Richmond captain Trent Cotchin has total faith in the Tigers’ capacity to rebound strongly following a slow start since the AFL season’s resumption that sees them with just two points (a draw) from their past three games.

Notwithstanding Richmond’s loss to St Kilda at Marvel Stadium last Saturday, Cotchin took some positives out of the performance.

“I think it was an improvement on last week’s game (against Hawthorn), our energy and effort that we brought to the contest. Missed a few easy ones, but probably just gave them a few too many opportunities to kick goals,” Cotchin told Richmond Media.

“It’s another loss on the scoreboard, but I think the boys have been really good at going within, and the work we’re doing during the week will only hold us in good stead going forward.

“We’ve been here before . . . I have incredible confidence in everyone who puts on a Richmond jumper, and our staff, that we’ll work together through this.

“We’ll make sure that we’re improving during the week, but our performance gets better again Thursday night this week.”