Despite Richmond's 48-point loss to Hawthorn in Dustin Martin's 300th game, Adem Yze said it would have been "disrespectful" not to celebrate the star on the final siren.

After the match, Martin spent time acknowledging the 92,311 fans who turned out to revel in the moment.

"We didn't want to miss the opportunity to celebrate one of our best, one of our greatest players and one of our greatest teammates," Yze said.

"Our players love playing with him, he's never made it about himself, so to see him walking around the ground to acknowledge our fans was a really nice moment."

In an interview with three-time premiership teammate Jack Riewoldt after the match, Martin confirmed he would be back in the Yellow and Black in a fortnight after the bye.

"He will discuss (his retirement) as it gets closer to the end of the year, right now he's in a really good space, he's training well, he's enjoying training and he's loving being around the footy club," Yze said.

Tom Lynch's return from a hamstring injury wasn't the dangerous inclusion the side might have hoped for. The star forward had four disposals before being rested for much of the final quarter.

"He was obviously trying his heart out, as he does, and it just gives us a really good focal point forward of the ball. He's a little bit rusty, obviously hadn't played for 10 weeks," Yze said.

"We put him on ice just because of his game time."

Yze also confirmed that Shai Bolton (corked leg) and Jack Graham's (hamstring) failure to return to the field late in the game was precautionary.