Despite a fourth consecutive loss to the Blues in the opening round of the season on Thursday night, Newman believes it's a fixture worth playing.
"We always love to play Carlton round one and it's always a big occasion," Newman told richmondfc.com.au.
"Next year if we're playing round one against Carlton then hopefully it's a different result," he said.
More than 78,000 fans watched Carlton run out 44-point winners, emphasising the traditional match-up's importance on the football calendar.
On Friday morning, Tigers players arrived with glum faces for recovery at Punt Rd.
And the task doesn't get easier with matches against Collingwood, Melbourne, Geelong and West Coast in the next month.
"It's disappointing, there's obviously a lot of expectation around round one," Newman said.
"It's a long season so we'll just have to look at what we did wrong and during the week try and rectify that and come out nice and strong against Collingwood."
Matt Thompson is a reporter at AFL Media. Follow him on Twitter at @MattThompsonAFL
