RICHMMOND forward Jack Riewoldt says he's disappointed in his 2012 season despite the fact that he's second on the Coleman Medal table, behind only Fremantle's Matthew Pavlich.

Pavlich has 60 goals and Riewoldt 56, having kicked 78 and 62 goals in the past two seasons.

Riewoldt, 23, said his main concern in 2012 had been inconsistency.

He kicked six goals against Essendon and eight goals against St Kilda during a purple patch in rounds nine and 10, but he's failed to kick a goal in two matches and he's kicked only one goal on five occasions.

In the past two weeks he's kicked five against the Brisbane Lions and two against Fremantle.

"It's been very inconsistent," Riewoldt said of his season.

"In terms of kicking goals, I've kicked the second most in the competition, but in terms of where I want to be and where the club wants me to be … I wouldn't rate it a failure but it’s not up to the standard I've set myself.

"Consistency will have to be something I'll work on next year.

"I just hope to play all right over the next two weeks and hopefully finish on a good note."

Riewoldt went into the 2012 season below his best after taking time to recover from five operations during the off-season.

He had an ankle reconstruction, a shoulder reconstruction, two operations on his hips and an operation on a finger, and then spent a month on painkillers.

He was unsure whether he faced more surgery after the 2012 season.

"Hopefully I don’t go through the same process as last year," Riewoldt said.

"It probably set me back a bit before this season.

"I'll have my medical at the end of the year. If they deem that I need something done, I'll have something done.

"If not, I'll go away on a holiday and come back fighting fit when I return for the pre-season."

Riewoldt said the Richmond players had set themselves to make the 2012 finals for their captain Chris Newman, who was yet to the play in the finals despite appearing in his first game for Richmond in 2002.

Richmond is 12th on the ladder after round 21, and could move up as high as ninth after the final two games but the Tigers have no hope of making the top eight.

Their season has included eight losses by 21 points or fewer - in rounds 16-18 they suffered infamous defeats to Gold Coast, North Melbourne and Carlton by less than a goal.

"If the ball had bounced a different way during those three games we lost by a goal, we might have been in the hunt," Riewoldt said.

"Unfortunately we can't make it.

"It's a big two weeks for the club. I'd like to think we could win the final two games and finish 11-11, which we haven't done for a while."

The 23-year-old said coach Damien Hardwick's comments about Fremantle pulling a ruse by bringing in Aaron Sandilands at the last second before their match at Patersons Stadium on Saturday were made in the heat of the moment.

Sandilands was named among the emergencies when the teams were lodged 90 minutes before the match.

He was included in Fremantle's team after ruckman Jonathon Griffin had tweaked his groin during the warm-up, and his performance in the first half helped to set up Fremantle's 22-point victory.

"I wasn't too fussed," Riewoldt said.

"It was a bit of a heat-of-the-moment comment after the game.

"We move on and focus on Essendon."