Richmond competed in a pre-season hit-out at the Swinburne Centre on Friday morning.

Teams were split into Yellow and Black, with VFL Tigers (Mutaz El Nour, Tom McKenzie, Harry Scott, Tom McCarthy, Nick Girolami, Liam George and Sam Toner) also featuring in the match.

Tom Lynch was potent early, registering two scoring shots in the opening five minutes, including the first goal of the morning.

The 32-year-old finished with two goals.

Luke Trainor showed promising signs as an intercept defender, while Harry Armstrong hit the scoreboard up forward.

Samson Ryan made a strong start to the match with a couple of marks inside 50 and finished with two majors.

Also hitting the scoreboard was defender Nick Vlastuin.

Vlastuin was one of the Tigers’ best on the day, as was Tim Taranto, who was prominent in the midfield, finishing with three goals.

Jacob Blight was strong in defence, reigning in some strong intercept marks.

Sam Lalor showcased his power out of the midfield with some exciting bursts.  

Also performing strongly in the midfield was Jack Ross.

“The boys turned up today and we had a really good hit-out,” Ross said.

“We just wanted to simplify the game. We’ve been training really hard on a few offensive and defensive patterns and trying to play a little bit faster throughout the middle of the ground.”

Spending his time playing inside midfield on Friday morning, Ross said “I feel like I'm tracking in the right direction.”

“The last couple of years I’ve kind of floated in and out (between) inside midfield and a bit of wing,” he said.

“This year I'd like to play a little bit more inside, but also with the flexibility going outside and a little bit forward as well.

Ross labelled the performance of Lalor on Friday morning as “really exciting.”

“He’s a big bull…I think the Richmond army are going to love him,” Ross said.

“He’s powerful, can go forward and play inside (midfield), but he just wants to learn…he asks lots of questions and I love playing with him.”