Richmond coach Adem Yze is proud of the effort shown by his young Tigers in a 28-point defeat to the Brisbane Lions, but admits frustration also exists after a third straight loss. 

Facing the reigning premiers, Richmond fought until the very end on Saturday afternoon at the MCG, with Yze explaining how the Club has put an emphasis on staying engaged in the contest. 

"To be fair, we've put a lot of work into our mental mastery," Yze said.

"We want to stay really engaged in the game. You look across the competition, the momentum swings in-game are just getting bigger and bigger and harder to deal with. With a young group, we're learning and growing in that area.

"Part of that, as a coach, we're really proud of that effort. But at the same time, there's frustration. It's mixed emotions in the coaches' box and in the rooms.

"We are proud of our fight and we didn't give up, that can't waver. But, at the same time there's frustration in allowing easy scores and nine goals from stoppage and we couldn't get out of our back end and we were getting dominated for territory. 

“There are things within our game that just weren't good enough. It's mixed emotions, really."

Richmond faces Fremantle next Sunday at Barossa Park as part of the AFL’s Gather Round. 

Listen to Adem Yze’s full Round 4 post-game press conference below.