the job done."

"It was a great game of footy from 'Bones' … he has just an unbelievable workrate, probably as good as anyone I've ever seen, his ability to continue to work and be consistent."