Ahead of the Easter Sunday clash against the 'Roos, Tony Greenberg takes a look at the recent and not so recent history against the team from Arden Street...

• Richmond and North Melbourne have played 148 times with the Tigers winning 81, the Kangaroos 65, and two draws.
• Richmond last defeated North Melbourne in Round 5, 2009 at Etihad Stadium.
• Richmond has lost seven and drawn one of its past 10 matches against North.
• Richmond and North Melbourne have met in just one league Grand Final - in 1974 - which the Tigers won by 41 points (18.20 to 13.9).
• Richmond and North Melbourne have met in five finals all-up, with the Tigers winning two and North three.
• Richmond and North Melbourne have played two drawn matches - Round 8, 1966 at the MCG, and Round 16, 2009 at the MCG.
• Richmond’s best winning sequence against North Melbourne is 18, from 1925-36.
• Richmond’s longest losing sequence against North Melbourne is seven, from 1990-93.
• Richmond’s highest score against North Melbourne is 30.19 (199) in Round 2, 1931 at Punt Road.
• Richmond’s lowest score against North Melbourne is 3.8 (26) in Round 3, 1960 at Arden Street.
• Richmond’s greatest winning margin against North Melbourne is 168 points in Round 2, 1931 at Punt Road.
• Richmond’s greatest losing margin against North Melbourne is 141 points in Round 2, 1990 at the MCG.
• The most goals kicked by a Richmond player in a match against North Melbourne (and every other team for that matter) is 14 by Doug Strang in Round 2, 1931 at Punt Road.
• Richmond’s biggest-ever crowd against North Melbourne is 113,839 in the 1974 Grand Final.
• Some Roos-turned-Tigers:  Paul Feltham, Darryl Sutton, Trent Nichols (who was a Tiger-turned-Roo-turned-Tiger).

Richmond v North Melbourne the last five

Round 16, 2010 at the MCG

Richmond 1.5 4.7 4.8 7.11  (53)
North Melb. 2.4 6.9 11.12 15.13  (103)

Goals - Richmond:  Riewoldt 3, Collins, King, McGuane, Nahas.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Connors 30, Cousins 27, Tuck 26, Deledio 24, Edwards 18.

Goals - North:  Adams 3, Campbell 2, Hansen 2, Firrito, Goldstein, Harvey, Pratt, Swallow, Urquhart, Warren, Wells.

Leading possession-getters - North:  Swallow 31, Adams 28, Wells 26, Grima 24, Harvey 23, Firrito 22, Rawlings 21, McIntosh 20, Urquhart 20.

Round 16, 2009 at the MCG

Richmond  4.5 10.6 11.9 12.13  (85)
North Melb.  1.3 3.6 8.11 12.13  (85)

Goals - Richmond:  Riewoldt 3, Morton 2, Nahas 2, Coughlan, Edwards, Hislop, Polo, White.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Tambling 27, McMahon 26, Newman 25, Tuck 24, Deledio 23, Jackson 23.

Goals - North:  Harding 3, Hale 2, Harvey 2, Greenwood, Hansen, Jones, McIntosh, Swallow.

Leading possession-getters - North:  Harvey 31, Power 30, Thompson 23, Rawlings 22, Pratt 21, McIntosh 20.

Round 5, 2009 at Docklands

Richmond 2.2 6.7 10.12 13.16 (94)
North Melb. 3.2 5.6 6.9 7.16 (58)

Goals - Richmond:  Riewoldt 3, Bowden 2, Collins, Deledio, Moore, Morton, Nahas, Newman, Tuck, White.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Jackson 33, Bowden 28, McMahon 27, Deledio 25, Foley 24, Newman 24, Tuck 24, White 23, Morton 21.

Goals - North:  Swallow 3, Edwards, Hale, Thomas, Warren.

Leading possession-getters - North:  Simpson 30, Urquhart 25, Swallow 20, Petrie 17, Ziebell 17.

Round 2, 2008 at Docklands

Richmond 3.1 7.4 10.7 13.8 (86)
North Melb. 7.4 11.4 18.5 20.7 (127)

Goals - Richmond:  Schulz 3, Richardson 2, Brown, Deledio, Foley, Hughes, Hyde, King, Simmonds, Tuck.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Deledio 27, Newman 24, Bowden 22, Hyde 16, Jackson 16, Pettifer 16.

Goals - North:  Jones 7, Grant 4, Campbell 3, Edwards 2, Thompson 2, Simpson, Thomas.

Leading possession-getters - North:  Wells 24, Harris 22, Grant 21, Brown 19, Jones 19, McIntosh 19, Power 18.

Round 14, 2007 at Docklands

Richmond 1.1 5.5 8.9 11.13 (79)
North Melb. 4.4 6.6 11.12 14.20 (104)

Goals - Richmond:  Richardson 4, Pettifer 3, Howat, Pattison, Tambling, Tivendale.

Leading possession-getters - Richmond:  Tuck 23, Johnson 22, Richardson 22, Newman 21, Bowden 20, Raines 20.

Goals - North:  Petrie 6, Jones 3, McMahon 2, Brown, Sinclair, Wells.

Leading possession-getters - North:  Harvey 32, Grant 28, Rawlings 24, Sinclair 23, Jones 20, McMahon 18.