RICHMOND onballer Shaun Grigg has dismissed the warm and gusty conditions in Cairns as a factor in the Tigers' 15-point loss to Gold Coast.

The game was the first of a lucrative three-match deal the club signed to play home games in Far North Queensland that has drawn criticism after the Suns upset Richmond on Saturday.

Coach Damien Hardwick bristled when it was suggested after the match that the result could have been a lot different if played in Melbourne, and Grigg agreed.

"The warm conditions or the wind shouldn't be a factor," Grigg said.

"There's no doubt that we haven't been playing the sort of footy that we know we can.

"We can play good footy for a half or so, but in the AFL that's not good enough."

The small stadium allowed the strong wind from the south to have a huge influence on the contest. with 19 of the 21 goals scored at the end favoured by the breeze.

The Tigers used the wind to their advantage in the first quarter and opened up a 36-point lead, but could not stop the Suns scoring freely in the second term. Although that saw Richmond surrender its lead at half-time, it was the third quarter that proved pivotal.

"We didn't really take our opportunities in the third term when we had the wind and, credit to Gold Coast, they were able to suck some time off the clock and use the ball pretty well," Grigg said.

"We knew we had to score to win in the last quarter, so we tried to keep playing our way and try to lock the ball in our forward half, but we weren't able to."

The loss was Richmond's sixth in its last seven games, which led Hardwick to suggest his team had lost its 'mojo'.

Grigg was thankful for a little extra time to regroup before facing Geelong at Etihad Stadium.

"We've got an eight-day break now so we'll have the opportunity to get an extra session in work hard to turn this around," he said.